OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘child, offspring’ (eng)

‘adopted child’ (eng)

‘arrive’ (eng)

‘shame’ (eng)

‘already’ (eng)

‘from down there to here’ (eng)

‘liver’ (eng)

‘change’ (eng)

‘enemy’ (eng)

‘gather (oneselves) together into a circle’ (eng)

‘return home’ (eng)

‘k.o. plant with thorns and a small edible tuber, usually growing in rocky areas’ (eng)

‘leave somewhere’ (eng)

‘ear’ (eng)

‘bundle, sheaf’ (eng)

‘mucus’ (eng)

‘oar, paddle’ (eng)

‘body’ (eng)

‘classifier used when counting’ (eng)

‘full’ (eng)

‘ankle’ (eng)

‘flower’ (eng)

‘mosquito’ (eng)

‘belly’ (eng)

‘close, cover’ (eng)

‘land, arrive from above’ (eng)

‘ask’ (eng)

‘earwax’ (eng)

‘secondary sprout (as from a stump or cut-off branch)’ (eng)

‘come to an end (as a story)’ (eng)

‘heel’ (eng)

‘knee’ (eng)

‘dog’ (eng)

‘darkness’ (eng)

‘board, plank’ (eng)

‘very, exceeding(ly)’ (eng)

‘hundred’ (eng)

‘want, desire’ (eng)

‘tongue’ (eng)

‘liquid’ (eng)

‘mat’ (eng)

‘high’ (eng)

‘necklace’ (eng)

‘swamp’ (eng)

‘ladder’ (eng)

‘root’ (eng)

‘eight’ (eng)

‘what’ (eng)

‘sow, scatter’ (eng)

‘slice’ (eng)

‘elbow’ (eng)

‘hornbill’ (eng)

‘fry’ (eng)

‘hound’ (eng)

‘side’ (eng)

‘floor’ (eng)

‘weave (cloth)’ (eng)

‘heart’ (eng)

‘lamp’ (eng)

‘at’ (eng)

‘in back’ (eng)

‘in front, before’ (eng)

‘fish’ (eng)

‘tail’ (eng)

‘some unspecified time after today, when (future)’ (eng)

‘(that which) is covered with trees’ (eng)

‘some unspecified time before today, the other day, when, when?’ (eng)

‘day after tomorrow’ (eng)

‘day before yesterday’ (eng)

‘one, independent numeral’ (eng)

‘animal’ (eng)

‘hook, catch’ (eng)

‘nostril’ (eng)

‘carry under the arm’ (eng)

‘gourd, pumpkin’ (eng)

‘scrape out (as young coconut from the shell with a spoon)’ (eng)

‘flash of lightning’ (eng)

‘stupid, not all there’ (eng)

‘walk around, go around’ (eng)

‘tortoise’ (eng)

‘twine’ (eng)

‘forget’ (eng)

‘guts’ (eng)

‘reach, fit, contact, touch, hit’ (eng)

‘millipede’ (eng)

‘nail, hoof, claw’ (eng)

‘tie up (as a chicken)’ (eng)

‘ringworm’ (eng)

‘skin’ (eng)

‘parrot’ (eng)

‘scabies’ (eng)

‘cloud’ (eng)

‘cooking pot’ (eng)

‘internode, section (of bamboo, sugar cane)’ (eng)

‘atmosphere’ (eng)

‘go’ (eng)

‘fly’ (eng)

‘mallet (e.g. for chisel)’ (eng)

‘palm species, source of a fiber used for wrapping small bundles’ (eng)

‘go on (to next place or next activity) without delay or intervening activity’ (eng)