OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Voorhoeve (1982a): West Makian

Original citation: Voorhoeve, C. L. 1982. The West Makian language, North Moluccas, Indonesia: A fieldwork report. In C. L. Voorhoeve (ed.), The Makian Languages and their Neighbours, 1-74. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Notes on this source: edited by Maria Zielenbach wordlists collected in Bobawa & Sabale

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Headword IPA Glosses
yaoˈjao

‘fish’

womwom

‘sand’

winwin

‘day, sun’

wiwi

‘tooth’

weweiweˈwei

‘ant’

weriˈweri

‘rattan’

wakoˈwako

‘throw’

usiˈusi

‘scar’

uduˈudu

‘blow, wind’

ubuˈubu

‘grandchild’

tupeˈtupe

‘open’

tupamˈtupam

‘sky’

towótoˈwo

‘cheek’

toro sóˈtoro ˈso

‘sit down, sit’

toboˈtobo

‘bathe (tr, intr)’

tifiˈtifi

‘sleep’

tetoˈteto

‘grandfather’

tegeˈteɡe

‘lift, take up’

tarotarotaroˈtaro

‘leg’

tagarˈtaɡar

‘fly’

sufúsuˈfu

‘pig’

subebisuˈbebi

‘bone’

stoˈsto

‘where, which place’

sopoˈsopo

‘fruit’

sobolˈsobol

‘sail’

siiˈsii

‘urine, urinate’

sefoˈsefo

‘look for, seek’

sebaˈseba

‘nearby’

sawaˈsawa

‘goanna’

sawsaw

‘burn (tr)’

sasafosaˈsafo

‘hot’

saoˈsao

‘roast over fire’

sangoˈsaŋo

‘answer’

samamisaˈmami

‘crocodile’

sagaˈsaɡa

‘branch, junction of paths’

safatˈsafat

‘palm of hand, sole of foot’

sadoˈsado

‘eye’

sasa

‘bad, rotten’

ruruˈruru

‘ashes’

ruru

‘neck’

reroˈrero

‘lightning’

rebotˈrebot

‘close (a door)’

rawaˈrawa

‘wave’

raringˈrariŋ

‘thunder’

pundakˈpundak

‘pandanus tree’

pupu

‘mountain’

pongolˈpoŋol

‘deaf’

pongiˈpoŋi

‘rain’

podoˈpodo

‘come, arrive, born’

pinpin

‘bee’

pilangˈpilaŋ

‘food’

perepiripereˈpiri

‘grass’

papápaˈpa

‘woman, wife’

panganˈpaŋan

‘grass (sp)’

pamápaˈma

‘what’

palaopaˈlao

‘village’

palaˈpala

‘house, nest’

oso langalongiˈoso laŋaˈloŋi

‘sweet potato (sp)’

osoˈoso

‘enter (a house)’

onuˈonu

‘spider’

ongaˈoŋa

‘hair of head’

ogo soˈoɡo so

‘put down’

odoˈodo

‘moon’

odoˈodo

‘jump’

namuˈnamu

‘chicken’

namaˈnama

‘flower’

mudefetemudeˈfete

‘nose’

mowmow

‘mute’

miaˈmia

‘good’

memaˈmema

‘that’

mawiˈmawi

‘star’

matomatomatoˈmato

‘old man, old people’

manciamanˈcia

‘people, person’

mamoˈmamo

‘thumb’

maitisomaiˈtiso

‘yesterday’

magéymaˈɡej

‘die, dead’

madaˈmada

‘month’

maarumaˈaru

‘cloud’

lolupaloˈlupa

‘red’

lolaˈlola

‘thigh’

lokaˈloka

‘banana’

lawaˈlawa

‘door’

langalongilaŋaˈloŋi

‘rope’

lamoˈlamo

‘large’

kusuˈkusu

‘kunai grass, alang-alang’

kokoˈkoko

‘chin’

kaweˈkawe

‘vomit’

katobakaˈtoba

‘short, shallow’

kasanakaˈsana

‘prawn’

kamanˈkaman

‘night’

kakuˈkaku

‘small’

kadukadukaduˈkadu

‘sleepy’

kabiˈkabi

‘goat’

kabanˈkaban

‘wet’

kabalikaˈbali

‘left side’

juwiˈɟuwi

‘earthquake’

jupiˈɟupi

‘(finger)nails’

janelaɟaˈnela

‘window’

jaɟa

‘cry’

ipiˈipi

‘fire’

ioˈio

‘marry’

imuˈimu

‘who’

ibulangiˈbulaŋ

‘tomorrow’

ii

‘go, leave’

gupaˈɡupa

‘coconut (fruit, tree)’

gulaniɡuˈlani

‘thorn’

goloˈɡolo

‘old (objects), far away’

gigoˈɡiɡo

‘body hair, feathers’

gamatiɡaˈmati

‘already cold, cooled of (e.g. of food)’

galofˈɡalof

‘swim’

gagáraroɡaˈɡararo

‘cold, feel cold’

gafaˈɡafa

‘crab’

fufu

‘faeces’

fitoˈfito

‘kitchen’

fisiˈfisi

‘sea water’

feteˈfete

‘tree’

feniˈfeni

‘bat, flying fox’

fayfaj

‘millepede’

fatumˈfatum

‘smell (tr)’

fatalafaˈtala

‘break a rope’

fajówfaˈɟow

‘eat’

fagéyfaˈɡej

‘kill, extinguish (fire)’

fafuˈfafu

‘touch, feel’

fafosˈfafos

‘boil’

etiˈeti

‘canoe’

ee

‘fetch, take’

durianduˈrian

‘durian (fruit, tree)’

dupeˈdupe

‘throw away, drop (the anchor)’

detoˈdeto

‘grandmother’

damaˈdama

‘forest’

capaticaˈpati

‘quick, quickly’

buloˈbulo

‘white’

bualˈbual

‘white ant, termite’

boriˈbori

‘sharpen’

bodoˈbodo

‘belly’

bisoˈbiso

‘tail’

bisiˈbisi

‘calf of leg’

birboribirˈbori

‘grindstone’

birahibiˈrahi

‘beautiful (of woman)’

biluˈbilu

‘bamboo’

bicarabiˈcara

‘speak, speech’

betiˈbeti

‘swamp, mud’

beneˈbene

‘louse’

belebelebeleˈbele

‘soft weak, weak, going slowely’

bebe

‘water’

basoˈbaso

‘hear’

baliˈbali

‘bind, tie’

bakuˈbaku

‘sago, sago palm’

aymajm

‘name’

awoˈawo

‘long, deep’

atoˈato

‘thatch’

asoˈaso

‘dog’

aseˈase

‘salt’

arufeaˈrufe

‘mouse, rat’

apotaaˈpota

‘head’

apatoaˈpato

‘how’

áoroˈaoro

‘frog’

aeˈae

‘laugh’

aboˈabo

‘wounded, have a wound’

abeyˈabej

‘snake’