Elmberg (1968e): Maybrat Eastern
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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| toro | toro | ‘dance-house, spear’ |
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| tin maká | tin maˈka | ‘sleepy’ |
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| temän | temen | ‘espouse, marry (a woman )’ |
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| soko | soko | ‘digging stick’ |
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| setúoch | seˈtuox | ‘home region’ |
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| sétiách | setiax | ‘kind of fish’; ‘ikan kaskado’ |
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| setátem | seˈtatem | ‘ten’ |
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| seriém | seriˈem | ‘aggressive, wild, angry, strange, stranger’ |
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| serchówiak | serˈxowiak | ‘rattan bag with two compartments (used by women)’ |
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| semá | seˈma | ‘almost’ |
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| sef | seɸ | ‘small net’ |
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| sa | sa | ‘opening, mouth, shore, coast, conch, ten’ |
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| raj | raj | ‘human being, person, people, man’ |
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| porítíe | poritie | ‘ceremonial leader’ |
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| piné | piˈne | ‘father’ |
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| okó | oˈko | ‘hot angry’ |
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| netém | neˈtem | ‘hand’ |
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| natá | naˈta | ‘ache, swear (?)’ |
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| nasóch | naˈsox | ‘mouth’ |
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| nasia | nasia | ‘heart’ |
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| nacheni | naxeni | ‘estimate not see’ |
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| n'karem | nkarem | ‘sheath-fish’ |
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| n'ferók | nɸeˈrok | ‘force one's way out’ |
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| masoch | masox | ‘aperture, (human) mouth’ |
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| masej | masej | ‘angry’ |
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| jojo | jojo | ‘always’ |
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| ferók | ɸeˈrok | ‘out’ |
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| atrof | atroɸ | ‘reckon descent, follow one's mother (man speaking)’ |
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| ané | aˈne | ‘pool’ |
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| akén | aˈken | ‘long and narrow canoe’ |
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| aké | aˈke | ‘not wanting to’ |