OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Dol (2007): Maybrat Ayawasi

Original citation: Dol, Philomena. 2007. A grammar of Maybrat: a language of the Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Province, Indonesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Notes on this source: Mayhapeh dialect. According to Dol (2007:9), this dialect is spoken in Ayawasi, Kokas, Mosun, Konya, Kumurkek.

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Headword IPA Glosses
-a-a

n.inal. ‘husband’

aa

INT. ‘int’

aa

n. ‘rope’

a-a-

MARKER. ‘POSS’

-ae-ˈae

v.prep. ‘at’

aeˈae

adv.man. ‘indeed, yes (affirmative)’

aeae

INTERJ. ‘yes’

-afa-afa

v. ‘invite’

-afa-afa

v. ‘move’

afaafa

n. ‘k.o. leaf’

-afan-afan

v. ‘give name’

afanafan

n. ‘caterpillar’

afan kmeafan kme

n.comp. ‘k.o. caterpillar’

-afat-afat

v. ‘place between’

afiaˈfi

n. ‘roof, sago leaf’

-afit-afit

v. ‘bite’

afosafos

n. ‘k.o. treebark’

afuafu

n. ‘k.o. forest taro’

ahax

n. ‘frog’

-ahmun-axmun

n.inal. ‘chest’

ahnataxnat

n. ‘spirit deceased relative’

-ai-ˈai

v. ‘hit’

-ai-ai

v. ‘plant’

aiˈai

pron. ‘alone’

-aif-aif

v. ‘spend the night’

-aim-ˈaim

v. ‘cook’

-aim-aim

v. ‘live’

-aim-aim

n.inal. ‘wing’

ainain

n. ‘drum’

-air-air

n.inal. ‘foot of tree’

-ais-ais

v.intr. ‘come down’

-ait-ait

v. ‘eat’

aitait

pron. ‘3m, he’

-aka-aka

v. ‘shape’

-aka-aka

v.intr. ‘wind (e.g. a road)’

-akah-akax

v. ‘dig’

akahakax

adv.loc. ‘above’

-akan-ˈakan

‘eye’

-akan-akan

n.inal. ‘stone of fruit, seed, testicle’

-akas-akas

n.inal. ‘blister’

-akat-akat

n.inal. ‘scar’

-ake-ake

n.inal. ‘fruit’

-ake-ˈake

v. ‘tie’

akenaken

n. ‘canoe’

-akit-akit

v. ‘hope’

-ako-ako

v. ‘not want’

akoako

n. ‘cave’

akohakox

n. ‘turtle’

-aku-aku

n.inal. ‘daughter of female’

-aku-aku

v.adj. ‘young’

-akuo-akuo

v. ‘feast’

-akuoh-akuox

v. ‘scrape’

-akuon-akuon

v. ‘time’

-akus-akus

v. ‘leave behind’

akusakus

ADV. ‘left behind’

-akut-akut

n.inal. ‘son of female’

amam

n. ‘traditional rain cape, mat, letter’

-ama-ama

v.mot. ‘come’

amahˈamax

n. ‘house’

amah kiyamamax kijam

n. ‘hospital’

amah sinamax sin

n. ‘bamboo floor’

-ame-ame

v. ‘stab’

-ame-ame

v. ‘strengthen’

amesames

n. ‘black couscous’

-ami-ami

v. ‘stab, pierce’

amkafuaˈŋkafu

‘k.o. fern’; ‘Merremia cf. peltata’

-amo-ˈamo

v.mot. ‘go’

-amos-amos

v. ‘live’

amotamot

n. ‘dew’

ampahampax

n. ‘tip sheet (of sago tree)’

-amu-amu

v. ‘suck’

-amu-amu

n.inal. ‘uncle’

amuamu

pron. ‘1P, we’

-amuah-ˈamuax ~ -ˈamuox

v. ‘raw’

-amuoh-amuox

v. ‘sew’

-amuom-amuom

n.inal. ‘neck’

-amus-amus

v. ‘wash’

-ana-ana

n.inal. ‘head’

anaˈana

pron. ‘3P, they’

anaana

n. ‘fence’

-ana frak-ana frak

n.inal.comp. ‘skull’

-anes-anes

v.adj. ‘old’

aniaania

pron. ‘each other’

-aniah-aniax

v. ‘collect’

ankreankre

n.comp. ‘sago leaf’

-ano-ano

n.inal. ‘sibling opposite sex’

anoano

n/adj?. ‘female’

anuanu

pron. ‘2P, you’

-ao-ˈao

n.inal. ‘foot, leg’

-ao-ˈao

n.inal. ‘sibling same sex’

-ao krem-ao krem

n.inal.comp. ‘toe’

-ao m-aur-ao m-aur

n.inal. ‘calf of leg’

-aof-aof

v. ‘divide’

aofˈaof

n. ‘sago’

-aoh-aox

v. ‘not care’

-aom-aom

n.inal.spat. ‘outside’

-aon-ˈaon

v.adj. ‘sharp’

-aos-aos

n.inal. ‘shoulder’

-aot-aot

v. ‘cut’

-apah-apax

v. ‘dig soil’

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