OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘subordinating prefix, referring to the agens, the patiens or the possessor of some quality’ (eng)

‘take away’ (eng)

‘lime’ (eng)

‘more numerous, very numerous, longer, very long, more, very much, most’ (eng)

‘remember, keep thinking of’ (eng)

‘longing for’ (eng)

‘tooth (grinder)’ (eng)

‘old, having been used for a long time’ (eng)

‘agree with, take kindly’ (eng)

‘finish, stop’ (eng)

‘open, wake, watch’ (eng)

‘refuse, dregs’ (eng)

‘make fun of’ (eng)

‘fire’ (eng)

‘wood, piece of wood, pole, post, stick, tree’ (eng)

‘pieces of wood’ (eng)

‘three pieces of wood’ (eng)

‘root’ (eng)

‘heart-wood’ (eng)

‘branch’ (eng)

‘fruit’ (eng)

‘pulp (of a fruit)’ (eng)

‘peel’ (eng)

‘flower’ (eng)

‘toadstool, mushroom’ (eng)

‘lump of wood’ (eng)

‘mast of a ship’ (eng)

‘smoke’ (eng)

‘fire’ (eng)

‘youngest (of the children of a family)’ (eng)

‘eldest, elder (of the children of a family)’ (eng)

‘number classifier (its meaning is uncertain)’ (eng)

‘sap, gum, resin’ (eng)

‘bench, (seat) in a boat’ (eng)

‘big, large, tall’ (eng)

‘kind of fish’ (eng); ‘ile’ (ind)

‘leaf’ (eng)

‘thorn’ (eng)

‘wooden pillar erected in the centre of the village on which the captured heads are laid down and round which people dance’ (eng)

‘tree-bark’ (eng)

‘tree’ (eng)

‘four’ (eng)

‘lontar-palm’ (eng)

‘startled, terrified, panic-stricken’ (eng)

‘cooled down, at ease, safe, healthy’ (eng)

‘root’ (eng)

‘tobacco-basket’ (eng)

‘cripple, limping’ (eng)

‘play, divert oneself, relax, feast’ (eng)

‘play with a top’ (eng)

‘deceive’ (eng)

‘man's younger brother, father's brother's son or daughter (younger than himself), mother's sister's son or daughter (younger than himself), woman's younger sister, father's brother's son or daughter (younger than herself), mother's sister's son or daughter (younger than herself)’ (eng)

‘go, travel, travelling’ (eng)

‘pounder, pestle’ (eng)

‘father, father's brother, other male members of father's lineage and generation’ (eng)

‘male (of animals)’ (eng)

‘we, us, our (exclus.)’ (eng)

‘people of the village, villagers’ (eng)

‘twins’ (eng)

‘little children, babies’ (eng)

‘little child’ (eng)

‘infant at the breast’ (eng)

‘sister's child (as distinguished from anamane, (that woman's) brother's child)’ (eng)

‘children, (often used in the meaning of) villagers, village population’ (eng)

‘understanding, cunning, trick’ (eng)

‘captain, master of craft’ (eng); ‘anakoda’ (ind)

‘all the little children’ (eng)

‘little, small, child’ (eng)

‘youngest child’ (eng)

‘eldest child’ (eng)

‘eldest child’ (eng)

‘little, alone, one child, another child’ (eng)

‘daughter’ (eng)

‘daughter’ (eng)

‘son’ (eng)

‘members of the lineage’ (eng)

‘bee, bee-nest, bee-wax’ (eng)

‘head wind’ (eng)

‘favourable wind’ (eng)

‘rumour’ (eng)

‘honey’ (eng)

‘air, wind’ (eng)

‘bee-spirit’ (eng)

‘bee-season’ (eng)

‘bee-spirit’ (eng)

‘honey’ (eng)

‘I, me, my’ (eng)

‘primeval forest’ (eng)

‘make fun of, take in’ (eng)

‘cheek, throat’ (eng)

‘spittle’ (eng)

‘sleep’ (eng)

‘man's sister's son’ (eng)

‘spittle’ (eng)

‘person of the highest castle’ (eng)

‘in the beginning, first of all’ (eng)

‘much, many, long (e.g. of hair)’ (eng)

‘say, speak, answer’ (eng)

‘say to’ (eng)

‘liana’ (eng)