OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Elmberg (1968i): Maybrat Northern

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
woreáchworeˈax

‘totem animal’ (eng)

wocháwoˈxa

‘ghost’ (eng)

uiaruiar

‘crocodile’ (eng)

tuwoktuwok

‘palm-wine’ (eng)

temájteˈmaj

‘ten’ (eng)

tämajtemaj

‘ten’ (eng)

taittait

‘centipede’ (eng)

setúochseˈtuox

‘home region’ (eng)

setátemseˈtatem

‘ten’ (eng)

serchówiakserˈxowiak

‘rattan bag with two compartments (used by women)’ (eng)

satúochsaˈtuox

‘connected with one dema, certain region or its people’ (eng)

rajraj

‘human being, person, people, man’ (eng)

prenpren

‘feast of exchange’ (eng)

pokejtpokejt

‘sago’ (eng)

osomúfosoˈmuɸ

‘fifteen’ (eng)

newátneˈwat

‘catching fish in a trap’ (eng)

nefenájneɸeˈnaj

‘myth, tale (?)’ (eng)

namename

‘knit, embroider’ (eng)

nafasnaɸas

‘rub vigorously, exchange’ (eng)

n'tanta

‘marriage partner’ (eng)

merúfmeˈruɸ

‘rake’ (eng)

korokkorok

‘nose-flute’ (eng)

ko napáchko naˈpax

‘rake (for swidden work)’ (eng)

kapékkaˈpek

‘dance’ (eng)

kanékaˈne

‘patola-patterned cloth’ (eng)

jinjin

‘banyan-tree’ (eng)

fiorɸior

‘plant’ (eng); ‘Coleus’ (lat)

ferókɸeˈrok

‘out’ (eng)

fawsɸaws

‘edible beetle-grub’ (eng)

charokxarok

‘hole, made in the wall of Krä-house through which the child is taken out, bi-coloured dema bird’ (eng)

chara watäxara wate

‘butterfly, ghost’ (eng)

chapekxapek

‘dance’ (eng)

chapäxape

‘opposum’ (eng)

chamáxaˈma

‘skull’ (eng)

ara kawiaara kawia

‘fig tree’ (eng)

amáchaˈmax

‘floor grating of pole house, indoors, house’ (eng)

achréaxˈre

‘to sit down’ (eng)

achófaˈxoɸ

‘sago-pith’ (eng)

acháaˈxa

‘corpse’ (eng)