OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘storm from the west (November to January monsoon)’ (eng)

‘body’ (eng)

‘ash, dust’ (eng)

‘jaw’ (eng)

‘sheet or mat on which to sit or lie’ (eng)

‘tree sp.’ (eng); ‘Pterocarpus indicus’ (lat)

‘ladder, stairs’ (eng)

‘root’ (eng)

‘until, the extent that’ (eng)

‘scoop out rice from pot’ (eng)

‘I’ (eng)

‘sugar palm’ (eng); ‘Arenga saccharifera’ (lat)

‘sheet or mat on which to sit or lie’ (eng)

‘house post’ (eng)

‘soot, black stain from smoke’ (eng)

‘father (vocative)’ (eng)

‘father’ (eng)

‘north, north wind’ (eng)

‘take with one’ (eng)

‘child of someone, offspring’ (eng)

‘child of someone, offspring’ (eng)

‘go’ (eng)

‘rise (of sun), lift up, noble, honoured’ (eng)

‘someone/something or other’ (eng)

‘fire’ (eng)

‘finished, used up, finish off, use up’ (eng)

‘lime’ (eng)

‘bile, gall’ (eng)

‘house post’ (eng)

‘soot, black stain from smoke’ (eng)

‘gills (of fish)’ (eng)

‘whet, grind sharp’ (eng)

‘salt’ (eng)

‘dog’ (eng)

‘draw water, scoop up water’ (eng)

‘draw water, scoop up water’ (eng)

‘breath, breathe’ (eng)

‘slave’ (eng)

‘above, on (top)’ (eng)

‘liver’ (eng)

‘hundred’ (eng)

‘transport, convey’ (eng)

‘roof, roofing (thatch)’ (eng)

‘enough, increase, add to’ (eng)

‘bright, morning light’ (eng)

‘plait, weave’ (eng)

‘foot, leg’ (eng)

‘gills (of fish)’ (eng)

‘below, under’ (eng)

‘pig’ (eng)

‘above, over’ (eng)

‘pay’ (eng)

‘live coals, embers’ (eng)

‘hoe’ (eng)

‘wet’ (eng)

‘cucumber’ (eng)

‘house’ (eng)

‘sulphur’ (eng)

‘accompany, escort, lead’ (eng)

‘(pagan) priest, shaman’ (eng)

‘other’ (eng)

‘scar (of wound)’ (eng)

‘provisions for journey’ (eng)

‘transform, change (shape etc.)’ (eng)

‘smell or taste bad (of food left too long)’ (eng)

‘big’ (eng)

‘beautiful, excellent’ (eng)

‘childless, infertile’ (eng)

‘village’ (eng)

‘at an angle, slanting’ (eng)

‘change direction’ (eng)

‘tall, slender palm sp. which yields sago’ (eng)

‘tinder, flammable powder obtained from palm branches’ (eng)

‘stone’ (eng)

‘seed, pit (of fruit)’ (eng)

‘tortoise’ (eng)

‘permit, allow, release’ (eng)

‘sneeze’ (eng)

‘tooth’ (eng)

‘bird snare’ (eng)

‘tie up, bind’ (eng)

‘woman, female’ (eng)

‘give, put, place’ (eng)

‘rice in husk (in field or harvested)’ (eng)

‘hang down’ (eng)

‘here’ (eng)

‘lip(s)’ (eng)

‘lift/carry by rope’ (eng)

‘turn over, turn around’ (eng)

‘sew’ (eng)

‘slanting, sloping’ (eng)

‘kick person’ (eng)

‘whichʔ, whereʔ’ (eng)

‘kick’ (eng)

‘tick (on cattle and other animals)’ (eng)

‘dumb, mute’ (eng)

‘chase away, drive off’ (eng)

‘hole (e.g. in ground)’ (eng)

‘albino’ (eng)

‘smell’ (eng)