OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Sulistyono (2022a): Proto-Western Lamaholot

Original citation: Sulistyono, Yunus. 2022. A history of Alorese (Austronesian): Combining linguistic and oral history. PhD thesis, Leiden University.

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‘close’

*aho*aho

‘dog’

*akal*akal

‘lie (tell untruth)’

*-ali*-ali

‘below’

*ana*ana

‘small’

*anaʔ*anaʔ

‘child’

*ane*ane

‘sand’

*aŋi*aŋi

‘wind’

*ape*ape

‘fire’

*apu*apu

‘dew’

*apuʔ*apuʔ

‘lime (stone)’

*ate*ate

‘liver’

*au*au

‘bamboo’

*baha*baha

‘wash’

*bataŋ*bataŋ

‘break (glass)’

*baʔa*baʔa

‘swell’

*baʔat*baʔat

‘heavy’

*baʤo*badʒo

‘pound’

*belo*belo

‘cut’

*bua*bua

‘sail’

*buka*buka

‘open’

*buraʔ*buraʔ

‘white’

*buto*buto

‘eight’

*bəber*bəber

‘shaking, shivering’

*bəka*bəka

‘fly’

*bəlaha*bəlaha

‘long (stick)’

*bəlara*bəlara

‘sick, painful’

*bəlolo*bəlolo

‘tall’

*bəta*bəta

‘split’

*dahe*dahe

‘near’

*dane*dane

‘hit (drum)’

*deʔi*deʔi

‘stand’

*doa*doa

‘far’

*dua*dua

‘forest’

*dəŋa*dəŋa

‘hear’

*-enu*-enu

‘drink’

*ere rua*ere rua

‘day after tomorrow’

*eto*eto

‘monitor lizard’

*-ɡa*-ɡa

‘where’

*ɡali*ɡali

‘dig’

*ɡaluŋ*ɡaluŋ

‘bent, crooked’

*ɡaru*ɡaru

‘scratch’

*ɡateʔ*ɡateʔ

‘itchy’

*ɡekaʤ*ɡekadʒ

‘laugh’

*ɡere*ɡere

‘climb’

*ɡiha*ɡiha

‘step on’

*ɡike*ɡike

‘bite’

*ɡoka*ɡoka

‘fall (from above)’

*ɡoʔe*ɡoʔe

‘1sg’

*gəter*ɡəter

‘ask (question)’

*habo*habo

‘bathe’

*hala*hala

‘no, not’

*hama*hama

‘same’

*hapu*hapu

‘wipe’

*hau*hau

‘sew’

*henaku*henaku

‘who’

*hipet*hipet

‘narrow’

*hiwa*hiwa

‘nine’

*hobaC*hobac

‘fall over (tree)’

*hope*hope

‘buy’

*horoŋ*horoŋ

‘hide’

*ihik*ihik

‘meat’

*ikan*ikan

‘fish’

*ikuʔ*ikuʔ

‘tail’

*ina*ina

‘mother’

*io*io

‘shark’

*ipe*ipe

‘teeth’

*iʤo*idʒo

‘blue, green’

*-ka*-ka

‘eat’

*kajo*kajo

‘tree’

*kamak*kamak

‘skin, bark of tree’

*kame*kame

‘1pl excl’

*kapik*kapik

‘wing’

*kawi*kawi

‘fishing hook’

*kayo*kajo

‘wood’

*kaʤo ape*kadʒo ape

‘firewood’

*kebaŋ*kebaŋ

‘barn, storage house’

*keʔa*keʔa

‘turtle’

*kiri*kiri

‘comb’

*kolo*kolo

‘bird’

*kote*kote

‘head’

*kowa*kowa

‘cloud’

*kudul*kudul

‘knee’

*kula*kula

‘moss’

*kulit*kulit

‘skin, bark of tree’

*kuluŋ*kuluŋ

‘testicles’

*kuma*kuma

‘yellow’

*kuto*kuto

‘louse, headlice’

*kədatek*kədatek

‘bad’

*kəhilat*kəhilat

‘lightning’

*kəleN*kəlen

‘sky’

*kəmaro*kəmaro

‘grasshopper’

*kəmelut*kəmelut

‘smooth’

*kəmərə*kəmərə

‘ant’

*kənamu*kənamu

‘fly (n.)’

*kənapuŋ*kənapuŋ

‘mosquito’

*kərawuk*kərawuk

‘dust, fine earth’

*kərome*kərome

‘rat’

*kəwahe*kəwahe

‘wife’

*kəwata*kəwata

‘sarong (women)’

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