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’

-ada³m-adam˦

v.‘chew’

-ala³n-alan˦

v.‘sing’

-alo²¹m-alom˨˩

v.‘receive’

-alɔ²¹n-alɔn˨˩

v. tr., intr.‘swallow’

-ama¹²m-amam˩˨

v.‘eat betel, chew tobacco’

-amdɛ²¹met(o)-amdɛ˨˩met(o)

v.‘steer (re. dug-out canoe)ɛ’

-amla¹-amla˩

v.‘speak in one’s sleep’

-amlɛ¹²-amlɛ˩˨

v. refl.‘wash one’s face’; ‘pasa muka’

-amɔ¹ntɔ³k-amɔn˩tɔk˦

v. intr.‘wise, intelligent’

-amɔ¹²m-amɔm˩˨

v. tr.‘suck (e.g. candy, areca chew)’

-amu¹²¹m-amum˩˨˩

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

-ani¹²¹m/-ani¹m-anim˩˨˩/-anim˩

v.‘drink’

-anɔ²¹k-anɔk˨˩

1.v.‘smoke’

2.v.‘inhale’

-anɔ⁴¹k-anɔk˥˩

1.v.‘suck’

2.v.‘kiss’

-apu¹²¹y-apuj˩˨˩

v.‘drink’

-a²¹-a˨˩

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

a²¹da³ta˨˩dat˦

attr.‘customs’

-a²¹t-at˨˩

v. tr.‘bite’

-a³l-al˦

v. tr.‘take’

-a³p-ap˦

v.‘row’

-a¹m-am˩

v.‘pee’

-a¹n-an˩

v.‘shoot (using bow and arrow)’

baba

1.prep.‘with’

2.prep.‘with (instrumental)’

3.prep.‘at (marker of time)’

4.prep.‘derives adverbial’

bafi³bafi˦

v.‘careful’

bahe³bahe˦

pron.‘all’

bala¹ya³rbala˩jar˦

v. intr.‘learn (school context)’

balbu³li³balbu˦li˦

attr.‘full, round’

balbu³li³ na⁴¹balbu˦li˦ na˥˩

n.‘full moon’

bale³ybalej˦

adv.‘landward’

bali¹wbaliw˩

adv.‘a great extent’

bali¹wbaliw˩

attr.‘big’

balo³wbalow˦

adv.‘seaward’

balu³sbalus˦

n.‘ring’

bapa³pbapap˦

adv.‘clockwise orientation (absolute reference)’

bapla¹²ybaplaj˩˨

v.‘naked’

basa¹tbasat˩

v.‘speak’

basa¹²sbasas˩˨

v.‘dance’

bata³ (be)bata˦ (be)

particle.‘urge’

bata³n me¹²¹batan˦ me˩˨˩

n.‘Misol’

bata¹²nbatan˩˨

n.‘Misol’

batu³pbatup˦

pron.‘all’

bawibawi

v. tr.‘steal’

bawo²¹bawo˨˩

v. intr.‘run’

bayasbajas

v.‘expert at’

baya¹ybajaj˩

1.v. tr.‘stroll’; ‘pasiar [local Malay]’

2.v. tr.‘hang out, play’

3.n.‘game, play’

baye³baje˦

adv.‘counterclockwise orientation’

bay¹ba³tbaj˩bat˦

n.‘Brown Dorcopsis’

ba²¹ba˨˩

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

ba²¹mbam˨˩

n.‘shoulder’

ba²¹nban˨˩

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

ba²¹taba˨˩ta

n.‘door’

ba²¹wbaw˨˩

n.‘male bud (of banana tree)’

ba²¹ybaj˨˩

n.‘shaft’

ba³ba˦

n.‘great-grandfather, great-grandmother’

ba³kbak˦

n.‘man-made water reservoir’

ba³lbal˦

n.‘ball’

ba³mbam˦

v.‘hit (with flat hand)’

ba³mbam˦

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

ba³sbas˦

v.‘lift up’

ba³tbat˦

1.n.‘earth’

2.n.‘land’

3.n.‘floor’

ba¹ba˩

1.v. tr., intr.‘leave behind’

2.v. tr., intr.‘remain’

3.v. tr., intr.‘left’

ba¹kbak˩

n.‘tobacco’

ba¹mbam˩

n.‘k.o. mangrove tree’; ‘pohon manggimanggi mera’

ba¹nban˩

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

ba¹ŋbaŋ˩

attr.‘blind’

ba¹ŋbaŋ˩

1.n.‘dust’

2.n.‘smoke’

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)’

ba¹yla⁴¹mbaj˩lam˥˩

n.‘small bat’

ba¹²pbap˩˨

n.‘father’

ba¹²ybaj˩˨

n.‘hit’

ba⁴¹ba˥˩

v.‘blow (re. wind)’

ba⁴¹ba˥˩

1.v. tr., middle.‘hit the mark’

2.interj.‘Correctǃ’

ba⁴¹ŋbaŋ˥˩

1.v. tr.‘break’

2.v. tr.‘break off’

ba⁴¹ŋ hɛ³ltebaŋ˥˩ hɛl˦te

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

ba⁴¹ybaj˥˩

v.‘pay’

beta²¹beta˨˩

marker.‘future tense marker’

be²¹be˨˩

1.prep.‘for’

2.interrog.‘why’

be²¹be˨˩

v. tr.‘give’

be³lbel˦

v. intr.‘flash’

bɛ³mbɛm˦

n.‘plate’

bɛ¹nsi³nbɛn˩sin˦

n.‘gasoline’

bintu³ni³bintu˦ni˦

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

bi³ga²¹bi˦ɡa˨˩

nprop.‘Biga’

bi³mbɔ¹²¹mpubim˦bɔm˩˨˩pu

n.‘butterfly’

bi³nbin˦

v. intr.‘jump (horizontally)’

bi¹²nbin˩˨

v.‘pinch with the fingers and thumb’

bla²¹wblaw˨˩

attr.‘sea’

bla²¹yblaj˨˩

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

bla³ŋblaŋ˦

attr.‘soft (re. nuts)’

bla¹²wblaw˩˨

1.attr.‘blue’

2.attr.‘green’

bla⁴¹bla˥˩

attr.‘fast’

bli¹²¹bli˩˨˩

n.‘fishing rod’

blu¹²nblun˩˨

n.‘head hair’

boma⁴¹mbomam˥˩

v.‘defecate, poop’

bomi¹bomi˩

v.‘urinate, pee’

bo²¹bo˨˩

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

bo²¹mbom˨˩

1.n.‘bone’

2.n.‘central vein of leaf’

bɔ²¹tbɔt˨˩

v. tr.‘meet’

bɔ³kbɔk˦

v. intr.‘come up’

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