Mikloucho-Maclay: New Guinea Diaries 1871—1883, translated from the Russian with biographical and historical notes by C. L. Sentinella. Kristen Press, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
196410 | Bongu | boat | vang | large vessel with sails | ||
196409 | Bongu | kangaroo | val-tibol | |||
196408 | Bongu | kangaroo | u-tib.ol | |||
196407 | Bongu | circumcision | u-ravar | |||
196406 | Bongu | beach | uleu | sandy beach | ||
196405 | Bongu | spade | udyasab | used to break up soil | ||
196404 | Bongu | stake | udya | used in cultivation | ||
196403 | Bongu | kangaroo | tibol | |||
196402 | Bongu | skull | tamo gate | human skull | ||
196401 | Bongu | ochre | suru | red ochre | ||
196400 | Bongu | bracelet | rotei | worn on the upper arm or lower leg | ||
196399 | Bongu | boat | rak-rak | crude boat made from logs not hollowed out | ||
196398 | Bongu | musical instrument | orlan-ai | rattle | ||
196397 | Bongu | write, draw | negrengba | |||
196396 | Bongu | festival | mun | |||
196395 | Bongu | died | muen sen | |||
196394 | Bongu | musical instrument | monki-ai | made from coconut shell | ||
196393 | Bongu | statue | kariya | ancestral figure carved in wood | ||
196392 | Bongu | mirror | ganum | |||
196391 | Bongu | mirror | kanum | |||
196390 | Bongu | leave | gle | |||
196389 | Bongu | skull | gate | |||
196388 | Bongu | braid | diu | plaited braid used for tying nd supporting hair | ||
196387 | Bongu | litter, rubbish | digor | |||
196386 | Bongu | ornament | bul-ra | made from boar tusks | ||
196385 | Bongu | Venus | boi | |||
196384 | Bongu | mask | aka | large wooden mask | ||
196350 | Bongu | wind | yavar | a west-north-west wind | ||
196349 | Bongu | shell, hull | yarur | used for scraping the flesh | ||
196348 | Bongu | bag | yamb | carried round the neck | ||
196347 | Bongu | grass | unan | a tough tall-growing species of grass | ||
196346 | Bongu | bag | telgun | a woven string bag worn by the women | ||
196345 | Bongu | bag | telrun | a woven string bag worn by the women | ||
196344 | Bongu | knife | shelyupa | made from kangaroo bone | ||
196343 | Bongu | earth/soil | kumu | black earth used for decoration purposes | ||
196342 | Bongu | tree | kengara | nut-bearing tree | ||
196341 | Bongu | wind | karog | nor-nor-west wind | ||
196340 | Bongu | hair | gatessi | ringlets of hair at the back of the head | ||
196339 | Bongu | bowl | gambor | large bowl made from plaited palm leaves | ||
196338 | Bongu | coconut | gamba | shell of coconut, often used as cup | ||
196337 | Bongu | house of man, greeting | e-meme | "O father" | ||
196336 | Bongu | house of man, greeting | e-aba | "O brother" | ||
196335 | Bongu | bird | dum | species of small fowl-like jungle bird | ||
196334 | Bongu | knife | dongan | made from pig's bone | ||
196333 | Bongu | bark (of tree) | dim | of a particular tree | ||
196332 | Bongu | house | darem | men's house | ||
196331 | Bongu | house | buambramra | men's house or community house | ||
196330 | Bongu | to finish | bassa | |||
196329 | Bongu | drum | barum | signal drum or split gong | ||
196328 | Bongu | to cry | amb | (Bili Bili) expresses deep distress |