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’ (eng)

*dupi*dupi

‘wall’ (eng)

*fado*fado

‘pierce’ (eng)

*funu*funu

‘betel‑pepper’ (eng)

*habu*habu

‘cloud, fog’ (eng)

*huʔe*huʔe

‘eucalyptus’ (eng)

*meni*meni

‘sandalwood’ (eng)

*meo*meo

‘warrior’ (eng)

*m-kaka*m-kaka

‘agape, open the mouth’ (eng)

*mono*mono

‘dumb, stupid’ (eng)

*nafu-ʔ*nafu-ʔ

‘feather, body hair’ (eng)

*nono*nono

‘clan, sorcery’ (eng)

*osa*osa

‘price, value’ (eng)

*paha*paha

‘divide, split’ (eng)

*petun*petun

‘giant bamboo’ (eng); ‘Dendrocalamus’ (lat)

*pio*pio

‘garlic’ (eng)

*soʔi*soʔi

‘comb’ (eng)

*sua*sua

‘rafter’ (eng)

*tana-ʔ*tana-ʔ

‘thorn’ (eng)

*tena*tena

‘calm’ (eng)

*ʔ-mauka-ʔ*ʔ-mauka-ʔ

‘cuscus’ (eng)