Source entries: Elmberg (1968a)

Elmberg (1968a): Maybrat

Original citation: Elmberg, John-Erik. 1968. Balance and circulation: aspects of tradition and change among the Mejprat of Irian Barat. Stockholm: Ethnographical Museum of Sweden.

Search entries

Total entries: 1724

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)’
cha ferir	xa ɸerir	‘tree with phosphorescent light (prob. fungi)’
cha ferúr	xa ɸeˈrur	‘"red spirit" active at Uon-initiation’
cha joch	xa jox	‘bush carrying raspberry-like fruit’
cha m'pa	xa mpa	‘gong’
cha nána	xa ˈnana	‘skull’
cha riéf	xa riˈeɸ	‘aromatic oil’; ‘massoi, kulit lawang’
cha rif	xa riɸ	‘aromatic oil’; ‘massoi, kulit lawang’
cha serä	xa sere	‘hungry’
chach	xax	‘help’
chafot	xaɸot	‘wooden fork supporting home’
chafra	xaɸra	‘spirit-stone, magic stone’
chaj	xaj	‘corpse, funeral feast’
chajách	xaˈjax	‘different, cough, ghost that enters sleeping people and talks through them’
chajáw	xaˈjaw	‘ginger’
chaji	xaji	‘whence?’
cham	xam	‘ache’
chamit	xamit	‘snake (dema)’
chamoch	xamox	‘warm ashes’
chaniách	xaniˈax	‘snore’
chapach ejok	xapax ejok	‘seven’
chapach sow	xapax sow	‘six’
chapach tiét	xapax tiˈet	‘nine’
chapach tuf	xapax tuɸ	‘eight’
chapan	xapan	‘bead, necklace’
chapat	xapat	‘swingle’
chapis	xapis	‘cut to pieces’
chapit chari	xapit xari	‘feast at which the navel of a newborn infant is anointed with massoi-juice’
chapu	xapu	‘spirit in shape of animal (that warns with cry)’
char	xar	‘pandanus-palm (dema)’
chará	xaˈra	‘pound, crush’
charä nefit	xare neɸit	‘ashamed, bashful’
chará watā	xaˈra watā	‘butterfly’
charát	xaˈrat	‘exchange gift present on occasion of decease, pay fines’
charé	xaˈre	‘sit’
chareá	xareˈa	‘wait’
charén	xaˈren	‘tail, buttock, vagina, bottom’
charén atách	xaˈren aˈtax	‘hams’
charen mes	xaren mes	‘menstruation’
chari	xari	‘pinch, stimulate, bark, bark-cloth, massoi-bark and -juice’
charios	xarios	‘creeper (given to pregnant woman as medicine)’
charir	xarir	‘scratch (oneself)’
charis	xaris	‘viginal interior, regional tunnel’
charit	xarit	‘house built in a tree’
charit ruian	xarit ruian	‘square guard-house on poles, without bark walls’
charóf	xaˈroɸ	‘skilful’
charók	xaˈrok	‘bird’
charópit	xaˈropit	‘navel’
charowo	xarowo	‘tired’
chas	xas	‘bundle (particularly of bast or bark-cloth)’
chasá	xaˈsa	‘coastal people, language in Kokas’
chat	xat	‘notice, know, tattooing’
chatä	xate	‘lice’
chatám	xaˈtam	‘mould for planting’
chatam ara	xatam ara	‘cultivated plant’; ‘Saccharum edule’
chaúm	ˈxaum	‘dagger of cassowary bone’
chaw	xaw	‘bush with heart-shaped leaves, violet underneath (grown in swiddens for magic protection)’
chawe	xawe	‘will’
chawe m'poch	xawe mpox	‘lazy, slow’
chawerék	xaweˈrek	‘bamboo mug for palm-wine’
chawés	xaˈwes	‘certain birds, associated with stars’
che	xe	‘sudden, surprise’
cheréch	xeˈrex	‘thick’
cheróch	xeˈrox	‘hole, gap’
cherók	xeˈrok	‘repay, return’
chi	xi	‘agathis resin ("copal")’
chian	xian	‘capal torch’
china	xina	‘kind of sweet potato, species of bamboo’
cho	xo	‘obstacle, vigorous, mountainous country, area of river's source, superior, high, right (side), bride-giver’
cho fuok	xo ɸuok	‘bird of prey (yellow-brown; large)’
cho wor	xo wor	‘"the warm tunnel", certain pattern’
choch	xox	‘breathe heavily’
choch	xox	‘large species of crane (grey-brown)’
chocho	xoxo	‘valley’
chom	xom	‘ghost returning to Tu’
chos	xos	‘species of crane (grey-brown on top; white belly; smaller)’
chowej	xowej	‘steep’
chu	xu	‘sojourn, dwell, possess’
chuwá	xuˈwa	‘stay on, whisper’
chuwiak	xuwiak	‘navel feast, birth feast’
chuwiat	xuwiat	‘birth-gift’
-e	-e	‘exhortation to act’
e	e	‘and’
ej	ej	‘a "pair", together’
ejók	eˈjok	‘two’
fa	ɸa	‘grass, turf, "bride-giver", hindrance, difficulty’
fä	ɸe	‘not, or’
faís	ˈɸais	‘stuff into, block’
faj	ɸaj	‘woman (with honorific meaning), mother, wife’
faj awf	ɸaj awɸ	‘yolk of egg’
fakan	ɸakan	‘grindstone (small)’
faket	ɸaket	‘to split (wood)’
faket	ɸaket	‘torch, wood for making spears’
famu	ɸamu	‘thigh’
fan	ɸan	‘birth-gift’
fané	ɸaˈne	‘pig’
fanés	ɸaˈnes	‘heavy’
fapu	ɸapu	‘"hidden poison" causing disease’
fapuk	ɸapuk	‘grass used to close fish-traps’
far	ɸar	‘behind very ancient’
farat	ɸarat	‘hornbill bird’
fari	ɸari	‘far away, staying behind’
farir	ɸarir	‘tended tree, used for ceremonial house building (dema), underworld’
faris	ɸaris	‘without end, still’
farók	ɸaˈrok	‘bird-shaped scoop (for palm-wine)’
fat	ɸat	‘open up, make a clearing, fell tree’
fatej	ɸatej	‘tree (in which edible beetle-grub flourish)’
faw	ɸaw	‘thrust something on someone, give generously’
fefif	ɸeɸiɸ	‘cicada’
feják	ɸeˈjak	‘"warm", initial gift of an exchange, claim’
feján	ɸeˈjan	‘outr bark-cloth (of attire)’
fejit	ɸejit	‘a dema tree’; ‘Gnetum gnemon’
fejn	ɸejn	‘eager, unmarried young woman’
fejtát	ɸejˈtat	‘sacrificial table to ghost of recently deceased person’
fen	ɸen	‘perfect’
fenák	ɸeˈnak	‘draw a blow’
feni	ɸeni	‘use black wax in the hair (then one sees spirits)’
fenie	ɸenie	‘woman’
fenié	ɸeniˈe	‘woman’
fenin fejn	ɸenin ɸejn	‘careless’
fenit	ɸenit	‘standard of comparison myth’
fenjá	ɸenˈja	‘woman’
fenja masis	ɸenja masis	‘woman bears children’
fenjá mechár	ɸenˈja meˈxar	‘female expert of initiation and pregnancy’
fenóm	ɸeˈnom	‘to plane with bush-knife’
ferir	ɸerir	‘dissolve’
ferú	ɸeˈru	‘fly (of bird), blow out, spit out’
ferús	ɸeˈrus	‘spit out as offering’
fesá	ɸeˈsa	‘crocodile tooth’
fetách ewok	ɸeˈtax ewok	‘two halves’
fetiách	ɸetiˈax	‘day after tomorrow’
fi	ɸi	‘scent (in hunting), pungent smell, cause’
fiáf	ɸiˈaɸ	‘yellow’
fiam	ɸiam	‘riverine sheath fish’; ‘ikan sembilan’
fiji	ɸiji	‘in or by what way, how, whence’
finfién	ɸinɸiˈen	‘thin’
fini	ɸini	‘regional dema’
fini mikär	ɸini miker	‘house for initiation of women’
fini mikär	ɸini miker	‘initiation of girls’
fiok	ɸiok	‘sneeze’
fit	ɸit	‘biting burning (of taste and smell)’
fitó	ɸiˈto	‘"hot" magic, to use "hot" magic’
fo	ɸo	‘derris-root, plant-poison for catching fish, poison’
fo	ɸo	‘green’
fo	ɸo	‘here, now, will’
foch	ɸox	‘spreading heat’
fokó	ɸoˈko	‘angry’
fon	ɸon	‘thread of gnemon-bast, string, snare’
fos	ɸos	‘wind, assault, shudder (subst.)’
fot	ɸot	‘catch’
fotá	ɸoˈta	‘poison’
fra	ɸra	‘stone, gravel’
frä	ɸre	‘sacred object (hard)’
fra semát	ɸra seˈmat	‘steam-bath with heated stones’
fu	ɸu	‘sacred cave’
fujá	ɸuˈja	‘Coléus nettle for fertility magic’
fum am	ɸum am	‘fill rain-hood (am) with taro’
fun	ɸun	‘secondary funeral (bones deposited in a cave)’
futióch	ɸutiˈox	‘bark-cloth from bast of gnemon-tree (also sewn on bags or used as carrying strap)’
-i	-i	‘beside’
i	i	‘ant's egg, fish roe’
iaf	iaɸ	‘serious wound’
ifó	iˈɸo	‘to-day, now’
ik	ik	‘hen of the bird of paradise’
ikor	ikor	‘patch (on cloth)’
in	in	‘male form of dema, wind from the under-wood, monsoon wind’
ipon	ipon	‘salt ash of leaves’
ir	ir	‘trace, mark left’
is	is	‘path, yesterday’
is rois	is rois	‘day before yesterday’
isách	iˈsax	‘line, stroke’
iserá	iseˈra	‘cave’
isi	isi	‘with, together with’
isia	isia	‘hunt with dog’
isó	iˈso	‘distance, long way’
itá	iˈta	‘dry’
itú	iˈtu	‘sharp’
iwiak	iwiak	‘spider (edible)’
jak	jak	‘open’
jam	jam	‘untouched woods (on plain ground)’
jaroch	jarox	‘light, free from clouds’
jaw	jaw	‘lower, nether, western or northern’
je	je	‘again, further’
ji	ji	‘thither, whither’
jir	jir	‘imprint’
jokom	jokom	‘expert at initiation’
jow	jow	‘lower, nether, western or northern’
jowen	jowen	‘expert at initiation’
ju	ju	‘string bag, bag, opossum-pouch, vagina, woman, belt’
juoch	juox	‘grub colony, (unorganized?) group, batch’
kä	ke	‘hollow’
kach	kax	‘heap of leaves on swidden, clear for cultivation’
kain	kain	‘pandanus-leaf’
kaják	kaˈjak	‘pit, pitfall covered with branches’
kajér	kaˈjer	‘bad’
kaji	kaji	‘why’
kajiók	kajiˈok	‘eat berries’
kajs	kajs	‘thigh’
kajt	kajt	‘to him’
kak	kak	‘opossum (collective), pig’
kakáj	kaˈkaj	‘owl’
kake	kake	‘composite fruit, bunch of jambos, fruit from raspberry cane’
kaket	kaket	‘right, true’
kan	kan	‘fire’
kana	kana	‘to them’
kanak	kanak	‘tjempedak-tree (variety of nanka)’
kanam	kanam	‘cooled’
kanés	kaˈnes	‘comb, elaborately carved’
kanif	kaniɸ	‘bush with strong-smelling leaves’
kanit	kanit	‘croak’
kapán	kaˈpan	‘eel’
kapéjr	kaˈpejr	‘certain area, lot’
kapejr sow	kapejr sow	‘commonality of status’
kapes	kapes	‘ghost’
kapum	kapum	‘scar-tattooing’
kar	kar	‘heart (ceremonial language)’
kär	ker	‘attaching, engaging’
kär	ker	‘attaching’
karát	kaˈrat	‘tinder-box’
karef	kareɸ	‘arrow’
karek	karek	‘carry something hanging on a pole’
karok	karok	‘bi-coloured bird (dema form)’
karom	karom	‘bamboo, spoon’
karów	kaˈrow	‘kind of ground kangaroo’
karú	kaˈru	‘stroke (person or object) so that force is transmitted’
karus	karus	‘gnemon wood or tree’
kas	kas	‘sucking’
kasir	kasir	‘tree with needle-like leaves (Casuarina?)’
kat	kat	‘dry (e.g. of leaves)’
katán	kaˈtan	‘"circumcise", sever’
katán po kiá	kaˈtan po kiˈa	‘sever body-cord of deceased person’
katar	katar	‘carry something on pole, "springy tree", resilient pole under dancehouse, erection (of penis)’; ‘pikul’
katum	katum	‘tassel or braid of bast, armlet’
kaw	kaw	‘certain plant’
kaw	kaw	‘to her’
kawék	kaˈwek	‘smaller, little’
kawia	kawia	‘bush turkey, bush hen’; ‘maleo’; ‘Megapodius’
kawiak	kawiak	‘certain tree’
kawian	kawian	‘flesh’
kawiat	kawiat	‘grasp with the foot’
kawor	kawor	‘slave’
kaws	kaws	‘mouse, rat’
ke	ke	‘fruit, result’
kejr	kejr	‘poor, bad’
kejt	kejt	‘cover, stop, hug, choke, finally’
kek	kek	‘red, little child, certain poison’
kemik	kemik	‘swollen form’
kemúk	keˈmuk	‘use leaves, sponge with hot leaves’
kemúr	keˈmur	‘used the hand as a rake’
kená	keˈna	‘sacred story’
kenár	keˈnar	‘separate’
kenenä	kenene	‘beside, near but higher up’
keni aj	keni aj	‘swim’
kení(o)	keˈni(o)	‘to thee’
kenit	kenit	‘guiding principle (expressed in myths)’
kenó	keˈno	‘antidote for "red poison"’
kenó po makek	keˈno po makek	‘name of an armlet in three colours’
kenú	keˈnu	‘angry, aggressive’
kepaj	kepaj	‘crab, sea-weed’
kepé	keˈpe	‘consequence, advantage for, forced, emphasizes words immediately following’
kepék	keˈpek	‘shoulder’
kepenáf	kepeˈnaɸ	‘ceremonial gift of taro stalks’
kepét	keˈpet	‘little’
kepór	keˈpor	‘back of body’
kepúm	keˈpum	‘small zig-zag lines (a pattern)’
ker	ker	‘hanging (intrans), hovering’
kerä	kere	‘spray (from bush; tree), house where mother and child stay after the birth’
kerás	keˈras	‘beaten, hammered out’
kerén	keˈren	‘finger’
kerit	kerit	‘small part torn off’
kes	kes	‘sound, word’
kesók	keˈsok	‘will’
kespó	kesˈpo	‘speak of something’
kiá	kiˈa	‘small part, small fruit’
kiés	kiˈes	‘narrate (trans.?)’
kijám	kiˈjam	‘have fever’
kiné	kiˈne	‘little boy’
kinjá	kinˈja	‘little girl’
kir	kir	‘attaching, engaging’
kir-kir	kir-kir	‘yellow flower of bush, (girls apply to brow and cheeks to attract attention)’
kit	kit	‘bast, bark-cloth, protection’
ko	ko	‘wood adapted by shape or quality for human use’
koch	kox	‘magic means, certain tree the underworld’
kofa	koɸa	‘wood for the bow, pinang wood’
kokók	koˈkok	‘domesticated hen’
komo	komo	‘hot, excited, angry’
komuk	komuk	‘whip penis with warm leaves, bachelor’
kon	kon	‘scrotum’
kopór	koˈpor	‘trunk (of body)’
kor	kor	‘patch, darn, mesh, fishing net, landing net’
koro	koro	‘follow (after)’
koru	koru	‘swing (subst.)’
kosi	kosi	‘container, gourd, bottle’
kowe	kowe	‘fern-tree (with sparse; straight leaves)’
krä	kre	‘spray (from bush; tree), house where mother and child stay after the birth’
krä natach	kre natax	‘buttocks’
kräk	krek	‘arm-pit, hollow’
krät	kret	‘morsel of food (used as poison against former owner)’
krek	krek	‘carry something hanging on a pole’
krem	krem	‘finger’
krikri	krikri	‘constantly’
krok	krok	‘bird’
krom	krom	‘bamboo, spoon’
krompi	krompi	‘bambo cither’
ku	ku	‘addition, sprout, small, child’
ku ano	ku ano	‘female child’
ku atio	ku atio	‘daughter (man speaking), son (woman speaking)’
ku awe	ku awe	‘slave’
ku kek	ku kek	‘small child (not yet initiated)’
ku mes	ku mes	‘small baby’
ku semä	ku seme	‘male child, male person’
kum	kum	‘bee’
kupe	kupe	‘father's sister's son (woman speaking)’
kur	kur	‘keep sharp lock-out’
kur safa	kur saɸa	‘round shell ornament with hole in middle, "warns against attack"’
kus	kus	‘burning’
m'fä	mɸe	‘not yet’
m'pa	mpa	‘of opposite moiety’
m'pawá	mpaˈwa	‘"all right" (we'll leave it at that)’
m'pejf	mpejɸ	‘part’
m'pet	mpet	‘after, afterwards’
m'pit	mpit	‘navel, navel-string’
m'pit	mpit	‘navel’
m'pun	mpun	‘cassowary (as dema form)’
m'ruku	mruku	‘thunder rumbles’
ma	ma	‘not, and, to, until, along, at, she, woman’
mä	me	‘elevated, mountain-dweller, bride-giver’
mach	max	‘beginning, morning, opening present, something promised’
macháf	maˈxaɸ	‘pregnant’
macháj	maˈxaj	‘dead’
maf	maɸ	‘slaughter’
maf	maɸ	‘trunk (of body)’
mai sená	mai seˈna	‘snare’
maif	maiɸ	‘wing’
maja	maja	‘fluid, (to) run (of water)’
majn	majn	‘certain stones of origin’
majr	majr	‘root, main part, origin, host, land-owner’
majun	majun	‘dew’
mak	mak	‘morning, morning rain’
maká	maˈka	‘eyelid’
makär	maker	‘meagre, thin’
maké	maˈke	‘fruit’
makéjr	maˈkejr	‘bad’
makin	makin	‘many’
makit	makit	‘little, protégé’
mako	mako	‘vagina’
mako mes	mako mes	‘menstruation’
makor	makor	‘notch, notched ladder, system of meshes, net, catcher’
maku	maku	‘small’
mam	mam	‘living, warm’
mamos	mamos	‘stirring, alive, belonging to Mos (male dema form)’
mamuk	mamuk	‘end of a bow, staff etc’
man	man	‘sharp (of tool)’
män	men	‘later on, to-morrow, beautiful, good’
mana	mana	‘source, fruit (when grown from a planted seed)’
manä	mane	‘peripheral part of region’
manét	maˈnet	‘slippery, uncertain’
manis	manis	‘old’
manja	manja	‘friends and affinals’
mankit	mankit	‘wrist-protection of wood’
mano	mano	‘bitter, sour, uneatable’
mänoch	menox	‘"all good wishes"’
manse	manse	‘enormous’
mäntióch	mentiˈox	‘(words of) farewell "future trade meeting"’
manu	manu	‘banana shoot’
mapan	mapan	‘foot, sole’
mapi	mapi	‘experienced, adult’
mapo	mapo	‘piece’
mapof	mapoɸ	‘short, little, narrow’
mapos	mapos	‘rotten’
mapu	mapu	‘outermost, top’
mapuf	mapuɸ	‘consanguineal family, small but complete (form or group)’
mapuoch	mapuox	‘wild, raw, unpolished, hostile’
mará	maˈra	‘stem’
marák	maˈrak	‘absent, finished ready, bark, skin, shell’
marim	marim	‘tail-fin’
marit on	marit on	‘inter-regional exchange-meeting’
maru	maru	‘lake’
masá	maˈsa	‘opening, towards the river's mouth, coastal’
mase(j)	mase(j)	‘big, thick, broad’
masi	masi	‘collection, bundle, trace’
masik	masik	‘side (of object)’
masim	masim	‘colour’
masis	masis	‘breast, something swollen’
masis maku	masis maku	‘nipple’
masom	masom	‘name, wooded region’
masu	masu	‘innermost, inside, sweet taste’
masúsur	maˈsusur	‘pointed bamboo concealed on swidden to injure thieves’
matá	maˈta	‘blade, leaf’
mataj	mataj	‘bone (in the body)’
maták	maˈtak	‘strong, hard, strength’
matem	matem	‘spadix of the sugar-palm’
matiach	matiax	‘coitus’
matiáf	matiˈaɸ	‘yellow bird-of-paradise’
matioch	matiox	‘wall’
mató	maˈto	‘broad, wide, thorax, door-opening’
matót	maˈtot	‘filled’
maw	maw	‘butt, hind leg, aft (of canoe)’
mawat	mawat	‘very, much, most’
mawe	mawe	‘oracle’
mawf	mawɸ	‘egg, seed, stone (of a fruit)’
mawian	mawian	‘hair (of head; also body-hair)’
mawian	mawian	‘shadow’
mawn	mawn	‘razed to the ground’
mecháf	meˈxaɸ	‘pregnant, stomach, entrails, mood’
mechán	meˈxan	‘tree and its fruit, supplying red colour’; ‘Bixa orellana’
mechár	meˈxar	‘expert woman’
mechré kopór	mexˈre koˈpor	‘squat (verb)’
mechúr	meˈxur	‘suffering’
mefi	meɸi	‘here close by, this, near’
mefó	meˈɸo	‘hence’
mej	mej	‘breath, voice, language’
mejis	mejis	‘someone's way, wake (after canoe)’
mejn	mejn	‘fern-tree’
mejn	mejn	‘speech’
meká	meˈka	‘flexible, in order to’
mekák	meˈkak	‘end, finished, entirely’
mekär	meker	‘firmly tied’
mekát	meˈkat	‘dry’
mekék	meˈkek	‘red, poison’
mekó	meˈko	‘soft parts’
mekúk	meˈkuk	‘sweet potato’
memin	memin	‘brow ornament of mother-of-pearl’
memów	meˈmow	‘dumb’
mená	meˈna	‘regional group, members of which intermarry’
menán-och	meˈnan-ox	‘stop’
menátis	meˈnatis	‘stern of canoe’
mené	meˈne	‘where?’
menin	menin	‘enchanted, changed’
menis	menis	‘rotten, bad’
menit	menit	‘standard of comparison, myth of origin’
menjám	menˈjam	‘(thunder) dies away’
menó	meˈno	‘there’
menúk	meˈnuk	‘rake’
meó	meˈo	‘over there’
mer	mer	‘warming up, making friends’
merä	mere	‘free from prohibitions’
merán	meˈran	‘trace of something’
merän	meren	‘light, fair’
merár	meˈrar	‘lower jaw’
merät	meret	‘loose’
meri	meri	‘far away, in the distance’
merir	merir	‘lighting’
mes	mes	‘blood’
mesák	meˈsak	‘young’
mesán	meˈsan	‘adopted child’
meséj	meˈsej	‘only, exclusively, much’
meséjt	meˈsejt	‘alone’
mesi	mesi	‘brow-band with shells, faces’
mesó	meˈso	‘floating’
mesóf	meˈsoɸ	‘long poles (used in construction of houses)’
mesú	meˈsu	‘pleasant, beautiful (of taste; feelings)’
mesúf	meˈsuɸ	‘round (object)’
metá	meˈta	‘left hand’
metách	meˈtax	‘dog’
metáf	meˈtaɸ	‘mud’
metäk	metek	‘windfall (fruit)’
metár	meˈtar	‘big rain-hood’
metár	meˈtar	‘something extra fine’
metáw	meˈtaw	‘below’
metiách	metiˈax	‘right up to, all the way to’
metis	metis	‘what comes afterwards, late, lately imported goods’
metit	metit	‘narrow, confined’
metó	meˈto	‘there, thither, dwelling for a short time’
metóch	meˈtox	‘polished’
metów	meˈtow	‘under’
metúk	meˈtuk	‘deaf’
metúm	meˈtum	‘motherless piglet (found in the bush)’
mi	mi	‘long, high, tall’
miách	miˈax	‘low-lying meadowland, heath-like landscape (near lake with certain kind of grass; the name also refers to the grass)’
micháta	miˈxata	‘with legs apart’
mijá	miˈja	‘(coming) out of’
mik	mik	‘swelling’
mikär	miker	‘made attaching, charming’
miki	miki	‘additional wife’
mikit	mikit	‘drop’
min	min	‘paddle, padding’
min matá	min maˈta	‘paddle-blade’
misó	miˈso	‘half-way’
mo	mo	‘grasshopper’
moa	moa	‘butt, hind leg, aft (of canoe)’
moam	moam	‘along the outer edge’
moch	mox	‘dirty’
mof	moɸ	‘good, beautiful’
mofä	moɸe	‘creep’
moji	moji	‘whither?’
moju	moju	‘where?’
mokon	mokon	‘feeding a fire’
momo	momo	‘outermost, in the highest degree, early’
mon	mon	‘(female) knowledge, energy, purity’
mon aká	mon aˈka	‘pitcher-plant’; ‘Nepenthes’
mos	mos	‘water (dema), waves, fish-hook, pelting rain’
mos manse	mos manse	‘pelting rain’
moti	moti	‘threads round the head over the brow against headache’
mu	mu	‘hidden’
muf	muɸ	‘all, everybody’
muk	muk	‘staff, cudgel, support, penis’
muoch	muox	‘raw, crude, hostile’
mur	mur	‘darkness’
mus	mus	‘fire, conflagration’
musióch	musiˈox	‘ruined, injured by accident’
n'cha	nxa	‘"feel"’
n'chapo	nxapo	‘whistle’
n'chari	nxari	‘embroider patterns’
n'charir	nxarir	‘it itches’
n'cheró	nxeˈro	‘make dry’
n'cherók	nxeˈrok	‘compensate’
n'cho mun	nxo mun	‘pull up (e g taro)’
n'chorit	nxorit	‘invite to watch, invite’
n'fa	nɸa	‘hamper, do harm, obstruct’
n'faki	nɸaki	‘become numb’
n'fames	nɸames	‘becoming heavy’
n'farfar	nɸarɸar	‘distant male or female ancestor’
(n')faris	(n)ɸaris	‘not yet’
n'fejn	nɸejn	‘marry’
n'ferú	nɸeˈru	‘fling away’
n'fow	nɸow	‘thrust something on someone, give generously’
n'kajt	nkajt	‘dried up, (of leaves; branches)’
n'karek	nkarek	‘carry something tied to a pole’
n'karu	nkaru	‘rub (magically)’
n'kek	nkek	‘redden’
n'kemik	nkemik	‘swelling’
n'kemót	nkeˈmot	‘lead someone, observe, look after’
n'kerit	nkerit	‘soften’
n'kesóch	nkeˈsox	‘will (verb)’
n'ki	nki	‘make small, split’
n'kif	nkiɸ	‘bargain, moderate’
n'kom	nkom	‘decoration’
n'komo	nkomo	‘angry’
n'komo nenéjf	nkomo neˈnejɸ	‘angrily’
n'komók	nkoˈmok	‘germinate, grow’
n'kopot	nkopot	‘clitoris’
n'krek	nkrek	‘carry something tied to a pole’
n'kuk	nkuk	‘cry like a bird’
n'kuwiat	nkuwiat	‘item of exchange’
n'min	nmin	‘paddle (verb)’
n'pa	npa	‘opposite, strange’
n'pajer	npajer	‘allotment (soil)’
n'pam	npam	‘(way?) from’
n'pat	npat	‘blaze (of the sun)’
n'paw	npaw	‘forbidden dangerous’
n'peák	npeˈak	‘throw forwards’
n'pejt	npejt	‘half-grown’
n'peku	npeku	‘get children’
n'per	nper	‘initiate’
n'peri	nperi	‘increase’
n'perúr	npeˈrur	‘form a group’
n'peúf	npeˈuɸ	‘part’
n'pi	npi	‘insect laying eggs, fish spawning’
n'pin	npin	‘dull, used up, blunt’
n'pit	npit	‘break’
n'poch	npox	‘white’
n'pum	npum	‘polish up, tidy’
n'ririn	nririn	‘creep up on, stalk’
n'safa	nsaɸa	‘slaughter a pig, "sacrifice"’
n'sajam	nsajam	‘cut off, distribute, share’
n'saj(é)r	nsaj(ˈe)r	‘give someone his share’
n'saka	nsaka	‘meet attack, chase away evil influences, take care of, defend, protect’
n'saku	nsaku	‘marry (Karon; of the man)’
n'sapan	nsapan	‘shy’
n'sasi	nsasi	‘coming on, grow’
n'seká	nseˈka	‘meet, match’
n'sekó	nseˈko	‘remove feces from slaughtered animal’
n'semós	nseˈmos	‘smell (verb)’
n'sen	nsen	‘awake, arise’
n'senim	nsenim	‘man's relatives by manufacture (by magic)’
n'si	nsi	‘collect’
n'siaf	nsiaɸ	‘look after’
n'sifas	nsiɸas	‘repay’
n'sióf	nsiˈoɸ	‘steal’
n'susu	nsusu	‘push, nudge’
n'tach	ntax	‘dog’
n'tafuf	ntaɸuɸ	‘flower’
n'take	ntake	‘exchange’
n'takin	ntakin	‘bamboo bow’
n'tam	ntam	‘carry on one's arm’
n'tamách	ntaˈmax	‘consecrate hunting dog’
n'tan	ntan	‘lay out (fabris etc. in connection with exchange), respond’
n'tapo	ntapo	‘rot’
n'tará po ju	ntaˈra po ju	‘put down the cloth at first marriage exchange’
n'tarof	ntaroɸ	‘reckon rope descent’
n'tawe	ntawe	‘fish with bait tied to line’
n'tawók	ntaˈwok	‘enter a ground house’
n'tefá po	nteˈɸa po	‘catch fish by building enclosure of turf around fish trap’
n'teká	nteˈka	‘exchange on request’
n'tekách	nteˈkax	‘slit open, knife-blade, splitting, split pole (to lift cage from bottom of lake)’
n'tekif	ntekiɸ	‘treat sick person with spells and massage’
n'temán	nteˈman	‘skilful spear-thrower’
n'temi	ntemi	‘something parcelled out’
n'temó	nteˈmo	‘cross-cousin’
n'tené	nteˈne	‘bring something away to’
n'tenós	nteˈnos	‘suck leaf-package containing salt’
n'tepók	nteˈpok	‘cease’
n'teró	nteˈro	‘continuously, without a break, further’
n'terót	nteˈrot	‘prow of canoe, forward’
n'terú	nteˈru	‘reassemble, meet again’
n'terúk	nteˈruk	‘go into’
n'tetis	ntetis	‘a descendant’
n'tis	ntis	‘situated behind, placed afterwards’
n'to	nto	‘tense oneself, hold back, check oneself’
n'tocho	ntoxo	‘grinding or rubbing activity’
n'tom	ntom	‘vomit’
n'topát	ntoˈpat	‘jump’
n'topo	ntopo	‘"witness"’
n'tu	ntu	‘reckon correctly’
n'tuoch	ntuox	‘promise’
n'wa	nwa	‘afraid, careful’
n'wek	nwek	‘very small, smallest’
n'werék	nweˈrek	‘pass’
-na	-na	‘close relatives and friends’
na	na	‘limb, leg, arm, sibling of same sex’
na famu	na ɸamu	‘thigh’
na komór	na koˈmor	‘tuft of hair on the crown of the head’
na masu	na masu	‘calf (of leg)’
na mawr	na mawr	‘calf (of leg)’
na n'kemik	na nkemik	‘calf (of leg)’
na n'tekúr	na nteˈkur	‘knee-cap’
na tení	na teˈni	‘cheek’
nacha	naxa	‘fill, active’
nacháf	naˈxaɸ	‘intestines’
nacháj	naˈxaj	‘die’
nachám	naˈxam	‘ache’
nacharé	naxaˈre	‘sit’
nacháwt	naˈxawt	‘carry on shoulder’
nache	naxe	‘look, ask for, observe’
naf	naɸ	‘taro-stem, trunk (of body), belly’
nafa	naɸa	‘rub, quarrel, disagree’
nafam	naɸam	‘shut off, cover’
nafamu	naɸamu	‘thigh(-bone)’
nafif	naɸiɸ	‘prepare (in advance)’
nafif charit	naɸiɸ xarit	‘make walls to charit-house’
nafit	naɸit	‘bite, taste strong, sting’
nafo	naɸo	‘wave, move something to and fro’
nafoch	naɸox	‘bride-giver, friend’
nafon	naɸon	‘spider's thread’
nafos	naɸos	‘breath’
naim	naim	‘fling away, spread out on a fire’
nait	nait	‘consume, eat, burn’
naj	naj	‘strike, beat, throw, find, get, succeed’
naja	naja	‘plait the hair’
naji	naji	‘knock off ash, knock’
najir	najir	‘trace, mark’
najn	najn	‘spread ash over swidden’
najo	najo	‘embrace (verb and subst.)’
najok	najok	‘to ask nicely’
najú	naˈju	‘exchange cloth between bride-giver and bride-taker’
nak	nak	‘open an animal (to prepare; cook it), open’
naka	naka	‘bend down (and seek), look for, procure food, go towards each other’
naka	naka	‘eyelid’
nakach	nakax	‘tear to pieces’
nakák	naˈkak	‘carry’
nakar	nakar	‘heart’
nakär	naker	‘tie up, hang’
nake	nake	‘lash, bind, give what is due (e.g. fines)’
nakit	nakit	‘something needing protection, tame young pig, brow’
nako	nako	‘female genital organ, not want to’
nakon	nakon	‘scrotum’
naku	naku	‘addition, manufacture, make, make a feast’
naku po	naku po	‘collect cloth’
nakus	nakus	‘treat with fire, roast’
nam	nam	‘certain kind of bark, thing emitting good smell or warmth’
nama	nama	‘come near, go near to’
namä	name	‘elevate’
namä	name	‘follow river towards its source’
namä	name	‘mother’
namän	namen	‘say good-bye’
namej	namej	‘draw’
nami	nami	‘get stuck in something, stab (with knife or spear), hit’
namo	namo	‘go, come away from’
namot	namot	‘give a present’
namu	namu	‘maternal uncle, nape of neck, follow river down’
namuk	namuk	‘pole, handle’
namut	namut	‘hide oneself’
nan	nan	‘alive, vital, shape, warm’
nana	nana	‘head’
nanam	nanam	‘wrap up in bark’
nanejf	nanejɸ	‘nose’
nanes	nanes	‘bundle’
nanif	naniɸ	‘upper lips’
nanim	nanim	‘joined to’
nanis	nanis	‘wrap up’
nanjia	nanjia	‘stupid’
nano	nano	‘sibling of opposite sex, grandchildren’
naoán	naoˈan	‘to own an Oan-cloth’
nap	nap	‘consuming’
napách	naˈpax	‘collect’
napan	napan	‘foot’
napat	napat	‘chew, eat vegetables’
nape	nape	‘have, get, bear a child’
napek	napek	‘carry on one's back (e.g. children)’
naper	naper	‘introduce, initiated, make participant in, dispute’
napet	napet	‘little wound, sore’
napi	napi	‘grow, grow older, mother’
napia	napia	‘father’
napo	napo	‘eat meat, consume, digest, seek refuge’
napof	napoɸ	‘rot’
napot	napot	‘loosen completely’
napu	napu	‘swell’
napu aj	napu aj	‘flood’
napuk	napuk	‘stop up, stuff in, catch’
napum	napum	‘plant (verb)’
napus	napus	‘get wet’
nar	nar	‘rainbow’
nara	nara	‘sister-in-law's husband (man speaking), brother-in-law's wife (woman speaking)’
narä(j)	nare(j)	‘child’
narak	narak	‘skin, outermost, absent’
narán	naˈran	‘shine, shimmer’
nare	nare	‘carry on back’
naren	naren	‘celebrate Ren-fest’
nari	nari	‘listen, remember, recollect’
narif	nariɸ	‘show, point out’
narin	narin	‘strange’
naro	naro	‘rub’
naru	naru	‘give back, give in exchange’
nas	nas	‘pull up a landing net with catch, take to oneself’
nasa	nasa	‘opening, mouth, door’
nasach	nasax	‘unjust’
nasak	nasak	‘smile’
nasan	nasan	‘touch with nose, kiss, show affection’
nasé	naˈse	‘thick’
nasen	nasen	‘get up, began to be active’
naser	naser	‘rub until smooth’
nasi	nasi	‘bring together, rake (verb)’
nasi	nasi	‘swell, increase, impress (on a person)’
nasif	nasiɸ	‘lucky’
nasim	nasim	‘exchange, alter colour’
nasin	nasin	‘side (of the body)’
nasis	nasis	‘swollen, feed, produce, breast, nipple’
naso	naso	‘work with digging stick, seek, plant taro’
nasom	nasom	‘call, give, name, carry on shoulder, hunting grounds, forest’
nasu	nasu	‘eye, face, body’
nasuf	nasuɸ	‘middle’
nat	nat	‘feed’
nata	nata	‘drink’
natä	nate	‘float, swim (of person)’
natak	natak	‘strong, healthy, bold, hard’
natan	natan	‘lay against, answer’
natat	natat	‘grandparent’
natej	natej	‘distribute the bones of deceased person’
natem	natem	‘arm, hand’
natem krem	natem krem	‘finger’
nateni	nateni	‘cheek’
nati	nati	‘glad, unite, plant, principal, term of kinship’
natia	natia	‘father’
natiach	natiax	‘couplate, marry’
natiat	natiat	‘kill with spear, perish’
natien	natien	‘certain affines’
natim	natim	‘go before, first’
natir	natir	‘open (verb)’
nato	nato	‘attract, draw up’
natoch	natox	‘penis’
natos	natos	‘feed, take care of’
natu	natu	‘swear by’
naúon	ˈnauon	‘long intensely for’
naúwian	ˈnauwian	‘hair, beard, shadow, ghost’
naw	naw	‘liver, certain trees and bushes (e g pandanus-palm and -fruit)’
naw	naw	‘return the same way, further, hind (e.g. leg), stern of canoe’
nawa	nawa	‘forbid, frighten’
nawe	nawe	‘tell (person to do), give order’
nawej	nawej	‘breadfruit’
nawen	nawen	‘hairy’
nawer	nawer	‘add finishing touches to’
nawi	nawi	‘fall’
nawia	nawia	‘weep’
nawm	nawm	‘woman's term for certain female kin’
nawn	nawn	‘protrude, project’
naws	naws	‘urine, urinate, flow’
nawt	nawt	‘go up, climb’
ne	ne	‘emit, deliver, give, adequate (for task), put’
nechách	neˈxax	‘split, break (intr.), tear pieces’
necháf	neˈxaɸ	‘pregnant’
nechám	neˈxam	‘hot, sick, have a pain’
nechapách	nexaˈpax	‘crush, split, plus (with numerals)’
nechár	neˈxar	‘use a dema's name, act like a dema’
necharé	nexaˈre	‘sit’
nechás	neˈxas	‘terribly ill, fatal illness’
neche	nexe	‘see again, inspect, get back (something)’
necherék	nexeˈrek	‘store, save (up)’
nechis	nexis	‘remember something painful’
nechóch	neˈxox	‘exert oneself, run, "work", move energetically, wriggle, flee, strike, heavily, slaughter’
nechój	neˈxoj	‘defy the rules’
nechók	neˈxok	‘choke, emit death-rattle’
nechúw	neˈxuw	‘stay, sojourn, dwell, be (at; in a place), continue, keep (doing)’
neckás-nekás	neckas-nekas	‘rub nose’
nef	neɸ	‘sore, wound’
nefá	neˈɸa	‘hindrance, argument, dispute, fight (verb)’
nefä	neɸe	‘unable, lack, miss, ill’
nefáj	neˈɸaj	‘to court a girl’
nefájn	neˈɸajn	‘wife, get a wife, in the north a form of address between spouses’
nefák aót	neˈɸak ˈaot	‘spit (verb)’
nefák ok	neˈɸak ok	‘blow one's nose’
nefát	neˈɸat	‘split, chop wood, open, empty’
nefáw	neˈɸaw	‘stuff in, hide, save’
neféjs	neˈɸejs	‘strew’
nefén	neˈɸen	‘manufacture as expert’
nefi	neɸi	‘blow (verb)’
nefiá	neɸiˈa	‘swallow (verb)’
nefit	neɸit	‘catch fire’
nefós	neˈɸos	‘shudder, break out in cold sweat’
nefót	neˈɸot	‘catch’
nefum	neɸum	‘put in rain-hood adapted as bag’
nefús	neˈɸus	‘dip, dive’
nejf	nejɸ	‘nose’
neji	neji	‘float, hew’
nejów	neˈjow	‘drag down, prevail upon wife to move to her husband’
nejú	neˈju	‘certain exchange’
nejúm	neˈjum	‘moistened by the dew, issue forth from a cave or a vagina’
neká	neˈka	‘bend, bow, weave belt, mix, match’
neká	neˈka	‘fish (verb), soak’
nekách	neˈkax	‘collect, clear swidden, cultivate’
nekájt	neˈkajt	‘close, stop up, keep on doing something until finished’
nekák	neˈkak	‘finish’
nekár	neˈkar	‘heart’
nekär	neker	‘attach, bind, hang up, mad’
nekás	neˈkas	‘lick, taste (verb)’
neké	neˈke	‘tie (a knot), set (fruit), yield fruit’
nekéjr	neˈkejr	‘bad, poor’
nekék	neˈkek	‘a child’
nekés	neˈkes	‘say’
neki	neki	‘split up’
nekif	nekiɸ	‘haggle, moderate, cast softening spell upon’
nekír	neˈkir	‘long for’
nekít	neˈkit	‘drip, share out in small portions, wear bark-cloth, protected, protégé’
nekó	neˈko	‘use firewood, make fire’
nekom	nekom	‘inaugurate, decorate, draw pictures. "write"’
nekór	neˈkor	‘chop off’
nekräk	nekrek	‘reserve, save, carry something tied to a pole’
nekú	neˈku	‘increase, make feast, exchange goods’
nekúk	neˈkuk	‘attract, call, entice’
nekúwian	neˈkuwian	‘flesh, meat’
nemä	neme	‘elevate’
nemä	neme	‘mother’
nemách	neˈmax	‘promise (verb and subst.)’
nemacháf	nemaˈxaɸ	‘remove entrails (e.g. from game)’
nemän	nemen	‘to subject something to an elevating action’
nemän-o nawian	nemen-o nawian	‘bring back soul that has been carried off to the underworld’
nemará	nemaˈra	‘ear’
nemát	neˈmat	‘see’
neméj	neˈmej	‘talk (verb)’
nemí	neˈmi	‘count up, bind together, call up’
nemó	neˈmo	‘depart, term for certain cousins’
nemó	neˈmo	‘tree whose leaves have strong smell (associated with Siwa)’
nemón	neˈmon	‘know secrets, proper order of things’
nemú	neˈmu	‘hide’
nemúk	neˈmuk	‘poke with stick or cudgel, strike, whip’
nemuóch	nemuˈox	‘sweat (verb)’
nemúr	neˈmur	‘pluck something out (e.g. hairs on chin)’
nemút	neˈmut	‘hide oneself’
nen	nen	‘give what is due, replace’
nenä	nene	‘at the further end’
nenách	neˈnax	‘turn, facing’
nenák	neˈnak	‘shoot with bow’
nenám	neˈnam	‘use bark (of Tenam sort), wrap up in bark’
nenán	neˈnan	‘become (e g a father), remain (of state)’
nenár	neˈnar	‘go apart, jaw’
nenín	neˈnin	‘bewitch’
nenís	neˈnis	‘rot, become old and dilapidated’
nenit	nenit	‘lay alongside, compare, measure, vie with, try, win get, "have", begin, do, arange’
nenót	neˈnot	‘believe, consider, remember, reflect’
nenúk	neˈnuk	‘cross-piece’
nepä	nepe	‘all too warm, hot’
nepách	neˈpax	‘open in special way, dig, poke about in’
nepám	neˈpam	‘from’
nepát	neˈpat	‘tooth, bite’
nepáw	neˈpaw	‘taboo’
nepáwt	neˈpawt	‘embrace, cling to’
nepeák	nepeˈak	‘throw forward’
nepér	neˈper	‘enter, stamp’
neperér	nepeˈrer	‘cry (of bird)’
nepiát	nepiˈat	‘advance due, give a loan of cloth’
nepis	nepis	‘order, send, hew into little pieces, splinter’
nepó	neˈpo	‘grasp, hold, arrange, fence in’
nepo ferús	nepo ɸeˈrus	‘spit out a little food as sacrifice’
nepóit	neˈpoit	‘feed’
nepót	neˈpot	‘take everything, finish’
nepú	neˈpu	‘shut (up), stuff in the ashes, enclose’
nerá	neˈra	‘certain people’
nerä	nere	‘free, bachelor, unfastern, server, harvest’
neräch	nerex	‘suddenly appear’
nerár	neˈrar	‘chin’
nerás	neˈras	‘hammer (verb)’
nerát	neˈrat	‘touch (verb)’
nerät	neret	‘loose, come loose’
neré	neˈre	‘return, foregather’
neri	neri	‘increase, recuperate, listen for, enquire, listen to’
neriét	neriˈet	‘lift out’
nerif	neriɸ	‘show’
nerín	neˈrin	‘stranger (from outside the partition)’
nerit	nerit	‘lift out, point’
neróch	neˈrox	‘go down’
neróf	neˈroɸ	‘follow’
nerók	neˈrok	‘awake, start (with fright), recoil’
nerós	neˈros	‘stand erect, still, stand for, responsible’
nerú	neˈru	‘fling, go out and return, rebounce’
nerún	neˈrun	‘collect’
nerúoch	neˈruox	‘harvest, what one has previously sown’
nerúr	neˈrur	‘loosen and fall’
nerús	neˈrus	‘release’
nerút	neˈrut	‘return to point of departure on a circular course’
nesá	neˈsa	‘disappear, run away, surprised’
nesä	nese	‘put away, poison, enchant’
nesách	neˈsax	‘laugh, smile’
nesák	neˈsak	‘young, not ready, false’
nesám	neˈsam	‘flee, run, put to flight’
nesán	neˈsan	‘sniff at, scent, nuzzle’
nesät	neset	‘splash’
nesé	neˈse	‘lay, make’
neséj	neˈsej	‘hide away’
neséjt	neˈsejt	‘alone, solitude’
nesén	neˈsen	‘put, place, lay, awaken’
nesi	nesi	‘add, collect, remember, promise, pound, make something fall’
nesía	neˈsia	‘member of company, in the company of, go and live with a woman’
nesíe	neˈsie	‘marry’
nesif	nesiɸ	‘make or use a heap of brushwood or heap pf branches’
nesím	neˈsim	‘exchange’
nesín	neˈsin	‘side (e.g. of body), make triangular scaffold’
nesio metách	nesio meˈtax	‘litter from manufacture of bark-cloth’
nesióch	nesiˈox	‘act as a group, sing together’
nesíóf	nesioɸ	‘steal’
nesír	neˈsir	‘feel light, giddy, intoxicated’
nesís	neˈsis	‘go on all fours’
nesít	neˈsit	‘bend, press on, flow over, project outside’
nesó	neˈso	‘float, move stealthily’
nesók	neˈsok	‘select’
nesóm	neˈsom	‘walk in the woods, play’
nesór	neˈsor	‘women's dance’
nesós	neˈsos	‘increase’
nesów	neˈsow	‘together in one place or in the same way’
nesú	neˈsu	‘body, sink (verb)’
nesún	neˈsun	‘purr like a cat’
nesúr	neˈsur	‘break off, break a stick’
nesút	neˈsut	‘hiccough’
netá	neˈta	‘leaf’
netä	nete	‘open, hollow out’
netách	neˈtax	‘commission (verb), cooperation (outside mapuf)’
netäch	netex	‘fish with the hands, land (verb) (of birds; aeroplanes)’
netáj	neˈtaj	‘bone, skeleton’
neták	neˈtak	‘strengthen oneself, make oneself bold’
netäk	netek	‘go down, fall down, strike down’
netám	neˈtam	‘carry on one's arm’
netár	neˈtar	‘carry on a pole’
netát	neˈtat	‘feed pups’
netáw	neˈtaw	‘remember’
netáwf	neˈtawɸ	‘crown of head’
netéjs	neˈtejs	‘glitter?, swing?’
neti	neti	‘bind, carry, own, obtain’
netiát	netiˈat	‘attack and kill’
netíe	neˈtie	‘break’
netím	neˈtim	‘take initiative, begin’
netín	neˈtin	‘sew fast, embroider, make a symbol’
netír	neˈtir	‘hunt’
netís	neˈtis	‘behind, veins’
netít	neˈtit	‘crowd (verb)’
netó	neˈto	‘check oneself, assemble on one spot, attract’
netóch	neˈtox	‘scrape repeatedly’
netóf	neˈtoɸ	‘wear ceremonial attire’
netón	neˈton	‘crawl (of snake)’
netós	neˈtos	‘offer food’
netú	neˈtu	‘summon, call, pour out palm wine’
netúf	neˈtuɸ	‘make clicking sound with uvula, admire, consent’
netúk	neˈtuk	‘deaf’
netúr	neˈtur	‘make love passionately’
netút	neˈtut	‘knock, bang repeatedly’
newách	neˈwax	‘totem animal’
newáj	neˈwaj	‘act with precaution, carefully’
newáw	neˈwaw	‘lay down in the ashes, roast in the ashes’
newi	newi	‘do something (e.g. sing) in couples’
newós	neˈwos	‘build fence’
ni	ni	‘weave, entice, bind, create, produce, conjoiner dema’
niách	niˈax	‘wait’
nián	niˈan	‘make fertile’
nif	niɸ	‘lip’
nikás	niˈkas	‘talk’
nim	nim	‘to the end (?)’
nimekéjt	nimeˈkejt	‘cover’
ni-mená	ni-meˈna	‘knee’
nin	nin	‘change’
niná	niˈna	‘enchanted’
ninio	ninio	‘shriek hysterically’
nio	nio	‘thou, thine’
niom	niom	‘hoist up’
nisía	niˈsia	‘look after, manage, keep as domestic animal’
nisók	niˈsok	‘make tasty, heal, pay fines’
nit	nit	‘planet, large star’
nitej	nitej	‘bury’
nitji	nitji	‘break’
nium	nium	‘distributive, give for nothing (in solemn speech, otherwise num is used)’
niwerék	niweˈrek	‘pass’
nja	nja	‘young, little, immature’
no	no	‘reach, attain, get, fetch, begin, germinate, get an erection, transform oneself or someone into, up and do something, gossip, have own’
noa	noa	‘return the same way, further, hind (e.g. leg), stern of canoe’
noá	noˈa	‘free from a spear and take’
nochát	noˈxat	‘make fireplace feast’
nocho	noxo	‘collect, transfer force from, grind, rub’
nochóch	noˈxox	‘borrow, persuade person to grant loan’
nojoch	nojox	‘receive’
nok	nok	‘visit, (movement) into, unite’
noko	noko	‘press (on)’
nokom	nokom	‘initiate boys’
norä	nore	‘open (verb), uncover’
norat	norat	‘cry? (of bird)’
noro	noro	‘seek, follow’
not	not	‘drink through suction pipe, suck’
now	now	‘share out, give, when infernior gives to superior’
nowak	nowak	‘bend down, soften (intr.)’
nower	nower	‘pass below, go past’
nu	nu	‘give compensation, give in exchange for something, conceal’
nuá(j)	nuˈa(j)	‘hide oneself’
nuf	nuɸ	‘all, of both sexes’
num	num	‘share out, allocate, sow (e.g. maize)’
nun	nun	‘present’
nuoch	nuox	‘wait’
nur	nur	‘impossible to distinguish clearly or identify, indistinct’
nuri(o)	nuri(o)	‘annoyed’
nus	nus	‘ignitel arson fire faces’
nut	nut	‘rise high’
nuwiach	nuwiax	‘warm leaves (verb)’
nuwian	nuwian	‘draw up (water)’
nuwof	nuwoɸ	‘wait be empty, remove’
-o	-o	‘extension behind, emphasizing suffix’
oàn	oàn	‘liver, certain class of fabrics’
-och	-ox	‘perfect tense-suffix, indicates end, completed’
och	ox	‘species of duck (small; grey-brown)’
ochát	oˈxat	‘fire-place’
ofó	oˈɸo	‘here’
om	om	‘rain’
om majs	om majs	‘it is raining’
on	on	‘meeting for exchange’
onkräm	onkrem	‘(northern term used in counting)’
onkrämejok	onkremejok	‘twelve’
onkrämsaw	onkremsaw	‘eleven’
onkrämtiet	onkremtiet	‘fourteen’
onkrämtuf	onkremtuɸ	‘thirteen’
ono	ono	‘that over there in the distance’
op	op	‘typhoon (believed to be a snake-form of the Tu dema)’
or	or	‘nose flute, tunnel’
orá	oˈra	‘swidden, field’
orón	oˈron	‘male (dema form), evening star’
os	os	‘bone spoon of shoulder-blade (opossum)’
osokräm	osokrem	‘(northern term used in counting)’
osokrämejók	osokremeˈjok	‘seventeen’
osokrämsaw	osokremsaw	‘sixteen’
osokrämtiét	osokremtiˈet	‘nineteen’
osokrämtuf	osokremtuɸ	‘eighteen’
osur	osur	‘crocodile’
ot	ot	‘spit (subst.)’
oto	oto	‘that’
owájt	oˈwajt	‘nanka fruit, large jambo’
pach	pax	‘smooth, even, gourd’
pach siáto	pax siˈato	‘dance-ground fenced in with poles’
paj	paj	‘couple’
pajm	pajm	‘reserved’
pajm woké	pajm woˈke	‘patola-patterend cloth’
pajr	pajr	‘"lesser root", partitional status’
pakin	pakin	‘few in number’
pakit	pakit	‘daughter (man speaking)’
pam	pam	‘axe, adze’
pana	pana	‘such’
paren	paren	‘dance’
parit	parit	‘steps to house’
paro	paro	‘small part, remainder, partition, partitional group’
parók	paˈrok	‘part of swidden planted by one family’
pas	pas	‘free of liabilities’
pasi	pasi	‘something composite’
pat	pat	‘crevice’
pawe	pawe	‘what? (interrog.)’
pawf	pawɸ	‘sunrise (?)’
pawia	pawia	‘why?’
pawt	pawt	‘embrace, have coitus’
pe(-)	pe(-)	‘affix emphasis separation, have, own, strand, thread’
peák	peˈak	‘steer (boat), direct forwards’
pechájt	peˈxajt	‘like a dead’
pechóch	peˈxox	‘work as usual’
peják	peˈjak	‘throw away’
pejók	peˈjok	‘together, both’
pejr	pejr	‘part’
peká	peˈka	‘fold (over)’
pekär	peker	‘destroy, thin and emaciated’
pekú	peˈku	‘"get children" (the corridor in the Taro dance-house)’
penéjf	peˈnejɸ	‘provided with large nose’
perén uwiak	peˈren uwiak	‘boat-feast’
perfót	perˈɸot	‘catch a small thing’
perít	peˈrit	‘force out, pound’
pernáp	perˈnap	‘boil something in a bamboo-tube with water’
peró	peˈro	‘give our, bury’
peróch	peˈrox	‘stay behind, unchangeable’
perón	peˈron	‘thick species of bamboo used for fetching water’
peróri	peˈrori	‘leak’
perú	peˈru	‘scaffold’
perúr	peˈrur	‘group formed occasionally for a special purpose’
pes	pes	‘rod, narrow pole’
pesán	peˈsan	‘method of divination with bamboo that is chopped in two’
pesátoch	peˈsatox	‘sacred heirloom’
(pe-)seki samu	(pe-)seki samu	‘build a house’
peserák	peseˈrak	‘on the floor, remain indoors’
pesí	peˈsi	‘count names’
pesík	peˈsik	‘small fish’
pesók	peˈsok	‘slippery’
pes-pes	pes-pes	‘wing-quill of cassowary (generally worn in septum of nose)’
pesú	peˈsu	‘corpse’
pet	pet	‘after, afterwards’
petá	peˈta	‘betel-nut, everybody, mussel-shells in pairs (to pull out chin hairs with)’
petäk	petek	‘fall down, born’
petár	peˈtar	‘large rain-hood (for initiates or man just married)’
petú	peˈtu	‘blow down’
peúf	peˈuɸ	‘portion, part, collection of’
pewé	peˈwe	‘lean (verb)’
piá	piˈa	‘married man’
piák	piˈak	‘thorny’
piás	piˈas	‘fog (very thick)’
piát	piˈat	‘clothes distributed to stimulate exchange’
pijik	pijik	‘gnemon-bast’
pikepák	pikeˈpak	‘just anyhow’
pin	pin	‘blunt (of tool), inactive, married man (w s.)’
pió	piˈo	‘attract’
pir	pir	‘adult man, virile’
pis	pis	‘fragment of bone’
pitji	pitji	‘break (to pieces)’
pitú	piˈtu	‘paddle (verb)’
po	po	‘thing attainable only with some effort, relation, food’
po ferúk	po ɸeˈruk	‘blow-pipe for hunting’
po kajér	po kaˈjer	‘placenta’
po kejn	po kejn	‘plaited band below the knee’
po matók	po maˈtok	‘red cloth (in end of blow-pipe arrow)’
po mun	po mun	‘articles of trade, copal resin, colouring wood, nutmeg’
po pat	po pat	‘spinach-like leaf, hibiscus’; ‘sajur gedi’
po ritós	po riˈtos	‘ceremonial gift of food-stuffs’
po sepách	po seˈpax	‘certain collection of cloth (at feast)’
poch	pox	‘still, lazy, ash, fish-trap with enclosure of earth and turf, certain snake’
pochajók	poxaˈjok	‘ghost that enters living persons and manifest itself by whistling’
pochanà	poxanà	‘embers’
pofit	poɸit	‘ginger, dangerous spell’
pofurúk	poɸuˈruk	‘blow-pipe’
poit	poit	‘feed, food-stuffs’
poju	poju	‘item of exchange at marriage, lot’
pok	pok	‘man's bag of rushes’
pokär	poker	‘body-cord’
pokéjn	poˈkejn	‘ornamental band worn below the knee’
poku	poku	‘feast, festal gathering of guest’
pomáfit	poˈmaɸit	‘gnat’
pomáru	poˈmaru	‘fish’
por	por	‘dragonfly’
porín	poˈrin	‘spin’
posáfom	poˈsaɸom	‘grass, weed for making thread’
poséj	poˈsej	‘otherwise, different, formerly’
posepi	posepi	‘necklace’
poserä	posere	‘cassowary’
posetén	poseˈten	‘maize’
pot	pot	‘loosening’
potách täwi	poˈtax tewi	‘plaiting on fork handle’
potát	poˈtat	‘sacrificial table, feeding place for ghost’
potós	poˈtos	‘"fence" of saplings laid down to separate field-allotment, feed’
powi	powi	‘song for two’
poworár	powoˈrar	‘small gift, present’
prat	prat	‘series of tracks, row of hills, chin, women's red girdle, chest-band’
pref	preɸ	‘jew's harp’
pres	pres	‘black species of duck’
pu	pu	‘immersed, sunk, something enclosed, hidden’
puf	puɸ	‘small, complete group, consanguineal family’
pum	pum	‘scrape’
pun	pun	‘firefly, cassowary, hornbill (dema form)’
puoch	puox	‘crude (especially in behavior), certain snake’
pupéjr	puˈpejr	‘horse-fly that stings (believed to be a dema form)’
pur	pur	‘bee, wasp’
purak	purak	‘two bamboo halves used to spread ash’
put	put	‘increase, leech’
ra	ra	‘human being, person, people, man’
ra sä	ra se	‘male witch’
räch	rex	‘suddenly appear’
rajn	rajn	‘"male orifice" of a tunnel, "male cave"’
rajt	rajt	‘his own’
räk	rek	‘suddenly appear’
räkot	rekot	‘manifestation of sticky fluid (on copal tree etc.)’
ramu	ramu	‘tree with long leaves (used in making traps), ours, us’
rana	rana	‘their(s)’
räpoch	repox	‘semicircular grass dam for catching fish’
räpot	repot	‘magic stone with a hole’
rapu	rapu	‘morning’
rat	rat	‘wooden vessel like mortar (for pandanus fruit), impression, mark or trace of touch’
rataw	rataw	‘kind of bark (used as fish-poison)’
räwa	rewa	‘uninhabited land, dense jungle’
re	re	‘so that, in order to, again, back, left (behind)’
refó	reˈɸo	‘here, hither, this’
rekuo	rekuo	‘pile (up), make bridge or foot-bridge’
remách	reˈmax	‘triangular stand on three legs (on which skulls are placed’
remó	reˈmo	‘judge dema tree, provides food (leaves and fruit for "both pigs and opossum")’
renáw	reˈnaw	‘funeral scaffolding’
rené	reˈne	‘still, yet, to the side’
renó	reˈno	‘there’
repun	repun	‘edible bamboo creeper’; ‘sajur bulu’
rere	rere	‘slowly, quietly, gently’
rero	rero	‘sew, patch’
rerós	reˈros	‘certain bird (regarded as a spirit inside the knee-joint)’
res	res	‘rough, watery’
resuwin	resuwin	‘feast when the swidden yields fruit’
retä	rete	‘return up’
retéjt	reˈtejt	‘there’
retó	reˈto	‘that, there’
ri	ri	‘sticky sap, glue, weil, strength, far away’
riaj	riaj	‘recently’
riéf	riˈeɸ	‘certain bark containing’
rién	riˈen	‘cord tied round textiles’
rin	rin	‘outlandish’
ririk	ririk	‘shake, hop’
ririn	ririn	‘move the cassowary + dance shudderingly’
rit	rit	‘torn loose’
riwaj	riwaj	‘recently’
ro	ro	‘by, which, to, on, some-one’
roko	roko	‘fire-wood’
rortis	rortis	‘youngest sibling’
roti	roti	‘my own (concerning object in sing)’
rotó	roˈto	‘new’
roú	ˈrou	‘other’
rowi	rowi	‘present, gift’
rowo	rowo	‘tired’
rowt	rowt	‘wind-screen’
ru	ru	‘bird’
ru kejr	ru kejr	‘cassowary’
ru pasi	ru pasi	‘crown of feathers worn by Uon members’
ru siàn	ru siàn	‘wild duck’
ruf	ruɸ	‘(sago) grove, coppice’
rufan	ruɸan	‘certain feast- house’
rukäjr	rukejr	‘cassowary’
rurá	ruˈra	‘lot of collected cloth’
rus	rus	‘releasing’
rusträ	rustre	‘exchange with the bride-gives on occasion of wife's pregnancy’
ruw	ruw	‘"dead tired", trouble, big misfortune, suffering’
sa	sa	‘one (1)’
sä	se	‘empty, water’
sa m'pejf	sa mpejɸ	‘initiation house in the Toch-mi society’
sach	sax	‘certain tree whose burnt branches quickly put forth new leaves, leaves cover the walls in Sam'pejf, embrace, lie (untruth)’
sachafra	saxaɸra	‘house of the popot feast cycle’
safa	saɸa	‘stomach, slit up stomach, cut up (carass)’
safach	saɸax	‘shell-ring’
safe	saɸe	‘dark’
safo	saɸo	‘wise, sensible, with magic force, dispute, bold, dare, able’
safom	saɸom	‘grass, wood, blue, green’
safom cha	saɸom xa	‘blue’
sajam	sajam	‘from’
sajer	sajer	‘sort, something delimited’
sajuoch	sajuox	‘from one "vaginal cave" (partional spirit home), mothers's brother's daughter’
sak	sak	‘dorsal fin’
saká	saˈka	‘start game, hunt (with beaters)’
sakén	saˈken	‘star’
saku	saku	‘take care, charge of, support, watch over’
saman	saman	‘bark (of dogs)’
samer	samer	‘dry, ready (of food), roast taro, cook food’
sampejf	sampejɸ	‘initiation-house in the Toch-mi society’
samu	samu	‘house, completely covered’
samu ren	samu ren	‘house feast of the popot feast cycle’
san	san	‘certain fruit from liana containing maize-like seeds, pet’
saná	saˈna	‘initiate (subst.)’
sanet	sanet	‘if, question, try’
sani	sani	‘if, question, try’
sanini	sanini	‘very angry at’
sankít	sanˈkit	‘gale’
sapä	sape	‘peel’
sapak	sapak	‘kick’
sapá(t)	saˈpa(t)	‘bait, worm’
saper	saper	‘large kind of crayfish’
sapos	sapos	‘rake with the hands’
sapur	sapur	‘finest kind of taro’
sar	sar	‘grow, age, swell like the moon’
sarak	sarak	‘bracelet of shells’; ‘Conus’
sarer	sarer	‘"banana-hand"’
sarim	sarim	‘class of cloth’
saró	saˈro	‘grow, age, swell like the moon’
saró	saˈro	‘old, last quarter (of the moon)’
saruk	saruk	‘make preparations, prepare food’
sas	sas	‘choosing’
sasas	sasas	‘grope’
saso	saso	‘seek, look for’
sasu	sasu	‘sweet potato’
sato	sato	‘island’
satoch	satox	‘sacred inheritance’
saw	saw	‘one (1)’
sawar	sawar	‘cassowary chicken’
sawé	saˈwe	‘resinous tree, torch’
sawia	sawia	‘iron’
sawiak	sawiak	‘carry, lift up, tail, handle, bark-cloth handing over woman's buttocks’
saworó	sawoˈro	‘spirit home’
se	se	‘and’
se	se	‘whole’
sechá	seˈxa	‘extreme cold, ice (in drink; seen at Sorong)’
sechájt	seˈxajt	‘still, silent’
sechát	seˈxat	‘comb (subst. and verb )’
sechéch	seˈxex	‘skin disease, ringworm’
sefá	seˈɸa	‘outside, ordinary, ignorant’
sefíok	seˈɸiok	‘sneeze’
sefó	seˈɸo	‘greens’
sefót	seˈɸot	‘talk possession of’
sej	sej	‘for oneself, alone single, without’
sejt	sejt	‘one’
seká	seˈka	‘meet, meet on equal terms, match, repay, quits, in (state of) harmony’
sekách	seˈkax	‘flare, torch’
sekák	seˈkak	‘completely finished’
sekär	seker	‘to dance’
sekás	seˈkas	‘feel’
seke	seke	‘pour’
sekén	seˈken	‘star’
sekír	seˈkir	‘mint (cultivated)’
sekís	seˈkis	‘kind of wood for spears’
sekú	seˈku	‘the "all-increase" cave, spirit home, abode (dema)’
sekúf	seˈkuɸ	‘open (verb)’
sekúm	seˈkum	‘varanus lizard, totem animal’
sekúr	seˈkur	‘loosen string or fetters, undo plaits or knots’
semä	seme	‘of male sex, man’
semám	seˈmam	‘eat’
semaná	semaˈna	‘bachelor’
semár	seˈmar	‘women's opening dance in’
semár taro	seˈmar taro	‘Taro-house’
semát	seˈmat	‘strong, healty’
semí	seˈmi	‘dream’
semia	semia	‘play, barter’
semier kräm	semier krem	‘small brown beans’
semít	seˈmit	‘widow, widower’
semó	seˈmo	‘clear sticks from swidden, clean up’
semók	seˈmok	‘plain (of surface)’
semón	seˈmon	‘make clean, render innocuous’
semós	seˈmos	‘snot sago porridge’
semur	semur	‘indistinct (?)’
senách	seˈnax	‘funeral feast’
sené(j)	seˈne(j)	‘snare’
senék	seˈnek	‘fortification of tree-trunks’
seníe	seˈnie	‘moon’
senie ferók	senie ɸeˈrok	‘full moon’
seník	seˈnik	‘sand’
sením	seˈnim	‘relative through marriage (m s.)’
senóch	seˈnox	‘gone off, arrive at, show oneself, visible’
sepä	sepe	‘spear’
sepách	seˈpax	‘(= what one has dug up)’
sepí	seˈpi	‘stab, kill, through’
sepiách	sepiˈax	‘long house’
sepír	seˈpir	‘pig-louse, parasite’
sepít	seˈpit	‘thirsty’
sepó	seˈpo	‘weed’
sepóch	seˈpox	‘entirely unwilling’
sepós	seˈpos	‘leaf’
sepú	seˈpu	‘cover’
será	seˈra	‘rushes, bag of rushes, poison (plant)’
serä	sere	‘fall away and be missing, empty’
serä	sere	‘sore, wound, croton plant’
serách	seˈrax	‘house floor of rattan lattice work, grating, loose lattice’
serách wiách	seˈrax wiˈax	‘bag of woven bushes’
serájn	seˈrajn	‘guest house’
serák	seˈrak	‘satisfied’
serár	seˈrar	‘dance (to which one sings jocular song with erotic content)’
seré	seˈre	‘sore, wound, croton plant’
sería	seˈria	‘prevent’
serím	seˈrim	‘coming from outside, strange, guest’
serín	seˈrin	‘widower, widow’
serní	serˈni	‘forget’
seró	seˈro	‘wrap up in leaves’
seróch	seˈrox	‘compensate’
seróf	seˈroɸ	‘follow’
serój	seˈroj	‘disobedient, nasty’
seróji	seˈroji	‘skilful’
serók	seˈrok	‘certain zig-zag pattern on drum’
serów	seˈrow	‘throat, sense, voice’
serú	seˈru	‘kangaroo, stone used as nose-peg’
serú safe	seˈru saɸe	‘wallaby’
sesa	sesa	‘opossum, marsupial’
sesám	seˈsam	‘bird believed to reside in the human knee’
sesó	seˈso	‘seek (while) swimming’
setä	sete	‘soon, in a little while’
setáni	seˈtani	‘medicine man’
setén	seˈten	‘fat’
setíni	seˈtini	‘woman without a brother’
setót	seˈtot	‘completely filled change’
si	si	‘collecting, together, back, sewing needle of bat's bone’
si mawia	si mawia	‘shoot of sugar-palm’
sia	sia	‘together with’
siaf	siaɸ	‘look after, keep tame’
siäk	siek	‘hen of the yellow bird of paradise’
siemá	sieˈma	‘marry (of men)’
sierá	sieˈra	‘marry (of woman)’
sif	siɸ	‘heap of twigs or branches, bird's nest, pig's lair’
sifa	siɸa	‘back, nevertheless’
sifas	siɸas	‘answer’
sik	sik	‘spiny, thorn’
sika	sika	‘cat’
sikar	sikar	‘small knife’
sim	sim	‘changing, transforming’
sima	sima	‘attempting’
sina	sina	‘something having "sides", something delimited like "groove" and "lane"’
sioch	siox	‘collection of something fish, lie, fancy, tell lies, song’
sir	sir	‘giddy, sleepy, angry, walk lightly, move noiselessly’
sisar	sisar	‘entrance high up in corridor wall in Taro, dance-house’
sit	sit	‘narrow seat in front of house, "veranda", protruding’
siwia(n)	siwia(n)	‘await, delay (intrans.)’
so	so	‘long time’
soch	sox	‘tasty’
sois	sois	‘(certain pattern) "the old road"’
som	som	‘allusion, name, name-giving land’
son	son	‘coconut and its shell’
soruwán	soruˈwan	‘certain fruit (eaten when roasted)’
sow	sow	‘one (1)’
sow	sow	‘one, once’
sowar	sowar	‘sniff, smell’
su	su	‘one, one place, body, eye’
suára	suˈara	‘yam’
suáti	suˈati	‘sweet potato’
suf	suɸ	‘middle, inside, round’
sum	sum	‘body-cord’
supuk	supuk	‘nose-peg’
sur	sur	‘stick’
sus	sus	‘spell used by women, system (of tunnels)’
suse-chor	suse-xor	‘a dema’
susu	susu	‘near(er)’
susur	susur	‘bamboo caltrop’
suwi	suwi	‘white opossum (considered male)’
suwin	suwin	‘certain tree, return borrowed fabrics’
ta	ta	‘crocheted string-bag’
tä	te	‘up, above, in the air, east, south, top (of object)’
ta m'faki	ta mɸaki	‘my leg "goes to sleep"’
tach	tax	‘help, cooperation, dracaena-bush’
tachán	taˈxan	‘fruit (when chewed making saliva red to colour bark-cloth)’
taf	taɸ	‘marsh’
tafat	taɸat	‘honeycomb, bee-hive, bird's nest’
tafóch	taˈɸox	‘fire, bride-giver, sexual pleasure, friend’
tafoch mená	taɸox meˈna	‘ignis fatuus’
tafuf	taɸuɸ	‘flower, unripe fruit’
taíf	ˈtaiɸ	‘grindstone (large)’
taif fra kasér	taiɸ ɸra kaˈser	‘large grindstone, fertility-promoting stone’
taj	taj	‘(of) bone’
tak	tak	‘open’
täkóf	teˈkoɸ	‘notched end of pole or bow’
täm	tem	‘open, hand’
tämsaw	temsaw	‘five’
tan	tan	‘brain’
tän	ten	‘jambo-fruits’
tani	tani	‘perhaps’
tapá	taˈpa	‘bundle of sticks showing claims on a person for cloth’
tapám	taˈpam	‘ground’
täpe	tepe	‘misfortune’
tapo	tapo	‘kind of fish’
tar	tar	‘male erection’
taro	taro	‘dance-house with resilient floor’
tarof	taroɸ	‘"rope" descent reckoning’
tasíoch	taˈsiox	‘large bark-cloch’
tat	tat	‘feed, food’
tät	tet	‘bat, swallow’
tätá	teˈta	‘carry in, come in with’
tätät	tetet	‘tremble’
tati	tati	‘every day’
täto	teto	‘up there’
taw	taw	‘memory, knowledge’
tawf	tawɸ	‘skull, crown of head’
täwi	tewi	‘prongs of sago-fork’
tawr	tawr	‘bamboo bow (weapon)’
taws	taws	‘kind of opossum (keeps its hole closed with leaves when sleeping)’
techáf macháf	teˈxaɸ maˈxaɸ	‘intestines’
techák	teˈxak	‘hand over cloth ceremonially’
techám	teˈxam	‘sick with longing’
tefájn	teˈɸajn	‘spouse, wife’
tefia	teɸia	‘new house (built after marriage)’
tefó	teˈɸo	‘heirloom knife’
tefó	teˈɸo	‘must, will (verb)’
tejn	tejn	‘black bark-cloth (made in Sení)’
tejt	tejt	‘centipede’
tejt kepej	tejt kepej	‘scorpion’
tekerém	tekeˈrem	‘fin (of fish)’
tekí	teˈki	‘tree’
tekíf	teˈkiɸ	‘put a softening spell upon, treat with magin and massage’
tekóf	teˈkoɸ	‘elbow’
tekri	tekri	‘point of spear’
tekúr	teˈkur	‘shield, protection’
tem	tem	‘open, hand’
temá	teˈma	‘soon, presently’
temách	teˈmax	‘what someone has promised to give or do’
temán	teˈman	‘skilful spear-thrower’
temóch	teˈmox	‘totem animal’
temsaw	temsaw	‘five’
tená	teˈna	‘new, afterwards, then’
tenám	teˈnam	‘kind of bark (in which to keep meat)’
tenó	teˈno	‘indoors, inside’
tepír	teˈpir	‘man (verb), thrust in’
tepó	teˈpo	‘require, necessary’
tepóch	teˈpox	‘stillness, immobility’
tepúr	teˈpur	‘oracle (with certain leaves)’
terách	teˈrax	‘house (with opening along ridge to let out smoke)’
teráik	teˈraik	‘ventilate, sniff’
tere	tere	‘suddenly’
terót	teˈrot	‘ejaculation’
terú	teˈru	‘meet again, go along’
terúk	teˈruk	‘(go) into’
terúm	teˈrum	‘meet as planned’
tes	tes	‘dry rattan’
teséjt	teˈsejt	‘solitude’
tesía	teˈsia	‘together with’
tesóm	teˈsom	‘go into the woods’
tesú	teˈsu	‘sink’
tetä	tete	‘eastern’
tetepú	teteˈpu	‘bamboo tinder-box (with flint and tinder)’
teti	teti	‘skeleton’
tetis	tetis	‘descendants’
tetsfók	tetsˈɸok	‘fire (ceremonious form)’
ti	ti	‘day and a night’
ti	ti	‘union, joint boundary, wall’
ti sej	ti sej	‘at dusk’
tiám	tiˈam	‘jungle’
tiáro	tiˈaro	‘home region’
tiéf	tiˈeɸ	‘kangaroo’
tiet	tiet	‘four (4)’
tiét	tiˈet	‘shore, bank’
tif	tiɸ	‘kangaroo’
tim	tim	‘acting first, preceding’
tima	tima	‘marsupial of squirrel size’
tin	tin	‘earring’
tini	tini	‘first time, at first’
tio	tio	‘I, me’
tio takuoch	tio takuox	‘I have made (manufactured)’
tióch	tiˈox	‘exchange meeting’
tiok	tiok	‘catch birds with snare’
tipu	tipu	‘further, more, at once, afterwards, ever since’
tis	tis	‘old, afterwards, behind’
tit	tit	‘shore, bank’
titá	tiˈta	‘4 days ago, meeting place for exchange’
titiá	titiˈa	‘when?’
titji	titji	‘earlier, formerly(?)’
tiu	tiu	‘attract (especially \|fi{dema} or ghost)’
tiu	tiu	‘palm-wine’
tiwej	tiwej	‘previously, recently’
tje	tje	‘and, together with’
to	to	‘impatient, long time’
to	to	‘new, other’
to	to	‘rattan, rope’
toch	tox	‘penis, eddy’
toch-mi	tox-mi	‘secret society’
tocho	toxo	‘rub, grind, polish’
tocho po	toxo po	‘exchange’
tomará	tomaˈra	‘ear’
topä	tope	‘in a while, shortly, soon’
topas	topas	‘free of obligations’
tosu	tosu	‘wait, patient’
totor	totor	‘tree spirit home’
towá	toˈwa	‘white bean (of horse-bean type)’
trä	tre	‘plaited bracelet’
tu	tu	‘true, able, expert, master (dema)’
tu awf	tu awɸ	‘eating utensils (two sticks tied together) for sago’
tuf	tuɸ	‘three, all’
tuju	tuju	‘where?’
tuka	tuka	‘fire-tongs’
tum	tum	‘"(gift) from the Tu dema", piglet found in the bush stone with a hole’
tuók	tuˈok	‘wrinkle one's forehead’
tur	tur	‘blinded by passion’
turar	turar	‘ramble’
tut	tut	‘with strong effects’
-u	-u	‘under, (left) behind, over, further’
um	um	‘bone dagger’
umes	umes	‘relatives of a deceased woman who make (sham) attack on her husband and children’
uon	uon	‘long (for), name of secret society’
upach	upax	‘edible bamboo creeper’
upi	upi	‘poison (plant)’
us	us	‘shell’
ut	ut	‘spring stick’
uto	uto	‘species of grass (used for the 8 outer stands of the body-cord), white plume of a yellow bird-or-paradise’
uw	uw	‘under, (left) behind, over, further’
uwia	uwia	‘before’
uwiak	uwiak	‘canoe’
uwian	uwian	‘before, form of cold energy shadow, draw water’
wa	wa	‘anxious, angry, take care of, look after, frighten, body of water (which is taboo), possessive prefix indicating the plural of things owned and the owners’
wach	wax	‘tabooed thing, totem’
wachúm	waˈxum	‘gift from the partitional hosts’
waf	waɸ	‘decorated bamboo receptacle, jewel-box for women’
wafu	waɸu	‘flying fox’
waj	waj	‘boar's tusk, oracle, carefully, with care, clandestinely’
wajer	wajer	‘origin, direction of origin (whence the ancestors came)’
wajf	wajɸ	‘thorny bush’
wajir	wajir	‘origin, direction of origin (whence the ancestors came)’
wajt	wajt	‘his own’
wak	wak	‘certain item of exchange’
wamoch	wamox	‘hornbill (bird)’
wamu	wamu	‘our’
wana	wana	‘their(s)’
wanu	wanu	‘your(s)’
wari	wari	‘string of beads (attached to body-cord)’
waruk na	waruk na	‘cross one's legs’
waruk natem	waruk natem	‘fold one's arms’
warur	warur	‘gnemon tree, meeting place’
wasén	waˈsen	‘will o'the wisp’
wasi	wasi	‘smoke, smolder’
wasik	wasik	‘clearly away lianas’
wasis	wasis	‘tree, leaves of which are used on wounds’
watá	waˈta	‘conical fish trap’
watir	watir	‘water course (that disappears into the earth)’
watum	watum	‘rules and customs’; ‘adat’
waw	waw	‘her own’
wawa	wawa	‘always, immutable’
wawn	wawn	‘thrust forward strongly’
we	we	‘single, old, formerly’
wefó	weˈɸo	‘just here, only here’
wej	wej	‘pair, couple of lovers’
wej moroaw	wej moroaw	‘first beings (one female and one male)’
wejách	weˈjax	‘white cockatoo’
wek	wek	‘glass bead (smallest size)’
wen	wen	‘fluffy, hairy’
wer	wer	‘copiously, abundantly, generously, all too much’
wer	wer	‘small parrot’
weref	wereɸ	‘spider’
werék	weˈrek	‘along’
weri	weri	‘for a time, while’
wes keke	wes keke	‘bird’
wesén	weˈsen	‘certain poison’
wetáw	weˈtaw	‘popot cap’
wetó	weˈto	‘there on the spot, there, that (there)’
-wi	-wi	‘activity or property of two person, poss. dualis’
wiá	wiˈa	‘go together, move’
wifi	wiɸi	‘in a little while, soon’
wir	wir	‘wave (hand etc.)’
wo	wo	‘possessive affix indicating plural of something owned, singular of the owner’
wof	woɸ	‘patience’
woj	woj	‘dawn bird (dema form)’
wojá	woˈja	‘bird's nest in ironwood tree’
wojarát	wojaˈrat	‘"bird track" (a pattern)’
wor	wor	‘nose-flute’
wor	wor	‘tunnel’
worá	woˈra	‘swidden’
worách	woˈrax	‘oracle with bamboo poles, certain stone that "gives birth to new stones"’
worés	woˈres	‘remove bark from pole’
worop	worop	‘red and yellow snake (known to stand on its tail; boring it into the ground)’; ‘ular dua kepala’; ‘Cylindrophis (?)’
wosá	woˈsa	‘coastal peoples’
wosur	wosur	‘crocodile’
woti	woti	‘my, mine’
wow	wow	‘roast (in hot ashes)’

OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Elmberg (1968a): Maybrat

Search entries