OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Elmberg (1968g): Maybrat Western

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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chaxa

‘ordinary’

charé m'pet urwianxaˈre mpet urwian

‘shaman seeking the sick person's shadow’

charówesxaˈrowes

‘evening star’

kapes fanékapes ɸaˈne

‘soul-devouring witch’

kräkkrek

‘heart’

makéjmaˈkej

‘fines, indemnity’

metá sasismeˈta sasis

‘pound sago’

naúonˈnauon

‘wish’

nawnaw

‘sense’

piápiˈa

‘father’

pir tejtpir tejt

‘leader of dance-house’

popotpopot

‘"cloth grabber", ceremonial leader’

renren

‘exchange feast’

rusupúrusuˈpu

‘head-dress of feathers’

semiasemia

‘exchange’

seráseˈra

‘everybody’

serójiseˈroji

‘sly’

takutaku

‘regional dema, ghost’