Source entries: de Josselin de Jong (1937)

de Josselin de Jong (1937): Woirata

Original citation: de Josselin de Jong, Jan Petrus Benjamin. 1937. Studies in Indonesian Culture I: Oirata, a Timorese settlement on Kisar. Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-Maatschappij.

Notes on this source: Edited by Antoinette Schapper.

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Headword	IPA	Glosses
a	a	‘ah oh (interjection)’
a	a	‘at, on, in, to, for, verbal prefix and independent particle’
a	a	‘I, me, my (before vowels)’
a	a	‘you’
a'a	aʔa	‘at, on, in, to, for, verbal prefix and independent particle’
a'ahahale	aʔahahale	‘join, unite’
a'ahai	aʔahai	‘cook, prepare food’
a'ahe	aʔahe	‘moving over, above, through’
a'aje	aʔaje	‘sour’
a'alamana	aʔalamana	‘contents’
a'alamene	aʔalamene	‘throw into, fill’
a'alare	aʔalare	‘tread upon’
a'alua	aʔalua	‘jest, joke’
a'am(a)	aʔam(a)	‘wind (in a current expression)’
a'ame	aʔame	‘simpleton, dunce’
a'amese	aʔamese	‘open one's mouth’
a'amirana	aʔamirana	‘sitting on, who sits on’
a'amire	aʔamire	‘sit down on, on top of’
a'ana'e	aʔanaʔe	‘stay, reside in or on to rest’
a'anahu	aʔanahu	‘end, top, point’
a'anasi	aʔanasi	‘look straight into, see just before one's eyes’
a'anate	aʔanate	‘find, come upon’
a'aninawali	aʔaninawali	‘neglect, keep not in repair’
a'apere	aʔapere	‘take care of, feed’
a'arua	aʔarua	‘sit on’
a'aruan	aʔaruan	‘sitting on, upon, stop, stopper, cork’
a'arune	aʔarune	‘answer’
a'at(a)	aʔat(a)	‘sharp point’
a'ate	aʔate	‘emphatic form of ate’
a'ate	aʔate	‘full, stopped up, stuffed’
a'atina	aʔatina	‘strong, stiff’
a'awak(i)le	aʔawak(i)le	‘jump, jump on’
a'awolen	aʔawolen	‘praise (subst.)’
a'imu	aʔimu	‘yawn’
a'umani	aʔumani	‘who are you?’
a'ume	aʔume	‘lay into’
a'ur lausana	aʔur lausana	‘quick lime’
a'ur me āni	aʔur me aːni	‘put on lime, plaster’
a'ur(u)	aʔur(u)	‘lime’
a'urumnana	aʔurumnana	‘white lime’
aalamana hetele	aːlamana hetele	‘plentiful harvest’
aaluan	aːluan	‘jester, joker’
aaluku	aːluku	‘answer’
aanahamu	aːnahamu	‘drawn (of a sword)’
aanederemu	aːneʈeremu	‘trust, believe in, hope’
aanuta	aːnuta	‘take care of, protect, shield, feed’
aarunen	aːrunen	‘answering, what is answered’
aarunen pai	aːrunen pai	‘give answer’
aataja	aːtaja	‘sleep on, on top of’
aatajan	aːtajan	‘who sleeps on, sleeping on’
aate	aːte	‘pointed, sharp’
ada	aʈa	‘fire’
ada	aʈa	‘wait’
ada	aʈa	‘wood’
ada pīpin	aʈa piːpin	‘spark’
ada'a	aʈaʔa	‘how, why’
ada'u	aʈaʔu	‘grow less, decrease’
ada'uale	aʈaʔuale	‘meet with, go to meet’
adadahai	aʈaʈahai	‘mock, ridicule’
adahalate	aʈahalate	‘patience, patient’
adahalate	aʈahalate	‘patient, patience’
adahale	aʈahale	‘accept, receive’
adahoko	aʈahoko	‘keep watch over, search through, spy upon’
adahokon	aʈahokon	‘watching, custody, spying’
adahokon pain	aʈahokon pain	‘watcher, guard, spy’
adakirikiri	aʈakirikiri	‘mushroom’
adalare	aʈalare	‘go to meet, meet with’
adaluku	aʈaluku	‘answer’
adamire	aʈamire	‘sit down on’
adanate	aʈanate	‘serve up food’
adane	aʈane	‘allow, comply with, willing or going to, avow, admit, assure’
adanen	aʈanen	‘being willing to, who is willing to’
adar	aʈar	‘witch, wizard’; ‘suangi’
adar iar nere	aʈar iar nere	‘lose (having lost) one's way entirely’
adarai	aʈarai	‘witchery’
adarau	aʈarau	‘put down on’
adarau	aʈarau	‘put the cooking-pot on the fire’
adasaka	aʈasaka	‘prop, support’
adawa'in	aʈawaʔin	‘blood-relation’
adawale	aʈawale	‘meet with, go to meet’
aderu	aʈeru	‘invite to’
adkeile	aʈkeile	‘stick fast’
adomua	aʈomua	‘ivory-land’
adoure	aʈoure	‘dun for payment’
adur(u)	aʈur(u)	‘marsupial’; ‘kuskus’; ‘Phalanger orientalis’
ah	ah	‘tuberous plant’; ‘kembili’; ‘Coleus tuberosus’
aha	aha	‘capable of, having opportunity to, strong’
ahahara	ahahara	‘capable of, able to, understanding, hope’
ahahara he	ahahara he	‘unable to, astonished, without hope’
ahahe	ahahe	‘moving over, above, through’
ahahu	ahahu	‘crab’; ‘kepiting’; ‘Neptunus pelagicus’
ahai	ahai	‘not afraid’
ahaihai	ahaihai	‘audacious, bold’
ahajejete	ahajejete	‘beat about the bush, make a slip of the tongue’
ahakane	ahakane	‘staying in the harbour without anchoring’
ahakasa	ahakasa	‘big ceremonial drum’
ahale	ahale	‘touch’
ahalne	ahalne	‘deny’
ahalse	ahalse	‘float, drop anchor somewhere’
ahamire	ahamire	‘sit strongly on (rule over)’
ahamu	ahamu	‘pull, pull out’
ahanalteri	ahanalteri	‘able to explain, understand’
ahanalteri	ahanalteri	‘sky-tree’
ahanasin pai	ahanasin pai	‘look fixedly at a person in order to find out whether or not he is hiding something’
ahanawarai	ahanawarai	‘wise old men’
ahanepu	ahanepu	‘recognize, able to know’
ahara ahe	ahara ahe	‘innumerable, great number’
ahararane	ahararane	‘longing’
ahare	ahare	‘pull (pl.), pull out (pl.)’
ahasomonehe	ahasomonehe	‘unbearable’
ahasuisuile	ahasuisuile	‘make a slip of the tongue’
ahata	ahata	‘stool (of a plant)’
ahatāni	ahataːni	‘stool, have a stool’
ahauare	ahauare	‘stab through, firmly, push into the sea’
ahi	ahi	‘fish’
ahi asirana	ahi asirana	‘salt-fish’
ahi atarana	ahi atarana	‘salt-fish’
ahi inamodo	ahi inamoʈo	‘wart’
ahi ta'u	ahi taʔu	‘ink-fish’
ahi titlana	ahi titlana	‘dried fish’
ahi ududan	ahi uʈuʈan	‘angler’
ahiana	ahiana	‘rob, plunder’
ahianan	ahianan	‘booty, robbing, who robs’
ahire	ahire	‘belie, lie to’
ahise	ahise	‘spread (of odours)’
ahorok(e)	ahorok(e)	‘celebrate the Porka-feast’
ahuite	ahuite	‘drag, trail’
ahurana	ahurana	‘enlargement, addition, adjunction’
ahurana pai	ahurana pai	‘increase, enlarge, add’
ahure	ahure	‘with, together, together with, in addition to, further, join, marry’
ahutrau	ahutrau	‘fling at, throw at’
ai	ai	‘kind of nut’; ‘keminting’; ‘Aleurites moluccana’
ai	ai	‘tendon, vein, sinew’
aile	aile	‘choose, select, collect, pick up’
ail(i)	ail(i)	‘angling-rod, fish-line, spout of a kettle’
aimu	aimu	‘come down (of clothing)’
ain	ain	‘matter, pus’
aini	aini	‘suppurate’
airene	airene	‘detain, keep, check’
airete	airete	‘tamarind-tree’
aiti(e)	aiti(e)	‘at present, until now, usually: aiti(t)iri’
aiti(e)	aiti(e)	‘perhaps, probably’
aitoto	aitoto	‘cube-shaped lump of steamed or cooked rice, millet or maize, packed in a plaited cover’; ‘ketupat’
aiwadu	aiwaʈu	‘torch consisting in a leaf rib with cotton or capoc soaked in oil wound round the end’; ‘kandjuli’
aiwali	aiwali	‘name of a star that follows the Southern-Cross’
aja	aja	‘rain’
aja anuta	aja anuta	‘wet from rain, being rained on’
aja ipipi toro	aja ipipi toro	‘drizzling rain’
aja kere	aja kere	‘hurricane with rain’
aja kilate	aja kilate	‘rain is stopping, has stopped’
aja lirliri	aja lirliri	‘drizzling rain’
ajaka	ajaka	‘ashes’
ajala	ajala	‘try to meet, intend to conclude an alliance’
ajane	ajane	‘shoot with bow and arrow’
ajare	ajare	‘arrange, regulate, order’
ajaru	ajaru	‘let loose, open’
ajere	ajere	‘arrange, regulate, order’
ajere	ajere	‘catch (liquids, e.g. palm-sap)’
ajēte	ajeːte	‘sleep on, lie on’
akairoko	akairoko	‘break’
akal budi	akal buʈi	‘judgment, deliberation, common sense etc’
akal(a)	akal(a)	‘understanding, cunning, trick, deceive’
akapare	akapare	‘come to grief (misery) over’
akaure	akaure	‘keep, act according to (e.g. a promise)’
akeile	akeile	‘stick fast, hitch on’
akesi alar(i)n(i)	akesi alar(i)n(i)	‘settle down somewhere for good, having taken root in (on), worshipped’
akesle	akesle	‘witch’
akirakira	akirakira	‘think, of opinion’
akirakiran	akirakiran	‘thought, opinion’
āl aluana	aːl aluana	‘battle-field’
āl apra	aːl apra	‘enemy in war’
āl nate	aːl nate	‘war breaks out, in war’
āl(a)	aːl(a)	‘fight, battle, war’
alana	alana	‘as if, like’
alarnalen iar naran narane	alarnalen iar naran narane	‘grown-up, marriageable’
alaruale	alaruale	‘marry (of a woman)’
alene	alene	‘serve up, ladle up (with a spoon)’
al(i)	al(i)	‘further, again’
ali	ali	‘hit, struck, touched’
aliare	aliare	‘translate’
aliluene	aliluene	‘fling at, throw at’
ālmaramaran	aːlmaramaran	‘army’
almari	almari	‘cupboard of any kind’
alnahai	alnahai	‘next day’
alnahai	alnahai	‘on the following day’
alten	alten	‘fourth, for the fourth time, at last’
ālu	aːlu	‘fall off (fruit or leaves)’
ālualen	aːlualen	‘enemy’
aluana	aluana	‘place, spot, any receptacle in which something is kept’
aluana hohon	aluana hohon	‘curtain, mosquito-net’
aluana namire	aluana namire	‘employment, dignity, rank’
aluana tie	aluana tie	‘the (that) place etc’
alua-naa toli	alua-naː toli	‘stand waiting, wait on the spot’
alua-nat	alua-nat	‘the (that) place etc’
aluku	aluku	‘smut, snarl’
ālun	aːlun	‘falling off, which fall off’
alut	alut	‘rice-pounder’
amahune	amahune	‘come to grief, grief over’
amaka	amaka	‘meddle with’
amar(a) nanatana	amar(a) nanatana	‘more’
amaramara	amaramara	‘audacious, bold’
amaro	amaro	‘coire’
ame	ame	‘simpleton, dunce’
amin	amin	‘lice’
amir tihale	amir tihale	‘flap the wings’
amire	amire	‘sit on’
amir(i)	amir(i)	‘wing (of a bird), fin (of a fish)’
amisa	amisa	‘floor, bottom’
amono	amono	‘like, willing’
amore	amore	‘detest, abhor’
amore	amore	‘put down, send’
amseke	amseke	‘dirty, soiled, turbid (of liquids), dregs’
amseken	amseken	‘which (who) is dirty etc’
amsoru	amsoru	‘odour, smell’
amsorun	amsorun	‘smelling, which (who) smells’
amu	amu	‘body, contents, pit (of fruit), arrow of a blowgun, soul, life principle, piece (as a numerical classifier)’; ‘njawa buah’
amu he	amu he	‘not genuine, falsified’
amua	amua	‘poisonous snake’
amue	amue	‘smell at’
amuli	amuli	‘try to meet, intend to conclude an alliance with’
amutu	amutu	‘light up, illuminate with torches’
an	an	‘I, me, my’
an' no'o an'ka	anʔ noʔo anʔka	‘my family’
an'ka	anʔka	‘my elder brother etc’
an'kai	anʔkai	‘weaving-tool, spindle’
an'no'o an'ka	anʔnoʔo anʔka	‘my family’
āna	aːna	‘try, you had better..., please, just..., adhortative’; ‘tjoba’
ana'aje'e	anaʔajeʔe	‘swim with, take along swimming’
anadane	anaʈane	‘allow, accept’
anaje	anaje	‘try, try to get, fetch, look for, guess at’
ananaje	ananaje	‘continually, always, trying to get’
ananajēne	ananajeːne	‘livelihood, means of subsistence’
ananenen he	ananenen he	‘certain, not to be doubted’
anan-suisuile	anan-suisuile	‘going to wander about looking for’
anate	anate	‘stand on’
ane	ane	‘inform, news, tidings’
ānederemu	aːneʈeremu	‘trust, believe in, hope’
ānederemun(u)	aːneʈeremun(u)	‘trusting, believing in, who believes etc., trust, hope’
anene	anene	‘suppose, presume’
anenen	anenen	‘rumour’
ani	ani	‘I, me, my’
āni	aːni	‘exist, present, goods, property, possess, own, pregnant (of human beings and animals)’
āni	aːni	‘wanted, necessary, requisite’
aniare	aniare	‘act badly towards, ill-treat’
anii	aniː	‘pierce, perforate’
aninawali	aninawali	‘neglect, keep not in repair’
anīre	aniːre	‘wait for’
anisa hanate	anisa hanate	‘have pity on, etc’
anita'a	anitaʔa	‘towards me, from me’
ano'orhanawe	anoʔorhanawe	‘charge with, instruct to’
anri	anri	‘I’
anta	anta	‘I’
anta'an	antaʔan	‘mine’
ante	ante	‘I’
ante akirakira	ante akirakira	‘in my opinion’
ante ue na(n)isahanate	ante ue na(n)isahanate	‘I have mercy upon him’
anuhule	anuhule	‘lick’
anumanaware	anumanaware	‘hope, hopeful’
anumanaware he	anumanaware he	‘despair, hopeless’
anunut(u)	anunut(u)	‘vanquish, overcome’
anuta	anuta	‘descend on, come down on’
anut(u)	anut(u)	‘I’
ap(i)	ap(i)	‘together’
ap(i)	ap(i)	‘we (incl.), us, our’
apra	apra	‘one of two sides, half’
apra apra	apra apra	‘on either side, mutually’
apra'i	apraʔi	‘next to, beside’
apranin	apranin	‘next to, beside’
aprasmata	aprasmata	‘coin of the value of two and a half guilders’; ‘rijksdaalder’
apri	apri	‘we (incl.)’
apta'an	aptaʔan	‘ours (incl.)’
apte	apte	‘we (incl.)’
apu	apu	‘snap, snatch at’
apu	apu	‘together’
apuai	apuai	‘in common’
apududūre	apuʈuʈuːre	‘rise together, all of them’
aput(u)	aput(u)	‘we (incl.)’
ar	ar	‘heat, hot’
ar'ra	arʔra	‘floor above the ground’
ara	ara	‘but if’
ara	ara	‘light, daylight, gleam, bright’
ara	ara	‘stem, trunk, tree, tail (as a numerical classifier referring to animals, especially cattle), origin’
ara	ara	‘under, underneath, down (verbal prefix, postposition and adverb)’
ara he	ara he	‘dark, turbid, dim, dull, sour, angry (of the face)’
ara larin(i) lolo	ara larin(i) lolo	‘narration’
ara'uare	araʔuare	‘jump down, fall down’
ara'ume	araʔume	‘mention, pronounce, decide’
ara... nara	ara... nara	‘but if’
ara... peenara	ara... peːnara	‘but if’
araene	araene	‘refuse, unwilling, allow not, decline’
araha-kane	araha-kane	‘staying below in the harbour, in the harbour underneath’
arahale	arahale	‘stick, cleave on’
arahalse	arahalse	‘being anchored, drop anchor below in the harbour’
arahane	arahane	‘pointing downwards’
arahutrau	arahutrau	‘fling, throw down (patiens singular)’
arakailese	arakailese	‘throw, fling down (patiens plur.)’
arakaure	arakaure	‘pick up from the ground’
arakono	arakono	‘pick up and take down’
arakrake	arakrake	‘lie in wait for, spy upon’
arakrake	arakrake	‘search through, ransack’
aralaku	aralaku	‘water-fall, rapid’
aralare	aralare	‘tread down, push down with one's feet’
arālene	araːlene	‘throw down’
aralure	aralure	‘brush down’
arama	arama	‘shut with a prop, put on (a headdress)’
aramain	aramain	‘first, who begins’
aran	aran	‘glitter, gleam, sparkle’
aran(a)	aran(a)	‘charcoal, blaze, glow’
aranahe	aranahe	‘retract a promise, back out of, fulfil not’
aranajau(e)le	aranajau(e)le	‘grumble to, scold, meddle with’
araname	araname	‘take down, lower’
aranani	aranani	‘keep watch over’
aranasi	aranasi	‘look down’
arani	arani	‘underneath, down, below’
aranihile	aranihile	‘fly low (almost touching the water or the ground), sweep’
aranin(i)	aranin(i)	‘what (who) is underneath’
aranoure	aranoure	‘drive down, chase down’
arapa	arapa	‘burn’
arapale he	arapale he	‘retract a promise, back out of, keep not, fulfil not’
araraene	araraene	‘refuse absolutely, entirely unwilling’
ararake	ararake	‘look down’
araruale	araruale	‘erect, let down, put down’
arasaike	arasaike	‘throw down, fling down (patiens plur.)’
arasaure	arasaure	‘whine to get something (of children)’
arasuhale	arasuhale	‘pour out, pour down’
arasure	arasure	‘let down’
aratore	aratore	‘orange-coloured’
aratrene	aratrene	‘show (to)’
arau	arau	‘yellow, orange’
arawai	arawai	‘foot of a mountain’
āre	aːre	‘herd, feed (cattle)’
aria	aria	‘illness, disease’
āria	aːria	‘feeding, herding of cattle’
arien	arien	‘lamentation, ceremonial bemoaning’
arien pai	arien pai	‘lament, bemoan’
arina	arina	‘light, set fire to’
aroli	aroli	‘wait for, await’
aru	aru	‘vulva’
aruale	aruale	‘stick between, put in between’
arula	arula	‘let loose, let go, give up’
aruma	aruma	‘needle’
arus(u)	arus(u)	‘favourable (of the wind)’
asa	asa	‘fowl’
asa adahoko	asa aʈahoko	‘shoot fowl with a blow-gun’
asa amin	asa amin	‘body-lice’
asa iakupa	asa iakupa	‘bird's toe’
asa ihihilana	asa ihihilana	‘loquacious loiterer’
asa lōno	asa loːno	‘sacrificial fowl’
asa panar	asa panar	‘hen’
asa taraleu	asa taraleu	‘cock’
asah	asah	‘leaf’
asah uhan etun	asah uhan etun	‘foliage, various kinds of leaves’
asah uhuhan	asah uhuhan	‘foliage, various kinds of leaves’
asaike	asaike	‘strew on, sow on etc’
asajapal	asajapal	‘penthouse, shed’
asakila	asakila	‘grasshopper’
asasa	asasa	‘butterfly’
asaure	asaure	‘weep over, bemoan’
asawari	asawari	‘artificial nest for hens to lay eggs in’
āse	aːse	‘rough, rude’
ashe	ashe	‘round about, moving around’
asi	asi	‘obtain, acquire’
asi	asi	‘see, look’
asile	asile	‘to, towards’
asilene	asilene	‘speak to’
asinana	asinana	‘seen’
asinana	asinana	‘what has been acquired’
asin(i)	asin(i)	‘who acquires, acquiring’
asin(i)	asin(i)	‘who sees, seeing’
asir	asir	‘salt’
asir me āni	asir me aːni	‘salt’
asirana	asirana	‘salted’
asise	asise	‘able to, capable to’
asohone	asohone	‘snarl, snub at, speak rudely to’
asrana	asrana	‘spread, propagate (of plants)’
asu	asu	‘completely, all of them together’
asuhale	asuhale	‘pour on’
asura	asura	‘invite, invite to’
atan uma waruan	atan uma waruan	‘third caste’
atan(a)	atan(a)	‘servant, slave’
atarana	atarana	‘chopped, cut up’
atare	atare	‘chop, cut up’
atarihale	atarihale	‘box on the ear’
atarlere	atarlere	‘struck (on the ear)’
atartihale	atartihale	‘box on the ear’
atasia	atasia	‘leaves’
atasia raarajana	atasia raːrajana	‘vegetables’
ate	ate	‘you (sing.)’
ato	ato	‘see to’
atu	atu	‘belly, intestines, excrement’
atu	atu	‘you (sing)’
atu aalamana	atu aːlamana	‘intestines’
atu aun naware he	atu aun naware he	‘he is utterly stupid’
atu nāni	atu naːni	‘is in the womb’
atu naua nauan	atu naua nauan	‘glutton’
atu tapmodo	atu tapmoʈo	‘intestines’
atutap(u)modo	atutap(u)moʈo	‘intestines’
atutitilhai	atutitilhai	‘treason, treacherous, cruel, hard-hearted, bloodthirsty’
atutitillukun	atutitillukun	‘slanderer’
atuwele naataru	atuwele naːtaru	‘livelihood’
aua	aua	‘penis’
auakete	auakete	‘penis’
auana	auana	‘plank, board, bench’
auana rante	auana rante	‘loose board or plank in a boat’
auana talat	auana talat	‘loose board or plank in a boat’
auhere	auhere	‘stern-board, stern-rim’
aukohil	aukohil	‘ink-fish’
aumani	aumani	‘capoc’
aun	aun	‘one, certain, some (sing.)’
auni	auni	‘one, certain, some (sing.)’
aunie	aunie	‘one’
aunio uhe	aunio uhe	‘not a single one’
aunu	aunu	‘one, certain, some (sing.)’
auoro	auoro	‘strew, sow, squander’
awa-jama'i	awa-jamaʔi	‘hang up over (clothes and suchlike, to be dried)’
awaluru	awaluru	‘angry with, snarl at’
awaria	awaria	‘scorpion’
aweana pai	aweana pai	‘salute, greet’
awen(e)	awen(e)	‘place’
aweru	aweru	‘irrigate, drench’
aweu	aweu	‘salute, greet, take leave, greetings’
aworo	aworo	‘strew, sow, squander’
aworon(o)	aworon(o)	‘seed (sown)’
bolsak	bolsak	‘mattress’
boro	boro	‘drilling-implement’
da'uru	ʈaʔuru	‘window’
da'uru utnatiran	ʈaʔuru utnatiran	‘grate, bar’
dadan	ʈaʈan	‘layer, story of a house’
dadare	ʈaʈare	‘strike, hit’
dadila	ʈaʈila	‘gong’
dain(i)	ʈain(i)	‘flint’
dain(i)	ʈain(i)	‘last night’
dāje	ʈaːje	‘kick’
dala	ʈala	‘casting-net’
dala pai	ʈala pai	‘fish with a casting-net’
dān	ʈaːn	‘take care of’
danare	ʈanare	‘greedy, gluttonous’
danas	ʈanas	‘dance (like Europeans)’
dānu	ʈaːnu	‘trail (of plants), spread, multiply (also of human beings)’
dapuru	ʈapuru	‘cooking-place’
daran	ʈaran	‘layer, story of a house’
daran	ʈaran	‘mountain, rock’
daran oowaru	ʈaran oːwaru	‘civet-cat’
darane	ʈarane	‘broil, roast’
dari	ʈari	‘army, followers’
dari	ʈari	‘net’
darjee	ʈarjeː	‘touch’
dau	ʈau	‘dish, plate, saucer’
dau	ʈau	‘head’
dau alu-ana	ʈau alu-ana	‘plate depository or receptacle’
dau manpia	ʈau manpia	‘shallow bowl’
dau pain(i) hū pain(i)	ʈau pain(i) huː pain(i)	‘who makes plates and jars (the Creator)’
dawar	ʈawar	‘rude, impertinent, scoundrel’
dawartaan	ʈawartaːn	‘rudeness etc’
dede	ʈeʈe	‘plant-louse’
dedelawa	ʈeʈelawa	‘plant-louse’
dedem	ʈeʈem	‘dark, night’
dedemana	ʈeʈemana	‘what is dark, darkness, night’
dedemanahe	ʈeʈemanahe	‘evening (not yet night)’
deida	ʈeiʈa	‘grumble (of angry people)’
dele	ʈele	‘maize’
derderu	ʈerʈeru	‘call, shout continually, repeatedly’
derderun(u)	ʈerʈerun(u)	‘who calls continually, shouting continually etc’
derderun(u) itaaruale	ʈerʈerun(u) itaːruale	‘shouting continually to each other’
deren	ʈeren	‘group of people who are working a garden together’
deren pai raka pai	ʈeren pai raka pai	‘associate to work a garden’
deru	ʈeru	‘call, shout’
dida	ʈiʈa	‘pick, cull, take down (fruit, leaves, flowers)’
didke	ʈiʈke	‘order, command’
didke	ʈiʈke	‘winnow (of rice)’
didke kasaru	ʈiʈke kasaru	‘order, command’
diku	ʈiku	‘deaf’
dila	ʈila	‘frog, toad’
dindin'kana	ʈinʈinʔkana	‘who (which, what) is small’
dindin'ke	ʈinʈinʔke	‘small’
doit	ʈoit	‘cent, copper’
doldol(i)	ʈolʈol(i)	‘very little’
dol(i)	ʈol(i)	‘little’
doli mēmē	ʈoli meːmeː	‘pick up one by one (as birds do)’
domin	ʈomin	‘Protestant missionary’
domor	ʈomor	‘Southern-Cross, cross-shaped implement for winding up yarn’
dor na umu pee	ʈor na umu peː	‘famished’
dōre	ʈoːre	‘hungry, hunger’
dorke	ʈorke	‘ask’
doro	ʈoro	‘spear, lance’
dōro	ʈoːro	‘hungry, hunger’
doro loor(o)	ʈoro loːr(o)	‘weapons’
doro me uare	ʈoro me uare	‘stab with a spear or lance’
dor(o)naware	ʈor(o)naware	‘hunger, hungry’
doure	ʈoure	‘root only used with prefixes’
du'u	ʈuʔu	‘throw down, miscarry (a child)’
dudu	ʈuʈu	‘bamboo’
dudūre	ʈuʈuːre	‘rising-time’
dudūre he	ʈuʈuːre he	‘languish, ailing’
dula	ʈula	‘completely, complete, ready, finished’
dulahai	ʈulahai	‘finish’
dulana	ʈulana	‘knot in a piece of string or suchlike’
dularitlene	ʈularitlene	‘quite dry, properly dry’
dule	ʈule	‘tie firmly (so that it cannot be loosened)’
dūre	ʈuːre	‘rise (from sleep)’

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OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

de Josselin de Jong (1937): Woirata

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