Source: Brown (1973)
Brown, HA. 1973. The Eleman language family. Pp. 279-374. In Franklin, KJ. (Ed). The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3210 | Tairuma | many | piroriapo | |||
| 3211 | Tairuma | this | me'e | |||
| 3212 | Tairuma | that | lai'e | |||
| 3213 | Tairuma | one | farepo | |||
| 3214 | Tairuma | two | helakere | |||
| 3217 | Tairuma | not | harokari | |||
| 3218 | Tairuma | leaf | tolotolo | |||
| 3219 | Tairuma | meat (flesh) | viairi | |||
| 3220 | Tairuma | horn | kea | |||
| 3222 | Tairuma | person | laea | |||
| 3223 | Tairuma | seed | tola mere | |||
| 3224 | Tairuma | round | maea koauko | |||
| 3226 | Tairuma | sand | miri folo | |||
| 3227 | Tairuma | feather | ori tolo | |||
| 3230 | Tairuma | to speak | o ara | |||
| 3234 | Tairuma | not | leavi | |||
| 3236 | Tairuma | person | karu | |||
| 3177 | Tairuma | small | keako | singular | ||
| 3197 | Tairuma | to lie down | uava | singular | ||
| 3201 | Tairuma | to come | ete | (fr. E.) | ||
| 3221 | Tairuma | claw | mai haro | foreleg | ||
| 3232 | Tairuma | to come | ukote | (fr. W.) |