OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘body’ (eng)

‘ash, dust’ (eng)

‘jaw’ (eng)

‘sheet or mat on which to sit or lie’ (eng)

‘tree sp.’ (eng); ‘Pterocarpus indicus’ (lat)

‘until, the extent that’ (eng)

‘scoop out rice from pot’ (eng)

‘I’ (eng)

‘sugar palm’ (eng); ‘Arenga saccharifera’ (lat)

‘house post’ (eng)

‘support, prop up’ (eng)

‘soot, black stain from smoke’ (eng)

‘father (vocative)’ (eng)

‘father’ (eng)

‘north, north wind’ (eng)

‘take with one’ (eng)

‘root’ (eng)

‘child of someone, offspring’ (eng)

‘child of someone, offspring’ (eng)

‘go’ (eng)

‘rise (of sun)’ (eng)

‘someone/something or other’ (eng)

‘fire’ (eng)

‘finished, used up, finish off, use up’ (eng)

‘lime’ (eng)

‘bile, gall’ (eng)

‘house post’ (eng)

‘soot, black stain from smoke’ (eng)

‘gills (of fish)’ (eng)

‘whet, grind sharp’ (eng)

‘salt’ (eng)

‘dog’ (eng)

‘draw water, scoop up water’ (eng)

‘draw water, scoop up water’ (eng)

‘breath, breathe’ (eng)

‘slave’ (eng)

‘above, on (top)’ (eng)

‘liver’ (eng)

‘hundred’ (eng)

‘transport, convey’ (eng)

‘roof, roofing (thatch)’ (eng)

‘enough, increase, add to’ (eng)

‘come’ (eng)

‘bright, morning light’ (eng)

‘plait, weave’ (eng)

‘ladder, stairs’ (eng)

‘gills (of fish)’ (eng)

‘live coals, embers’ (eng)

‘husked rice’ (eng)

‘below, under’ (eng)

‘pig’ (eng)

‘above, over’ (eng)

‘accompany, escort, lead’ (eng)

‘(pagan) priest, shaman’ (eng)

‘other’ (eng)

‘transform, change (shape etc.)’ (eng)

‘pay’ (eng)

‘hard outer wood of palm trees’ (eng)

‘bird snare’ (eng)

‘house’ (eng)

‘sulphur’ (eng)

‘scar (of wound)’ (eng)

‘provisions for journey’ (eng)

‘smell or taste bad (of food left too long)’ (eng)

‘big’ (eng)

‘beautiful, excellent’ (eng)

‘childless, infertile’ (eng)

‘village’ (eng)

‘at an angle, slanting’ (eng)

‘curved, arched’ (eng)

‘stone tomb in the shape of a house’ (eng)

‘tall, slender palm sp. which yields sago’ (eng)

‘tinder, flammable powder obtained from palm branches’ (eng)

‘young of tree, person’ (eng)

‘stone’ (eng)

‘seed, pit (of fruit)’ (eng)

‘gravy, sauce, moisten food with gravy’ (eng)

‘all’ (eng)

‘permit, allow, release’ (eng)

‘row (with fixed oars)’ (eng)

‘swing, dangle’ (eng)

‘sneeze’ (eng)

‘tooth, tortoise’ (eng)

‘tie up, bind’ (eng)

‘give, put, place’ (eng)

‘rice in husk (in field or harvested)’ (eng)

‘hang in tatters’ (eng)

‘lip(s)’ (eng)

‘lift/carry by rope’ (eng)

‘turn over, turn around’ (eng)

‘sew’ (eng)

‘slanting, sloping’ (eng)

‘mattock’ (eng)

‘kick person’ (eng)

‘whichʔ, whereʔ’ (eng)

‘kick’ (eng)

‘here’ (eng)

‘tick (on cattle and other animals)’ (eng)

‘dumb, mute’ (eng)

‘hole (e.g. in ground)’ (eng)