Appendix:Tayap word list

Tayap word list:

Selected topical vocabulary
Selected Tayap words from Kulick and Terrill (2019: 442-454):

Sago-related vocabulary
In Tayap, a felled sago palm tree can be divided into 7 parts. The Tayap names are listed below, from the base (wot) to the crown (mar) (Kulick & Terrill 2019: 454).


 * wot
 * wotŋa orom
 * orom
 * ndagŋa orom
 * ndag
 * marŋa orom
 * mar

The word orom means ‘in the vicinity of’.

Clan names
There are five Tayap clans:

Comparison
The comparative vocabulary table below, adapted from Kulick and Terrill (2019: 11-12) and Foley (2005), demonstrates the lexical aberrancy of Tayap as compared to the surrounding Lower Sepik languages. Cultural vocabulary such as 'village', 'canoe', 'oar', and 'lime', as well as the words for 'water' and 'eat', are shared with Lower Sepik languages. The word 'moon' is also shared with Kopar. However, most basic vocabulary items have no cognates in surrounding languages.