Numfor dictionary

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wàna

fish sp. (Histiophoridae)

tabey

fish sp. (Stromatus niger)

mànsaràr

fish sp. (apparently a plaice)

màndaimor

fish sp. (apparently a shark, brown with white spots) / vischsoort (lijkt op een haait, bruin met wi…

mànsar Soëk

fish sp. (beak like a crocodile, white belly, wide and flat)

inàngowĕr

fish sp. (black with orange mouth and orange barbs)

ingo

fish sp. (dark red)

indisĕndo

fish sp. (dark red, spotted belly)

insaferĕn

fish sp. (garfish)

sòf

fish sp. (garfish)

ingayew

fish sp. (hard skin)

inàrmàn

fish sp. (herring)

inbĕyun

fish sp. (herring)

inbĕnòbĕr

fish sp. (inferior)

inbĕpaisĕm

fish sp. (inferior)

inbĕpapĕr

fish sp. (light red) / ikan kakap

insron

fish sp. (like insambraïs, but smaller)

inàs

fish sp. (mullet, found in rivers and brackish water)

imboba

fish sp. (perch, bass)

in pàkrèk

fish sp. (related to waibis)

maràf

fish sp. (related to waibis)

màmpir

fish sp. (sea pike)

ingarĕb

fish sp. (sea pike, variety of màmpir)

indapakuyĕn

fish sp. (seabass) / ikan gaji

inswakĕn

fish sp. (seabass, red kakap)

inàp

fish sp. (snakehead)

mànsàrbaïm

fish sp. (sole)

inbĕsip

fish sp. (variety of imburnòs)

insèk-nàp

fish sp. (variety of insèk)

insàrk

fish sp. (very colorful when alive, black when dead)

waibis

fish sp. / bobara

worababa

fish sp. / gorapa

inguma

fish sp. / ikan kambing

insàmbraïs

fish sp. / ikan sikuda

àrkor

fish sp. / vischsoort, tot de "Vallen" behoorend

inandàfĕn

fish sp. said to cause stomach pain

roïbĕyiwĕr

fish sp. shaped like a tobacco pipe

msirĕn

fish sp. similar to waibis

a(u)nowĕr

fish sp. that attaches to turtles etc.

kaïbàm

fish sp. that sleeps through low tide

atwam

fish sp. with a large head

imbawe

fish sp. with bulging eyes

àmpow

fish sp. with very small mouth

barababa

fish sp., off-white with brown spots

adi sbān

fish with crocodile head

awir

fish-hook / vischhaak, angel

ara

fishing bait

sarera

fishing rod / hengel

rim

five / vijf

kòb

float (of fishing line, fishnet) / drijver, dobber

pàmpen

flower / bloem

inana

flying fish

afio

fog / damp, nevel

we-

foot, leg / voet, been

àmber

foreigner

fakĕr

foundation of stones, wood, etc. / onderlaag van steenen, houten, e.d.; fundament

fiàk

four / vier

indòr

freshwater fish sp.

bati

friend

manibob

friend / vriend, inzonderheid handelsvriend

manibowi

friend / vriend, inzonderheid handelsvriend

kròkrò

frog

ròbĕbre

frog

aibòn

fruit / boomvrucht

nin

ghost, shadow / schim, schaduw

ninima(n)

ghost, shadow / schim, schaduw

àsĕn

gills / kieuw

pir

ginger

ròbĕròk

goanna / soasoa

brawĕn

gold / goud

bye

good / goed

k-ĕpu

grandparent/grandchild; totemic animal or plant (may not be eaten out of a kind of piety) / grootvad…

abris

grass / gras, onkruid

màndumèk

green / groen

mànsàpadwar

gudgeon sp. (can live for a long time out of water)

pànda

gun / geweer

uba

gunpowder / kruit

asis

hair comb

màmbarayup

hammerhead shark

rwa

hand / hand, arm

yàfĕn

harpoon for spearing fish and turtles / harpoen om visch en schildpad te steken

fra

harpoon used for spearing turtles

mansisĕm

hawk sp.

i

he/she

rwu-

head / hoofd

snumburaïm

head hair / hoofdhaar

mànswan

heart-shaped shellfish (edible)

umber

honeybee; honey

rum

house / huis

rarisò

how? / hoe zoo?

bisĕr

hungry / hongerig zijn

boma

if / indien

soro wai

in klaagliederen in plaats van waimòn

do

in, inside / in, binnen

snèwar-

intestines / ingewanden

nu

island, only used in compounds, as Nu-mfor, Nus Mapi, etc. / eiland, alleen gebruikt in samenstellin…

mananàk

itch produced by contact with ant trail or anthill

fònès

ivory; ivory armband / ivoor, in 't bijzonder de ivoren armbanden, ook de imitatie armbanden van bee…

rur

juice of fruits; decoction produced from boiling leaves; boiled water / sap uit vruchten; afkooksel …

àmbaes

k.o. kangaroo / kangoeroesoort

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