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’ (eng)

charé m'pet urwianxaˈre mpet urwian

‘shaman seeking the sick person's shadow’ (eng)

charówesxaˈrowes

‘evening star’ (eng)

kapes fanékapes ɸaˈne

‘soul-devouring witch’ (eng)

kräkkrek

‘heart’ (eng)

makéjmaˈkej

‘fines, indemnity’ (eng)

metá sasismeˈta sasis

‘pound sago’ (eng)

naúonˈnauon

‘wish’ (eng)

nawnaw

‘sense’ (eng)

piápiˈa

‘father’ (eng)

pir tejtpir tejt

‘leader of dance-house’ (eng)

popotpopot

‘"cloth grabber", ceremonial leader’ (eng)

renren

‘exchange feast’ (eng)

rusupúrusuˈpu

‘head-dress of feathers’ (eng)

semiasemia

‘exchange’ (eng)

seráseˈra

‘everybody’ (eng)

serójiseˈroji

‘sly’ (eng)

takutaku

‘regional dema, ghost’ (eng)