West Makian Dictionary — ID

handle

a snake

to be wounded

forehead

to fell a tree

to laugh

front

tears

lime

to return

name

not yet

bait

to eat

reason

to suck

forgiveness

a part (of something)

just

frog

how?

head

mouse or rat

contents

salt

rafter (of roof)

dog

man

drum

thatch

hundred

one hundred

to climb

to climb

to be long

attaches to numeral root to form cardinal numbers that are multiples of ten

twenty

forty

ten

thirty

long

older sibling

older brother

older sister

older sister

vagina

to be mad

father

body

to think

to be alive

a dress

sago

roller

a beam

to avenge

to bind

to stop

boat caulking

wall

to hear

water

to drink

to be angry

angry

bailing bucket

butterfly

to be hungry

to be soft

the tongue

to lick

tongue

louse

to mean

to be weak

iron (metal)

a swamp

to speak

bamboo

taro

to be physically beautiful

grindstone

the calf of a leg

tail

to bail water

penis

to call

the village of Bobawa

lemongrass

belly

to be full

to be stupid

to be round and flat

to be resting while lying down

good, fine!

to sharpen

to be swollen

a termite

to call

the next day

twine

to be white

floor

ginger

to be yellow

to shine

thousand

one thousand

one thousand

to be quick

a story

the inside of something

to see

to see

if

a raft

to see

possessive prefix

friend

to become

forest

six

sister-in-law

to fall

I

to arrive

to be real

I (there)

I

grandmother

third-person plural possessive prefix, their

the island of Halmahera

to be angry

a couple

to find

a little

to add

a cape

mother-in-law

to sink

to throw away

durian fruit

two

two

raw

to be raw

to be raw

to make noise

that's why!

they

we

again

egg

canoe

or

to wound

to feed

nephew or niece

to tell

to cause to become

to feed

a ray

to touch

to scold each other

to kill

millipede

the armpit

to be different

to eat

a fence

to scratch the ground for food

tooth

to break

to kill

derives verbs of continuous/habitual activity

to sew

to burn a field a second time

to slash and burn a field

to burn a field

to sift or winnow

to search for lice

all

a father

to fight with each other

a handle

to thump each other

to pull down

to break a rope

to yawn

four

to break

to smell

to sniff

to be light

to be light

to give a drink

all

to be feverish

to search for lice

to sweep

to ask

to make someone think of

bat

bat, flying fox

tree

skin

to eat

to look at

to pull out

to give

to caulk (a boat)

to gargle

to stub one's toe

to fill (a bag, etc.)

to stub one's toe

to whisper

to ask

to agree to

to fill (a bag, etc.)

seawater

to be right

to tell

kitchen

to withdraw

to be itchy

to have diarrhea

to bury

five

to break

many

to sharpen

to twist

to weed

to send

to wash

to smoke

to wash clothes

to not want

to inlay

to hit

to thump each other

to strangle

to break earthenware

to paddle

to harvest

feces

to sun-dry

to compete

papeda

to carve

to be old

crab

a rack for drying sago bread

to be cold

meat

to stutter

to be dead

animal fat

guts

eagle ray

to scold

to swim

to be cooled down

floor

back

saw

to scrape (a coconut, etc.)

a post of a house

lid

to be deserted, lonely

blunt

dead

a drinking glass

to be blunt

breadfruit

to cast, throw

body hair

the throat

to be thirsty

cargo

yaws

to crush

to be thick

nasal mucus

to be old

ferrule

breadfruit

track

to be wrong

a sago-processing trough

foot, leg

the buttocks

anus

a comb

foot

a thorn

to be full

the green tree ant

coconut

to close the lid of

all

bird

animal

like this

this way and that way

how

he

to go

hand

just

tomorrow

canarium nut tree

pestle

we

who?

you all

to marry

areca nut

fire

a coconut-shell ladle

to make

to perform magic

why

to kiss

how many

nevermind!

to cry

so

to pout

to hold

window

to be dirty

a coconut shell

feces

to answer

dual marker

a broom

a couple

oyster

a small hut placed within a garden or plantation

upper basin of a sago-processing apparatus

to drink

hand

fallow field

a bow

fingernail

earthquake

to be wet

goat

to sleep

to capsize

to touch

to be unripe, green

to lie on one's front, on one's stomach

bent

stirring utensil

to be bent, crooked

a baby sling

to be small

to lose

if

to be dizzy

a butterfly

to stumble and fall

to stir

finger

night

a room

octopus

ear

hand

ear

finger

pandanus container

to lie on one's back

pillow

because

to work

prawn

a house post

too bad!

to be short

to be straight

to carry in one's hand

to vomit

accidentally

to be black

to be drunk

to tickle

Kayoa island

to bite

to carry on one's back

knife

to be slow

chin

scabies

to be thick

to break

to be strong

to cut

food steamer

keel

to be less

a chair

to be thin

alang-alang

a spring trap

to peel

thread

old man

shellfish

shell

a worm

hearth

to shout

to be thin, skinny

to be large

rope

a door

a bamboo lice crusher

coconut grater

also

to know

to be winding

housefly

housefly

and

coral (of a reef)

banana

the thigh

to be red

younger sibling

younger brother

younger sister

attic

mortar

to be dry

to be dark

to be aflame

third-person possessive pronoun, its

to hold

dugong

charcoal

cloud

gills

mouth

lips

twice

to die

a twig

to be large

stone

today

today

yesterday

to plant

the village of Ngofakiaha

plug

the village of Malapa

to be sick

mother

to obey

to catch

once

thumb

mother

person

to be sharp

whale

blue fly

afternoon

day after tomorrow

two days from today

chili pepper

three days after today

to be finished

Tafasoho

to be old

old man

to be very deep

thrice

star

to have malaria

to be ashamed

he, she, it

indicates reciprocity

to kiss each other

to tickle each other

table

that

this

to follow

our

to be good

fear

to think of

to be cured

one

in one respect or another

to swallow

to be blind

to go together

the island of Makian

the eastern part of Makian island

the western part of Makian island

no more

blind

a hook

empty

to be empty

a kind of freshwater eel

motorboat

to be mute

to be ripe

the nose

nostril

to smoke (meat, fish)

a kind of blue fly

a mat

to be necessary

charcoal

our

jackfruit

flower

bird

palm wine

this

this

shin

a palm leaf midrib

outrigger

dry grass

the village of Ngofabobawa

ear

shin

to cheat

you

a parrot

to sing

the moon

pit trap

to be wide

a fart

to put

to put down

ginger

navel

a child

already

hair

spider

time

to enter

a kind of sweet potato

cassava

a kind of sweet potato

to get up

ladder

to cough

few

to hit or strike with the hand

the knee

a hand net

knee

to dig

to count

to rise

very

house

village

to rise

very much

sibling-in-law of the opposite gender

ringworm

what?

goods

a bow

a torch of bamboo and oil

to be clever

undergrowth

the buttocks

woman

knee, elbow, or corner

star

when?

market

to fight

the mouth

the shoulder blade

to strike

python

adze

wing

with

rice

machete

chisel

grass

to give

rice

dish

to think

food

bee

black ant

garden

knife

coconut crab

to come

rub

to buy

to collect

rain

to be deaf

seed

Spanish mackerel

to boil

cooking pot

paddle

to give

pandanus tree

a seat in a boat

when?

to press

finger

a shark

thunder

to be flat, level

a wave

to close

to count

lightning

to shiver

to carry on the shoulders

neck

to thump

ashes

to be bad

a goanna

eye

palm of the hand

to be warm

branch

to walk

to go on foot

resin

crocodile

a sampan

district head

a splinter

to answer

to burn

why?

a cousin

to shove

to have a grudge

to shove

a sheath, covering

ribs

to be hot

hot

a garfish

fog

goanna

place

to want to

because

Sabale village

to pass by

to look for

to run away

because

to be slippery

where?

to scold

after

to wait for

appearance

urine

fish poison

a well

to fry

to be narrow

to be narrow

heart

to run away

to be slippery

to wait

where

until

nine

to be brand new

to plant

to sail

to hide oneself

mantis shrimp

smoke

needle

mist

old woman

fruit

spoon

squid

magic, sorcery

smoke

to pour

bone

to be diligent

pig

to like

so that

to suck (a finger)

breast

I

head

head

horn

to fly

sea urchin

to stab

to cut

Talapao

a punting pole

sugarcane

sugarcane

island

but

to be tired

an anchor

leg

perhaps

barracuda

bag

prayer beads, misbaha

a winnowing basket

a conch shell

year

tea

to shoot

chest

chest

to steal

chest

thief

to lift

Moti island

to be hard

to fell a tree

to say

seven

finally

to be clear

then

smoking rack

grandfather

my

complete

to sleep

to set (of the sun)

cucumber

to bathe

to pull

to bark

if

son-in-law

to wrap up

to want to (do something)

to be new

to sit

to sit down

to be finished

cheek

to change

eight

to write

fish scale

the sky

to open

cat

a hole

to wash

to carry

to bring

grandchild

to blow

to flow

to spit

a planting stick

voice

three

blood

a scar

to push

to stay

to know

tuna

not yet

to hit or strike with the hand; to beat

to throw

when

to play

to play

is not

leaf

machete

rattan

ant

ant

tooth

to be cold

day

midday

to be wide

navel

the sea

sand

to blow

to spit

blood

rudder

to stir

fish

mother

to make noise

not

to be slippery (of a stone)

areca nut

citrus fruit

to flow

attaches to numeral roots to form base powers of ten