OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Edwards (2021f): Proto-Meto

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

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Total entries: 39
Headword IPA Glosses
*arum*arum

‘cuscus’ (eng)

*baba-ʔ*baba-ʔ

‘aunt, uncle’ (eng)

*biae*biae

‘buffalo, cow’ (eng)

*boaʔ*boaʔ

‘ten’ (eng)

*dai*dai

‘comb (rooster), wattle (rooster)’ (eng)

*dete*dete

‘blackboard tree’ (eng); ‘Alstonia scholaris’ (lat)

*diʔu*diʔu

‘chase’ (eng)

*domi*domi

‘like, love’ (eng)

*etu*etu

‘therefore’ (eng)

*fee*fee

‘wife, woman’ (eng)

*fefa*fefa

‘mouth’ (eng)

*fera*fera

‘decide, break’ (eng)

*fua*fua

‘traditional religion’ (eng)

*fufu*fufu

‘fontanelle’ (eng)

*hae-ʔ*hae-ʔ

‘foot, leg’ (eng)

*imun*imun

‘midge, mosquito’ (eng)

*ka-benu*ka-benu

‘fly’ (eng)

*kalusa*kalusa

‘claw, fingernail, toenail, nail’ (eng)

*kase*kase

‘foreigner’ (eng)

*kepe*kepe

‘tick’ (eng)

*ketu-k*ketu-k

‘bedbug’ (eng)

*k-teom*k-teom

‘sea urchin’ (eng)

*kumu*kumu

‘wild dove, wild pigeon’ (eng)

*kunu*kunu

‘breadfruit’ (eng)

*kupu*kupu

‘fog’ (eng)

*metam*metam

‘black, civet’ (eng)

*mneas*mneas

‘husked rice’ (eng)

*mone-ʔ*mone-ʔ

‘outside’ (eng)

*nada*nada

‘gums’ (eng)

*ŋinu*ŋinu

‘spit out’ (eng)

*ruan*ruan

‘village’ (eng)

*sana-ʔ*sana-ʔ

‘branch, bunch of fruit’ (eng)

*sosa*sosa

‘buy, sell’ (eng)

*tama*tama

‘enter’ (eng)

*tana*tana

‘ask’ (eng)

*teni*teni

‘again’ (eng)

*tuu*tuu

‘knee’ (eng)

*usi*usi

‘king, lord’ (eng)

*ʔ-fenu*ʔ-fenu

‘candlenut’ (eng)