Mailu

Noun

ʔaʔama

1. water

Usage notes

This form is used in all dialects: Asiaoro, Baibara, Borebo, Darava, Delebai, Domara, Geagea, Ilai, Island. Less often, the form aʔaʔma is found.

References

• transnewguinea, citing Thomson (1975), The dialects of Magi, in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 18 (Canberra: Pacific Linguistics; R. Conrad et al., editors)