OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Remijsen (2017): Matbat

Original citation: Remijsen, Bert. 2017. Matbat vocabulary. Manuscript, University of Edinburgh.
Notes on this source: Vocabulary distributed and reproduced here under a Creative Commons License: Attribution 4.0 International. Formatting of original has been adapted to the online platform by Antoinette Schapper. Edited by Allahverdi Verdizade

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Headword IPA Glosses
-a-a

particle.‘particle marking the end of a phrase’ (eng)

-ada³m-adam˦

v.‘chew’ (eng)

-ala³n-alan˦

v.‘sing’ (eng)

-alo²¹m-alom˨˩

v.‘receive’ (eng)

-alɔ²¹n-alɔn˨˩

v. tr., intr.‘swallow’ (eng)

-ama¹²m-amam˩˨

v.‘eat betel, chew tobacco’ (eng)

-amdɛ²¹met(o)-amdɛ˨˩met(o)

v.‘steer (re. dug-out canoe)ɛ’ (eng)

-amla¹-amla˩

v.‘speak in one’s sleep’ (eng)

-amlɛ¹²-amlɛ˩˨

v. refl.‘wash one’s face’ (eng); ‘pasa muka’ (ind)

-amɔ¹ntɔ³k-amɔn˩tɔk˦

v. intr.‘wise, intelligent’ (eng)

-amɔ¹²m-amɔm˩˨

v. tr.‘suck (e.g. candy, areca chew)’ (eng)

-amu¹²¹m-amum˩˨˩

v.‘rinse one’s mouth out (to take in water, swish around, spit out)’ (eng)

-ani¹²¹m/-ani¹m-anim˩˨˩/-anim˩

v.‘drink’ (eng)

-anɔ²¹k-anɔk˨˩

1.v.‘smoke’ (eng)

2.v.‘inhale’ (eng)

-anɔ⁴¹k-anɔk˥˩

1.v.‘suck’ (eng)

2.v.‘kiss’ (eng)

-apu¹²¹y-apuj˩˨˩

v.‘drink’ (eng)

-a²¹-a˨˩

v.‘eat (when used in a general sense, usually in combination with pɔ³n)’ (eng)

a²¹da³ta˨˩dat˦

attr.‘customs’ (eng)

-a²¹t-at˨˩

v. tr.‘bite’ (eng)

-a³l-al˦

v. tr.‘take’ (eng)

-a³p-ap˦

v.‘row’ (eng)

-a¹m-am˩

v.‘pee’ (eng)

-a¹n-an˩

v.‘shoot (using bow and arrow)’ (eng)

baba

1.prep.‘with’ (eng)

2.prep.‘with (instrumental)’ (eng)

3.prep.‘at (marker of time)’ (eng)

4.prep.‘derives adverbial’ (eng)

bafi³bafi˦

v.‘careful’ (eng)

bahe³bahe˦

pron.‘all’ (eng)

bala¹ya³rbala˩jar˦

v. intr.‘learn (school context)’ (eng)

balbu³li³balbu˦li˦

attr.‘full, round’ (eng)

balbu³li³ na⁴¹balbu˦li˦ na˥˩

n.‘full moon’ (eng)

bale³ybalej˦

adv.‘landward’ (eng)

bali¹wbaliw˩

adv.‘a great extent’ (eng)

bali¹wbaliw˩

attr.‘big’ (eng)

balo³wbalow˦

adv.‘seaward’ (eng)

balu³sbalus˦

n.‘ring’ (eng)

bapa³pbapap˦

adv.‘clockwise orientation (absolute reference)’ (eng)

bapla¹²ybaplaj˩˨

v.‘naked’ (eng)

basa¹tbasat˩

v.‘speak’ (eng)

basa¹²sbasas˩˨

v.‘dance’ (eng)

bata³ (be)bata˦ (be)

particle.‘urge’ (eng)

bata³n me¹²¹batan˦ me˩˨˩

n.‘Misol’ (eng)

bata¹²nbatan˩˨

n.‘Misol’ (eng)

batu³pbatup˦

pron.‘all’ (eng)

bawibawi

v. tr.‘steal’ (eng)

bawo²¹bawo˨˩

v. intr.‘run’ (eng)

bayasbajas

v.‘expert at’ (eng)

baya¹ybajaj˩

1.v. tr.‘stroll’ (eng); ‘pasiar [local Malay]’ (pmy)

2.v. tr.‘hang out, play’ (eng)

3.n.‘game, play’ (eng)

baye³baje˦

adv.‘counterclockwise orientation’ (eng)

bay¹ba³tbaj˩bat˦

n.‘Brown Dorcopsis’ (eng)

ba²¹ba˨˩

v.‘flow (re. water – probably from ba⁴¹ ‘to blow’)’ (eng)

ba²¹mbam˨˩

n.‘shoulder’ (eng)

ba²¹nban˨˩

n.‘area of shadow, place offering protection from the sun’ (eng)

ba²¹taba˨˩ta

n.‘door’ (eng)

ba²¹wbaw˨˩

n.‘male bud (of banana tree)’ (eng)

ba²¹ybaj˨˩

n.‘shaft’ (eng)

ba³ba˦

n.‘great-grandfather, great-grandmother’ (eng)

ba³kbak˦

n.‘man-made water reservoir’ (eng)

ba³lbal˦

n.‘ball’ (eng)

ba³mbam˦

v.‘hit (with flat hand)’ (eng)

ba³mbam˦

v.‘wash (re. clothes, not dishes (ho¹w) or body (hi¹²p))’ (eng)

ba³sbas˦

v.‘lift up’ (eng)

ba³tbat˦

1.n.‘earth’ (eng)

2.n.‘land’ (eng)

3.n.‘floor’ (eng)

ba¹ba˩

1.v. tr., intr.‘leave behind’ (eng)

2.v. tr., intr.‘remain’ (eng)

3.v. tr., intr.‘left’ (eng)

ba¹kbak˩

n.‘tobacco’ (eng)

ba¹mbam˩

n.‘k.o. mangrove tree’ (eng); ‘pohon manggimanggi mera’ (ind)

ba¹nban˩

n.‘oven to make sago biscuits (with about five rectangular holes (ga¹w); made of clay; is operated by heating over fire)’ (eng); ‘porno’ (ind)

ba¹ŋbaŋ˩

attr.‘blind’ (eng)

ba¹ŋbaŋ˩

1.n.‘dust’ (eng)

2.n.‘smoke’ (eng)

ba¹pbap˩

v. tr.‘carry on one’s back (e.g. a child or a baby) on one’s back (either holding the legs, or by means of a sarong)’ (eng)

ba¹yla⁴¹mbaj˩lam˥˩

n.‘small bat’ (eng)

ba¹²pbap˩˨

n.‘father’ (eng)

ba¹²ybaj˩˨

n.‘hit’ (eng)

ba⁴¹ba˥˩

v.‘blow (re. wind)’ (eng)

ba⁴¹ba˥˩

1.v. tr., middle.‘hit the mark’ (eng)

2.interj.‘Correctǃ’ (eng)

ba⁴¹ŋbaŋ˥˩

1.v. tr.‘break’ (eng)

2.v. tr.‘break off’ (eng)

ba⁴¹ŋ hɛ³ltebaŋ˥˩ hɛl˦te

v.‘travel by boat (following the waterside)’ (eng)

ba⁴¹ybaj˥˩

v.‘pay’ (eng)

beta²¹beta˨˩

marker.‘future tense marker’ (eng)

be²¹be˨˩

1.prep.‘for’ (eng)

2.interrog.‘why’ (eng)

be²¹be˨˩

v. tr.‘give’ (eng)

be³lbel˦

v. intr.‘flash’ (eng)

bɛ³mbɛm˦

n.‘plate’ (eng)

bɛ¹nsi³nbɛn˩sin˦

n.‘gasoline’ (eng)

bintu³ni³bintu˦ni˦

nprop.‘name of bay on the New Guinea mainland to the east of Misol’ (eng)

bi³ga²¹bi˦ɡa˨˩

nprop.‘Biga’ (eng)

bi³mbɔ¹²¹mpubim˦bɔm˩˨˩pu

n.‘butterfly’ (eng)

bi³nbin˦

v. intr.‘jump (horizontally)’ (eng)

bi¹²nbin˩˨

v.‘pinch with the fingers and thumb’ (eng)

bla²¹wblaw˨˩

attr.‘sea’ (eng)

bla²¹yblaj˨˩

v.‘stir (e.g. sago porridge, using itepo)’ (eng)

bla³ŋblaŋ˦

attr.‘soft (re. nuts)’ (eng)

bla¹²wblaw˩˨

1.attr.‘blue’ (eng)

2.attr.‘green’ (eng)

bla⁴¹bla˥˩

attr.‘fast’ (eng)

bli¹²¹bli˩˨˩

n.‘fishing rod’ (eng)

blu¹²nblun˩˨

n.‘head hair’ (eng)

boma⁴¹mbomam˥˩

v.‘defecate, poop’ (eng)

bomi¹bomi˩

v.‘urinate, pee’ (eng)

bo²¹bo˨˩

v.‘go (generic – with whatever means of transport or on foot)’ (eng)

bo²¹mbom˨˩

1.n.‘bone’ (eng)

2.n.‘central vein of leaf’ (eng)

bɔ²¹tbɔt˨˩

v. tr.‘meet’ (eng)

bɔ³kbɔk˦

v. intr.‘come up’ (eng)

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