OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘first person singular nonsubject pronoun’ (eng)

‘subject marker’ (eng)

‘second person singular subject pronoun’ (eng)

‘yes-no question particle (which occurs clause-finally)’ (eng)

‘light a fire’ (eng)

‘call’ (eng)

‘stuck’ (eng)

‘sit on (something)’ (eng)

‘on’ (eng)

‘keep calling’ (eng)

‘place on, put on’ (eng)

‘take the place of, take the postion of’ (eng)

‘try, try out’ (eng)

‘on’ (eng)

‘encounter unexpectedly, run into’ (eng)

‘chicken’ (eng)

‘fire’ (eng)

‘smoke’ (eng)

‘chicken egg’ (eng)

‘to tease, to tease someone’ (eng)

‘ashes’ (eng)

1. ‘try to fix something that is broken’ (eng)

2. ‘try to kill someone through supernatural means’ (eng)

‘looking in the same direciton, lined up’ (eng)

‘mature (of fruit), almost ripe’ (eng)

‘enough’ (eng)

‘type of spirit that leaves a person's body while they are sleeping’ (eng); ‘buan’ (tet)

‘see, find’ (eng)

‘hand someone something’ (eng)

‘tell to, tell a story to’ (eng)

‘sell something to someone’ (eng)

‘tell someone to do something’ (eng)

‘sip (a drink), take a sip’ (eng)

‘finding’ (eng)

‘enough, sufficient (when everyone has the same amount)’ (eng)

‘wander around’ (eng)

‘something fits, is equal’ (eng)

‘over something’ (eng)

‘sp. of cuscus’ (eng)

‘first person plural inclusive subject pronoun’ (eng)

‘portion, half, slice (of food)’ (eng)

‘first person plural inclusive nonsubject pronoun’ (eng)

‘crocodile (respectful)’ (eng)

‘first person plural inclusive pronoun (citation form)’ (eng)

‘mine’ (eng)

‘for, for the benefit of’ (eng)

‘usually, always’ (eng)

‘maybe’ (eng)

‘if’ (eng)

‘maybe’ (eng)

1. ‘rain’ (eng)

2. ‘rainy season, November to June’ (eng)

‘year’ (eng)

‘type of small plantain’ (eng)

‘chew’ (eng)

‘not’ (eng)

‘never’ (eng)

‘slave, slave class’ (eng)

‘stubborn’ (eng)

‘burped up food’ (eng)

‘burp up’ (eng)

‘firm’ (eng)

‘feces’ (eng)

‘call (with the voice)’ (eng)

‘intestine’ (eng)

‘slash and burn farming’ (eng)

‘rice, uncooked rice’ (eng)

‘cooked rice’ (eng)

‘cooked rice’ (eng)

‘again’ (eng)

‘hit (can be used for inanimate objects)’ (eng)

‘again’ (eng)

‘place’ (eng)

1. ‘breast, chest (can be applied to either men or women )’ (eng)

2. ‘(breast) milk’ (eng)

‘female breast’ (eng)

‘louse’ (eng)

‘wing’ (eng)

‘1sg nom’ (eng)

‘or’ (eng)

‘seek, look for’ (eng)

‘for me, for my benefit’ (eng)

1. ‘exist’ (eng)

2. ‘have’ (eng)

‘not hit’ (eng)

‘thread’ (eng)

‘mountain’ (eng)

‘naughty’ (eng)

‘encounter’ (eng)

‘fish’ (eng)

‘fishing pole’ (eng)

‘fish, catch fish’ (eng)

‘fishing line’ (eng)

‘with’ (eng)

‘scoop up’ (eng)

‘plant, tree’ (eng)

‘frightened’ (eng)

‘drop’ (eng)

‘drop, fall’ (eng)

‘earing’ (eng)

‘buffalo, water buffalo’ (eng)

‘milk, buffalo milk’ (eng)

‘water buffalo’ (eng)

1. ‘reach, grab (as in, grab a fruit)’ (eng)

2. ‘on time (not late)’ (eng)