OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Edwards (2021h): Pre-Proto-Rote-Meto

Original citation: Edwards, Owen. 2021. Rote-Meto Comparative Dictionary. Canberra: ANU Press.

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Total entries: 44
Headword IPA Glosses
*bata*bata

‘female’

*fəran*fəran

‘landslide, ravine’

*karas*karas

‘chest’

*ka(r)lun[u/i]*ka(r)lun[u/i]

‘wooden headrest, pillow’

*klaRa*klara

‘glowing coals’

*kumu*kumu

‘wild pigeon, wild dove’

*lakateRu*lakateru

‘pigeon, dove’

*lemur*lemur

‘dolphin’

*libun*libun

‘body of still water, billabong’

*lutuR*lutur

‘pile up’

*ma-hədas*ma-hədas

‘sick’

*ma-ŋeta*ma-ŋeta

‘choke’

*maya*maya

‘itchy tuber’; ‘Amorphophallus sp.’

*mbasaR*mbasar

‘slap’

*meoŋ*meoŋ

‘cat’

*mozo*mozo

‘yellow, green’

*musa*musa

‘seed, pip’

*məŋi(R)*məŋi(r)

‘fragrant, aromatic’

*napi*napi

‘kind of shell, turtle shell’

*neo*neo

‘neck’

*nepi*nepi

‘mat’

*ŋəli*ŋəli

‘canine tooth’

*ŋəsun*ŋəsun

‘mortar’

*nuŋan*nuŋan

‘kind of flowering tree’; ‘Cordia sp.’

*oRo*oro

‘with’

*pai*pai

‘container woven from lontar leaves’

*paŋɡa*paŋɡa

‘hand span’

*panti*panti

‘cut’

*pao*pao

‘feed’

*penuk*penuk

‘beads’

*pəsu*pəsu

‘fart’

*sakuraŋ*sakuraŋ

‘scorpion’

*salili*salili

‘armpit’

*sa(m)bura[t/s]*sa(m)bura[t/s]

‘sow, scatter, scattered about, splash water on something.’

*sauR*saur

‘sew’

*səru*səru

‘meet, greet’

*tamayuŋ*tamayuŋ

‘bedbug’

*taŋa*taŋa

‘crispy, dried out’

*taRa*tara

‘answer’

*tayum*tayum

‘sea urchin’

*tiRi*tiri

‘sea urchin’

*tuir*tuir

‘follow’

*təRə*tərə

‘spear’

*wasi*wasi

‘garden in a village’