OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Edwards (2021e): Proto-Nuclear Meto

Original citation: Edwards, Owen. 2021. Rote-Meto Comparative Dictionary. Canberra: ANU Press.

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Total entries: 21
Headword IPA Glosses
*deku*deku

‘beat, knock, strike’

*dupi*dupi

‘wall’

*fado*fado

‘pierce’

*funu*funu

‘betel‑pepper’

*habu*habu

‘cloud, fog’

*huʔe*huʔe

‘eucalyptus’

*meni*meni

‘sandalwood’

*meo*meo

‘warrior’

*m-kaka*m-kaka

‘agape, open the mouth’

*mono*mono

‘dumb, stupid’

*nafu-ʔ*nafu-ʔ

‘feather, body hair’

*nono*nono

‘clan, sorcery’

*osa*osa

‘price, value’

*paha*paha

‘divide, split’

*petun*petun

‘giant bamboo’; ‘Dendrocalamus’

*pio*pio

‘garlic’

*soʔi*soʔi

‘comb’

*sua*sua

‘rafter’

*tana-ʔ*tana-ʔ

‘thorn’

*tena*tena

‘calm’

*ʔ-mauka-ʔ*ʔ-mauka-ʔ

‘cuscus’