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’

-katʃak-katʃak

v intr.‘white’

katʃoukatʃou

n.‘lake’

kawaɔkawaɔ

n.‘root’

kinokino

n.‘skin’

kn'ɔknʔɔ

n.‘older or younger sibling, of the same gender as the subject’

kɔkɔkɔkɔ

n.‘neck’

-kɔngɔt-kɔŋɔt

v tr.‘bite’

kutɔkutɔ

n.‘head’

lala

n.‘blood’

lallal

quan.‘many’

lantailantai

n.‘floor’

lantʃaolantʃao

n.‘door’

-lao-lao

v intr.‘far from the sea’

-las-las

v intr.‘close’

-lɛ-lɛ

v intr.‘bad’

lɛslɛs

n.‘egg’

lewalewa

1.ques.‘how’

2.ques.‘if’

-liba-liba

v intr.‘fat’

limlim

quan.‘five’

limalima

dir.‘left’

lɔngɔlɔŋɔ

v tr.‘hear’

lowalowa

ques.‘where’

lulu

quan.‘two’

-luwɑs-luwɑs

v intr.‘wide’

-mafalulu-mafalulu

v intr.‘round’

-mahngel-mahŋel

v tr.‘dream’

majasmajas

n.‘smoke’

-malapa-malapa

v intr.‘wide’

-malawas-malawas

v intr.‘long’

-malmɔlɔ-malmɔlɔ

v intr.‘straight’

mammam

n.‘father’

manman

n.‘man’

-mang-maŋ

v intr.‘dry’

manimani

n.‘bird’

mapinmapin

n.‘woman’

-mat-mat

v intr.‘die’

-matabo-matabo

v intr.‘sweet’

mdɛlɛmdɛlɛ

dir.‘right’

medjamedja

n.‘table’

mɛojamɛoja

n.‘plural you’

-midjirin-midjirin

v intr.‘cold’

miljɛmiljɛ

n.‘rain’

miɲɛnmiɲɛn

n.‘sand’

mjɛtmjɛt

n.‘cloud’

-mnif-mnif

v intr.‘laugh’

-mnil-mnil

v intr.‘sour’

mɔdlaomɔdlao

dir.‘north’

mɔdlesmɔdles

dir.‘east’

-mɔlɔ-mɔlɔ

v intr.‘correct’

mɔrɔmɔrɔ

n.‘wind’

-mtait-mtait

v tr.‘fear’

mɑmalɔmɑmalɔ

n.‘tongue’

napanapa

n.‘wave’

nininini

n.‘mosquito’

niwiniwi

n.‘coconut’

-nɔmɔr-nɔmɔr

v intr.‘good’

ntanta

n.‘eye’

-ɔf-ɔf

v tr.‘say’

-ɔgɔl-ɔɡɔl

v intr.‘vomit’

-ɔŋɔ-ɔŋɔ

v tr.‘count’

ɔpɔp

n.‘night’

-ɔpɔ-ɔpɔ

v intr.‘fly’

ɔtɔɔtɔ

adp.‘at’

padamarapadamara

n.‘candle’

-padpɛd-padpɛd

v intr.‘wet’

paitpait

n.‘moon’

-papɔtɔn-papɔtɔn

v intr.‘swell’

patpat

dir.‘west’

-pjal-pjal

v intr.‘big’

-po-po

v ditr.‘Give’

-pɔt-pɔt

v tr.‘come’

-pun-pun

1.v tr.‘hit’

2.v tr.‘kill’

puwɔpuwɔ

n.‘flower’

rere

conj.‘and’

sasa

quan.‘one’

sagaimsaɡaim

n.‘fog’

sawisawi

dir.‘south’

sebapsebap

conj.‘because’

sɛfsɛf

quan.‘all’

sijasija

n.‘they’

-sisjaɔ-sisjaɔ

v intr.‘different’

sitesite

ques.‘what’

sjeisjei

ques.‘who’

-sobi-sobi

v intr.‘fall’

-sɔp-sɔp

v intr.‘bathe’

-sɔrɔf-sɔrɔf

v tr.‘suck’

-tipa-tipa

v intr.‘stand’

tɔltɔl

quan.‘three’

-tɔlɔn-tɔlɔn

v intr.‘sit’

-tʃafaruni-tʃafaruni

v intr.‘dirty’

tʃoungtʃouŋ

n.‘star’

-ufa-ufa

v tr.‘blow’

-una-una

v tr.‘know’

utut

n.‘louse’

-uta-uta

v tr.‘hold’

wawa

n.‘water’

waiwai

n.‘child’

waiwai

v intr.‘turn’

walawala

n.‘rope’

wangtɔwaŋtɔ

1.n.‘flesh’

2.n.‘meat’