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’

-apah-apax

v. ‘invite’

apahapax

n. ‘mushroom’

-apan-apan

v. ‘turn over’

apanapan

n. ‘snake’

apan papohapan papox

n.comp. ‘k.o. snake (white spotted, very poisonous)’

apan pasesapan pases

n.comp. ‘k.o. snake (green/yellow)’

apan payirapan pajir

n.comp. ‘k.o. snake’

apasapas

n. ‘k.o. shrimp (smooth)’

-apat-apat

v. ‘eat vegetables’

-apat-apat

n.inal. ‘tooth’

-ape-ape

v. ‘carry on back’

-ape-ape

v. ‘give birth’

-api-api

v.adj. ‘big’

apitaˈpit

n. ‘banana’

apit kekapit kek

n.comp. ‘k.o. banana’

apit taweapit tawe

n.comp. ‘k.o. banana’

-apo-apo

v. ‘at’

-apo-apo

v. ‘eat meat’

-apot-apot

v. ‘collect’

-apuf-apuf

v.adj. ‘short’

apukapuk

n. ‘lizard’

-apum-apum

v.intr. ‘creep, hide’

-apum-apum

v. ‘lie on stomach, sit on eggs’

-apuo-apuo

n.inal. ‘top, tip’

-apuoh-apuox

v. ‘smooth’

-ara-ara

n.inal. ‘uncle’s son’

araˈara

n. ‘tree’

ara m-tisara m-tis

n.comp. ‘tree root’

ara paritara parit

n.comp. ‘steps’

-arak-arak

1. v. ‘empty’

2. n.inal. ‘shell, skin’

-are-are

n.inal. ‘son or daughter of male’

-aret-aret

v. ‘pick’

-ari-ari

v.com. ‘hear’

ariari

n. ‘pray’

arinˈarin

n. ‘situation’

aroaro

ADV. ‘other’

-aru-aru

v. ‘pay’

-as-as

v. ‘follow by’

-as-as

v. ‘lift, swell’

asafasaf

n. ‘k.o. traditional feast’

-asah-ˈasax

v. ‘laugh’

asahasax

n. ‘shrimp’

asamˈasam

n. ‘sugarcane’

-ase-ase

1. v.adj. ‘big’

2. ADV. ‘very’

-ase-ase

v. ‘plant’

-asen-asen

v. ‘get up’

-aser-aser

v. ‘tasty’

aseraser

n. ‘posts fireplace’

-asi-asi

v. ‘pick up (food)’

-asi-asi

v. ‘sing’

-asia-asia

n.inal. ‘heart’

-asiah-asiax

v. ‘copulate’

-asiak-asiak

v. ‘come hurriedly’

-asiem-asiem

v. ‘coloured’

-asim-asim

v. ‘sell’

-asin-ˈasin

n.inal. ‘rib’

asisasis

n. ‘smooth tree root’

-aso-aso

v. ‘plant’

-asoh-asox

n.inal. ‘mouth’

-asom-asom

v. ‘carry on shoulder’

-asom-asom

n.inal. ‘name’

-ason-ˈason ~ -aˈson

v. ‘kiss, smell’

-asu-asu

n.inal.spat. ‘face, front’

-asuf-asuf

n.inal.spat. ‘middle’

-asuo-asuo

v. ‘take out’

-asuor-asuor

n.inal. ‘shinbone’

-ata-ata

v. ‘cross’

-ataˈ-ata

v. ‘drink’

-ata-ata

v.intr. ‘hurt’

-ata-ata

n.inal. ‘leaf’

ataata

n. ‘raft’

-ataf-ataf

v.adj. ‘ripe’

atafataf

n. ‘ironwood’

-atak-atak

v. ‘tough, angry’

-atat-atat

n.inal. ‘grandparent’

-ate-ate

v. ‘bathe’

-ate-ate

v. ‘punish, sharpen’

-atem-ˈatem

n.inal. ‘arm, hand’

-atem kotof-atem kotof

n.inal.comp. ‘elbow’

-atem krem-atem krem

n.inal.comp. ‘finger’

-atem m-apan-atem m-apan

n.inal.comp. ‘palm of hand’

-atem m-aur-atem m-aur

n.inal.comp. ‘lower arm’

-atet-atet

v. ‘stop crying’

-ati-ati

n.inal. ‘aunt’

-ati-ati

v. ‘plant’

atiati

ADV. ‘correct’

-atia-atia

n.inal. ‘father’

-atiah-atiax

v. ‘make love’

-atiet-atiet

v. ‘perish (piercing with spear), pierce’

-atim-atim

v. ‘go first, lead’

-atin-atin

n.inal. ‘group’

-atir-atir

v. ‘lay out’

-ato-ato

n.inal.spat. ‘hole, inside’

-atoh-atox

n.inal. ‘male sex organ’

-aton-aton

v.adj. ‘infected’

-atot-atot

v. ‘full’

-atu-atu

v. ‘pull/yank out, appear, emerge’

atuatu

n. ‘mountain’

-atuah-atuax

v. ‘cut (e.g. sugarcane)’

-au-au

n.inal. ‘lungs’

-au-au

DEM. ‘U DIST’

auˈau

pron. ‘3U, she’

-auf-ˈauf

v. ‘content’

-aum-aum

n.inal. ‘border’

-aun-aun

n.inal. ‘female family member’

-aur-aur

n.inal. ‘calf of leg’

-aus-aus

v. ‘urinate’

-aut-aut

v. ‘climb’

autaut

n. ‘‘Salawaku’ tree’

awaawa

n. ‘butterfly’

-awah-awax

v. ‘lift with two hands’

-awe-awe

v.intr. ‘fall’

-awe-awe

v.com. ‘say’

aweawe

n. ‘adopted family member’

awetawet

n. ‘white cockatoo’

-awia-awia

v. ‘cry’

awiahˈawijax

n. ‘taro’

awiah kutaweawiax kutawe

n. ‘k.o. taro’; ‘keladi johar’

-awian-awian

n.inal. ‘hair, feathers, fur’

-awien-awien

v. ‘lean against’

awietawiet

n. ‘k.o. red fruit’; ‘buah merah’

awiyaˈawija

QUEST. ‘who?’

-awof-awof

n.inal. ‘marrow’

-awuon-awuon

v. ‘happy’

-aya-aja

v. ‘weave small’

ayaˈaja

n. ‘water’

aya kreaja kre

n.comp. ‘tributary’

aya sasuaja sasu

n.comp. ‘sea’

ayoaˈjo ~ aˈju

n. ‘sun’

-ayoh-ajox

v. ‘wish, request’

ayohajox

n. ‘sky’

ayuaˈjo ~ aˈju

n. ‘sun’

-ayun-ajun

v. ‘accompany’

-e-e

v. ‘give’

-e-e

DEM. ‘M’

-e-e

v. ‘return’

ee

adv.loc. ‘far’

ee

INTERJ. ‘hey’

-ehah-exax

v. ‘cut’

eheexe

INTERJ. ‘no’

eheexe

NEG. ‘no’

-ehoh-exox

v.sac. ‘stab’

-ekait-ekait

v. ‘cover’

eokˈejok

NUM. ‘two’

-epuah-epuax

v. ‘bury’

-erif-erif

v. ‘show’

eses

adv.temp. ‘first, beginning’

-esen-esen

v. ‘split small pieces’

esuesu

ADV. ‘together’

-et-et

DEM. ‘M’

etet

n. ‘tattoo’

etete ~ əˈte

adv.loc. ‘below’

etieti

ADV. ‘also’

-etu-etu

v. ‘still be’

ewaewa

adv.asp. ‘often, always’

ewokˈejok

NUM. ‘two’

-eyam-ˈejam ~ -ˈijam

v. ‘roll’

-eyum-ejum

v. ‘give food’

-f--f-

DEM. ‘very near’

faifai

n. ‘woman’

-fain-fain

n.inal. ‘wife’

-fais-fais

v. ‘fill’

famufamu

n.inal. ‘thigh’

fanefane

n. ‘pig’

fane anofane ano

n.comp. ‘sow’

fane rapuohfane rapuox

n.comp. ‘wild pig’

fane samufane samu

n.comp. ‘domesticated pig’

fane smefane sme

n.comp. ‘male pig’

fane waifane wai

n.comp. ‘pig tooth’

faresfares

adv.asp. ‘still’

farkorfarkor

v. ‘learn’

-fat-fat

v. ‘fell (tree)’

-fau-fau

v. ‘fill’

faufau

n. ‘plain’

fautfaut

n. ‘hilltop’

fawenfawen

adv.asp. ‘long time’

fawetfawet

v. ‘go silently’

fayarfajar

v. ‘take ceremonial cloth’

fayirfajir

v. ‘decorate’

fefe

adv.neg. ‘no’

fenefene

n. ‘mother’

feniafenia

v. ‘scared’

feyaˈfeja

v. ‘swallow’

-fi-fi

v. ‘blow’

fi-fi-

DEM. ‘similar to’

fiaˈfia ~ ˈfea

v. ‘suck’

fiamˈfijam

‘catfish’

fiamfiam

n. ‘catfish’

fiesfies

n. ‘firefly’

fioˈfijo

‘k.o. grass’

fiokfiok

n. ‘sheet of sago tree (used to knead sago in)’

firufiru

v/n. ‘spray’

fisehfisex

v. ‘tear with teeth’

-fit-fit

v. ‘yank out (grass)’

fiyaˈfeja

v. ‘swallow’

fiyaffijaf

v.col. ‘yellow’

fiyanfijan

v. ‘wear’

fi-yefi-je

QUEST. ‘how?’

fiyesfijes

n. ‘k.o. firefly’

fnakfnak

v. ‘shoot, stab’

fniafəniˈja

n. ‘woman’

fnieffnief

n.inal. ‘fontanel’

fofo

n. ‘k.o. tuber (may be poisonous, used by women to commit suicide)’

-fok-fok

v. ‘roll’

fomfom

n. ‘termite’

-fon-fon

v. ‘tie’

fonfon

n. ‘rope’

foreraforera

n. ‘k.o. grass’

-fos-fos

v. ‘cold’

fosfos

n. ‘wind’

-fot-fot

v. ‘catch’

frafra

n. ‘stone’

fra awiahfra awiax

n.comp. ‘chalk’

fra snokfra snok

n. ‘gravel’

frakfrak

n.inal. ‘skull’

frampufəˈrampu

‘k.o. plant’

frapufrapu

v. ‘bite tough’

frifri

v. ‘find, meet’

fritfrit

v. ‘move’

frofro

v. ‘stick’

frokfrok

v. ‘emerge’

frufru

v. ‘fly’

frurfrur

v. ‘stretch out’

frusfrus

v. ‘divine by blowing’

ftahftax

v.intr. ‘break (shells)’

ftefte

v. ‘area, part of land’

ftiahftiax

TEMP. ‘day after tomorrow’

ftuohftuox

n. ‘string of bag’

-fuf-fuf

v. ‘come out’

-fuf-fuf

v. ‘open’

fukumfukum

v. ‘jail’

fuofuo

n. ‘axe handle’

haxa

n.inal. ‘salt’

ha m-amosxa m-amos

n.comp. ‘traditional feast’

haenˈxaen

v. ‘shallow’

-haf-xaf

1. n.inal. ‘stomach, belly’

2. v.intr. ‘pregnant’

hafonxafon

v. ‘break off’

-hafri-xafri

v.comP. ‘feel for’

-hah-xax

v. ‘tear’

-hai-xai

1. v.intr. ‘die’

2. ADV. ‘extremely’

-haif-xaif

v. ‘chop’

-hain-xain

v. ‘clean up’

-ham-xam

v. ‘hurt, feel pain’

hamitxamit

v. ‘bundle’

hampahˈxampax

n. ‘tip of sago sheet’

hampatˈxampat

n. ‘woodtrunk’

haotxaot

n. ‘saliva’

hapaxapa

v. ‘very tired, exhausted’

hapahˈxapax

v. ‘crack’

hapanxapan

n. ‘beads’

haperxaper

v. ‘cut in half’

hapisxapis

n. ‘ink made of fruit’

hapotˈxapot

v. ‘satisfied, replete’

-har-xar

v. ‘know’

hariahxariax

n. ‘part, half’

harianxarian

v. ‘tear’

hasxas

n. ‘waistband’

hasaxasa

v. ‘circle’

hasuohxasuox

n. ‘taro shoot’

hatxat ~ əˈxat

n. ‘fireplace’

hataxata

n.inal. ‘k.o. vegetable’; ‘sayur lilin’

hatatxatat

n. ‘mud’

hatexate

n. ‘hairlouse’

hawexawe

v.com. ‘refuse’

hawerehxawerex

n. ‘bamboo bowl’

hayahˈxajax

v. ‘cough’

hayahˈxajax

v. ‘different’

hayexaje

v. ‘startled’

hayoxajo

v. ‘hang’

-he-xe

v.com. ‘see’

hesaxesa

n. ‘k.o. grass’

heyauxejau

n. ‘k.o. swamp grass’

hfuohxənfuˈwox

n. ‘kite’

hixi

n. ‘corpse’

hifuohˈxifwox

v.intr. ‘diligent’

hmunxmun

n.inal. ‘chest’

hmunxmun

v. ‘scrape’

hnirxnir

v. ‘growl’

-ho-xo

v. ‘shout’

-hoh-xox

v. ‘run, chase’

hohoxoxo

n. ‘plain’

horitxorit

n. ‘hearth’

hpatxpat

n. ‘hitting wood, hammer’

hpixpi

v. ‘destroy’

hpuxpu

v/adj. ‘extremely long’

hpuohxpuox

v.adj. ‘small’

hrehxrex

v. ‘tough’

hrehaxəˈrexa

n.inal. ‘tongue’

hrenxəˈren

1. v.pos. ‘sit’

2. n.inal. ‘buttocks’

hrerxrer

n. ‘make smooth sound’

hresxres

v. ‘clean’

hrixri

n. ‘woodbark’

hropitxropit

n.inal. ‘umbilical cord’

htaxta

v. ‘sleep elsewhere’

-hu-xu

v.pos. ‘stay’

hufxuf

n. ‘white forest chicken’

hutixuti

v.adj. ‘original’

hwaixwai

n. ‘ravine’

hwohxwox

v. ‘scratch’

hwuomxəwuˈwom

v. ‘dry season’

-i-i

DEM. ‘M’

-i-i

v. ‘tie’

-i--i-

derivational affix. ‘TRANS’

ii

n. ‘ant’

-ia-ia

v. ‘suck’

-im-im

n. ‘foster child’

-imara-imaˈra

n.inal. ‘ear’

inin

n. ‘earthquake’

in sariin sari

n. ‘big earthquake’

intapeintape

n. ‘rope’

iraˈira

adv.temp. ‘just now, previously’

-irum-irum

v. ‘buy’

-is-is

v. ‘take off’

isis

adv.temp. ‘yesterday’

-isi-isi

v. ‘agree’

isieˈisie

n. ‘sun, hour’

-isier-ˈisijir ~ -ˈisijer

v. ‘drunk’

isiyir-ˈisijir ~ -ˈisijer

v. ‘drunk’

-iskuot-iskuˈot

v. ‘push’

isoˈiso

n. ‘path, track, road’

-isoh-isox

v. ‘fix’

isuohisuox

COOR. ‘whereas’

itaˈita

n. ‘leaf’

ita m-ataita m-ata

n.comp. ‘foliage’

-itah-itax

v. ‘force’

iwaiiwai

adv.temp. ‘just now’

-iwiah-iwiax

v. ‘roast’

-iyam-ˈejam ~ -ˈijam

v. ‘roll’

iyeije

adv.foc. ‘too’

-iyoh-ijox

v. ‘request’

-ka-ka

v. ‘mix’

-ka-ka

v. ‘wet’

kaka

INTERJ. ‘eh?’

kafikafi

n. ‘kneading place for sago’

-kah-kax

n.inal. ‘body’

-kah-kax

v. ‘burn’

-kah-kax

v.prep. ‘with, to, for’

-kai-kai

v. ‘meet, find’

kaikai

n. ‘time’

kainkain

n. ‘pandanus leaves’

kain kekkain kek

n.comp. ‘pandanus for rolling cigarettes’

kain samukain samu

n.comp. ‘pandanus for weaving mats’

-kair-kair

v.adj. ‘bad’

kaiskais

n.inal. ‘buttocks’

kaitkait

adv.loc. ‘near’

-kak-kak

v/quant. ‘absolutely everyone/everything’

kakkak

n. ‘cuscus, meat’

kakkak

n. ‘meat’

kak arakak ara

n.comp. ‘cuscus’

kakakaka

v. ‘bent’

kaketkaket

adv.man. ‘well, carefully’

kakrukakru

n.comp. ‘cassowary’

kameankamean

n. ‘black cockatoo’

kamonkamon

v. ‘store’

kamtefokamtefo

n.comp. ‘k.o. wood’; ‘Podocarpus pilgeri’

kamuskamus

v. ‘open braids’

kankan

n. ‘embers’

kanakana

v. ‘chant’

kanamkanam

v.adj. ‘cold’

kapankapan

n. ‘eel’

kapeskapes

adj/n. ‘huge’

kapukkapuk

v.intr. ‘close eyes, pray’

karkar

ADV. ‘alone’

karefkaref

n. ‘arrow’

karukaru

v. ‘rub’

-kas-kas

v. ‘lick’

-kat-kat

v. ‘catch fish with angle’

katkat

v.adj. ‘dry’

katumkatum

n. ‘bracelet lower arm’

katuokatuo

n. ‘tree kangaroo’

kaukau

n. ‘rat’

kau arakau ara

n.comp. ‘k.o. rat’

kau tapamkau tapam

n.comp. ‘bandicoot’

kauskaus

n. ‘boil’

kawomkawom

v. ‘fetch with tongs or foot’

kawuonkawuon

n. ‘Wuon house’

kayahkajax

n. ‘hole’

kayiekajie

adv.neg. ‘not’

keke

COOR. ‘because’

-kek-kek

v.col. ‘red’

-kek-kek

v.intr. ‘shut up’

-ken-ken

v. ‘touch closely’

kepetkepet

ADV. ‘only, just’

-ker-ker

v. ‘crazy’

-ket-ket

v. ‘make agreement’

kiki

n. ‘k.o. watery fruit’; ‘jambu’

-kiah-kiax

v. ‘knead sago’

-kiar-kiar

v. ‘decorate’

-kias-kiˈjas

v. ‘say, tell’

-kier-kier

v. ‘mate’

kietˈkijet ~ əkiˈjet

n. ‘cloth’

kiet arakiet ara

n. ‘bark cloth’

kifarkifar

n. ‘bowl for sago porridge’

kikikkikik

v. ‘giggle’

kinekine

ADV. ‘close to’

kiniahkiniax

v.adj. ‘small’

kirkir

n.inal. ‘eggyolk’

-kit-kit

v.prep. ‘towards’

kiyamkijam

v. ‘ill’

kiyekkijek

v. ‘convulsion’

kiyitˈkijet ~ əkiˈjet

n. ‘cloth’

kkaikəˈkai

v.intr. ‘in two’

kmakma

n. ‘k.o. male plant’; ‘matoa’

kmokmo

v. ‘angry’

kmohkmox

v. ‘bloom’

kmukkmuk

v. ‘cut short’

kmunkmun

n/adj. ‘sow’

kmurkmur

v. ‘claw’

knarknar

v. ‘smart’

knenknen

n. ‘k.o. lizard’

knokno

v. ‘coloured’

knuknu

v.col. ‘dark’

-ko-ko

v. ‘plant among burnt patches’

-ko-ko

v. ‘roast’

kofakofa

n. ‘k.o. aracea nut’

kohkox

n. ‘soil’

-kok-kok

v. ‘naked’

kokokkokok

n. ‘chicken’

kokok m-aufkokok m-auf

n.comp. ‘egg’

-kom-kom

v. ‘write’

kopohkopox

v. ‘hurriedly’

korinkorin

v. ‘scrape till finished’

korokkorok

n. ‘flute’

kowakowa

n. ‘red forest chicken’

kpaikəˈpai

n. ‘crab’

kpatkpat

v. ‘leave’

kpekpe

adv.temp. ‘shortly’

kpetkpet

v/adv. ‘immediately’

kpiskpis

n.inal. ‘nail’

kporkpor

n.inal. ‘back’

kpor hamkpor xam

n.comp. ‘backache before giving birth’

kpor mtaikpor mtai

n.inal. ‘spine’

kramyokramjo

kəramˈjo. ‘k.o. plant’; ‘Canthium sp.’

kraramkraram

v.adj. ‘skinny’

krekre

n. ‘traditional birth house, nest’

krekre

n. ‘treebranch’

kreamkəˈrejam

v. ‘cut’

krekkrek

1. v. ‘carry under arm’

2. n.inal. ‘armpit’

kremkrem

n.inal. ‘finger, toe’

krem-eok/ewokkrem-eok/ewok

num.comp. ‘seven’

krem-s-aukrem-s-au

num.comp. ‘six’

krem-tietkrem-tiet

num.comp. ‘nine’

krem-tufkrem-tuf

num.comp. ‘eight’

krerekrere

n.inal. ‘little finger’

krikri

v.adj. ‘straight’

kriakkriak

v. ‘open stem’

krinkrin

v. ‘small bites’

krokro

v.intr. ‘follow’

krofenkroˈfen

n.inal. ‘kidney’

krohkrox

v. ‘make loud noise’

kromkrom

n. ‘bamboo for eating papeda’

kronkron

v. ‘sound’

kroweskrowes

v. ‘whistle on fingers’

krunkrun

v. ‘throw inside’

ksieksie

v.intr. ‘sneeze’

ksomksom

n.inal. ‘gall’

ktanktan

v. ‘cut small’

ktusktus

v.intr. ‘break (ropes)’

kuku

n. ‘child’

ku r-anoku r-ano

n.comp. ‘girl’

ku smeku sme

n.comp. ‘boy’

-kuah-kuˈax ~ -kuˈox

v. ‘pick’

-kuk-kuk

v. ‘pull, haul’

kukakuka

v. ‘mix’

-kum-kum

v. ‘wet’

-kuo-kuo

v. ‘peel’

kuoˈkuo

n. ‘sago flour’

-kuoh-kuˈax ~ -kuˈox

v. ‘pick’

kuwiankuwian

ˈkuwijan. ‘flesh’

kwekwe

n.inal. ‘eggwhite’

kwekkwek

v. ‘animal scream’

kwekkwek

v. ‘scream in pain’

kwiakkwiak

n. ‘beetle’

kwiankuwiˈjan

n. ‘meat’

kwirkwir

v. ‘strengthen (in a ritual)’

m-m-

pron. ‘3U, she, it, they’

-mah-max

v. ‘greet, agree with’

mahmax

n. ‘blue cockatoo’

mahmax

adv.temp. ‘later, tomorrow’

mahsinmaxsin

n.comp. ‘floor’

-mai-ˈmai

v/n. ‘sound’

maimai

adv.neg. ‘PROHIB’

maimai

n. ‘sound, language’

makahmakax

n. ‘knife near handle’

mamukmamuk

n. ‘blunt end of knife’

manikˈmanik

n. ‘oil’

manusmanus

n. ‘ditch’

mapatmapat

n. ‘pool’

marumaru

n. ‘lake’

masirmasir

n. ‘bagstring’

-mat-mat

v. ‘observe’

matmat

NUM. ‘five’

matamata

n. ‘ridge’

matimati

COOR. ‘and then’

matiafmatiaf

n. ‘bird of paradise’

m-ausm-aus

n. ‘urine, extract’

mawahmawax

n. ‘adopted child’

-me-me

n.inal. ‘mother’

me-me-

DEM. ‘PRESTT’

-men-men

v. ‘pick up, take home, marry’

menmen

adv.temp. ‘later, tomorrow’

mesmes ~ əˈmes

n. ‘blood’

mesmes ~ əˈmes

n. ‘edible ferns’; ‘Diplazium sp.’

mimi

COOR. ‘so that’

mikiemikie

n. ‘co-wife’

mimomimo

adv.man. ‘very’

minmin

n. ‘paddle’

mirmir

n. ‘orange’

mi-yoˈmijo

QUEST. ‘where?’

m-nanm-nan

COOR. ‘then’

momo

n. ‘grasshopper’

montiafˈmontijaf

‘k.o. fern’; ‘Microlepia sp.’

mosmos

n. ‘heavy rain, flood’

mostarifmostarif

n.comp. ‘very heavy rain’

mpairmpair

n.inal.spat?. ‘place’

mrieməriˈe

n. ‘k.o. tree’

mtahmtax

n. ‘dog’

mtemmtem

n. ‘k.o. cockroach’

mtimti

adv.temp. ‘night’

-muk-muk

v. ‘pound’

mukmuk ~ əˈmuk

n.inal. ‘rice mortar’

mukekmukek

n. ‘red cockatoo’

-muot-muˈot

v. ‘hide’

-n--n-

DEM. ‘far’

n-n-

2. ‘2S, 2P, you’

nana

COOR. ‘and then’

nana

n. ‘k.o. fruit’; ‘buah raja’

nafnaf ~ əˈnaf

n. ‘taro shoot’

-nah-nax

v. ‘wobble, move’

-naif-naif

n.inal. ‘nose’

-nan-nan

v. ‘alike, enough’

-nat-nat

v. ‘examine’

nawenawe

n. ‘breadfruit’

neannean

v. ‘make fertile’

-nek-nek

v. ‘oppose, bargain’

-nien-nien

v. ‘push’

nimponˈnimpon

n. ‘watermelon’

-nin-nin

v.com. ‘smell’

ninanninan

adv.man. ‘at random’

nininini

ADV. ‘pitchdark’

-nis-nis

v. ‘rotten’

-nit-nit

v. ‘tell’

-no-no

v.com. ‘do’

-nok-nok

v. ‘queasy’

-non-non

v. ‘suck through straw’

-not-not

v.com. ‘think’

nuoˈnuo

pron. ‘2S, you’

nupainnupain

n. ‘old man’

-o-o

v.intr. ‘grow’

-o-o

v.sac. ‘take’

-o-o

DEM. ‘U’

oo

ENUM. ‘ENUM’

-oa-ˈowa

v.com. ‘not know’

oaoa

n. ‘butterfly’

-oa hani-oa xani

v.comP. ‘not know at all’

-of-of

v.adj. ‘good’

ohox

adv.asp. ‘already’

okairokair

v/quant. ‘little’

omom

n. ‘rain’

onfukonfuk

n. ‘clothes’

-oni-ˈoni ~ -oˈni

n.inal. ‘cheek’

oraoˈra

n. ‘garden’

orieorie

adv.temp. ‘today, now’

osauosau

ADV. ‘together’

p-p-

pron. ‘1P, we’

p-p-

MARKER. ‘EMPH’

papa

INTERJ. ‘eh’

pae(n)pae(n)

pron. ‘twosome’

pahaepaxae

n. ‘mushroom leaves’

pampam

n. ‘axe’

pamupamu

v. ‘store in mouth’

parirparir

n. ‘shrimp’

paritparit

n. ‘steps’

parusparus

v. ‘remove’

paspas

adv.temp. ‘afternoon’

pasapasa

n. ‘rice’

-pat-pat

v.prep. ‘from’

-pat-pat

v. ‘jump’

-pat-pat

n.inal. ‘tooth’

-pau-pau

v. ‘forbidden, sacred’

pawiahˈpawjax

n. ‘nutmeg’

p-awiyap-awija

QUEST. ‘what?’

payifpajif

n. ‘foam’

payirpaˈjir

n. ‘rainbow’

-pe-pe

v.adj. ‘hot’

pe-pe-

DEM. ‘area (ADV)’

pekopeko

n. ‘sheet for collecting water and sago flour’

pempem

n. ‘plate’

-per-per

v. ‘educate’

-per-per

v. ‘step on’

perekperek

v. ‘turn over’

perietperiet

v. ‘divide’

perohperox

adv.neg. ‘wrong’

pespes

n. ‘floor’

pesaspesas

v. ‘explain’

pespespespes

n. ‘nosefeather decoration’

-pet-pet

v. ‘add to group, marry’

petapeta

adv/quant. ‘together’

petupetu

n. ‘paddle’

peufpeuf

v. ‘circle’

peyakˈpejak ~ ˈbejak

v. ‘throw away’

phahpxax

v.intr. ‘angry, break’

pipi

n. ‘man’

piekˈpijek

n. ‘k.o. treebark used to make bags’

-pies-pies

v. ‘order’

-piet-piet

v. ‘throw’

-pin-pin

v. ‘carry child on hip’

pinepine

n. ‘father’

-pir-pir

v. ‘block’

pitispitis

n. ‘money’

pkapka

n. ‘sacred thing’

pnempnem

v.adj. ‘flat’

-po-po

v.sac. ‘hold’

popo

MARKER. ‘EMPH’

popo

n. ‘thing, ceremonial cloth’

po sakofpo sakof

n.comp. ‘cassowary’

po-fayirpo-fajir

nom. ‘decoration’

pofitpofit

n. ‘ginger’

pofitpofit

n. ‘poison’

-poh-pox

v.adj. ‘white’

pohpox

n. ‘ashes’

pohmapoxma

n. ‘python’

po-hohopo-xoxo

nom. ‘cassowary’

pohrapoxra

n.comp. ‘premises’

po-hrenpoxəˈren

‘chair’

po-iitˈpoiːt

nom. ‘food’

poinpoin

n. ‘children’s game’

po-kahpo-ˈkax

nom. ‘garden’

po-kaspo-kas

nom. ‘salt’

po-kiarpo-kiar

nom. ‘decoration’

po-kiaspo-kias

nom. ‘story’

po-kompo-kom

nom. ‘pen’

po-kuoˈpokuo

nom. ‘feast’

po-m-afitpo-m-afit

nom. ‘mosquito’

po-m-akapo-m-aka

nom. ‘thing that is shaped’

po-m-atapo-m-ata

nom. ‘pandan leaf’

po-m-aufpo-m-auf

nom. ‘money’

po-m-hafpo-m-xaf

nom. ‘pumpkin’

po-mnapo-mna

nom. ‘tale’

po-nitpo-nit

nom. ‘story’

po-patpo-pat

nom. ‘vegetables’

popotpopot

n. ‘rich man’

pormapuoporˈmapuwo

n. ‘sky’

-pos-pos

v. ‘peel’

po-safompo-safom

nom. ‘grass’

po-satohpo-satox

nom. ‘belongings (including family)’

posepose

adv.temp. ‘long time ago’

po-smipo-smi

nom. ‘dream’

po-tipo-ti

nom. ‘firefly’

po-tkiefpo-tkief

nom. ‘thing for divination’

potupotu

v/quant. ‘everything’

po-watumpo-watum

nom. ‘advice’

prarprar

v. ‘open eyes’

pratprat

v. ‘band’

pria(n)pria(n)

v/quant. ‘everyone, everything’

prirprir

v. ‘scatter’

prokprok

v. ‘startled’

pronpron

1. v. ‘fill bamboo’

2. n. ‘bamboo’

pruopəˈruwo

n. ‘rack over fireplace’

prutprut

v/quant. ‘everyone, everything’

ptakptak

v. ‘open’

ptekptek

v.intr. ‘fall’

ptokptok

v. ‘immediately’

ptuptu

v. ‘fall’

-pu-pu

v. ‘insert’

puahˈpuax ~ ˈpuox

n. ‘enemy’

puapuopuapuo

v. ‘toddle’

-pum-pum

v. ‘slice small’

punpun

n. ‘firefly’

puopuo

n. ‘spiderweb’

puohˈpuax ~ ˈpuox

n. ‘enemy’

pupapupa

n. ‘k.o. fly’

purpur

n. ‘wasp, bee’

putput

n. ‘leech’

r-r-

MARKER. ‘POSS’

raerae

n. ‘man, person’

rae sperae spe

n.comp. ‘armed man (also police, military)’

rairai

n. ‘enough’

-rak-rak

v. ‘fill’

rakoˈrako

n.comp. ‘firewood’

rapurapu

n.temp. ‘morning’

rapuohˈrapuˌwox

n. ‘forest’

-rar-rar

n.inal. ‘molar’

rarefraref

v. ‘diasappear’

ratauratau

n. ‘scrapings of plants, wood’

-rauk-rauk

v. ‘hold out’

r-awiyar-awija

QUEST. ‘whose?’

rere

COOR. ‘in order to’

rere

adv.foc. ‘please’

re-re-

DEM. ‘location SPEC’

refatrefat

v. ‘go to toilet’

-rek-rek

v. ‘step over’

remoˈremo

n. ‘village’

-ren-ren

v. ‘scared to cross bridge’

renautrenaut

v. ‘shy’

reoˈrejo

v.adj. ‘tight’

rereˈrere

1. adv.temp. ‘later’

2. manner. ‘carefully, scrupulously’

rererere

v. ‘scatter seeds’

reresreres

v. ‘plant sticks crosswise’

retareta

n. ‘small branch’

-ria-ria

v.adj. ‘tall’

riamoriamo

v. ‘quiet’

rihaˈrixa

adv.temp. ‘late afternoon’

rirrir

n. ‘lightning’

ritrit

ADV. ‘on the side, other’

riyohˈrijox

v. ‘destroy with hand’

roro

MARKER. ‘REL’

ro-ro-

MARKER. ‘POSS’

-rof-rof

v. ‘follow’

-roh-rox

v. ‘go down’

-rom-rom

v. ‘dig out’

-ros-ros

v.pos. ‘stand’

ro-yoro-jo

QUEST. ‘which?’

rpi-rparəˌpi-rəˈpa

v.redup. ‘tapping’

rrierəriˈje

n. ‘k.o. lizard’

ruru

n. ‘bird’

ru awetru awet

n. ‘white cockatoo’

ru kosru kos

n. ‘k.o. bird’

ru matiafru matiaf

n.comp. ‘bird of paradise’

ru m-aufru m-auf

n.comp. ‘egg’

ru siekru siek

n.comp. ‘female bird of paradise’

ru wafuru wafu

n. ‘bat’

-ruah-ruˈax ~ -ruˈox

v. ‘pick (fruit)’

-ruk-ruk

v. ‘submerge’

runrun

ADV. ‘quiet’

-ruoh-ruˈax ~ -ruˈox

v. ‘pick (fruit)’

-ruoh-ruox

v. ‘pick’

s-s-

NUM. ‘one’

sasa

n. ‘fish’

sa ptuoksa ptuok

n.comp. ‘conch shell’

safasafa

v. ‘slice (in big chunks)’

safahsafax

n. ‘bracelet upper arm’

safeˈsafe

v.col. ‘black’

safosafo

v. ‘angry’

safosafo

n/v. ‘problem, angry’

safomsafom

v.col. ‘green’

sahsax

n. ‘k.o. fruit’; ‘matoa’

sahsax

v. ‘unripe’

saisai

adv.asp. ‘just’

sairsair

n. ‘origin’

s-aits-ait

NUM. ‘one’

sakasaka

v. ‘pick up’

-sam-sam

v.com. ‘afraid’

samasama

v. ‘cut’

samansaman

n. ‘treebark’

samersamer

v. ‘done’

samusamu

n. ‘house’

samuohˈsamwox

v.adj. ‘heavy, whisper’

sanorsanor

n. ‘draw’

sapasapa

n. ‘worm’

sapanˈsapan

v. ‘shy’

sapesape

n.inal. ‘k.o. edible ferns’

sapeˈsape ~ saˈpe

v. ‘peel’

sapossapos

v.intr. ‘brush’

sarafsaraf

v. ‘cut’

saruksaruk

v. ‘cook’

-sas-sas

v. ‘examine, inspect’

sasiesasie

v.intr. ‘wrap up’

sasosaso

v. ‘search’

sasusasu

n. ‘coast’

sasusasu

n. ‘sweet potato’

satosato

n. ‘island’

satohsatox

v. ‘gather belongings’

s-auˈsau

NUM. ‘one’

saweˈsawe

n. ‘torch’

saweronsaweron

n. ‘underworld’

sawiasawia

n. ‘spear’

sawiasawia

v. ‘witness’

sawiahsawiax

n.inal. ‘tail’

sayimsajim

v. ‘share’

sayuohsajuox

n.inal. ‘female family member’

-se-se

v. ‘place’

-seah-seax

v. ‘crack’

-ses-ses

v. ‘extinguish’

sesefsesef

v.adj. ‘flat’

sfakotsəˈfakot

v.intr. ‘yawn’

sfoksfok

v.adj. ‘wide’

sfotsfot

v. ‘strengthen’

shatsxat

n. ‘comb’

sisi

adv.foc. ‘also’

sisi

n. ‘needle’

-sia-ˈsija

v.comIT. ‘and, with, accompanied by’

siasia

n. ‘poles floor house’

-siar-siar

v/quant. ‘many’

siarsiar

n. ‘common place’

siasomsiasom

v.adj. ‘beautiful’

-sif-sif

n.inal. ‘nest’

sifosifo

n.inal. ‘k.o. spinach’

-sik-sik

v. ‘insert’

sikatsikat

v. ‘thirsty’

-sim-sim

v. ‘sell’

simitsimit

n. ‘bachelor’

simkissiˈŋkis

‘k.o. needle’

simusˈsimus ~ siˈmus

n. ‘cockroach’

-sin-sin

v. ‘weave floor of house’

sinaksinak

v. ‘step over’

sinansinan

n. ‘k.o. grass’

sinefsinef

n. ‘view’

sipaksipak

v. ‘pass’

sipansipan

n. ‘childless woman’

sipuksipuk

n. ‘k.o. grass’

sirissiris

ADV. ‘around’

siroˈsiro

v.intr. ‘tired’

sirussirus

v. ‘take off’

sissis

n. ‘breast’

sisietˈsisijet ~ ˈsisijit

n. ‘front porch’

sisifsisif

v. ‘grow randomly’

sisiyitˈsisijet ~ ˈsisijit

n. ‘front porch’

sitahsitax

v. ‘weave bracelet’

sitesite

v. ‘pass’

siwiasiwia

v. ‘tie (bag)’

siwiansiwian

v. ‘wait for’

skensken

n. ‘star’

skiesəkiˈje

v. ‘build’

skosko

v. ‘clean out (e.g. intestines)’

skohskox

v.com. ‘enjoy’

skumskum

n. ‘k.o. large lizard’

skum ayaskum aja

n.comp. ‘iguana’

skuotskuot

v. ‘hide’

skurskur

v. ‘take down, destroy’

smaismai

n. ‘bean’

smai m-riasmai m-ria

n.comp. ‘long bean’

smai safomsmai safom

n.comp. ‘green bean’

smai tapamsmai tapam

n.comp. ‘peanut’

smai toasmai toa

n.comp. ‘string beans’

smesme

v.adj?. ‘male’

smensmen

v. ‘peel before eating’

smismi

v. ‘dream’

smohsmox

v. ‘roast over big open fire’

smossmos

n.inal. ‘nasal mucus’

smutsmut

v. ‘hurriedly’

snehsnex

n/adv. ‘smooth’

snisni

v.intr. ‘paralysed’

sniesəniˈje

n. ‘moon, month’

sniemsniem

n.inal. ‘male in-law’

sniemsniem

v. ‘prepare’

snoksnok

n. ‘sand’

snoksnok

v.intr. ‘take out’

snuksnuk

v. ‘count’

soso

n. ‘dibble’

sofsof

n. ‘attic’

sohsox

v. ‘deceive’

sohnatsoxnat

v. ‘deceive’

sohsansoxsan

n. ‘charcoal’

sokaˈsoka

n.inal.spat. ‘mouth, front’

sokuosˈsokwos

v. ‘order’

-som-som

v. ‘play’

sonson

n. ‘coconut’

sorafsoraf

n. ‘k.o. fruit’; ‘nangka’

sorotsorot

v. ‘unthinking, turbulent’

sosososo

v. ‘float’

sotsot

v. ‘cut in one go’

sotohsotox

v. ‘wrap up’

spespe

n. ‘bamboo spear’

spispi

1. v. ‘pierce’

2. v.adj. ‘spicy’

spiahspiax

n. ‘hut’

spisspis

v. ‘sew’

spohspox

v. ‘undo’

spurakspurak

n. ‘k.o. shellfish’

srarsrar

v.intr. ‘dance’

srausrau

n.inal. ‘throat’

sresre

v/adv. ‘wrong’

srehsrex

v. ‘take out seeds’

sreosəˈrejo

v.intr. ‘accurate’

srisri

n. ‘cricket’

sriemsriem

n. ‘invite’

srirsrir

n. ‘hill’

srofetsrofet

n.comp. ‘sago axe’

srohnisəroxˈni

v.comp. ‘forget’

srokenasrokena

v.comP. ‘deceive, fool’

srotsrot

v/adv. ‘quick, fast’

sruersruer

v. ‘scatter, let go’

sruomsruˈom

n. ‘louse’

sruorsruor

v. ‘scatter, let go’

ssaumsəˈsaum

n. ‘k.o. small bird’

s-t-atems-t-atem

NUM COMP. ‘ten’

steste

v. ‘wait’

stensten

n.inal. ‘fat’

stuahstuax

v. ‘wail’

-su-su

v.intr. ‘drown’

-su-su

v. ‘tasty’

suarsuar

n. ‘hot ashes’

sueksuek

adv.foc. ‘immediately, straight away’

suetsuet

v. ‘divine’

sufsuf

n. ‘middle’

suksuk

n. ‘cooking pot’

su-m-ayasu-m-aja

n.comp. ‘watery eyes’

-sun-sun

v.redup. ‘make noise, sound’

-suo-suo

v.intr. ‘defecate’

suoˈsuwo

n. ‘faeces’

-suof-suof

v. ‘steal’

-suoh-suox

v. ‘dance’

-suoh-suox

v. ‘weave’

-suok-suˈok

v. ‘throw out/over, bathe’

-suot-suˈot

v. ‘close’

sursur

n. ‘house posts’

surahsurax

n. ‘basket’

surutsurut

v. ‘broken’

-sus-sus

v. ‘pour into slanted bamboo’

sussus

v. ‘divine by looking’

sussus

n. ‘sunset’

susususu

v. ‘go backwards’

susursusur

v. ‘pierce’

swarswar

n. ‘smell’

swiswi

n. ‘k.o. bird’

swiaswia

n. ‘spirit’

-t--t-

DEM. ‘near’

t-t-

pron. ‘1S, I’

-ta-ta

v. ‘raw’

tata

n. ‘left’

taftaf

n. ‘swamp’

tafatafa

n. ‘palmfrond in house’

tafohtafox

n. ‘fire’

tafuftafuf

n. ‘flower’

-tah-tax

v. ‘eat small meat’

tahtax

n. ‘invitation’

tahotaxo

n. ‘drawing (used in Wuon)’

-tai-tai

1. n.inal. ‘bone’

2. v. ‘strong’

-tain-tain

v. ‘provoke’

taittait

n. ‘centipede’

takohtakox

v. ‘pierce’

-taktak-taktak

v.redup. ‘late’

takuotakuo

n. ‘master of the earth’; ‘Tuan Tanah’

tamtam

n. ‘mud’

tamahtamax

v. ‘divine by blowing’

-tan-tan

v. ‘fit’

tanamtanam

v. ‘soak’

tanetane

v. ‘divine’

tapaktapak

n. ‘tobacco’

tapamˈtapam ~ ˈtabam

n. ‘earth’

tapitapi

n. ‘animal mother’

-tat-tat

n.inal. ‘forefather’

-tau-tau

n.inal. ‘trunk’

-tau-tau

v. ‘wear’

tauftauf

n. ‘forest’

taurtaur

n. ‘bow’

-taus-taus

v. ‘decorate with yarn’

tawertawer

v. ‘fish with rod’

-te-te

v. ‘cut in two’

tete ~ əˈte

adv.loc. ‘below’

te-te-

DEM. ‘area (ATTR)’

tefoˈtefo

‘here’

-teh-tex

v. ‘feel (for fish)’

teintein

n. ‘abandoned garden, year’

tekoteko

n. ‘forked fish spear’

tem-s-autem-s-au

NUM. ‘five’

tenten

n. ‘enemy’

tettet

n. ‘bridge’

tettet

n. ‘small bat’

tetateta

n. ‘top end of wooden house posts’

tetettetet

v.intr. ‘happy’

tfetfe

n. ‘crocodile’

tfotfo

n. ‘machete’

tfo kawiatfo kawia

n.comp. ‘knife’

-ti-ti

v. ‘carry on back or head’

-ti-ti

v. ‘feel’

titi ~ əˈti

adv.temp. ‘night’

ti-ti-

DEM. ‘side (ATTR)’

-tiah-tiax

v. ‘protect, screen off’

tiantian

adv.temp. ‘formerly, in the past’

-tie-tiˈje

v.intr. ‘break (sticks)’

tiefˈtijef ~ ətiˈjef

n. ‘ground kangaroo’

-tien-tiˈjen

v. ‘sleep’

tiettiet

NUM. ‘four’

timtim

v. ‘send’

tintin

n. ‘earring’

tinietinie

adv.temp. ‘formerly’

tipuotipuo

adv.asp. ‘immediately, straight away’

-tis-tis

n.inal. ‘root, tendon’

tistis

DIR. ‘behind’

tisaitisai

adv.temp. ‘middle of night’

tisutisu

n. ‘darkness’

titittitit

v. ‘sad’

titiyatitija

QUEST. ‘when?’

ti-yaˈtija ~ ətiˈja

QUEST. ‘how much, how many’

tiyifˈtijef ~ ətiˈjef

n. ‘ground kangaroo’

tiyittijit

NUM. ‘four’

tkatka

v. ‘exchange’

tkiatkia

n. ‘place’

tkietkie

n. ‘k.o. tree’

tkieftkiˈjef ~ tkiˈjif

v. ‘divine’

tmitmi

v. ‘penetrate’

tmotmo

n.inal. ‘female family member’

tmohtmox

v. ‘forbidden’

tnatna

adv.temp. ‘recently’

toto

n. ‘rope (rattan)’

to-to-

DEM. ‘LOC’

-toh-tox

v. ‘sharpen’

toketoke

n. ‘gong’

tomtom

v. ‘vomit’

topatopa

n. ‘k.o. ceremonial cloth’

-tor-tor

v. ‘carry on back/shoulder’

torotoro

adv.man. ‘many times’

-tot-tot

v. ‘release’

towatowa

n. ‘k.o. string bean’

toyatoja

n. ‘song’

to-yoˈtojo

QUEST. ‘where?’

tpetpe

v. ‘open’

trahtrax

v. ‘fetch from bag’

traktrak

v. ‘fill’

trattrat

1. v. ‘open up’

2. n. ‘daylight’

tretre

n. ‘bracelet’

tre knotre kno

n.comp. ‘bracelet’

tre soritre sori

n.comp. ‘leg bracelet’

trittrit

v. ‘fluent’

-tu-tu

v. ‘call’

-tu-tu

v. ‘pour’

tutu

ADV. ‘real’

tuattuat

n. ‘bamboo of bow’

tuftuf

NUM. ‘three’

-tuk-tuk

v. ‘closed’

tukatuka

n. ‘tongs’

tumtum

n. ‘mud’

tumuktumuk

v. ‘ask’

tuoˈtuwo

pron. ‘1S, I’

tuotuo

n. ‘palm wine’

-tuoh-tuox

v. ‘pierce’

tuohtuox

n. ‘place’

tupattupat

v. ‘lift’

turafturaf

n. ‘wall’

-tus-tus

v. ‘add’

-tut-tut

v/quant. ‘everyone (small group)’

tuttut

n. ‘corner’

tutututu

v. ‘chase’

tutututu

n. ‘lizard’

tuwiaktuwiak

v. ‘screen’

twattwat

adv.asp. ‘always’

twiatwia

v. ‘close roof with leaves’

twoktwok

v. ‘enter’

uu

dir. ‘above’

uu

adv.asp. ‘again’

-uf-uf

1. v.adj. ‘round, full’

2. n.inal. ‘offspring’

umum

n. ‘time, moment’

-umam-uˈmamu

v. ‘sweat’

umamˈumam

n. ‘sweat’

unun

n. ‘depth’

upahupax

n.inal. ‘bamboo vegetables’

usus

n. ‘urine’

-usiah-usiax

v. ‘hunt’

wawa

v/adv?. ‘protect, screen’

wafwaf

n. ‘bamboo for fire’

waiwai

n. ‘(pig) tooth’

waiwai

interj. ‘scream’

waitauwaitau

n. ‘traditional headcovering’

-wak-wak

v.adj. ‘crippled, crooked’

wamohwamox

n. ‘k.o. bird’

wamuwamu

v. ‘almost dark’

wanwan

n. ‘k.o. ceremonial cloth’

warwar

adv.man. ‘reject’

warwar

ADV. ‘reject’

warefwaref

n. ‘k.o. bridge’

wariwari

n. ‘waistband’

warowaro

adv/quant. ‘little’

warokwarok

v.intr. ‘insert’

wasiwasi

n. ‘smoke’

wasikˈwasik

v. ‘smoke’

wataˈwata

n. ‘fish trap’

watahwatax

n. ‘k.o. treebark’

watarwatar

n. ‘small bracelet’

watumwatum

n. ‘advice’

-wau-ˈwau

v. ‘roast’

we-we-

DEM. ‘location GEN’

weahweax

n. ‘beads for forehead’

weahweax

n. ‘black cockatoo’

-wer-wer

v. ‘leave’

werwer

n. ‘parrot’

weraifweraif

n. ‘spider’

werekwerek

v. ‘pass’

wewewewe

v. ‘look up’

weyaweja

v. ‘turn’

wiawia

adv.asp. ‘before, earlier’

wiawia

n. ‘frog’

wiahaewiaxae

v. ‘marry sibling (strictly forbidden)’

wiakˈwijak

n. ‘canoe’

wiamwiam

n. ‘mountains’

-wian-wiˈjan

v. ‘scoop’

-wian-wian

n.inal. ‘shadow’

-wiat-wiat

v. ‘abuse’

wikanˈwikan

n. ‘tears’

winautwinaut

v.com. ‘hope’

wisauwisau

v/quant. ‘everyone, everything’

witauwitau

n. ‘hat’

wo-wo-

DEM. ‘LOC GEN’

-wof-wof

v.intr. ‘wait’

wohrararwoxrarar

v.comP. ‘shout’

woiwoi

n. ‘cuckoo’

wosokwosok

v. ‘slippery’

woumwoum

v. ‘search’

wo-yowo-jo

QUEST. ‘where?’

wrekwrek

v. ‘go past’

wrotwrot

n. ‘place’

wuomwuom

v. ‘plant’

wuonwuon

n. ‘male education (initiation)’

wutiwuti

n. ‘group’

wyowəˈjo

ADV. ‘quickly’

y-j-

pron. ‘3M, he’

-ya-ja

MARKER. ‘INT’

yafjaf

v/n. ‘wounded, wound’

-ye-je

MARKER. ‘INT’

yeyamjejam

v. ‘roll’

yeyumjejum

v. ‘collide’

yfunjfun

n. ‘Superior Being’

yimpraˈjimpəra

v. ‘tame’

yiyamjijam

v. ‘roll’

-yo-jo

MARKER. ‘INT’

yohjox

v. ‘give up’

yoyojojo

adv.asp. ‘continuously’

yuju ~ əˈju

n. ‘bag, traditional woven headband bag’

yuanˈjuwan

v.adj. ‘light (weight)’

yukjuk

n. ‘area, place’

-yum-jum

v. ‘push’

yumjum

ADV. ‘immediately’

-yuoh-juox

v. ‘boil’

yutjut

ADV. ‘above’

yutijuti

v.intr. ‘incapable’

yuwanjuwan

n. ‘weight’

yuwojuwo

v. ‘run, flee’