OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Bax (2019): Gebe

Original citation: Bax, Marton Miklós Willem. 2019. A sketch grammar of Gebe: A language of North Maluku. MA thesis, Leiden University.

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Headword IPA Glosses
-agag-aɡaɡ

v intr. ‘scratch’

-ais-ais

v tr. ‘rub’

-alai-alai

v tr. ‘dig’

-alus-alus

v intr. ‘smooth’

alwɔlalwɔl

1. n. ‘day’

2. n. ‘sun’

amnɛamnɛ

n. ‘exclusive we’

-anan-anan

v intr. ‘eat’

anɛanɛ

n. ‘I’

-aŋan-aŋan

v intr. ‘sharp’

aojaaoja

n. ‘singular you’

-as-as

v intr. ‘swim’

-asai-asai

v tr. ‘wipe’

-asin-asin

v intr. ‘salty’

-aus-aus

v tr. ‘wash’

badanbadan

n. ‘body’

baibai

n. ‘snake’

bajapbajap

1. n. ‘dust’

2. n. ‘ash’

bajap-kabibajap-kabi

n. ‘kitchen’

balmɔbalmɔ

n. ‘wing’

-baring-bariŋ

v intr. ‘lie down’

batanbatan

n. ‘Earth’

bibitbibit

n. ‘seed’

-bjei-bjei

v intr. ‘play’

-bɔŋɔl-bɔŋɔl

v intr. ‘yellow’

dɛldɛl

adp. ‘with’

-ˈdɛrɛl-ˈdɛrɛl

v intr. ‘flow’

dɛˈrɛldɛˈrɛl

n. ‘friend’

didididi

n. ‘mother’

-dɔm-dɔm

v tr. ‘drink’

ɛlɛl

n. ‘mountain’

-ɛlin-ɛlin

v intr. ‘float’

-ɛm-ɛm

v tr. ‘see’

ɛmpaɛmpa

part. ‘no’

-ɛnɛf-ɛnɛf

v intr. ‘sleep’

-ɛo-ɛo

1. v intr. ‘walk’

2. v intr. ‘travel’

3. v intr. ‘go’

ɛsɛs

n. ‘ice’

fatfat

quan. ‘four’

-fatan-fatan

v tr. ‘smell’

-fikir-fikir

v tr. ‘think’

fisfis

1. quan. ‘some’

2. quan. ‘how much?’

-fnin-fnin

v tr. ‘hunt’

-fɔd-fɔd

v intr. ‘full’

Fuinfuin

n. ‘God’

gagɔpɡaɡɔp

n. ‘worm’

-galawao-ɡalawao

v intr. ‘new’

-gali-ɡali

v tr. ‘split’

gasiɡasi

n. ‘salt’

-gɛglɔ-ɡɛɡlɔ

v intr. ‘boil’

hanwanhanwan

n. ‘animal’

-hidjao-hidjao

v intr. ‘green’

-hidup-hidup

v intr. ‘live’

hutubahutuba

n. ‘sermon’

hɲainorahɲainora

n. ‘guts’

hɲaɔhɲaɔ

1. n. ‘stomach’

2. n. ‘belly’

hɲathɲat

1. n. ‘person’

2. n. ‘human’

-hɲawa-hɲawa

v tr. ‘breathe’

ijaija

1. n. ‘he’

2. n. ‘she’

3. n. ‘it’

ilaluilalu

n. ‘leaf’

in n fishin n fish

v intr. ‘spit’

itnɛitnɛ

n. ‘inclusive we’

jaja

part. ‘focus marker’

jaisjais

adp. ‘up’

jaɔjaɔ

n. ‘tree’

japjap

n. ‘fire’

jɛfɛnjɛfɛn

n. ‘road’

kabalalkabalal

v intr. ‘thin, for non-humans’

kabikabi

n. ‘base’

kablekable

n. ‘dog’

-kadjup-kadjup

1. v intr. ‘blunt’

2. v intr. ‘dull’

-kafɔrɔl-kafɔrɔl

v tr. ‘squeeze’

kahɲakahɲa

n. ‘ear’

-kahɲala-kahɲala

v intr. ‘red’

kahɲɔkahɲɔ

n. ‘nose’

kahɲukahɲu

n. ‘tail’

kaikai

n. ‘wood’

-kali-kali

v intr. ‘small’

kalisakalisa

quan. ‘few’

kaliɲungkaliɲuŋ

n. ‘hair’

kalɔngkalɔŋ

n. ‘bone’

-kamtu-kamtu

v intr. ‘freeze’

kamunkamun

1. n. ‘forest’

2. n. ‘grass’

kapatkapat

n. ‘stone’

-kapisjɛl-kapisjɛl

1. v intr. ‘hot’

2. v intr. ‘warm’

-kapitan-kapitan

v tr. ‘tie’

-kapjatan-kapjatan

v intr. ‘heavy’

kapjokapjo

1. n. ‘fruit’

2. n. ‘mouth’

3. n. ‘teeth’

kapluwɔkapluwɔ

n. ‘feather’

-kapɔto-kapɔto

v intr. ‘short’

kaptunkaptun

n. ‘heart’

-kaptʃit-kaptʃit

v intr. ‘thick’

kaptʃuwɔkaptʃuwɔ

n. ‘knee’

-karing-kariŋ

v tr. ‘sew’

-karu-karu

v tr. ‘push’

-karud-karud

v intr. ‘black’

kasjebokasjebo

n. ‘fingernail’

katalɛkatalɛ

n. ‘chicken’

-katɛpɛ-katɛpɛ

v tr. ‘stab’

-katɔd-katɔd

v tr. ‘pull’

-katuhno-katuhno

v intr. ‘burn’

-katʃak-katʃak

v intr. ‘white’

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