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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.

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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)’

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OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Elmberg (1968a): Maybrat

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