OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Bax (2019): Gebe

Original citation: Bax, Marton Miklós Willem. 2019. A sketch grammar of Gebe: A language of North Maluku. MA thesis, Leiden University.

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Headword IPA Glosses
-agag-aɡaɡ

v intr.‘scratch’

-ais-ais

v tr.‘rub’

-alai-alai

v tr.‘dig’

-alus-alus

v intr.‘smooth’

alwɔlalwɔl

1.n.‘day’

2.n.‘sun’

amnɛamnɛ

n.‘exclusive we’

-anan-anan

v intr.‘eat’

anɛanɛ

n.‘I’

-aŋan-aŋan

v intr.‘sharp’

aojaaoja

n.‘singular you’

-as-as

v intr.‘swim’

-asai-asai

v tr.‘wipe’

-asin-asin

v intr.‘salty’

-aus-aus

v tr.‘wash’

badanbadan

n.‘body’

baibai

n.‘snake’

bajapbajap

1.n.‘dust’

2.n.‘ash’

bajap-kabibajap-kabi

n.‘kitchen’

balmɔbalmɔ

n.‘wing’

-baring-bariŋ

v intr.‘lie down’

batanbatan

n.‘Earth’

bibitbibit

n.‘seed’

-bjei-bjei

v intr.‘play’

-bɔŋɔl-bɔŋɔl

v intr.‘yellow’

dɛldɛl

adp.‘with’

-ˈdɛrɛl-ˈdɛrɛl

v intr.‘flow’

dɛˈrɛldɛˈrɛl

n.‘friend’

didididi

n.‘mother’

-dɔm-dɔm

v tr.‘drink’

ɛlɛl

n.‘mountain’

-ɛlin-ɛlin

v intr.‘float’

-ɛm-ɛm

v tr.‘see’

ɛmpaɛmpa

part.‘no’

-ɛnɛf-ɛnɛf

v intr.‘sleep’

-ɛo-ɛo

1.v intr.‘walk’

2.v intr.‘travel’

3.v intr.‘go’

ɛsɛs

n.‘ice’

fatfat

quan.‘four’

-fatan-fatan

v tr.‘smell’

-fikir-fikir

v tr.‘think’

fisfis

1.quan.‘some’

2.quan.‘how much?’

-fnin-fnin

v tr.‘hunt’

-fɔd-fɔd

v intr.‘full’

Fuinfuin

n.‘God’

gagɔpɡaɡɔp

n.‘worm’

-galawao-ɡalawao

v intr.‘new’

-gali-ɡali

v tr.‘split’

gasiɡasi

n.‘salt’

-gɛglɔ-ɡɛɡlɔ

v intr.‘boil’

hanwanhanwan

n.‘animal’

-hidjao-hidjao

v intr.‘green’

-hidup-hidup

v intr.‘live’

hutubahutuba

n.‘sermon’

hɲainorahɲainora

n.‘guts’

hɲaɔhɲaɔ

1.n.‘stomach’

2.n.‘belly’

hɲathɲat

1.n.‘person’

2.n.‘human’

-hɲawa-hɲawa

v tr.‘breathe’

ijaija

1.n.‘he’

2.n.‘she’

3.n.‘it’

ilaluilalu

n.‘leaf’

inin

n.‘fish’

-itif-itif

v intr.‘spit’

itnɛitnɛ

n.‘inclusive we’

jaja

part.‘focus marker’

jaisjais

adp.‘up’

jaɔjaɔ

n.‘tree’

japjap

n.‘fire’

jɛfɛnjɛfɛn

n.‘road’

kabalalkabalal

v intr.‘thin, for non-humans’

kabikabi

n.‘base’

kablekable

n.‘dog’

-kadjup-kadjup

1.v intr.‘blunt’

2.v intr.‘dull’

-kafɔrɔl-kafɔrɔl

v tr.‘squeeze’

kahɲakahɲa

n.‘ear’

-kahɲala-kahɲala

v intr.‘red’

kahɲɔkahɲɔ

n.‘nose’

kahɲukahɲu

n.‘tail’

kaikai

n.‘wood’

-kali-kali

v intr.‘small’

kalisakalisa

quan.‘few’

kaliɲungkaliɲuŋ

n.‘hair’

kalɔngkalɔŋ

n.‘bone’

-kamtu-kamtu

v intr.‘freeze’

kamunkamun

1.n.‘forest’

2.n.‘grass’

kapatkapat

n.‘stone’

-kapisjɛl-kapisjɛl

1.v intr.‘hot’

2.v intr.‘warm’

-kapitan-kapitan

v tr.‘tie’

-kapjatan-kapjatan

v intr.‘heavy’

kapjokapjo

1.n.‘fruit’

2.n.‘mouth’

3.n.‘teeth’

kapluwɔkapluwɔ

n.‘feather’

-kapɔto-kapɔto

v intr.‘short’

kaptunkaptun

n.‘heart’

-kaptʃit-kaptʃit

v intr.‘thick’

kaptʃuwɔkaptʃuwɔ

n.‘knee’

-karing-kariŋ

v tr.‘sew’

-karu-karu

v tr.‘push’

-karud-karud

v intr.‘black’

kasjebokasjebo

n.‘fingernail’

katalɛkatalɛ

n.‘chicken’

-katɛpɛ-katɛpɛ

v tr.‘stab’

-katɔd-katɔd

v tr.‘pull’

-katuhno-katuhno

v intr.‘burn’

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