OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘go’ (eng)

‘ladder, stairs’ (eng)

‘until, the extent that’ (eng)

‘until, the extent that’ (eng)

‘scoop out rice from pot’ (eng)

‘I’ (eng)

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

‘obstruction (especially on road)’ (eng)

‘house post’ (eng)

‘soot, black stain from smoke’ (eng)

‘father (vocative)’ (eng)

‘father’ (eng)

‘north, north wind’ (eng)

‘together with, in company with’ (eng)

‘root’ (eng)

‘rise (of sun)’ (eng)

‘someone/something or other’ (eng)

‘fire’ (eng)

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

‘lime’ (eng)

‘bile, gall’ (eng)

‘jaw’ (eng)

‘house post’ (eng)

‘soot, black stain from smoke’ (eng)

‘gills (of fish)’ (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)

‘egg’ (eng)

‘roof, roofing (thatch)’ (eng)

‘transport, convey’ (eng)

‘ash, dust’ (eng)

‘enough, increase, add to’ (eng)

‘come’ (eng)

‘plait, weave’ (eng)

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

‘foot, leg’ (eng)

‘gills (of fish)’ (eng)

‘husk of coconut and other palm fruit’ (eng)

‘whichʔ, whereʔ’ (eng)

‘kick’ (eng)

‘fruit’ (eng)

‘fruit’ (eng)

‘flower’ (eng)

‘trouble, distress, worry, hard work’ (eng)

‘sew (general term), plait thatch’ (eng)

‘lean backwards (e.g. to look up)’ (eng)

‘black’ (eng)

‘roll, roll up’ (eng)

‘sew or plait thatch for roofing’ (eng)

‘bulge, swelling, swell, bulge out’ (eng)

‘earthquake’ (eng)

‘give’ (eng)

‘gird, tie round waist’ (eng)

‘desire, crave, saliva, slaver, salivate’ (eng)

‘desire, crave, saliva, slaver, salivate’ (eng)

‘come’ (eng)

‘streak, stratch, line’ (eng)

‘this’ (eng)

‘hang up on rope’ (eng)

‘mole (on body)’ (eng)

‘carry under arm’ (eng)

‘mother’ (eng)

‘reduce, decrease, make less’ (eng)

‘riddle’ (eng)

‘brother/sister-in-law’ (eng)

‘dream’ (eng)

‘thin’ (eng)

‘tail’ (eng)

‘gum(s)’ (eng)

‘molar’ (eng)

‘uncle’ (eng)

‘black’ (eng)

‘scab (on wound)’ (eng)

‘rice, eat’ (eng)

‘snatch away, seize, wrest’ (eng)

‘yesterday’ (eng)

‘elder sibling’ (eng)

‘fence around house .’ (eng)

‘wing’ (eng)

‘butterfly’ (eng)

‘you (plural)’ (eng)

‘grip, clutch for support (e.g. railing)’ (eng)

‘rise, go up’ (eng)

‘large, fat, castrated pig’ (eng)

‘wave, beckon with hand’ (eng)

‘stripe, streak, scratch’ (eng)

‘scrape, scratch (with fingernails)’ (eng)

‘scrape off/out, scoop out, scratch out’ (eng)

‘gnaw, grind teeth’ (eng)

‘sel’ (eng)

‘rafters’ (eng)

‘invulnerale’ (eng)

‘whenʔ’ (eng)

‘crab’ (eng)