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Elmberg (1968a): Maybrat

Original citation: Elmberg, John-Erik. 1968. Balance and circulation: aspects of tradition and change among the Mejprat of Irian Barat. Stockholm: Ethnographical Museum of Sweden.

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Headword	IPA	Glosses
-a	-a	‘nearness, what?’
-ä	-e	‘empty’
a	a	‘certain, in to, of, for, liana, slender stem, "rope" (descent unit)’
aäro	aero	‘ventral fin’
ach	ax	‘frog’
afá	aˈɸa	‘giant nettle, mango’
afä	aɸe	‘not yet’
afan	aɸan	‘tree grub’
afi	aɸi	‘leaf of sago-palm’
afo	aɸo	‘precise, at once’
air	air	‘dove’
aj	aj	‘yes, couple, two, water, river’
aj mómo	aj ˈmomo	‘most distant (of two), outermost’
ajn	ajn	‘drum’
ajó	aˈjo	‘where?’
ajt	ajt	‘he, him’
aju	aju	‘sun’
ajuóch	ajuˈox	‘cloud’
äk	ek	‘hen of the yellow bird of paradise’
aká	aˈka	‘wind-screen, consisting of sloping roof, house on a swidden’
aká remó	aˈka reˈmo	‘house for mother and newborn child whose walls of remó-leaves are supposed to make the child "fat"’
akar	akar	‘bark-cloth for women’
akiar	akiar	‘banyan-tree, various Ficus species’
akin	akin	‘tinder (of banana-leaves or sugar-palm)’
ako	ako	‘hole, opening, cave’
akoch	akox	‘crocodile, turtle’
akum	akum	‘honey-bee’
aku(n)	aku(n)	‘something growing, still small, “feast”’
am	am	‘rain-hood’
äm	em	‘tunnel (ceremonial language) (terminated 1 6 1967)’
am metús	am meˈtus	‘embroidered "pocket-book" of pandanus-leaves for men’
amot	amot	‘gift, present, “interest”’
ampar	ampar	‘scaffolding, grating (to sleep on)’
amu	amu	‘we, us’
amúr	aˈmur	‘darkness’
an	an	‘fat, fertile, hot, female force, narrow’
ana	ana	‘fence, something intertwined’
ani	ani	‘cord’
anja	anja	‘each other’
ano	ano	‘bitter, sharp, female’
anu	anu	‘you (plural)’
aót	ˈaot	‘spittle’
apách	aˈpax	‘edible fungus’
apán	aˈpan	‘snake’
apát	aˈpat	‘cleared path or place’
api	api	‘mother (dema)’
apit	apit	‘banana’
apu	apu	‘bush-knife’
apuk	apuk	‘lizard’
apúo	aˈpuo	‘fog’
ara	ara	‘tree, curdle, little (out of diverse kinds)’
ara komik	ara komik	‘(tobacco-) pipe’
ara mará	ara maˈra	‘tree-trunk’
ara n'so	ara nso	‘cleft stick’
ara täkóf	ara teˈkoɸ	‘forked poles upon which floor of house rests’
ara tepis	ara tepis	‘sticks used as basis for floor-weave’
aran	aran	‘nuclear family, small work-group, only’
arin	arin	‘far away, place outside speaker's own region’
arir	arir	‘main post supporting the roof of a feast house’
arit	arit	‘certain kingfisher, bird form of energy’
arnú	arˈnu	‘post in a feast house’
aro	aro	‘anything at all, little’
aru mon	aru mon	‘black pigment’
arur	arur	‘"the meeting place" (a pattern on textiles; bark cloth and on pandanus products)’
arus	arus	‘tree, its edible leaves’; ‘Gnetum gnemon’
as	as	‘humidity, sap’
asám	aˈsam	‘sugar-cane’
ase	ase	‘big, what makes big’
aser	aser	‘drying rack above fireplace’
asi	asi	‘collection’
asia	asia	‘ring of rolled lianas, (target for spear-throwers)’
aso	aso	‘digging stick’
at	at	‘food, creation’
atá	aˈta	‘crayfish, tail (?), down the river, left side’
atáf	aˈtaɸ	‘iron-wood, backbone’
ate	ate	‘spear’
ati	ati	‘planter, founder, chief, superior’
atiät	atiet	‘body killed by spear ("dema food")’
atif	atiɸ	‘species of kangaroo’
atin	atin	‘ear-ring pendant’
ato	ato	‘what attracts’
aton	aton	‘cloud of breath’
atu	atu	‘hill where the Tu-dema lives, fire-tongs, fork for eating sago’
áu	ˈau	‘down in the earth, under’
aw	aw	‘she, her, it’
awájt	aˈwajt	‘mango-fruit’
awáw	aˈwaw	‘blackened’
awé	aˈwe	‘who?, slave’
awf	awɸ	‘sago flour, sometimes used also for sago porridge, semen’
awi	awi	‘(connected with) two’
awiak	awiak	‘taro’
awiét	awiˈet	‘pandanus-fruit, large fruit, white cockatoo’
awiét tach	awiˈet tax	‘pandaus leaf’
awm	awm	‘(bone-)dagger, sharp awl’
awo	awo	‘which?’
awt	awt	‘steep hill, mountain’
cf nana	cɸ nana	‘head’
cha	xa	‘male, cold force, active, cooling, taro-stalking, ghost, right’
chä	xe	‘secret knowledge’
cha chapák	xa xaˈpak	‘tern (bird)’
cha ferir	xa ɸerir	‘tree with phosphorescent light (prob. fungi)’
cha ferúr	xa ɸeˈrur	‘"red spirit" active at Uon-initiation’
cha joch	xa jox	‘bush carrying raspberry-like fruit’
cha m'pa	xa mpa	‘gong’
cha nána	xa ˈnana	‘skull’
cha riéf	xa riˈeɸ	‘aromatic oil’; ‘massoi, kulit lawang’
cha rif	xa riɸ	‘aromatic oil’; ‘massoi, kulit lawang’
cha serä	xa sere	‘hungry’
chach	xax	‘help’
chafot	xaɸot	‘wooden fork supporting home’
chafra	xaɸra	‘spirit-stone, magic stone’
chaj	xaj	‘corpse, funeral feast’
chajách	xaˈjax	‘different, cough, ghost that enters sleeping people and talks through them’
chajáw	xaˈjaw	‘ginger’
chaji	xaji	‘whence?’
cham	xam	‘ache’
chamit	xamit	‘snake (dema)’
chamoch	xamox	‘warm ashes’
chaniách	xaniˈax	‘snore’
chapach ejok	xapax ejok	‘seven’
chapach sow	xapax sow	‘six’
chapach tiét	xapax tiˈet	‘nine’
chapach tuf	xapax tuɸ	‘eight’
chapan	xapan	‘bead, necklace’
chapat	xapat	‘swingle’
chapis	xapis	‘cut to pieces’
chapit chari	xapit xari	‘feast at which the navel of a newborn infant is anointed with massoi-juice’
chapu	xapu	‘spirit in shape of animal (that warns with cry)’
char	xar	‘pandanus-palm (dema)’
chará	xaˈra	‘pound, crush’
charä nefit	xare neɸit	‘ashamed, bashful’
chará watā	xaˈra watā	‘butterfly’
charát	xaˈrat	‘exchange gift present on occasion of decease, pay fines’
charé	xaˈre	‘sit’
chareá	xareˈa	‘wait’
charén	xaˈren	‘tail, buttock, vagina, bottom’
charén atách	xaˈren aˈtax	‘hams’
charen mes	xaren mes	‘menstruation’
chari	xari	‘pinch, stimulate, bark, bark-cloth, massoi-bark and -juice’
charios	xarios	‘creeper (given to pregnant woman as medicine)’
charir	xarir	‘scratch (oneself)’
charis	xaris	‘viginal interior, regional tunnel’
charit	xarit	‘house built in a tree’
charit ruian	xarit ruian	‘square guard-house on poles, without bark walls’
charóf	xaˈroɸ	‘skilful’
charók	xaˈrok	‘bird’
charópit	xaˈropit	‘navel’
charowo	xarowo	‘tired’
chas	xas	‘bundle (particularly of bast or bark-cloth)’
chasá	xaˈsa	‘coastal people, language in Kokas’
chat	xat	‘notice, know, tattooing’
chatä	xate	‘lice’
chatám	xaˈtam	‘mould for planting’
chatam ara	xatam ara	‘cultivated plant’; ‘Saccharum edule’
chaúm	ˈxaum	‘dagger of cassowary bone’
chaw	xaw	‘bush with heart-shaped leaves, violet underneath (grown in swiddens for magic protection)’
chawe	xawe	‘will’
chawe m'poch	xawe mpox	‘lazy, slow’
chawerék	xaweˈrek	‘bamboo mug for palm-wine’
chawés	xaˈwes	‘certain birds, associated with stars’
che	xe	‘sudden, surprise’
cheréch	xeˈrex	‘thick’
cheróch	xeˈrox	‘hole, gap’
cherók	xeˈrok	‘repay, return’
chi	xi	‘agathis resin ("copal")’
chian	xian	‘capal torch’
china	xina	‘kind of sweet potato, species of bamboo’
cho	xo	‘obstacle, vigorous, mountainous country, area of river's source, superior, high, right (side), bride-giver’
cho fuok	xo ɸuok	‘bird of prey (yellow-brown; large)’
cho wor	xo wor	‘"the warm tunnel", certain pattern’
choch	xox	‘breathe heavily’
choch	xox	‘large species of crane (grey-brown)’
chocho	xoxo	‘valley’
chom	xom	‘ghost returning to Tu’
chos	xos	‘species of crane (grey-brown on top; white belly; smaller)’
chowej	xowej	‘steep’
chu	xu	‘sojourn, dwell, possess’
chuwá	xuˈwa	‘stay on, whisper’
chuwiak	xuwiak	‘navel feast, birth feast’
chuwiat	xuwiat	‘birth-gift’
-e	-e	‘exhortation to act’
e	e	‘and’
ej	ej	‘a "pair", together’
ejók	eˈjok	‘two’
fa	ɸa	‘grass, turf, "bride-giver", hindrance, difficulty’
fä	ɸe	‘not, or’
faís	ˈɸais	‘stuff into, block’
faj	ɸaj	‘woman (with honorific meaning), mother, wife’
faj awf	ɸaj awɸ	‘yolk of egg’
fakan	ɸakan	‘grindstone (small)’
faket	ɸaket	‘to split (wood)’
faket	ɸaket	‘torch, wood for making spears’
famu	ɸamu	‘thigh’
fan	ɸan	‘birth-gift’
fané	ɸaˈne	‘pig’
fanés	ɸaˈnes	‘heavy’
fapu	ɸapu	‘"hidden poison" causing disease’
fapuk	ɸapuk	‘grass used to close fish-traps’
far	ɸar	‘behind very ancient’
farat	ɸarat	‘hornbill bird’
fari	ɸari	‘far away, staying behind’
farir	ɸarir	‘tended tree, used for ceremonial house building (dema), underworld’
faris	ɸaris	‘without end, still’
farók	ɸaˈrok	‘bird-shaped scoop (for palm-wine)’
fat	ɸat	‘open up, make a clearing, fell tree’
fatej	ɸatej	‘tree (in which edible beetle-grub flourish)’
faw	ɸaw	‘thrust something on someone, give generously’
fefif	ɸeɸiɸ	‘cicada’
feják	ɸeˈjak	‘"warm", initial gift of an exchange, claim’
feján	ɸeˈjan	‘outr bark-cloth (of attire)’
fejit	ɸejit	‘a dema tree’; ‘Gnetum gnemon’
fejn	ɸejn	‘eager, unmarried young woman’
fejtát	ɸejˈtat	‘sacrificial table to ghost of recently deceased person’
fen	ɸen	‘perfect’
fenák	ɸeˈnak	‘draw a blow’
feni	ɸeni	‘use black wax in the hair (then one sees spirits)’
fenie	ɸenie	‘woman’
fenié	ɸeniˈe	‘woman’
fenin fejn	ɸenin ɸejn	‘careless’
fenit	ɸenit	‘standard of comparison myth’
fenjá	ɸenˈja	‘woman’
fenja masis	ɸenja masis	‘woman bears children’
fenjá mechár	ɸenˈja meˈxar	‘female expert of initiation and pregnancy’
fenóm	ɸeˈnom	‘to plane with bush-knife’
ferir	ɸerir	‘dissolve’
ferú	ɸeˈru	‘fly (of bird), blow out, spit out’
ferús	ɸeˈrus	‘spit out as offering’
fesá	ɸeˈsa	‘crocodile tooth’
fetách ewok	ɸeˈtax ewok	‘two halves’
fetiách	ɸetiˈax	‘day after tomorrow’
fi	ɸi	‘scent (in hunting), pungent smell, cause’
fiáf	ɸiˈaɸ	‘yellow’
fiam	ɸiam	‘riverine sheath fish’; ‘ikan sembilan’
fiji	ɸiji	‘in or by what way, how, whence’
finfién	ɸinɸiˈen	‘thin’
fini	ɸini	‘regional dema’
fini mikär	ɸini miker	‘house for initiation of women’
fini mikär	ɸini miker	‘initiation of girls’
fiok	ɸiok	‘sneeze’
fit	ɸit	‘biting burning (of taste and smell)’
fitó	ɸiˈto	‘"hot" magic, to use "hot" magic’
fo	ɸo	‘derris-root, plant-poison for catching fish, poison’
fo	ɸo	‘green’
fo	ɸo	‘here, now, will’
foch	ɸox	‘spreading heat’
fokó	ɸoˈko	‘angry’
fon	ɸon	‘thread of gnemon-bast, string, snare’
fos	ɸos	‘wind, assault, shudder (subst.)’
fot	ɸot	‘catch’
fotá	ɸoˈta	‘poison’
fra	ɸra	‘stone, gravel’
frä	ɸre	‘sacred object (hard)’
fra semát	ɸra seˈmat	‘steam-bath with heated stones’
fu	ɸu	‘sacred cave’
fujá	ɸuˈja	‘Coléus nettle for fertility magic’
fum am	ɸum am	‘fill rain-hood (am) with taro’
fun	ɸun	‘secondary funeral (bones deposited in a cave)’
futióch	ɸutiˈox	‘bark-cloth from bast of gnemon-tree (also sewn on bags or used as carrying strap)’
-i	-i	‘beside’
i	i	‘ant's egg, fish roe’
iaf	iaɸ	‘serious wound’
ifó	iˈɸo	‘to-day, now’
ik	ik	‘hen of the bird of paradise’
ikor	ikor	‘patch (on cloth)’
in	in	‘male form of dema, wind from the under-wood, monsoon wind’
ipon	ipon	‘salt ash of leaves’
ir	ir	‘trace, mark left’
is	is	‘path, yesterday’
is rois	is rois	‘day before yesterday’
isách	iˈsax	‘line, stroke’
iserá	iseˈra	‘cave’
isi	isi	‘with, together with’
isia	isia	‘hunt with dog’
isó	iˈso	‘distance, long way’
itá	iˈta	‘dry’
itú	iˈtu	‘sharp’
iwiak	iwiak	‘spider (edible)’
jak	jak	‘open’
jam	jam	‘untouched woods (on plain ground)’
jaroch	jarox	‘light, free from clouds’
jaw	jaw	‘lower, nether, western or northern’
je	je	‘again, further’
ji	ji	‘thither, whither’
jir	jir	‘imprint’
jokom	jokom	‘expert at initiation’
jow	jow	‘lower, nether, western or northern’
jowen	jowen	‘expert at initiation’
ju	ju	‘string bag, bag, opossum-pouch, vagina, woman, belt’
juoch	juox	‘grub colony, (unorganized?) group, batch’
kä	ke	‘hollow’
kach	kax	‘heap of leaves on swidden, clear for cultivation’
kain	kain	‘pandanus-leaf’
kaják	kaˈjak	‘pit, pitfall covered with branches’
kajér	kaˈjer	‘bad’
kaji	kaji	‘why’
kajiók	kajiˈok	‘eat berries’
kajs	kajs	‘thigh’
kajt	kajt	‘to him’
kak	kak	‘opossum (collective), pig’
kakáj	kaˈkaj	‘owl’
kake	kake	‘composite fruit, bunch of jambos, fruit from raspberry cane’
kaket	kaket	‘right, true’
kan	kan	‘fire’
kana	kana	‘to them’
kanak	kanak	‘tjempedak-tree (variety of nanka)’
kanam	kanam	‘cooled’
kanés	kaˈnes	‘comb, elaborately carved’
kanif	kaniɸ	‘bush with strong-smelling leaves’
kanit	kanit	‘croak’
kapán	kaˈpan	‘eel’
kapéjr	kaˈpejr	‘certain area, lot’
kapejr sow	kapejr sow	‘commonality of status’
kapes	kapes	‘ghost’
kapum	kapum	‘scar-tattooing’
kar	kar	‘heart (ceremonial language)’
kär	ker	‘attaching, engaging’
kär	ker	‘attaching’
karát	kaˈrat	‘tinder-box’
karef	kareɸ	‘arrow’
karek	karek	‘carry something hanging on a pole’
karok	karok	‘bi-coloured bird (dema form)’
karom	karom	‘bamboo, spoon’
karów	kaˈrow	‘kind of ground kangaroo’
karú	kaˈru	‘stroke (person or object) so that force is transmitted’
karus	karus	‘gnemon wood or tree’
kas	kas	‘sucking’
kasir	kasir	‘tree with needle-like leaves (Casuarina?)’
kat	kat	‘dry (e.g. of leaves)’
katán	kaˈtan	‘"circumcise", sever’
katán po kiá	kaˈtan po kiˈa	‘sever body-cord of deceased person’
katar	katar	‘carry something on pole, "springy tree", resilient pole under dancehouse, erection (of penis)’; ‘pikul’
katum	katum	‘tassel or braid of bast, armlet’
kaw	kaw	‘certain plant’
kaw	kaw	‘to her’
kawék	kaˈwek	‘smaller, little’
kawia	kawia	‘bush turkey, bush hen’; ‘maleo’; ‘Megapodius’
kawiak	kawiak	‘certain tree’
kawian	kawian	‘flesh’
kawiat	kawiat	‘grasp with the foot’
kawor	kawor	‘slave’
kaws	kaws	‘mouse, rat’
ke	ke	‘fruit, result’
kejr	kejr	‘poor, bad’
kejt	kejt	‘cover, stop, hug, choke, finally’
kek	kek	‘red, little child, certain poison’
kemik	kemik	‘swollen form’
kemúk	keˈmuk	‘use leaves, sponge with hot leaves’
kemúr	keˈmur	‘used the hand as a rake’
kená	keˈna	‘sacred story’
kenár	keˈnar	‘separate’
kenenä	kenene	‘beside, near but higher up’
keni aj	keni aj	‘swim’
kení(o)	keˈni(o)	‘to thee’
kenit	kenit	‘guiding principle (expressed in myths)’
kenó	keˈno	‘antidote for "red poison"’
kenó po makek	keˈno po makek	‘name of an armlet in three colours’
kenú	keˈnu	‘angry, aggressive’
kepaj	kepaj	‘crab, sea-weed’
kepé	keˈpe	‘consequence, advantage for, forced, emphasizes words immediately following’
kepék	keˈpek	‘shoulder’
kepenáf	kepeˈnaɸ	‘ceremonial gift of taro stalks’
kepét	keˈpet	‘little’
kepór	keˈpor	‘back of body’
kepúm	keˈpum	‘small zig-zag lines (a pattern)’
ker	ker	‘hanging (intrans), hovering’
kerä	kere	‘spray (from bush; tree), house where mother and child stay after the birth’
kerás	keˈras	‘beaten, hammered out’
kerén	keˈren	‘finger’
kerit	kerit	‘small part torn off’
kes	kes	‘sound, word’
kesók	keˈsok	‘will’
kespó	kesˈpo	‘speak of something’
kiá	kiˈa	‘small part, small fruit’
kiés	kiˈes	‘narrate (trans.?)’
kijám	kiˈjam	‘have fever’
kiné	kiˈne	‘little boy’
kinjá	kinˈja	‘little girl’
kir	kir	‘attaching, engaging’
kir-kir	kir-kir	‘yellow flower of bush, (girls apply to brow and cheeks to attract attention)’
kit	kit	‘bast, bark-cloth, protection’
ko	ko	‘wood adapted by shape or quality for human use’
koch	kox	‘magic means, certain tree the underworld’
kofa	koɸa	‘wood for the bow, pinang wood’
kokók	koˈkok	‘domesticated hen’
komo	komo	‘hot, excited, angry’
komuk	komuk	‘whip penis with warm leaves, bachelor’
kon	kon	‘scrotum’
kopór	koˈpor	‘trunk (of body)’
kor	kor	‘patch, darn, mesh, fishing net, landing net’
koro	koro	‘follow (after)’
koru	koru	‘swing (subst.)’
kosi	kosi	‘container, gourd, bottle’
kowe	kowe	‘fern-tree (with sparse; straight leaves)’
krä	kre	‘spray (from bush; tree), house where mother and child stay after the birth’
krä natach	kre natax	‘buttocks’
kräk	krek	‘arm-pit, hollow’
krät	kret	‘morsel of food (used as poison against former owner)’
krek	krek	‘carry something hanging on a pole’
krem	krem	‘finger’
krikri	krikri	‘constantly’
krok	krok	‘bird’
krom	krom	‘bamboo, spoon’
krompi	krompi	‘bambo cither’
ku	ku	‘addition, sprout, small, child’
ku ano	ku ano	‘female child’
ku atio	ku atio	‘daughter (man speaking), son (woman speaking)’
ku awe	ku awe	‘slave’
ku kek	ku kek	‘small child (not yet initiated)’
ku mes	ku mes	‘small baby’
ku semä	ku seme	‘male child, male person’
kum	kum	‘bee’
kupe	kupe	‘father's sister's son (woman speaking)’
kur	kur	‘keep sharp lock-out’
kur safa	kur saɸa	‘round shell ornament with hole in middle, "warns against attack"’
kus	kus	‘burning’
m'fä	mɸe	‘not yet’
m'pa	mpa	‘of opposite moiety’
m'pawá	mpaˈwa	‘"all right" (we'll leave it at that)’
m'pejf	mpejɸ	‘part’
m'pet	mpet	‘after, afterwards’
m'pit	mpit	‘navel, navel-string’
m'pit	mpit	‘navel’
m'pun	mpun	‘cassowary (as dema form)’
m'ruku	mruku	‘thunder rumbles’
ma	ma	‘not, and, to, until, along, at, she, woman’
mä	me	‘elevated, mountain-dweller, bride-giver’
mach	max	‘beginning, morning, opening present, something promised’
macháf	maˈxaɸ	‘pregnant’
macháj	maˈxaj	‘dead’
maf	maɸ	‘slaughter’
maf	maɸ	‘trunk (of body)’
mai sená	mai seˈna	‘snare’
maif	maiɸ	‘wing’
maja	maja	‘fluid, (to) run (of water)’
majn	majn	‘certain stones of origin’
majr	majr	‘root, main part, origin, host, land-owner’
majun	majun	‘dew’
mak	mak	‘morning, morning rain’
maká	maˈka	‘eyelid’
makär	maker	‘meagre, thin’
maké	maˈke	‘fruit’
makéjr	maˈkejr	‘bad’
makin	makin	‘many’
makit	makit	‘little, protégé’
mako	mako	‘vagina’
mako mes	mako mes	‘menstruation’
makor	makor	‘notch, notched ladder, system of meshes, net, catcher’
maku	maku	‘small’
mam	mam	‘living, warm’
mamos	mamos	‘stirring, alive, belonging to Mos (male dema form)’
mamuk	mamuk	‘end of a bow, staff etc’
man	man	‘sharp (of tool)’
män	men	‘later on, to-morrow, beautiful, good’
mana	mana	‘source, fruit (when grown from a planted seed)’
manä	mane	‘peripheral part of region’
manét	maˈnet	‘slippery, uncertain’
manis	manis	‘old’
manja	manja	‘friends and affinals’
mankit	mankit	‘wrist-protection of wood’
mano	mano	‘bitter, sour, uneatable’
mänoch	menox	‘"all good wishes"’
manse	manse	‘enormous’
mäntióch	mentiˈox	‘(words of) farewell "future trade meeting"’
manu	manu	‘banana shoot’
mapan	mapan	‘foot, sole’
mapi	mapi	‘experienced, adult’
mapo	mapo	‘piece’
mapof	mapoɸ	‘short, little, narrow’
mapos	mapos	‘rotten’
mapu	mapu	‘outermost, top’
mapuf	mapuɸ	‘consanguineal family, small but complete (form or group)’
mapuoch	mapuox	‘wild, raw, unpolished, hostile’
mará	maˈra	‘stem’
marák	maˈrak	‘absent, finished ready, bark, skin, shell’
marim	marim	‘tail-fin’
marit on	marit on	‘inter-regional exchange-meeting’
maru	maru	‘lake’
masá	maˈsa	‘opening, towards the river's mouth, coastal’
mase(j)	mase(j)	‘big, thick, broad’
masi	masi	‘collection, bundle, trace’
masik	masik	‘side (of object)’
masim	masim	‘colour’
masis	masis	‘breast, something swollen’
masis maku	masis maku	‘nipple’
masom	masom	‘name, wooded region’
masu	masu	‘innermost, inside, sweet taste’
masúsur	maˈsusur	‘pointed bamboo concealed on swidden to injure thieves’
matá	maˈta	‘blade, leaf’
mataj	mataj	‘bone (in the body)’
maták	maˈtak	‘strong, hard, strength’
matem	matem	‘spadix of the sugar-palm’
matiach	matiax	‘coitus’
matiáf	matiˈaɸ	‘yellow bird-of-paradise’
matioch	matiox	‘wall’
mató	maˈto	‘broad, wide, thorax, door-opening’
matót	maˈtot	‘filled’
maw	maw	‘butt, hind leg, aft (of canoe)’
mawat	mawat	‘very, much, most’
mawe	mawe	‘oracle’
mawf	mawɸ	‘egg, seed, stone (of a fruit)’
mawian	mawian	‘hair (of head; also body-hair)’
mawian	mawian	‘shadow’
mawn	mawn	‘razed to the ground’
mecháf	meˈxaɸ	‘pregnant, stomach, entrails, mood’
mechán	meˈxan	‘tree and its fruit, supplying red colour’; ‘Bixa orellana’
mechár	meˈxar	‘expert woman’
mechré kopór	mexˈre koˈpor	‘squat (verb)’
mechúr	meˈxur	‘suffering’
mefi	meɸi	‘here close by, this, near’
mefó	meˈɸo	‘hence’
mej	mej	‘breath, voice, language’
mejis	mejis	‘someone's way, wake (after canoe)’
mejn	mejn	‘fern-tree’
mejn	mejn	‘speech’
meká	meˈka	‘flexible, in order to’
mekák	meˈkak	‘end, finished, entirely’
mekär	meker	‘firmly tied’
mekát	meˈkat	‘dry’
mekék	meˈkek	‘red, poison’
mekó	meˈko	‘soft parts’
mekúk	meˈkuk	‘sweet potato’
memin	memin	‘brow ornament of mother-of-pearl’
memów	meˈmow	‘dumb’
mená	meˈna	‘regional group, members of which intermarry’
menán-och	meˈnan-ox	‘stop’
menátis	meˈnatis	‘stern of canoe’
mené	meˈne	‘where?’
menin	menin	‘enchanted, changed’
menis	menis	‘rotten, bad’
menit	menit	‘standard of comparison, myth of origin’
menjám	menˈjam	‘(thunder) dies away’
menó	meˈno	‘there’
menúk	meˈnuk	‘rake’
meó	meˈo	‘over there’
mer	mer	‘warming up, making friends’
merä	mere	‘free from prohibitions’
merán	meˈran	‘trace of something’
merän	meren	‘light, fair’
merár	meˈrar	‘lower jaw’
merät	meret	‘loose’
meri	meri	‘far away, in the distance’
merir	merir	‘lighting’
mes	mes	‘blood’
mesák	meˈsak	‘young’
mesán	meˈsan	‘adopted child’
meséj	meˈsej	‘only, exclusively, much’
meséjt	meˈsejt	‘alone’
mesi	mesi	‘brow-band with shells, faces’
mesó	meˈso	‘floating’
mesóf	meˈsoɸ	‘long poles (used in construction of houses)’
mesú	meˈsu	‘pleasant, beautiful (of taste; feelings)’
mesúf	meˈsuɸ	‘round (object)’
metá	meˈta	‘left hand’
metách	meˈtax	‘dog’
metáf	meˈtaɸ	‘mud’
metäk	metek	‘windfall (fruit)’
metár	meˈtar	‘big rain-hood’
metár	meˈtar	‘something extra fine’
metáw	meˈtaw	‘below’
metiách	metiˈax	‘right up to, all the way to’
metis	metis	‘what comes afterwards, late, lately imported goods’
metit	metit	‘narrow, confined’
metó	meˈto	‘there, thither, dwelling for a short time’
metóch	meˈtox	‘polished’
metów	meˈtow	‘under’
metúk	meˈtuk	‘deaf’
metúm	meˈtum	‘motherless piglet (found in the bush)’
mi	mi	‘long, high, tall’
miách	miˈax	‘low-lying meadowland, heath-like landscape (near lake with certain kind of grass; the name also refers to the grass)’
micháta	miˈxata	‘with legs apart’
mijá	miˈja	‘(coming) out of’
mik	mik	‘swelling’
mikär	miker	‘made attaching, charming’
miki	miki	‘additional wife’
mikit	mikit	‘drop’
min	min	‘paddle, padding’
min matá	min maˈta	‘paddle-blade’
misó	miˈso	‘half-way’
mo	mo	‘grasshopper’
moa	moa	‘butt, hind leg, aft (of canoe)’
moam	moam	‘along the outer edge’
moch	mox	‘dirty’
mof	moɸ	‘good, beautiful’
mofä	moɸe	‘creep’
moji	moji	‘whither?’
moju	moju	‘where?’
mokon	mokon	‘feeding a fire’
momo	momo	‘outermost, in the highest degree, early’
mon	mon	‘(female) knowledge, energy, purity’
mon aká	mon aˈka	‘pitcher-plant’; ‘Nepenthes’
mos	mos	‘water (dema), waves, fish-hook, pelting rain’
mos manse	mos manse	‘pelting rain’
moti	moti	‘threads round the head over the brow against headache’
mu	mu	‘hidden’
muf	muɸ	‘all, everybody’
muk	muk	‘staff, cudgel, support, penis’
muoch	muox	‘raw, crude, hostile’
mur	mur	‘darkness’
mus	mus	‘fire, conflagration’
musióch	musiˈox	‘ruined, injured by accident’
n'cha	nxa	‘"feel"’
n'chapo	nxapo	‘whistle’
n'chari	nxari	‘embroider patterns’
n'charir	nxarir	‘it itches’
n'cheró	nxeˈro	‘make dry’
n'cherók	nxeˈrok	‘compensate’
n'cho mun	nxo mun	‘pull up (e g taro)’
n'chorit	nxorit	‘invite to watch, invite’
n'fa	nɸa	‘hamper, do harm, obstruct’
n'faki	nɸaki	‘become numb’
n'fames	nɸames	‘becoming heavy’
n'farfar	nɸarɸar	‘distant male or female ancestor’
(n')faris	(n)ɸaris	‘not yet’
n'fejn	nɸejn	‘marry’
n'ferú	nɸeˈru	‘fling away’
n'fow	nɸow	‘thrust something on someone, give generously’
n'kajt	nkajt	‘dried up, (of leaves; branches)’
n'karek	nkarek	‘carry something tied to a pole’
n'karu	nkaru	‘rub (magically)’
n'kek	nkek	‘redden’
n'kemik	nkemik	‘swelling’
n'kemót	nkeˈmot	‘lead someone, observe, look after’
n'kerit	nkerit	‘soften’
n'kesóch	nkeˈsox	‘will (verb)’
n'ki	nki	‘make small, split’
n'kif	nkiɸ	‘bargain, moderate’
n'kom	nkom	‘decoration’
n'komo	nkomo	‘angry’
n'komo nenéjf	nkomo neˈnejɸ	‘angrily’
n'komók	nkoˈmok	‘germinate, grow’
n'kopot	nkopot	‘clitoris’
n'krek	nkrek	‘carry something tied to a pole’
n'kuk	nkuk	‘cry like a bird’
n'kuwiat	nkuwiat	‘item of exchange’
n'min	nmin	‘paddle (verb)’
n'pa	npa	‘opposite, strange’
n'pajer	npajer	‘allotment (soil)’
n'pam	npam	‘(way?) from’
n'pat	npat	‘blaze (of the sun)’
n'paw	npaw	‘forbidden dangerous’
n'peák	npeˈak	‘throw forwards’
n'pejt	npejt	‘half-grown’
n'peku	npeku	‘get children’
n'per	nper	‘initiate’
n'peri	nperi	‘increase’
n'perúr	npeˈrur	‘form a group’
n'peúf	npeˈuɸ	‘part’
n'pi	npi	‘insect laying eggs, fish spawning’
n'pin	npin	‘dull, used up, blunt’
n'pit	npit	‘break’
n'poch	npox	‘white’
n'pum	npum	‘polish up, tidy’
n'ririn	nririn	‘creep up on, stalk’
n'safa	nsaɸa	‘slaughter a pig, "sacrifice"’
n'sajam	nsajam	‘cut off, distribute, share’
n'saj(é)r	nsaj(ˈe)r	‘give someone his share’
n'saka	nsaka	‘meet attack, chase away evil influences, take care of, defend, protect’
n'saku	nsaku	‘marry (Karon; of the man)’
n'sapan	nsapan	‘shy’
n'sasi	nsasi	‘coming on, grow’
n'seká	nseˈka	‘meet, match’
n'sekó	nseˈko	‘remove feces from slaughtered animal’
n'semós	nseˈmos	‘smell (verb)’
n'sen	nsen	‘awake, arise’
n'senim	nsenim	‘man's relatives by manufacture (by magic)’
n'si	nsi	‘collect’
n'siaf	nsiaɸ	‘look after’
n'sifas	nsiɸas	‘repay’
n'sióf	nsiˈoɸ	‘steal’
n'susu	nsusu	‘push, nudge’
n'tach	ntax	‘dog’
n'tafuf	ntaɸuɸ	‘flower’
n'take	ntake	‘exchange’
n'takin	ntakin	‘bamboo bow’
n'tam	ntam	‘carry on one's arm’
n'tamách	ntaˈmax	‘consecrate hunting dog’
n'tan	ntan	‘lay out (fabris etc. in connection with exchange), respond’
n'tapo	ntapo	‘rot’
n'tará po ju	ntaˈra po ju	‘put down the cloth at first marriage exchange’
n'tarof	ntaroɸ	‘reckon rope descent’
n'tawe	ntawe	‘fish with bait tied to line’
n'tawók	ntaˈwok	‘enter a ground house’
n'tefá po	nteˈɸa po	‘catch fish by building enclosure of turf around fish trap’
n'teká	nteˈka	‘exchange on request’
n'tekách	nteˈkax	‘slit open, knife-blade, splitting, split pole (to lift cage from bottom of lake)’
n'tekif	ntekiɸ	‘treat sick person with spells and massage’
n'temán	nteˈman	‘skilful spear-thrower’
n'temi	ntemi	‘something parcelled out’
n'temó	nteˈmo	‘cross-cousin’
n'tené	nteˈne	‘bring something away to’
n'tenós	nteˈnos	‘suck leaf-package containing salt’
n'tepók	nteˈpok	‘cease’
n'teró	nteˈro	‘continuously, without a break, further’
n'terót	nteˈrot	‘prow of canoe, forward’
n'terú	nteˈru	‘reassemble, meet again’
n'terúk	nteˈruk	‘go into’
n'tetis	ntetis	‘a descendant’
n'tis	ntis	‘situated behind, placed afterwards’
n'to	nto	‘tense oneself, hold back, check oneself’
n'tocho	ntoxo	‘grinding or rubbing activity’
n'tom	ntom	‘vomit’
n'topát	ntoˈpat	‘jump’
n'topo	ntopo	‘"witness"’
n'tu	ntu	‘reckon correctly’
n'tuoch	ntuox	‘promise’
n'wa	nwa	‘afraid, careful’
n'wek	nwek	‘very small, smallest’
n'werék	nweˈrek	‘pass’
-na	-na	‘close relatives and friends’
na	na	‘limb, leg, arm, sibling of same sex’
na famu	na ɸamu	‘thigh’
na komór	na koˈmor	‘tuft of hair on the crown of the head’
na masu	na masu	‘calf (of leg)’
na mawr	na mawr	‘calf (of leg)’
na n'kemik	na nkemik	‘calf (of leg)’
na n'tekúr	na nteˈkur	‘knee-cap’
na tení	na teˈni	‘cheek’
nacha	naxa	‘fill, active’
nacháf	naˈxaɸ	‘intestines’
nacháj	naˈxaj	‘die’
nachám	naˈxam	‘ache’
nacharé	naxaˈre	‘sit’
nacháwt	naˈxawt	‘carry on shoulder’
nache	naxe	‘look, ask for, observe’
naf	naɸ	‘taro-stem, trunk (of body), belly’
nafa	naɸa	‘rub, quarrel, disagree’
nafam	naɸam	‘shut off, cover’
nafamu	naɸamu	‘thigh(-bone)’
nafif	naɸiɸ	‘prepare (in advance)’
nafif charit	naɸiɸ xarit	‘make walls to charit-house’
nafit	naɸit	‘bite, taste strong, sting’
nafo	naɸo	‘wave, move something to and fro’
nafoch	naɸox	‘bride-giver, friend’
nafon	naɸon	‘spider's thread’
nafos	naɸos	‘breath’
naim	naim	‘fling away, spread out on a fire’
nait	nait	‘consume, eat, burn’
naj	naj	‘strike, beat, throw, find, get, succeed’
naja	naja	‘plait the hair’
naji	naji	‘knock off ash, knock’
najir	najir	‘trace, mark’
najn	najn	‘spread ash over swidden’
najo	najo	‘embrace (verb and subst.)’
najok	najok	‘to ask nicely’
najú	naˈju	‘exchange cloth between bride-giver and bride-taker’
nak	nak	‘open an animal (to prepare; cook it), open’
naka	naka	‘bend down (and seek), look for, procure food, go towards each other’
naka	naka	‘eyelid’
nakach	nakax	‘tear to pieces’
nakák	naˈkak	‘carry’
nakar	nakar	‘heart’
nakär	naker	‘tie up, hang’
nake	nake	‘lash, bind, give what is due (e.g. fines)’
nakit	nakit	‘something needing protection, tame young pig, brow’
nako	nako	‘female genital organ, not want to’
nakon	nakon	‘scrotum’
naku	naku	‘addition, manufacture, make, make a feast’
naku po	naku po	‘collect cloth’
nakus	nakus	‘treat with fire, roast’
nam	nam	‘certain kind of bark, thing emitting good smell or warmth’
nama	nama	‘come near, go near to’
namä	name	‘elevate’
namä	name	‘follow river towards its source’
namä	name	‘mother’
namän	namen	‘say good-bye’
namej	namej	‘draw’
nami	nami	‘get stuck in something, stab (with knife or spear), hit’
namo	namo	‘go, come away from’
namot	namot	‘give a present’
namu	namu	‘maternal uncle, nape of neck, follow river down’
namuk	namuk	‘pole, handle’
namut	namut	‘hide oneself’
nan	nan	‘alive, vital, shape, warm’
nana	nana	‘head’
nanam	nanam	‘wrap up in bark’
nanejf	nanejɸ	‘nose’
nanes	nanes	‘bundle’
nanif	naniɸ	‘upper lips’
nanim	nanim	‘joined to’
nanis	nanis	‘wrap up’
nanjia	nanjia	‘stupid’
nano	nano	‘sibling of opposite sex, grandchildren’
naoán	naoˈan	‘to own an Oan-cloth’
nap	nap	‘consuming’
napách	naˈpax	‘collect’
napan	napan	‘foot’
napat	napat	‘chew, eat vegetables’
nape	nape	‘have, get, bear a child’
napek	napek	‘carry on one's back (e.g. children)’
naper	naper	‘introduce, initiated, make participant in, dispute’
napet	napet	‘little wound, sore’
napi	napi	‘grow, grow older, mother’
napia	napia	‘father’
napo	napo	‘eat meat, consume, digest, seek refuge’
napof	napoɸ	‘rot’
napot	napot	‘loosen completely’
napu	napu	‘swell’
napu aj	napu aj	‘flood’
napuk	napuk	‘stop up, stuff in, catch’
napum	napum	‘plant (verb)’
napus	napus	‘get wet’
nar	nar	‘rainbow’
nara	nara	‘sister-in-law's husband (man speaking), brother-in-law's wife (woman speaking)’
narä(j)	nare(j)	‘child’
narak	narak	‘skin, outermost, absent’
narán	naˈran	‘shine, shimmer’
nare	nare	‘carry on back’
naren	naren	‘celebrate Ren-fest’
nari	nari	‘listen, remember, recollect’
narif	nariɸ	‘show, point out’
narin	narin	‘strange’
naro	naro	‘rub’
naru	naru	‘give back, give in exchange’
nas	nas	‘pull up a landing net with catch, take to oneself’
nasa	nasa	‘opening, mouth, door’
nasach	nasax	‘unjust’
nasak	nasak	‘smile’
nasan	nasan	‘touch with nose, kiss, show affection’
nasé	naˈse	‘thick’
nasen	nasen	‘get up, began to be active’
naser	naser	‘rub until smooth’
nasi	nasi	‘bring together, rake (verb)’
nasi	nasi	‘swell, increase, impress (on a person)’
nasif	nasiɸ	‘lucky’
nasim	nasim	‘exchange, alter colour’
nasin	nasin	‘side (of the body)’
nasis	nasis	‘swollen, feed, produce, breast, nipple’
naso	naso	‘work with digging stick, seek, plant taro’
nasom	nasom	‘call, give, name, carry on shoulder, hunting grounds, forest’
nasu	nasu	‘eye, face, body’
nasuf	nasuɸ	‘middle’
nat	nat	‘feed’
nata	nata	‘drink’
natä	nate	‘float, swim (of person)’
natak	natak	‘strong, healthy, bold, hard’
natan	natan	‘lay against, answer’
natat	natat	‘grandparent’
natej	natej	‘distribute the bones of deceased person’
natem	natem	‘arm, hand’
natem krem	natem krem	‘finger’
nateni	nateni	‘cheek’
nati	nati	‘glad, unite, plant, principal, term of kinship’
natia	natia	‘father’
natiach	natiax	‘couplate, marry’
natiat	natiat	‘kill with spear, perish’
natien	natien	‘certain affines’
natim	natim	‘go before, first’
natir	natir	‘open (verb)’
nato	nato	‘attract, draw up’
natoch	natox	‘penis’
natos	natos	‘feed, take care of’
natu	natu	‘swear by’
naúon	ˈnauon	‘long intensely for’
naúwian	ˈnauwian	‘hair, beard, shadow, ghost’
naw	naw	‘liver, certain trees and bushes (e g pandanus-palm and -fruit)’
naw	naw	‘return the same way, further, hind (e.g. leg), stern of canoe’
nawa	nawa	‘forbid, frighten’
nawe	nawe	‘tell (person to do), give order’
nawej	nawej	‘breadfruit’
nawen	nawen	‘hairy’
nawer	nawer	‘add finishing touches to’
nawi	nawi	‘fall’
nawia	nawia	‘weep’
nawm	nawm	‘woman's term for certain female kin’
nawn	nawn	‘protrude, project’
naws	naws	‘urine, urinate, flow’
nawt	nawt	‘go up, climb’
ne	ne	‘emit, deliver, give, adequate (for task), put’
nechách	neˈxax	‘split, break (intr.), tear pieces’
necháf	neˈxaɸ	‘pregnant’
nechám	neˈxam	‘hot, sick, have a pain’
nechapách	nexaˈpax	‘crush, split, plus (with numerals)’
nechár	neˈxar	‘use a dema's name, act like a dema’
necharé	nexaˈre	‘sit’
nechás	neˈxas	‘terribly ill, fatal illness’
neche	nexe	‘see again, inspect, get back (something)’
necherék	nexeˈrek	‘store, save (up)’
nechis	nexis	‘remember something painful’
nechóch	neˈxox	‘exert oneself, run, "work", move energetically, wriggle, flee, strike, heavily, slaughter’
nechój	neˈxoj	‘defy the rules’
nechók	neˈxok	‘choke, emit death-rattle’
nechúw	neˈxuw	‘stay, sojourn, dwell, be (at; in a place), continue, keep (doing)’
neckás-nekás	neckas-nekas	‘rub nose’
nef	neɸ	‘sore, wound’
nefá	neˈɸa	‘hindrance, argument, dispute, fight (verb)’
nefä	neɸe	‘unable, lack, miss, ill’
nefáj	neˈɸaj	‘to court a girl’
nefájn	neˈɸajn	‘wife, get a wife, in the north a form of address between spouses’
nefák aót	neˈɸak ˈaot	‘spit (verb)’
nefák ok	neˈɸak ok	‘blow one's nose’
nefát	neˈɸat	‘split, chop wood, open, empty’
nefáw	neˈɸaw	‘stuff in, hide, save’
neféjs	neˈɸejs	‘strew’
nefén	neˈɸen	‘manufacture as expert’
nefi	neɸi	‘blow (verb)’
nefiá	neɸiˈa	‘swallow (verb)’
nefit	neɸit	‘catch fire’
nefós	neˈɸos	‘shudder, break out in cold sweat’
nefót	neˈɸot	‘catch’
nefum	neɸum	‘put in rain-hood adapted as bag’
nefús	neˈɸus	‘dip, dive’
nejf	nejɸ	‘nose’
neji	neji	‘float, hew’
nejów	neˈjow	‘drag down, prevail upon wife to move to her husband’
nejú	neˈju	‘certain exchange’
nejúm	neˈjum	‘moistened by the dew, issue forth from a cave or a vagina’
neká	neˈka	‘bend, bow, weave belt, mix, match’
neká	neˈka	‘fish (verb), soak’
nekách	neˈkax	‘collect, clear swidden, cultivate’
nekájt	neˈkajt	‘close, stop up, keep on doing something until finished’
nekák	neˈkak	‘finish’
nekár	neˈkar	‘heart’
nekär	neker	‘attach, bind, hang up, mad’
nekás	neˈkas	‘lick, taste (verb)’
neké	neˈke	‘tie (a knot), set (fruit), yield fruit’
nekéjr	neˈkejr	‘bad, poor’
nekék	neˈkek	‘a child’
nekés	neˈkes	‘say’
neki	neki	‘split up’
nekif	nekiɸ	‘haggle, moderate, cast softening spell upon’
nekír	neˈkir	‘long for’
nekít	neˈkit	‘drip, share out in small portions, wear bark-cloth, protected, protégé’
nekó	neˈko	‘use firewood, make fire’
nekom	nekom	‘inaugurate, decorate, draw pictures. "write"’
nekór	neˈkor	‘chop off’
nekräk	nekrek	‘reserve, save, carry something tied to a pole’
nekú	neˈku	‘increase, make feast, exchange goods’
nekúk	neˈkuk	‘attract, call, entice’
nekúwian	neˈkuwian	‘flesh, meat’
nemä	neme	‘elevate’
nemä	neme	‘mother’
nemách	neˈmax	‘promise (verb and subst.)’
nemacháf	nemaˈxaɸ	‘remove entrails (e.g. from game)’
nemän	nemen	‘to subject something to an elevating action’
nemän-o nawian	nemen-o nawian	‘bring back soul that has been carried off to the underworld’
nemará	nemaˈra	‘ear’
nemát	neˈmat	‘see’
neméj	neˈmej	‘talk (verb)’
nemí	neˈmi	‘count up, bind together, call up’
nemó	neˈmo	‘depart, term for certain cousins’
nemó	neˈmo	‘tree whose leaves have strong smell (associated with Siwa)’
nemón	neˈmon	‘know secrets, proper order of things’
nemú	neˈmu	‘hide’
nemúk	neˈmuk	‘poke with stick or cudgel, strike, whip’
nemuóch	nemuˈox	‘sweat (verb)’
nemúr	neˈmur	‘pluck something out (e.g. hairs on chin)’
nemút	neˈmut	‘hide oneself’
nen	nen	‘give what is due, replace’
nenä	nene	‘at the further end’
nenách	neˈnax	‘turn, facing’
nenák	neˈnak	‘shoot with bow’
nenám	neˈnam	‘use bark (of Tenam sort), wrap up in bark’
nenán	neˈnan	‘become (e g a father), remain (of state)’
nenár	neˈnar	‘go apart, jaw’
nenín	neˈnin	‘bewitch’
nenís	neˈnis	‘rot, become old and dilapidated’
nenit	nenit	‘lay alongside, compare, measure, vie with, try, win get, "have", begin, do, arange’
nenót	neˈnot	‘believe, consider, remember, reflect’
nenúk	neˈnuk	‘cross-piece’
nepä	nepe	‘all too warm, hot’
nepách	neˈpax	‘open in special way, dig, poke about in’
nepám	neˈpam	‘from’
nepát	neˈpat	‘tooth, bite’
nepáw	neˈpaw	‘taboo’
nepáwt	neˈpawt	‘embrace, cling to’
nepeák	nepeˈak	‘throw forward’
nepér	neˈper	‘enter, stamp’
neperér	nepeˈrer	‘cry (of bird)’
nepiát	nepiˈat	‘advance due, give a loan of cloth’
nepis	nepis	‘order, send, hew into little pieces, splinter’
nepó	neˈpo	‘grasp, hold, arrange, fence in’
nepo ferús	nepo ɸeˈrus	‘spit out a little food as sacrifice’
nepóit	neˈpoit	‘feed’
nepót	neˈpot	‘take everything, finish’
nepú	neˈpu	‘shut (up), stuff in the ashes, enclose’
nerá	neˈra	‘certain people’
nerä	nere	‘free, bachelor, unfastern, server, harvest’
neräch	nerex	‘suddenly appear’
nerár	neˈrar	‘chin’
nerás	neˈras	‘hammer (verb)’
nerát	neˈrat	‘touch (verb)’
nerät	neret	‘loose, come loose’
neré	neˈre	‘return, foregather’
neri	neri	‘increase, recuperate, listen for, enquire, listen to’
neriét	neriˈet	‘lift out’
nerif	neriɸ	‘show’
nerín	neˈrin	‘stranger (from outside the partition)’
nerit	nerit	‘lift out, point’
neróch	neˈrox	‘go down’
neróf	neˈroɸ	‘follow’
nerók	neˈrok	‘awake, start (with fright), recoil’
nerós	neˈros	‘stand erect, still, stand for, responsible’
nerú	neˈru	‘fling, go out and return, rebounce’
nerún	neˈrun	‘collect’
nerúoch	neˈruox	‘harvest, what one has previously sown’
nerúr	neˈrur	‘loosen and fall’
nerús	neˈrus	‘release’
nerút	neˈrut	‘return to point of departure on a circular course’
nesá	neˈsa	‘disappear, run away, surprised’
nesä	nese	‘put away, poison, enchant’

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OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Elmberg (1968a): Maybrat

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