Source entries: Dalrymple & Mofu (2009/10)

Dalrymple & Mofu (2009/10): Biak

Original citation: Dalrymple, Mary and Suriel Mofu. 2009-2010. Biak Toolbox dictionary database. URL: http://biak.clp.ox.ac.uk/

Notes on this source: This lexicon has been edited to reduce the large number of unadapted borrowings from Malay/Indonesian that were included. To see these, consult the original files.

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Headword	IPA	Glosses
ababen	ababen	adv.‘careful’
abris	abris	n.‘grass’
abyab	abjab	n.‘cave’
ado	ado	v.‘descend’
adwar	adwar	n.‘poisonous plant’
afyak	afjak	n.‘pillow’
ai	ai	n.‘wood’
aibe	aibe	n.‘coffin’
aimun	aimun	n.‘fire wood’
ain	ain	v.‘feel disgusted’
ainkyon	ainkjon	n.‘stick’
aipokm	aipokm	n.‘dead person’
airares	airares	n.‘wood roots’
aiwan	aiwan	n.‘animal’
ak	ak	adv.‘also’
amber	amber	adj.‘foreign’
amk	amk	v.‘hold’
amn	amn	n.‘bamboo’
amom	amom	v.‘clear a garden’
amper	amper	n.‘palm branch’
amsam	amsam	n.‘thorns sea’
an	an	v.‘eat’
anan	anan	v.‘eat continuously’
ananun	ananun	n.‘message’
andir	andir	prep.‘beside’
andoi	andoi	n.‘seaweed’
anenf	anenf	adj.‘asleep’
anggar	aŋɡar	v.‘lie’
angginem	aŋɡinem	n.‘message’
angkanken	aŋkanken	n.‘moss’
ansan	ansan	n.‘palm trunk floor’
anum	anum	n.‘wood’
ap	ap	v.‘say’
apen	apen	n.‘roast’
apus	apus	n.‘grand parent, grand child’
apyam	apjam	n.‘burning wood’
ar	ar	v.‘scream’
ara	ara	Exclamation.‘pity’
arek	arek	v.‘bite’
ari	ari	Exlamation.‘please’
ari	ari	n.‘sunday’
armaker	armaker	1.n.‘scabies’ 2.v.‘have scabies’
aroba	aroba	Exlamation.‘No’
aron	aron	v.‘swim’
aror	aror	n.‘request’
arwo	arwo	adv.‘morning’
aryawin	arjawin	n.‘medicine’
aryes	arjes	n.‘fish net’
aski	aski	n.‘grace’
asuser	asuser	n.‘follow repeatedly’
au	au	pron.‘2SG’
awak	awak	n.‘orphan’
awas	awas	v.‘pass’
awer	awer	adj.‘deaf’
awer	awer	NEG.‘not’
awin	awin	n.‘mother’
awos	awos	v.‘speak’
ay-	aj-	pron.‘1SG’
aya	aja	pron.‘1SG’
ayan	ajan	v.‘1SG POSS GIV’
ayar	ajar	n.‘fence’
ayis	ajis	n.‘grater’
ayun	ajun	v.‘sail’
ba	ba	conj.‘because’
ba	ba	v.‘big’
ba	ba	adv.‘not’
bab	bab	n.‘below’
babar	babar	adj.‘scaby’
babara	babara	n.‘scabies’
babe	babe	n.‘matters having to do with’
baberi	baberi	adv.‘not at all’
babir	babir	v.‘recognize’
babo	babo	adj.‘new’
babur	babur	n.‘chase’
badir	badir	v.‘reveal’
bai	bai	NEG.‘not’
baim	baim	adv.‘not yet’
bair	bair	v.‘watch’
bak	bak	v.‘open’
bakdi	bakdi	n.‘pumpkin’
baken	baken	n.‘body’
bakn	bakn	n.‘back part of the body’
balok	balok	n.‘log’
bam	bam	n.‘incline’
ban	ban	n.‘part’
ban	ban	v.‘wake some one up’
banyo	baɲo	n.‘in law’
bar	bar	v.‘hold’
bar	bar	n.‘part’
barakas	barakas	n.‘blessing’
barapen	barapen	v.‘roast’
baras	baras	n.‘shout’
barbor	barbor	v.‘do bad things’
barbur	barbur	n.‘departure’
bardai	bardai	v.‘boast’
bark	bark	v.‘stay, lie’
baroser	baroser	n.‘desire’
barsa	barsa	DET.‘last’
barya	barja	adv.‘thus’
bas	bas	v.‘open’
baus	baus	v.‘build’
be	be	prep.‘as’
be	be	1.v.‘become’ 2.v.‘be, do’ 3.v.‘POSS’ 4.v.‘2SG POSS’ 5.verbalizer.‘verb marker’
be	be	v.‘give’
be	be	prep.‘to’
be	be	v.‘want’
bebaraprapen	bebaraprapen	v.‘Rel roast-REDUP’
bebe	bebe	PASSIVE.‘passive marker’
bedar	bedar	v.‘cause’
bedar	bedar	n.‘sibblings’
bei	bei	adj.‘empty’
ben	ben	n.‘pig’
bepupes	bepupes	v.‘last’
beri	beri	adv.‘immediately’
beryo	berjo	Quest.‘where’
bese	bese	adv.‘else’
beso	beso	DEF.‘several’
besya	beʃa	conj.‘if’
besya	beʃa	adv.‘such as that’
bidwom	bidwom	n.‘top of a tree’
bin	bin	n.‘woman’
binkwan	binkwan	v.‘far’
binsar	binsar	n.‘old woman’
bis	bis	adj.‘eternal’
biser	biser	v.‘hungry’
bo	bo	n.‘top, hill, part’
bob	bob	v.‘sell’
bok	bok	v.‘bless’
boken	boken	n.‘bit’
bokn	bokn	adv.‘too much’
bom	bom	n.‘spear’
bon	bon	n.‘fruit, mountain’
bons	bons	n.‘back part’
bor	bor	v.‘confuse’
bor	bor	adv.‘many’
borek	borek	n.‘thorn’
bors	bors	v.‘row a canoe’
bos	bos	n.‘band’
bos	bos	adv.‘deeply’
bosen	bosen	n.‘beach’
bra	bra	n.‘hand’
bramin	bramin	n.‘hand’
brampin	brampin	n.‘finger’
bre	bre	v.‘shout’
brin	brin	n.‘calm’
bro	bro	v.‘empty’
bru	bru	n.‘head’
buk	buk	v.‘give’
buk	buk	v.‘marry’
bukor	bukor	n.‘head’
bun	bun	n.‘middle’
bur	bur	n.‘fur’
bur	bur	v.‘leave’
byawn	bjawn	v.‘take’
bye	bje	v.‘good’
byor	bjor	adj.‘bald’
cocok	cocok	v.‘fit’
d-	d-	pron.‘3SG’
da	da	adv.‘perhaps’
dabn	dabn	v.‘give birth to’
dameser	dameser	v.‘shine’
dar	dar	v.‘3SG scream’
dar	dar	v.‘perspire’
dares	dares	n.‘sun heat’
dawdiwr	dawdiwr	v.‘break into pieces’
dawer	dawer	v.‘left alone’
dawr	dawr	v.‘remain’
derer	derer	adv.‘only’
di	di	adv.‘num link’
di	di	1.det.‘the, place’ 2.FOC.‘focus marker’
disn	disn	v.‘sing’
diso	diso	conj.‘if’
do	do	prep.‘at’
do	do	n.‘inside’
dokor	dokor	n.‘back part of the body’
dorek	dorek	n.‘day break’
doser	doser	n.‘tractor’
dow	dow	n.‘song’
doya	doja	n.‘song’
duber	duber	n.‘spring’
dunia	dunia	n.‘earth’
dur	dur	n.‘boiled water’
dwarek	dwarek	v.‘protect’
dworem	dworem	v.‘held tightly’
efarander	efarander	v.‘forget’
efasis	efasis	v.‘quiet’
ek	ek	v.‘climb, board, ride’
emer	emer	v.‘alone’
enf	enf	v.‘sleep’
eno	eno	pron.‘some’
epen	epen	adv.‘hold something by’
erer	erer	v.‘alone’
Erisam	erisam	n.‘song’
erkak	erkak	v.‘pull’
eso	eso	num.‘one’
ew	ew	n.‘step’
eyuser	ejuser	n.‘song’
f-	f-	v.‘cause’
f-	f-	Motion.marker.‘moving away’
fa	fa	DIR.‘moving there’
fa	fa	prep.‘to’
fa	fa	DIR.‘towards there’
fadores	fadores	v.‘pregnant’
faduman	faduman	n.‘pearl’
faduru	faduru	v.‘take care of’
fadwer	fadwer	v.‘change, replace’
fafaya	fafaja	n.‘awful lot’
fafayaba	fafajaba	adv.‘unexpectedly’
fafayaf	fafajaf	v.‘get fed up’
fafirk	fafirk	v.‘disturb’
fafisu	fafisu	n.‘time’
fafko	fafko	v.‘complain’
fafor	fafor	v.‘curse’
fair	fair	v.‘observe’
fais	fais	adv.‘quietly’
Fak	fak	n.‘Arfak man’
fak	fak	v.‘use something as a pillow’
fakak	fakak	v.‘frighten’
fakok	fakok	n.‘connecting stick to outrigger float’
faku	faku	v.‘move carefuly, 2SG move carefuly’
fama	fama	conj.‘but’
fama	fama	v.‘give sth a try’
famfon	famfon	v.‘support’
fan	fan	v.‘feed’
fanam	fanam	adj.‘near’
fananjur	fananjur	adv.‘collective’
fandu	fandu	n.‘middle’
fandun	fandun	v.‘need’
fanjur	fanjur	v.‘gather’
fara	fara	v.‘steer’
fararur	fararur	n.‘work’
fararwer	fararwer	v.‘keep changing in cycle’
farbub	farbub	v.‘teach’
farbuk	farbuk	n.‘marriage’
farem	farem	v.‘send’
farepen	farepen	v.‘hold’
farfir	farfir	adv.‘carefully’
farfyar	farfjar	n.‘story’
farkin	farkin	v.‘guide’
farkor	farkor	1.v.‘study’ 2.v.‘teach’
farma	farma	adv.‘around’
farmgu	farmɡu	v.‘row’
faro	faro	prep.‘for’
faryan	farjan	v.‘collect’
faryas	farjas	v.‘tell’
fas	fas	v.‘write’
fasasos	fasasos	v.‘prepare’
fasau	fasau	adj.‘quick’
fasausau	fasausau	adv.‘doing sth quickly continously’
fasnai	fasnai	v.‘show’
fasos	fasos	v.‘prepare’
fawar	fawar	v.‘tell a story’
fawawi	fawawi	n.‘knowledge’
fawi	fawi	v.‘know’
fe	fe	DIR.‘landward’
fes	fes	DIR.‘downward’
fik	fik	numeral.‘seven’
fioro	fioro	n.‘long time’
fmar	fmar	n.‘genital’
fnai	fnai	v.‘cause’
fnak	fnak	v.‘play’
fnder	fnder	v.‘forget’
fno	fno	n.‘nephew’
fnobk	fnobk	v.‘accompany’
fo	fo	v.‘full of’
for	for	v.‘catch’
for	for	n.‘fire’
frar	frar	v.‘run’
fras	fras	v.‘swear’
from	from	v.‘clean’
frous	frous	v.‘tempt’
frows	frows	v.‘trick’
frur	frur	v.‘do’
fuar	fuar	n.‘trunk’
fukn	fukn	v.‘ask’
fumo	fumo	DEF.‘several’
fur	fur	v.‘make, build’
fyafer	fjafer	v.‘arrive’
fyak	fjak	v.‘3SG use sth as a pillow’
fyak	fjak	num.‘four’
fyor	fjor	n.‘time’
fyoro	fjoro	adj.‘long’
ger	ɡer	n.‘little piece’
iber	iber	v.‘return’
ido	ido	Quest.‘how’
ifen	ifen	n.‘tuber’
ikak	ikak	n.‘snake’
ikoi	ikoi	n.‘arrow’
imbape	imbape	conj.‘but’
imbare	imbare	adv.‘so’
imbe	imbe	adv.‘about to’
imbekpu	imbekpu	n.‘grandmother and grandchild’
imbesna	imbesna	n.‘mother and child’
imbesrar	imbesrar	n.‘siblings of opposite sex’
imbo	imbo	adv.‘then’
imbo	imbo	Exclamation.‘yes’
imboi	imboi	Conj.‘but’
imbude	imbude	conj.‘if not’
imfa	imfa	adv.‘so that’
in	in	n.‘fish’
ina	ina	n.‘girl, daughter’
inawen	inawen	n.‘basket’
inde	inde	adv.‘so’
indiri	indiri	adv.‘therefore’
indo	indo	imper.‘okay’
indo	indo	adv.‘then’
-ine	-ine	dem.‘this’
inem	inem	v.‘drink’
infama	infama	conj.‘however’
inggo	iŋɡo	pron.‘1PL EXCL’
inja	inja	Conj.‘so’
ink-	ink-	pron.‘1PL EXCL’
inko	inko	pron.‘1PL EXCL’
inmamen	inmamen	n.‘snapper’
ino	ino	n.‘knife’
inoken	inoken	n.‘basket’
insama	insama	conj.‘so that’
insande	insande	adv.‘moment ago’
insape	insape	adv.‘then, after that’
insar	insar	n.‘old woman’
insos	insos	n.‘young girl’
irewa	irewa	DIR.‘that over there landward’
irya	irja	v.‘be’
is	is	v.‘grate’
isof	isof	conj.‘until’
isye	iʃe	1.adv.‘along’ 2.v.‘3SG move along’
iwa	iwa	DEM.‘that over there’
iya	ija	DET.‘one’
iya	ija	DEM.‘that’
iya	ija	Exclamation.‘Yes’
ja	ja	conj.‘so’
jabek	jabek	v.‘tie’
japan	japan	n.‘taro’
je	je	conj.‘so’
jenderal	jenderal	n.‘general’
jou	jou	v.‘praise’
juk	juk	n.‘ukulele’
k	k	pron.‘1PL INCL’
k	k	v.‘give’
kabas	kabas	v.‘release, open’
kabasya	kabaʃa	n.‘name of canoe’
kaben	kaben	v.‘burn’
kabom	kabom	n.‘widow’
kabor	kabor	conj.‘if’
kabor	kabor	v.‘paddle’
kabores	kabores	n.‘paddle’
kabr	kabr	v.‘return’
kabui	kabui	n.‘iron wood’
kada	kada	conj.‘if’
kaderen	kaderen	n.‘bench’
kadwor	kadwor	n.‘leaf’
kaem	kaem	n.‘all’
kafkofn	kafkofn	v.‘mention.repeatedly.’
kain	kain	v.‘sit’
kakar	kakar	n.‘wodden stairs’
kakara	kakara	v.‘have opinion’
kakas	kakas	v.‘circle’
kaker	kaker	adv.‘still’
kaku	kaku	1.adv.‘very’ 2.adj.‘real’
kamur	kamur	n.‘young’
kanarem	kanarem	n.‘water jug’
kandang	kandaŋ	n.‘stable’
kandera	kandera	n.‘sacrifices’
kandor	kandor	v.‘suprised’
kanggram	kaŋɡram	n.‘lot of’
kankain	kankain	n.‘have a meeting’
kankenem	kankenem	n.‘life’
kankunes	kankunes	adv.‘well’
kanou	kanou	v.‘move something up’
kans	kans	v.‘cry’
kapar	kapar	v.‘give birth’
kapas	kapas	v.‘drop’
kapirare	kapirare	n.‘child’
kapyaf	kapjaf	n.‘midribs’
kar	kar	v.‘cut’
kar	kar	v.‘face’
kara	kara	v.‘think’
karau	karau	v.‘steal’
karaurau	karaurau	n.‘stealing’
karm	karm	v.‘answer’
karui	karui	n.‘rock’
karuk	karuk	v.‘cut’
kas	kas	v.‘swim’
kasumasa	kasumasa	Exclamation.‘thank’
kasun	kasun	adj.‘little’
kawasa	kawasa	n.‘people’
kawen	kawen	n.‘shrimp’
kawkuw	kawkuw	v.‘get dizzy’
kayam	kajam	1.adv.‘together’ 2.v.‘gather’
kbaws	kbaws	v.‘arise’
kbok	kbok	v.‘get up’
kbor	kbor	1.adj.‘adolescent’ 2.n.‘young man’
ke	ke	conj.‘or’
ke	ke	Quest.‘question marker’
kedwa	kedwa	n.‘door’
ken	ken	adj.‘little’
kenm	kenm	v.‘live’
ker	ker	prep.‘from’
ker	ker	v.‘grow’
ker	ker	1.adv.‘in a moment’ 2.adv.‘continuously’
ker	ker	n.‘little piece, part’
keret	keret	n.‘clan’
kfin	kfin	v.‘lead’
kfo	kfo	v.‘shoot with an arrow’
ki	ki	v.‘slide’
kif	kif	n.‘skin’
kikr	kikr	v.‘shake’
kin	kin	v.‘hit’
kina	kina	n.‘family’
kir	kir	v.‘cause a hole’
kir	kir	prep.‘out of’
kma	kma	n.‘father’
knam	knam	n.‘tree’
knik	knik	adv.‘in a moment’
ko	ko	pron.‘1PL INCL’
kob	kob	v.‘hit’
kofn	kofn	v.‘say’
kok	kok	v.‘cut’
kop	kop	n.‘part’
kor	kor	n.‘bone’
kor	kor	v.‘count’
kor	kor	v.‘cut’
kor	kor	n.‘mangrove’
Korano	korano	n.‘king’
korben	korben	n.‘dragon’
koreri	koreri	n.‘heaven’
koryae	korjae	v.‘tease’
kpar	kpar	v.‘hurled quickly through the air’
kpef	kpef	v.‘break’
kpu	kpu	n.‘grandchild’
kpu	kpu	n.‘grandparent’
kraf	kraf	adv.‘fully’
kraf	kraf	n.‘meat’
kram	kram	v.‘burry, keep’
kren	kren	v.‘move’
kris	kris	n.‘banyan tree’
kriwk	kriwk	v.‘valuable’
ku	ku	pron.‘1DU EXCL’
kuk	kuk	v.‘hit’
kukr	kukr	conj.‘because’
kun	kun	v.‘cook, roast, burn’
kunm	kunm	v.‘bow’
kur	kur	v.‘stab, reach, point’
kur	kur	n.‘time’
kurbe	kurbe	conj.‘however’
kurpum	kurpum	v.‘point towards’
kurwe	kurwe	conj.‘although’
kwan	kwan	adj.‘long’
kwar	kwar	adv.‘already’
kwar	kwar	adj.‘old’
kyam	kjam	v.‘come’
kyar	kjar	v.‘believe’
kyon	kjon	n.‘pond’
kyor	kjor	num.‘three’
kyu	kju	v.‘push’
-m-	-m-	DIR.‘moving towards me’
m	m	POSS.‘2SG POSS’
ma	ma	conj.‘and’
ma	ma	FOC.‘focus marker’
ma	ma	v.‘moving here’
ma	ma	DIR.‘towards here, moving towards’
mada	mada	adv.‘for what’
mai	mai	v.‘ashamed of’
mak	mak	n.‘star’
makbak	makbak	n.‘spear’
makei	makei	n.‘dog’
makekm	makekm	v.‘wet’
maker	maker	v.‘become itchy’
mam	mam	1.v.‘see’ 2.v.‘2SG see’
mamade	mamade	n.‘aunt’
mambekanaek	mambekanaek	n.‘brothers’
mambri	mambri	n.‘hero’
mami	mami	n.‘father’
mamun	mamun	n.‘killing, fight’
mamunmun	mamunmun	v.‘fight repeatedly’
mamya	mamja	n.‘genitals’
mamyai	mamjai	v.‘ashamed’
man	man	n.‘bird’
mananwir	mananwir	n.‘chief’
mande	mande	v.‘fine’
mander	mander	v.‘longing for, 2SG be longing for’
mandira	mandira	adv.‘afternoon’
mandobin	mandobin	n.‘yesterday’
mandumek	mandumek	v.‘wet’
manggawok	maŋɡawok	n.‘name of a type of bird’
manggenem	maŋɡenem	adv.‘too much’
manggokor	maŋɡokor	n.‘chicken’
manggun	maŋɡun	adj.‘good looking’
manggun	maŋɡun	n.‘self’
manibob	manibob	n.‘friend’
manjau	manjau	n.‘outrigger float’
mansar	mansar	n.‘old man’
Manseren	manseren	n.‘God’
mansren	mansren	n.‘lord’
manswar	manswar	n.‘cassowary’
manwen	manwen	n.‘ghost’
mar	mar	v.‘die’
marafrif	marafrif	n.‘laughters’
maran	maran	n.‘walking’
marandan	marandan	n.‘trip’

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