fruit, bud, seed, nut, button, ball, weight, importance, egg, calf of the leg, nit (louse egg), spout of a vessel, penis, male sex organs; numeral classifier; element in names of body parts; objects used in games or gambling; also used in a number of figurative expressions

Kreemer 1931

penis of a dog; bolt of a rifle

Kreemer 1931

roe of fish

Kreemer 1931

boss of a gong; bolt of a rifle

Kreemer 1931

Adam's apple

Kreemer 1931

oleaginous nut; also human testicles

Kreemer 1931

lit. penis of a #Kliŋ (Tamil) = kind of sea cucumber

Kreemer 1931

chicken egg

Kreemer 1931

cannon shot

Kreemer 1931

upper arm

Kreemer 1931

bearing fruit

Kreemer 1931

fruit, product; esp. betel-nut

Barber 1979

fruit

Barber 1979

set of chess-men

Barber 1979

time, place or manner of bearing fruit

Adriani 1928

fruit; also used of kidneys because of their shape

Adriani 1928

what is hung on something as decoration: beads, metal strips, tassels

Adriani 1928

the areca nut, beads, comb and other objects that lie in the #biŋka mpobine, the basket from which the seed rice is distributed to the women who will sow it in dibble holes during the planting

Adriani 1928

large type of areca nut

Adriani 1928

fruit

Smith 2017

kidney (dialect form)

Post and Gardner 1992

fruit

Said 1977

fruit

Rousseau 1971

fruit

Mead 1998

spongy growth inside a coconut which is produced prior to sprouting; it is good to eat

Wolff 1972

betel nut palm: Areca catechu

Topping, Ogo, and Dungca 1975

type of bush: Davallia solida

Topping, Ogo, and Dungca 1975

fruit

Manik 1977

ammunition for a gun

Manik 1977

fruit

fruit

Lobel 2016

fruit of any kind, berry, nut; anything rounded or resembling a fruit (calf of the leg, biceps); pattern, design; numeral classifier for e.g. buildings, boats

Richards 1981

one to be spoken of and remembered (in song); famous, renowned in story

Richards 1981

seed, grain, kernel, nut

Lambrecht 1978

betel palm, areca palm: Areca catechu L.

Rubino 2000, Carro 1956

the betel palm or areca palm: Areca catechu L.; the betel nut

Vanoverbergh 1972

areca nut

Tharp and Natividad 1976

areca palm or nut

Yamada 1976

bear fruit

Pigeaud 1938

container for betel-chewing materials

Pigeaud 1938

fruit

Pigeaud 1938

guava

Pigeaud 1938

various kinds of fruit

Pigeaud 1938

grain, berry, bead; grape, fruit; drupe; seed; stone; kernel, pip. In general, all that is small and round

Vanoverbergh 1933

swell up, get round (applied to the breasts of women)

Vanoverbergh 1933

fruit; seed of a fruit; button of a jacket; blade of a knife; numeral classifier for small objects, grains

Neumann 1951

fruit

Southwell 1980

the spirit of tattooing in old customs

Southwell 1980

nipples of the human breast

Southwell 1980

fruit; integral part of (used in names of many fruits, the fingers)

Blust n.d. (1971)

honeybee

Blust n.d. (1971)

fruit

Long San

Galvin 1967

betel nut

Galvin 1967

fruit

Rousseau n.d.

fruit

Walker 1975,1976

liver

Salayar

Cense 1979

seeds or fruits of all kinds; the kidneys; element in the names of numerous fructifying plants

Richardson 1885

beads of red coral, etc.

Richardson 1885

rat

Richardson 1885

the kidneys of animals; /voa/ alone is used for the kidneys of human beings

Richardson 1885

name of an insect

Richardson 1885

name of a flying insect

Richardson 1885

the name of a beetle, probably a scavenger beetle

Richardson 1885

name of a small insect

Richardson 1885

fruit; fruit-like (rounded) object. A descriptive term for (i) all fruits, (ii) 'fruit' in the special sense of the areca nut (cf. e.g. #pe-buah 'receptacle for areca nut in a #sireh-set'), (iii) stony fruit used for special purposes, e.g. candle-nuts used as playing-marbles, (iv) articles resembling definite kinds of fruit, e.g. #buah bedara (fruit of Zizyphus jujuba; a bead suggesting that fruit; a sweetmeat suggesting that fruit, (v) adolescent girls regarded as fruit ripe for the plucking, (vi) the fruit-like (i.e. rounded) portion of anything, e.g. #buah betis 'calf of the leg', #buah pelir 'testicle', #buah pantat 'buttock', #buah piŋgaŋ 'kidney', (vii) miscellaneous rounded objects such as studs, buttons, chessmen, etc., (viii) generally, as a numeral coefficient for all rounded objects such as stones, books, watches, boxes, plates, bowls, baskets, eggs, teeth, shields, doors, buildings, villages, towns, countries, hills, mountains, caves and lakes; and also for lamentations (#ratap)

Wilkinson 1959

ricestalks cut in the #semaŋat padi ceremonies

Wilkinson 1959

fruit, fruits

Muthalib 1977

coconut sprout

Svelmoe and Svelmoe 1990

endosperm of germinating coconut; prolapsed uterus

McKaughan and Macaraya 1967

fruit; round or rounded object (used in names of many fruits and some vegetables)

Blust n.d. (1971)

marble (for children's games)

Blust n.d. (1971)

kneecap

Blust n.d. (1971)

cucumber

Blust n.d. (1971)

fruit

Kampung Teh

fruit; husk; flower; testicle; part of the breast tattooing; ZC (nephew or niece)

Morris 1900

fruit

Larish 1999

endosperm of a germinating coconut

Dunnebier 1951

remove the endosperm of a germinating coconut to eat (children love to do this)

Dunnebier 1951

fruit

Mead 1999

fruit; kidneys; marble

Sundermann 1905

grain

Sundermann 1905

fruit of a tree; eye

Sundermann 1905

button, stud

Sundermann 1905

play marbles; fasten a button

Sundermann 1905

fruit, esp. betel-nut

Zoetmulder 1982

fruit

betel nut

McManus and Josephs 1977

kidney

McManus and Josephs 1977

fruit; kidneys (of animals); testicles; calf muscle, biceps

Jaspan 1984

fruit, egg, round object; classifier for round objects; found in names of many fruits

Tharp and Ƀuôn-yă 1980

ammunition, bullet, shot

Tharp and Ƀuôn-yă 1980

word

Tharp and Ƀuôn-yă 1980

testicle

Tharp and Ƀuôn-yă 1980

tassel

Steller and Aebersold 1959

fruit; blossom, infloresence; used in the names of color-varieties of cocks; numeral classifier for objects that are more long than broad (hairs, nails)

Steller and Aebersold 1959

nipple

Steller and Aebersold 1959

bear fruit

Steller and Aebersold 1959

bear fruit

Goris 1938

fruit (followed by the name of specific kinds); (specifically) betel-nut

Goris 1938

knot; button

Goris 1938

Adam's apple

Goris 1938

song, love song

Goris 1938

song, such as is sung in the paddy fields

Goris 1938

hemorrhoids

Goris 1938

fruit

fruit

Kähler 1961

('mango fruit') name of a weaving pattern

Kähler 1961

fruit in general; in the region of Bandung this refers especially to all sorts of mangos

Coolsma 1930

have fruit, bear fruit

Coolsma 1930

all sorts of fruits

Coolsma 1930

kidneys

Coolsma 1930

what will become a fruit = blossom

Coolsma 1930

what does it mean?

van der Veen 1940

fruit, in particular the areca nut; heart

van der Veen 1940

buttocks

van der Veen 1940

use, sense, meaning

van der Veen 1940

fruit

Warneck 1977

fruit

Seeddon 1978

fruit; areca nut

Schwarz 1908

finger

Schwarz 1908

toe

Schwarz 1908

nipple

Schwarz 1908

fruit

Thurgood 1999

fruit

Esser 1964

areca nut

McFarland 1977, Davis and Mesa 2000

fruit

Lebar 1972

fruit

Niggemeyer 1951-52

numeral classifier for roundish objects such as eggs, pearls, heads, etc.

Niggemeyer 1951-52

fruit

Fox n.d.

to swell; be pregnant; fruit; protrusions; numeral connector for small objects (as cigarettes); areca nut

Collins n.d.

fruit; numeral connector for small objects

Collins n.d.

fruit

Wallace 1869 (1962)

fruit, contents

Sahidu 1978

mango

Sahidu 1978

betel nut; element in names of various bananas

Devin 1989

fruit; spleen; person; numeral coefficient for fruit; egg

Devin 1989

fruit

Fox, J. n.d.

heart

Hughes n.d.

fruit

Josselin de Jong 1947

fruit; heart

Drabbe 1932

fruit

fruit; classifier used in counting fruits, round objects

Wijngaarden 1896

each, every, of fruits, eggs, etc.

Wijngaarden 1896

fruit

Wijngaarden 1896

betel nut; fruit; the heart

Ekris 1864-65

sirih, which bears fruit, also sirih as fruit as distinct from the leaf

Onvlee 1984

three houses

Onvlee 1984

fruit, seed, grain; numeral classifier for fruits, houses, months, villages, gardens, etc.

Onvlee 1984

kidneys; testicles

Onvlee 1984

pupil of the eye; to bear fruit

Onvlee 1984

fruit

fruit

Verheijen 1982

fruit

fruit

fruit; classifier for fruits, buildings, eggs, general objects

Laidig 1993

bear fruit

Jonker 1932

numeral classifier

Jonker 1932

fruit

Jonker 1932

fruit, fruits; kidneys; results of a discussion, conclusion; contents; purpose, content (of talk); protrude (of the skin), grow (of scar tissue over a healed wound); areca nut

Verheijen 1967-70

heart

Verheijen 1967-70

beloved child

Verheijen 1967-70

kind of edible mushroom

Verheijen 1967-70

fruit

bear fruit for the first time

Arndt 1961

fruit

its fruit; numeral classifier for people, boats, cigarettes, mountains

Stresemann 1918

numeral classifier used in counting people, etc.

Verheijen 1977a

fruit; kidneys

Verheijen 1977a

fruit

fruit; as an independent word used especially when the fruit of a tree has already been named

Jonker 1908

fruit

heart

Drabbe 1932a

bear a child

Meye 1964

some, a piece (numeral classifier)

Meye 1964

the areca palm and its fruit

Meye 1964

fruit; bear fruit

Meye 1964

the yield from a field, harvest

Meye 1964

wasp that nests in the ground

Meye 1964

kidney

Meye 1964

fruit

Fortgens 1921

coconut

Fortgens 1921

fruit

Arndt 1937

fruit

fruit

Taber 1993

fruit

Wallace 1869 (1962)

toes

Morris 1984

betel nut, areca: Areca catechu

Morris 1984

fruit; heart

Dili

Morris 1984

fruit (plants and trees); heart (of persons or living things)

Morris 1984

bullet

Morris 1984

rosary beads; placed between some nouns and numerals as a classifier, e.g. #manu tolun fuan haat 'four eggs'

Morris 1984

word, term

Morris 1984

eyeball

Morris 1984

fruit

Taber 1993

fruit

Collins n.d.a.

fruit

Capell 1944

fruit

Wallace 1962

fruit

Fox n.d.

areca, betel nut

Collins n.d.a.

fruit; milt; bear fruit

Josselin de Jong 1987

fruit

Drabbe 1932b

bear fruit

Drabbe 1932b

fruit

Anceaux 1961

fruit

fruit

Kamholz 2011

fruit

van Hasselt and van Hasselt 1947

fruit

fruit

Held 1942, Anceaux 1961

a betel nut tree; betel nut

Geerts 1970

betel nut

Fox, C. 1970

a formation like a ball in a sprouting coconut

Jenness and Ballantyne 1928

betel nut

Goodenough and Sugita 1980

wild betel nut

Lanyon-Orgill 1962

betel nut

Lincoln 1977

flower, blossom, tassel and stem of sugar cane; to bloom, blossom; to issue, appear, come forth, emerge, said especially of smoke, wind, speech and colors, hence to smoke, blow, speak, shine; progeny, child, descendant, offspring

Pukui and Elbert 1971

areca nut used in magic, and the associated magical complex

Keesing 1975

betel palm, betel nut

Peekel 1929-30

areca palm and nut: Areca catechu; heart; gall bladder

areca palm and nuts

betel nut

Böhm 1975

flower, seed; to bloom, produce flowers or seed

Williams 1971

bloom, blossom

Williams 1971

the areca nut and palm: Areca catechu

Lister-Turner and Clark 1930

the betel palm and nut (13 growth stages of the nut are lexically distinguished)

Fox, C. 1955

betel clump or grove, place of betel palms

Fox, C. 1955

bud (of a flower)

McEwen 1970

come into bud

McEwen 1970

areca palm/nut; betel nut quid

betel nut, Areca catechu

Rehg and Sohl 1979

betel nut, as on Palau (none on Puluwat)

Elbert 1972

betel nut: Areca catechu L.; bud, papaya flower; tip, as of a spear; to bud

Elbert 1975

areca nut

Bell 1977

areca palm and nut

betel nut: Areca catechu; more commonly #bua or #bue

heart

betel nut (originally brought from Yap)

Sohn and Tawerilmang 1976

fruit

orange

Tsuchida 1976

Dioscorea alata (wild); Dioscorea esculenta var. spinosa (cultigen)

Ferrell 1982

fruit

Cauquelin 1991

fruit

Tamalakaw

Cauquelin 1991

fruit

Campbell 1996