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 |
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195894 | Bongu | friend | aba | |||
195895 | Bongu | brother | aba | |||
195896 | Bongu | brother | abadam | |||
196384 | Bongu | mask | aka | large wooden mask | ||
195897 | Bongu | bad (deleterious or unsuitable) | alama-amo | |||
196328 | Bongu | to cry | amb | (Bili Bili) expresses deep distress | ||
195898 | Bongu | house | aous | |||
195899 | Bongu | good | aouye | |||
195900 | Bongu | no, not | aren | |||
195901 | Bongu | yam | ayan | |||
195902 | Bongu | to speak | ballal | |||
195904 | Bongu | taro | baou | |||
195903 | Bongu | to burn (intrans.) | barata | |||
195905 | Bongu | platform | barla | |||
196329 | Bongu | drum | barum | signal drum or split gong | ||
196330 | Bongu | to finish | bassa | |||
195906 | Bongu | fire | bia | |||
195907 | Bongu | smoke (of fire) | biaram | |||
195908 | Bongu | good | bilen | |||
196385 | Bongu | Venus | boi | |||
195909 | Bongu | day (not night) | boom | |||
195910 | Bongu | bad (deleterious or unsuitable) | borle | |||
195911 | Bongu | big | boro | |||
196331 | Bongu | house | buambramra | men's house or community house | ||
195912 | Bongu | pig | bul | |||
196386 | Bongu | ornament | bul-ra | made from boar tusks | ||
196332 | Bongu | house | darem | men's house | ||
195913 | Bongu | sweet potato | degargol | |||
195914 | Bongu | thorn | diglan | |||
196387 | Bongu | litter, rubbish | digor | |||
196333 | Bongu | bark (of tree) | dim | of a particular tree | ||
196388 | Bongu | braid | diu | plaited braid used for tying nd supporting hair | ||
196334 | Bongu | knife | dongan | made from pig's bone | ||
196335 | Bongu | bird | dum | species of small fowl-like jungle bird | ||
195915 | Bongu | cassowary | dyuga | |||
196336 | Bongu | house of man, greeting | e-aba | "O brother" | ||
196337 | Bongu | house of man, greeting | e-meme | "O father" | ||
196338 | Bongu | coconut | gamba | shell of coconut, often used as cup | ||
196339 | Bongu | bowl | gambor | large bowl made from plaited palm leaves | ||
196392 | Bongu | mirror | ganum | |||
195917 | Bongu | bark (of tree) | gare | |||
195916 | Bongu | skin | gare | |||
196389 | Bongu | skull | gate | |||
196340 | Bongu | hair | gatessi | ringlets of hair at the back of the head | ||
195918 | Bongu | to come | gena | |||
195919 | Bongu | stone | gitan | |||
196390 | Bongu | leave | gle | |||
195921 | Bongu | bag | goon | |||
195924 | Bongu | one | gudi | |||
195920 | Bongu | bag | gun |