Elmberg (1968a): Maybrat
Search entries
| Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -a | -a | ‘nearness, what?’ |
|
| -ä | -e | ‘empty’ |
|
| a | a | ‘certain, in to, of, for, liana, slender stem, "rope" (descent unit)’ |
|
| aäro | aero | ‘ventral fin’ |
|
| ach | ax | ‘frog’ |
|
| afá | aˈɸa | ‘giant nettle, mango’ |
|
| afä | aɸe | ‘not yet’ |
|
| afan | aɸan | ‘tree grub’ |
|
| afi | aɸi | ‘leaf of sago-palm’ |
|
| afo | aɸo | ‘precise, at once’ |
|
| air | air | ‘dove’ |
|
| aj | aj | ‘yes, couple, two, water, river’ |
|
| aj mómo | aj ˈmomo | ‘most distant (of two), outermost’ |
|
| ajn | ajn | ‘drum’ |
|
| ajó | aˈjo | ‘where?’ |
|
| ajt | ajt | ‘he, him’ |
|
| aju | aju | ‘sun’ |
|
| ajuóch | ajuˈox | ‘cloud’ |
|
| äk | ek | ‘hen of the yellow bird of paradise’ |
|
| aká | aˈka | ‘wind-screen, consisting of sloping roof, house on a swidden’ |
|
| aká remó | aˈka reˈmo | ‘house for mother and newborn child whose walls of remó-leaves are supposed to make the child "fat"’ |
|
| akar | akar | ‘bark-cloth for women’ |
|
| akiar | akiar | ‘banyan-tree, various Ficus species’ |
|
| akin | akin | ‘tinder (of banana-leaves or sugar-palm)’ |
|
| ako | ako | ‘hole, opening, cave’ |
|
| akoch | akox | ‘crocodile, turtle’ |
|
| akum | akum | ‘honey-bee’ |
|
| aku(n) | aku(n) | ‘something growing, still small, “feast”’ |
|
| am | am | ‘rain-hood’ |
|
| äm | em | ‘tunnel (ceremonial language) (terminated 1 6 1967)’ |
|
| am metús | am meˈtus | ‘embroidered "pocket-book" of pandanus-leaves for men’ |
|
| amot | amot | ‘gift, present, “interest”’ |
|
| ampar | ampar | ‘scaffolding, grating (to sleep on)’ |
|
| amu | amu | ‘we, us’ |
|
| amúr | aˈmur | ‘darkness’ |
|
| an | an | ‘fat, fertile, hot, female force, narrow’ |
|
| ana | ana | ‘fence, something intertwined’ |
|
| ani | ani | ‘cord’ |
|
| anja | anja | ‘each other’ |
|
| ano | ano | ‘bitter, sharp, female’ |
|
| anu | anu | ‘you (plural)’ |
|
| aót | ˈaot | ‘spittle’ |
|
| apách | aˈpax | ‘edible fungus’ |
|
| apán | aˈpan | ‘snake’ |
|
| apát | aˈpat | ‘cleared path or place’ |
|
| api | api | ‘mother (dema)’ |
|
| apit | apit | ‘banana’ |
|
| apu | apu | ‘bush-knife’ |
|
| apuk | apuk | ‘lizard’ |
|
| apúo | aˈpuo | ‘fog’ |
|
| ara | ara | ‘tree, curdle, little (out of diverse kinds)’ |
|
| ara komik | ara komik | ‘(tobacco-) pipe’ |
|
| ara mará | ara maˈra | ‘tree-trunk’ |
|
| ara n'so | ara nso | ‘cleft stick’ |
|
| ara täkóf | ara teˈkoɸ | ‘forked poles upon which floor of house rests’ |
|
| ara tepis | ara tepis | ‘sticks used as basis for floor-weave’ |
|
| aran | aran | ‘nuclear family, small work-group, only’ |
|
| arin | arin | ‘far away, place outside speaker's own region’ |
|
| arir | arir | ‘main post supporting the roof of a feast house’ |
|
| arit | arit | ‘certain kingfisher, bird form of energy’ |
|
| arnú | arˈnu | ‘post in a feast house’ |
|
| aro | aro | ‘anything at all, little’ |
|
| aru mon | aru mon | ‘black pigment’ |
|
| arur | arur | ‘"the meeting place" (a pattern on textiles; bark cloth and on pandanus products)’ |
|
| arus | arus | ‘tree, its edible leaves’; ‘Gnetum gnemon’ |
|
| as | as | ‘humidity, sap’ |
|
| asám | aˈsam | ‘sugar-cane’ |
|
| ase | ase | ‘big, what makes big’ |
|
| aser | aser | ‘drying rack above fireplace’ |
|
| asi | asi | ‘collection’ |
|
| asia | asia | ‘ring of rolled lianas, (target for spear-throwers)’ |
|
| aso | aso | ‘digging stick’ |
|
| at | at | ‘food, creation’ |
|
| atá | aˈta | ‘crayfish, tail (?), down the river, left side’ |
|
| atáf | aˈtaɸ | ‘iron-wood, backbone’ |
|
| ate | ate | ‘spear’ |
|
| ati | ati | ‘planter, founder, chief, superior’ |
|
| atiät | atiet | ‘body killed by spear ("dema food")’ |
|
| atif | atiɸ | ‘species of kangaroo’ |
|
| atin | atin | ‘ear-ring pendant’ |
|
| ato | ato | ‘what attracts’ |
|
| aton | aton | ‘cloud of breath’ |
|
| atu | atu | ‘hill where the Tu-dema lives, fire-tongs, fork for eating sago’ |
|
| áu | ˈau | ‘down in the earth, under’ |
|
| aw | aw | ‘she, her, it’ |
|
| awájt | aˈwajt | ‘mango-fruit’ |
|
| awáw | aˈwaw | ‘blackened’ |
|
| awé | aˈwe | ‘who?, slave’ |
|
| awf | awɸ | ‘sago flour, sometimes used also for sago porridge, semen’ |
|
| awi | awi | ‘(connected with) two’ |
|
| awiak | awiak | ‘taro’ |
|
| awiét | awiˈet | ‘pandanus-fruit, large fruit, white cockatoo’ |
|
| awiét tach | awiˈet tax | ‘pandaus leaf’ |
|
| awm | awm | ‘(bone-)dagger, sharp awl’ |
|
| awo | awo | ‘which?’ |
|
| awt | awt | ‘steep hill, mountain’ |
|
| cf nana | cɸ nana | ‘head’ |
|
| cha | xa | ‘male, cold force, active, cooling, taro-stalking, ghost, right’ |
|
| chä | xe | ‘secret knowledge’ |
|
| cha chapák | xa xaˈpak | ‘tern (bird)’ |