OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Hughes (1995): Dobel

Original citation: Hughes, Jock. 1995. Dobel vocabulary. In Darrell T. Tryon (ed.), Comparative Austronesian Dictionary. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

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Headword IPA Glosses
ay talobiraj talobir

‘top of trees’

baba

‘where’

baba

‘which’

balbal

‘inland pool of fresh water, usually caused by rain’

balbal

‘sphere, ball’

balabala

‘earth, ground, soil’

bala lotubala lotu

‘clay’

baloŋan lawbaloŋan law

‘storm’

ba-niba-ni

‘who’

barbar

‘lung’

barabara

‘boil’

baribari

‘large, big’

barikʷalbarikʷal

‘navel’

barˈlaybarˈlaj

‘baggage, stuff, booty, spoils’

barˈlaybarˈlaj

‘things, stuff’

basabasa

‘mud’

basaybasaj

‘wet, damp’

batu telabatu tela

‘brick’

baʔabaʔa

‘time’

baʔa robaʔa ro

‘two times’

baʔaayyatu-dibaʔaajjatu-di

‘sometimes’

baʔar-nibaʔar-ni

‘bald’

bbaribbari

‘big, loud’

bbolbbol

‘paint’

bebaʔubebaʔu

‘duck’

bedalbedal

‘hip’

bendarbendar

‘city, town’

besibesi

‘iron’

betaybetaj

‘much, many’

bisabisa

‘venom, poison’

bisarumbisarum

‘whale’

bitaleŋaybitaleŋaj

‘small, little’

bitaybitaj

‘wet, damp’

biteŋaybiteŋaj

‘small, little’

biˈyonbiˈjon

‘beehive’

biˈyon kʷasirbiˈjon kʷasir

‘honey’

biˈyon sin kʷakʷaybiˈjon sin kʷakʷaj

‘bee’

biˈyon ʔwoybiˈjon ʔwoj

‘beeswax’

botubotu

‘grave, tomb’

buˈlaybuˈlaj

‘snail’

buˈlay-nibuˈlaj-ni

‘hungry’

buraʔuburaʔu

‘floors made of areca palm bark’

burumburum

‘shallow’

busiˈʔaybusiˈʔaj

‘kidney’

butalbutal

‘spear’

butemuybutemuj

‘late, slow’

butimbutim

‘scar’

buybuj

‘prison, jail’

čaŋkultʃaŋkul

‘hoe’

=da=da

‘now (clause final enclitic)’

dabadaba

‘canoe’

da-baˈkʷulda-baˈkʷul

‘gather together to plan something’

da-basiyarda-basijar

‘separate’

da-bayaŋada-bajaŋa

‘divorce’

dabaˈʔaydabaˈʔaj

‘chest’

dabaˈʔay tuldabaˈʔaj tul

‘rib’

da-dem ʔowuyda-dem ʔowuj

‘carve’

dal tuʔudal tuʔu

‘retreat’

dal yabil ɸaydal jabil ɸaj

‘hollow out’

dal ɸay da-r ɸay-edal ɸaj da-r ɸaj-e

‘trade, barter’

dam sobadam soba

‘make peace, at peace’

dam yaba tunadam jaba tuna

‘kneel’

da-saman wutarda-saman wutar

‘judge’

da-yetaʔu ʔaˈni ɸarʔarada-jetaʔu ʔaˈni ɸarʔara

‘they pass judgement on his case’

dayiʔar ɸaydajiʔar ɸaj

‘defend’

daʔadaʔa

‘fish poison (root)’

da-ʔaˈmayda-ʔaˈmaj

‘every, all’

ddowiddowi

‘early’

dekʷal ʔisindekʷal ʔisin

‘armpit’

dekʷal-didekʷal-di

‘wing’

dekʷuldekʷul

‘wing’

delaydelaj

‘white’

demurdemur

‘dark’

demurdemur

‘shade’

denden

‘marry’

derˈɸinderˈɸin

‘hut, tent’

deʔirdeʔir

‘hard’

diɸaldiɸal

‘large game arrow’

dowidowi

‘young’

doʔudoʔu

‘heron, egret’; ‘Egretta garzetta, Egretta sacra, Egretta intermedia, Egretta alba’

dubudubu

‘six’

dubuˈyamdubuˈjam

‘seven’

dudumdudum

‘sound, noise’

dukʷaydukʷaj

‘master’

dukʷay-dadukʷaj-da

‘God, our lord’

dumay-nidumaj-ni

‘obscure’

duʔu-niduʔu-ni

‘dumb’

gelasgelas

‘cup, drinking vessel’

greǰagredʒa

‘temple, church’

gulagula

‘sugar’

guntiŋguntiŋ

‘scissors, shears’

handukhanduk

‘towel’

Ioʔirioʔir

‘good’

ǰamdʒam

‘hour’

kasilikasili

‘small, little’

ketelketel

‘kettle’

koba yidikoba jidi

‘bottom of a basket’

koba ʔorikoba ʔori

‘bottom of a basket’

končikontʃi

‘lock, key’

kuˈbolkuˈbol

‘deep forest far from the village’

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