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A Papuan Dictionary.—Wörterbuch der Kâte-Sprache gesprochen in Neuguinea. Dictionary of the Kàte-Language as spoken in New Guinea. Von Christian Keysser. Berlin, 1923. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), A.-G. Hamburg: C. Boysen. (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Eingeborenen Sprachen. Siebentes Heft.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

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page 184 note 1 As e.g. Kiwai (Fly River): n-i-midai-bi-ru-mo we took three, lit. we–more than one–take–three–did–we.

page 184 note 2 As e.g. Naman (Purari Delta): Kuru-i-na tell me, kuru-ni-na tell thee, kuru-na-ve told me, kuru-ni-nave told thee.

page 184 note 3 As e g. Binandere (Mamba River): te-na I say, te-ta thou sayest, te-sira he says.

page 184 note 4 As e.g. Mailu (Cloudy Bay): mini-la-uta 1 give thee, mini-la-a I give him, mini-la-esela thou givest me, mini-la-esa thou givest him, mini-la-esela he gives me, mini-la-ga he gives thee, mini-la-esa he gives him.

page 184 note 5 As e.g. Mailu: Auribaubauaa I have been staying a lone time, aierorveuveulasibiau come ye back quickly.

page 184 note 6 As e.g. Monumbo (Potsdamhaten): ek atsaik I saw, ek tsek atsoro I have seen thee, nin nindaik he has seen, uk utsaik she has seen, ek awiraik I will see.

page 184 note 7 Perhaps Kiwai and Binandere.

page 186 note 1 In Kâte orthography: â = open vowel o, c glottal plosive consonant, j voiced palatal fricative, η voiced velar nasal, 3 voiced alveolar affricate (dz), z breathed alveolar affricate.