OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Mead (1998k): Mekongga

Original citation: Mead, David. 1998. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. PhD thesis, Rice University.

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Headword IPA Glosses
a'epeaʔepe

‘lake’

alualu

‘pestle’

ambaamba

‘bamboo spikes’

amburiamburi

‘hole’

anaana

‘child, offspring’

andand

‘arrive’

aneane

‘termite’

ariari

‘finish, already’

asi-iasi-i

‘pinch, squeeze it, carry under the arm’

ateate

‘liver’

atoato

‘roofing thatch’

bakibaki

‘kind of basket’

balibali

‘enemy’

banggabaŋɡa

‘boat’

benggibeŋɡi

‘earthen water barrel’

biribiri

‘ear’

bongoboŋo

‘deaf’

botobotobotoboto

‘seed’

buku lalebuku lale

‘ankle’

bungabuŋa

‘flower’

bunggabuŋɡa

‘crab’

bunggubuŋɡu

‘back’

burotoburoto

‘mosquito’

dahudahu

‘dog’

dukuduku

‘winnowing tray’

dungguduŋɡu

‘arrive’

eloelo

‘tongue’

emeeme

‘liquid’

eno-enoeno-eno

‘necklace’

eusa-eeusa-e

‘exchange’

hakahaka

‘root’

hanahana

‘right’

hapohapo

‘what’

hikuhiku

‘elbow’

hilo-hilohilo-hilo

‘nit’

hoahoa

‘hornbill’

hoanihoani

‘bee’

horohoro

‘floor, spider web’

hulehule

‘heart’

hulehule

‘top (toy)’

hulohulo

‘torch, resin’

humopahumopa

‘bark’

humulei-ohumulei-o

‘repeat’

humunu'ihumunuʔi

‘burn’

iahuiahu

‘bamboo water container’

ikuiku

‘tail’

inalahiinalahi

‘(that which) is covered with trees’

inipuainipua

‘day after tomorrow’

ipaliipali

‘forbidden, taboo’

ipoipo

‘cockroach’

isanduisandu

‘ladle’

kadu-kadukadu-kadu

‘woven bag’

kambakamba

‘swelling’

kambokambo

‘village’

kanggakaŋɡa

‘spider’

kea-keakea-kea

‘parrot’

kelakela

‘gourd, pumpkin’

kinawokinaβo

‘bark cloth’

kiniwiakiniβia

‘evening’

kirekire

‘eyebrow’

kobatukobatu

‘nail, hoof, claw’

koeakoea

‘fruit bat’

kolopuakolopua

‘tortoise’

kolorokoloro

‘twine’

kombisikombisi

‘cheek’

kombokombo

‘guts’

kono-ikono-i

‘hit, touch’

kooheokooheo

‘ant’

kubatukubatu

‘nail, hoof, claw’

kukukuku

‘nail, hoof, claw’

kukubatukukubatu

‘nail, hoof, claw’

kulikuli

‘skin’

kumono-ikumono-i

‘hit, touch’

kunikuni

‘tumeric’

kurokuro

‘cooking pot’

la'usalaʔusa

‘ladder’

laholaho

‘rafter’

lalelale

‘fly’

langgailaŋɡai

‘male’

lawulaβu

‘iron’

lemolemo

‘citrus fruit’

limbalimba

‘step, stride’

loioloio

‘ginger’

lolai ndowunilolai ndoβuni

‘umbilical cord’

lumangolumaŋo

‘swim’

matamata

‘eye’

matemate

‘dead’

mehapumehapu

‘deny’

mekaramekara

‘very strong’

mekikimekiki

‘bite’

mekopumekopu

‘kiss’

melewemeleβe

‘broad, wide’

melosiakomelosiako

‘jump’

mendaamendaa

‘long’

mendatanamendatana

‘squat’

menggena-kenameŋɡena-kena

‘alike, similar’

mepusumepusu

‘close the eyes’

mesirobomesirobo

‘sip, slurp’

mesiumesiu

‘sweet’

metuhanimetuhani

‘increase’

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