OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘nearness, what?’ (eng)

‘empty’ (eng)

‘certain, in to, of, for, liana, slender stem, "rope" (descent unit)’ (eng)

‘ventral fin’ (eng)

‘frog’ (eng)

‘giant nettle, mango’ (eng)

‘not yet’ (eng)

‘tree grub’ (eng)

‘leaf of sago-palm’ (eng)

‘precise, at once’ (eng)

‘dove’ (eng)

‘yes, couple, two, water, river’ (eng)

‘most distant (of two), outermost’ (eng)

‘drum’ (eng)

‘where?’ (eng)

‘he, him’ (eng)

‘sun’ (eng)

‘cloud’ (eng)

‘hen of the yellow bird of paradise’ (eng)

‘wind-screen, consisting of sloping roof, house on a swidden’ (eng)

‘house for mother and newborn child whose walls of remó-leaves are supposed to make the child "fat"’ (eng)

‘bark-cloth for women’ (eng)

‘banyan-tree, various Ficus species’ (eng)

‘tinder (of banana-leaves or sugar-palm)’ (eng)

‘hole, opening, cave’ (eng)

‘crocodile, turtle’ (eng)

‘honey-bee’ (eng)

‘something growing, still small, “feast”’ (eng)

‘rain-hood’ (eng)

‘tunnel (ceremonial language) (terminated 1 6 1967)’ (eng)

‘embroidered "pocket-book" of pandanus-leaves for men’ (eng)

‘gift, present, “interest”’ (eng)

‘scaffolding, grating (to sleep on)’ (eng)

‘we, us’ (eng)

‘darkness’ (eng)

‘fat, fertile, hot, female force, narrow’ (eng)

‘fence, something intertwined’ (eng)

‘cord’ (eng)

‘each other’ (eng)

‘bitter, sharp, female’ (eng)

‘you (plural)’ (eng)

‘spittle’ (eng)

‘edible fungus’ (eng)

‘snake’ (eng)

‘cleared path or place’ (eng)

‘mother (dema)’ (eng)

‘banana’ (eng)

‘bush-knife’ (eng)

‘lizard’ (eng)

‘fog’ (eng)

‘tree, curdle, little (out of diverse kinds)’ (eng)

‘(tobacco-) pipe’ (eng)

‘tree-trunk’ (eng)

‘cleft stick’ (eng)

‘forked poles upon which floor of house rests’ (eng)

‘sticks used as basis for floor-weave’ (eng)

‘nuclear family, small work-group, only’ (eng)

‘far away, place outside speaker's own region’ (eng)

‘main post supporting the roof of a feast house’ (eng)

‘certain kingfisher, bird form of energy’ (eng)

‘post in a feast house’ (eng)

‘anything at all, little’ (eng)

‘black pigment’ (eng)

‘"the meeting place" (a pattern on textiles; bark cloth and on pandanus products)’ (eng)

‘tree, its edible leaves’ (eng); ‘Gnetum gnemon’ (lat)

‘humidity, sap’ (eng)

‘sugar-cane’ (eng)

‘big, what makes big’ (eng)

‘drying rack above fireplace’ (eng)

‘collection’ (eng)

‘ring of rolled lianas, (target for spear-throwers)’ (eng)

‘digging stick’ (eng)

‘food, creation’ (eng)

‘crayfish, tail (?), down the river, left side’ (eng)

‘iron-wood, backbone’ (eng)

‘spear’ (eng)

‘planter, founder, chief, superior’ (eng)

‘body killed by spear ("dema food")’ (eng)

‘species of kangaroo’ (eng)

‘ear-ring pendant’ (eng)

‘what attracts’ (eng)

‘cloud of breath’ (eng)

‘hill where the Tu-dema lives, fire-tongs, fork for eating sago’ (eng)

‘down in the earth, under’ (eng)

‘she, her, it’ (eng)

‘mango-fruit’ (eng)

‘blackened’ (eng)

‘who?, slave’ (eng)

‘sago flour, sometimes used also for sago porridge, semen’ (eng)

‘(connected with) two’ (eng)

‘taro’ (eng)

‘pandanus-fruit, large fruit, white cockatoo’ (eng)

‘pandaus leaf’ (eng)

‘(bone-)dagger, sharp awl’ (eng)

‘which?’ (eng)

‘steep hill, mountain’ (eng)

‘head’ (eng)

‘male, cold force, active, cooling, taro-stalking, ghost, right’ (eng)

‘secret knowledge’ (eng)

‘tern (bird)’ (eng)