OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘3SG’; ‘nya’

Verb. ‘unintended’; ‘tdk sengaja’

Question word. ‘what’; ‘apa’

Noun. ‘event’

Personal name. ‘Acen’

Verb. ‘exist’

Noun. ‘costums’

Noun. ‘younger sibling’

Personal name. ‘Ado’

Place name. ‘Adonara’

Verb. ‘tired, sleepy, to feel sleepy’; ‘mengantuk’

Noun. ‘avocado’

Noun. ‘religion’

Interjection. ‘yes’

Verb. ‘go LEVEL, go, to go to a place which is located at the same height as the position of the speaker’; ‘pergi, pergi ke satu tempat yang berada di ketinggian yang sama seperti posisi penutur’

Noun. ‘end, sharp end of a knife or a machete’; ‘ujung, bagian tajam pada kapak, parang, pisau, dll.’

Verb. ‘come HIGH, come (to higher place), to come towards the deictic centre (the speaker) that is located at a higher place’; ‘datang dari bawah, datang (dari bawah), datang dari bawah ke arah penutur yang berada di tempat lebih tinggi’

Verb. ‘joke, to joke’; ‘bercanda’

Negator. ‘PROH, do not, don't (pre-predicate position)’; ‘jangan, jangan (di awal kalimat)’

Adverb. ‘finally’

Verb. ‘wear’; ‘memakai’

Verb. ‘make noise, make sound, to make a sound which comes from a clear source, such as a car or a bell’; ‘bunyi, berbunyi, berbunyi dari salah satu sumber, misalnya mobil, lonceng, ...’

Noun. ‘nature’

Noun. ‘ruin, ruin (of a house or a village)’; ‘bekas, puing-puing’

Noun. ‘origin’; ‘asal’

Noun. ‘tool’

Noun. ‘waist’; ‘pinggang’

Adverb. ‘apparently’; ‘sepertinya’

Noun. ‘tendon’; ‘urat’

Place name. ‘Alor’

Noun. ‘pounding stick, pounding stick made from bamboo used in a big mortar’; ‘batang tumbuk, batang penumbuk yang dibuat dari bambu dipakai bersama dengan lesung’

Noun. ‘good’; ‘baik, bagus’

Verb. ‘try (invitation), invite, try, to invite someone to try something, such as food’; ‘mencoba, coba, undang, mengajak seseorang untuk mencoba sesuatu, seperti makanan’

1. Noun. ‘father’; ‘bapak’

2. Honorific. ‘address for boys, boy (address), affective form of address for (unmarried) man’; ‘anak laki-laki (panggilan), panggilan kesayangan untuk anak laki-laki’

Adjective. ‘small, little’; ‘kecil’

Noun. ‘child, son or daughter’; ‘anak, anak kandung’

‘Andreas Olak’

Noun. ‘thing’; ‘benda’

Noun. ‘member’

Noun. ‘wind’; ‘angin’

Verb. ‘lift’

Personal name. ‘Ani’

Verb. ‘plait’

Noun. ‘apple’

Noun. ‘fire’; ‘api’

Noun. ‘lime’; ‘kapur’

Noun. ‘drinking water’

Verb. ‘do, to do’; ‘membuat, buat’

Conjunction. ‘but’; ‘tetapi’

Noun. ‘liquor’

Adverb. ‘enough’; ‘sudah’

Verb. ‘translate’

Noun. ‘meaning’

Noun. ‘soal’

Noun. ‘origin’

Noun. ‘origin’

Verb. ‘whet, to whet (for example a knife or an arrow)’; ‘menajamkan, tajamkan, menajamkan (pisau, anak panah, dan sebagainya)’

Verb. ‘pound, pound (corn), to pound corn to clean it from rotten parts’; ‘menumbuk, tumbuk (jagung), menumbuk jagung untuk membersihkannya dari bagian rusak’

Noun. ‘other, others’; ‘yang lainnya, yang lain, lain’

Adjective. ‘original’

Noun. ‘person’; ‘orang’

Conjunction. ‘REL, which, who, relativizer used to relativize subject nouns’; ‘yang’

Place name. ‘Ata Ili (Mountain People)’

Proper Noun. ‘Ata Uja Wai Lolo, The Ata Uja clan that originally comes from Bakan.’

Proper Noun. ‘Ata Ujan’

Conjunction. ‘or’

Verb. ‘not reach, not reaching something located at a higher place that one wants to grab with one's hands’; ‘tidak sampai, tidak sampai dengan tangan ketika mau mengambil benda yang terletak di tempat yang tinggi’

Verb. ‘arrange’

Noun. ‘dog’; ‘anjing’

Noun. ‘spouse’; ‘suami, isteri’

Compound. ‘beginning’

Conjunction. ‘at first’

Noun. ‘face’; ‘muka’

Verb. ‘call in, reconcile, to reconcile with a family member that was excluded from the family because of a conflict by calling that person to come back into the house’; ‘panggil masuk, memanggil masuk ke dalam rumah sesudah putus kekerabatan untuk memulihkan hubungan kekeluargaan’

Place name. ‘Awo Lolon’

Particle. ‘REGRET, expresses a feeling of regret’; ‘kah, ada perasaan, penyesalan, tidak marah tapi mau memberi koreksi’

Verb. ‘read’

Negator. ‘PROH, do not, don't (post-predicate)’; ‘jangan, jangan (di akhir kalimat)’

Noun. ‘morning’; ‘pagi’

1. Verb. ‘divide’

2. Verb. ‘distribute’

3. Verb. ‘share’

Verb. ‘divide two’

Noun. ‘part’

Noun. ‘language’

Conjunction. ‘that’

Verb. ‘feel’; ‘merasa’

Adjective. ‘good’

Verb. ‘pound, pound (rice), to pound rice’; ‘menumbuk, tumbuk, menumbuk padi’

Place name. ‘Bakan’

Verb. ‘cut down, to cut something down, such as a tree or bananas, using a tool’; ‘menumbangkan, tumbangkan, memotong dengan alat sehingga pohon tumbang atau memotong pisang dari pohon’

Verb. ‘give birth, give birth (for animals)’; ‘beranak, beranak (untuk binatang)’

Proper Noun. ‘Baki Or’

1. Verb. ‘build, to build’; ‘membangun’

2. Verb. ‘erect, to erect’; ‘membangunkan’

Noun. ‘ball’; ‘bola’

Noun. ‘ivory’; ‘gading’

‘Bala’

Verb. ‘body pain, pain (body), to feel pain throughout the whole body’; ‘sakit di badan, sakit (badan), merasa badan sakit (seluruhnya)’

Verb. ‘clean cotton, to clean raw cotton from its seeds using a tool called "malok"’; ‘bersihkan kapas, membersihkan kapas, membersihkan kapas dari bijinya dengan menggunakan alat bernama " malok"’

Personal name. ‘Balwuri’

Verb. ‘flow, to flow’; ‘mengalir’

Verb. ‘stand up’; ‘bangun’