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Language: Dobuan

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Dobu
•  Ethnologue Information for dob
•  OLAC Information for dob
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 9 entries

• Source: Eric Lawson (Word 206) - Simon Greenhill (2010-04-23 00:01:39)
• Source: Eric Lawson (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2010-04-23 00:01:36)
• Source: Eric Lawson (Word 34) - Simon Greenhill (2010-04-23 00:01:32)
• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux, Dobu-Duau To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Dobu-Duau - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:25:57)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 205) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:49:36)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:49:07)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 203) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:48:30)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:47:58)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:47:29)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	nima-na		1, 66
2	left	gegeumi-na		76
3	right	atai-na		14
4	leg/foot	'ae-na		1
5	to walk	lopilidadana		35
6	road/path	'eda		12
7	to come	'u da ma		1
8	to turn	asi'i		100
9	to swim	tube		17
10	dirty	baila	(dirt)	75
11	dust	kau	(cf 146)	17
12	skin	bwara-na		51
13	back	guau-na		40
14	belly	gamwa-na		45
14	belly	gamwada-na		45
15	bone	lulu-na		32
16	intestines	dia-na		88
17	liver	'ate-na		1
18	breast	susu-na		1
19	shoulder	'ara-na	cf ata< *pata	1
20	to know, be knowledgeable	panaita
20	to know, be knowledgeable	sinapuna		83
21	to think	nuena	insides (noun)	30
22	to fear	matauta		1
23	blood	rara		1
24	head	deba-na		43, 72
25	neck	'oto-na		89
26	hair	'uia'uia-na
27	nose	'ubusu-na		1, 17
28	to breathe	iawasi-na	(breath)	22
29	to sniff, smell	mui		106
30	mouth	'awa		36
31	tooth	sara-na		11
32	tongue	meia-na		7
33	to laugh	edagi		104
34	to cry	dedo		8
34	to cry	dedoi		8
35	to vomit	maiwa		4
36	to spit	giwara		40
37	to eat	e'ai		1, 44
38	to chew	'uta'uta		14
39	to cook	e'ure		117
40	to drink	numa		1, 34
41	to bite	'enina		79
42	to suck	sususu		25
43	ear	tena-na		1
44	to hear	nono		1, 36
45	eye	mata-na		1
46	to see	'ita		1
47	to yawn	mwawa		19
48	to sleep	'eno		8
49	to lie down	'eno'eno		1
50	to dream	madawara		18
51	to sit	miatoa		26, 80
52	to stand	toro		2
53	person/human being	tomota		1, 66
54	man/male	me'oloto-na		21, 103
55	woman/female	mewaine-na		1, 110
56	child	goama		14
57	husband	mwane-na		26
58	wife	mwane-na		18
59	mother	sina-na		1
60	father	tama-na		1
61	house	anua		7
62	thatch/roof	'atoa		1
63	name	esa-na		1, 18
64	to say	ona		20
64	to say	gwae		156
65	rope	barae		84
66	to tie up, fasten	losipwa		136
67	to sew	saisaila		2, 53
68	needle	sairuma		1, 65
69	to hunt	tore		49
70	to shoot	tupu		10
71	to stab, pierce	badi
72	to hit	'unu		23
73	to steal	'anaw|ara		1, 58
73	to steal	'ipwara
74	to kill	'unu		1
75	to die, be dead	mwawasa		24
76	to live, be alive	bobo'a-na
76	to live, be alive	maiawasi-na		10
77	to scratch	waro		1
78	to cut, hack	tara		1
79	stick/wood	kai|we		1, 33
80	to split	tara si'aa		92
81	sharp	mamata-na		36
82	dull, blunt	kuwa-na	blunt	79
82	dull, blunt	gugura	dull. Check Fijian Samoan for 'Seuse'?
83	to work	guinua		99
84	to plant	aso		28
85	to choose	'ita'i'isi-'esinua		8
86	to grow	tabwa	(of plants)	11
87	to swell	pulu		83
87	to swell	sesea
88	to squeeze	bibi		21
89	to hold	giai		118
90	to dig	sala		10
91	to buy	lagwa		70
91	to buy	gimwani		17
92	to open, uncover	gigege	(a door)	18
93	to pound, beat	dai
94	to throw	'ule		17
95	to fall	sagu
96	dog	kedewa		18
97	bird	manua		1
98	egg	pou		15
99	feather	dagura		13
100	wing	pape-na		21
101	to fly	taea		48
102	rat	kokolaka		33
103	meat/flesh	'esio-na		10
104	fat/grease	iapa		40
105	tail	iuiu-na		1, 25
106	snake	moata		12
107	worm (earthworm)	didimwana		48
108	louse	'utu		1
109	mosquito	nemwa		1
110	spider	mwanamwanaikwa
111	fish	iana		1
112	rotten	daula		78
113	branch	nari-na
114	leaf	iawa-na		17
115	root	ramu-na		3
116	flower	seni-na		9, 14
117	fruit	'ua-na		1
118	grass	nedu
118	grass	pwatura
119	earth/soil	bare'u		20
119	earth/soil	bwa'a
120	stone	gurewa		31
121	sand	nedila		67
121	sand	kaukau		17
122	water	boasi		6, 64
123	to flow	daudau		18
124	sea	ora		70
125	salt	kalita		12
126	lake	sewasewa		47
127	woods/forest	mitawa		27
128	sky	garewa		16
129	moon	nawarae		13
130	star	kwadima		86
131	cloud	poana
132	fog	umauma		17
133	rain	usana		1
134	thunder	weparara		15, 45
135	lightning	namara		18
136	wind	mana		21
136	wind	iagila		1
137	to blow	toa		20
138	warm	iaiiai		75
139	cold	gogai		49
140	dry	iadaiada		108
141	wet	pwasa		107
142	heavy	mwau		20
143	fire	'awe		35
144	to burn	'arasi		17
145	smoke	'asu		2
146	ash	karikau		1, 90
147	black	gaigai-na		60
148	white	burabura-na		3
149	red	bweabweari-na		26
150	yellow	raurau-na
151	green	karakarawi-na		13, 52
152	small	gidari-na
153	big	sinabwa-na		131
154	short	kukupa-na		20
154	short	tuna-na
155	long	dudura-na		21
156	thin	dedea-na		10
157	thick	bado-na		18
158	narrow	gilele-na
158	narrow	gibwagibwa
159	wide	bababa-na
160	painful, sick	elo'uia
161	shy, ashamed	omaiamaia		1
162	old	kadekaderi-na
163	new	auau-na		1, 26
164	good	bobo'a-na
165	bad, evil	to'umali-na
166	correct, true	paruparu-na		19
167	night	boiboi		1
168	day	'asiata		72
169	year	sesoi
169	year	borimana		15
170	when?	maisa		1, 83
171	to hide	e kwaia
172	to climb	tu'e
173	at	'ena		29
174	in, inside	gamwanaia		11
175	above	tabwanaia		59
176	below	'agarauna		18
177	this	gete
178	that	nina		1
179	near	serabenaia
179	near	deinaia		66
180	far	'edidigura
181	where?	mane		13
181	where?	mwa'o
182	I	'abo'agu
183	thou	'oiu		1
184	he/she	tauna		9
185	we	'abo'ada
185	we	'abo'ama
186	you	'omi		1, 13
187	they	taudi		21
188	what?	toase		77
189	who?	iaita		55
190	other	wate
191	all	iauiau-na		53
192	and	ta		30
192	and	be		24
193	if	'abo		9
194	how?	mwa'adega
195	no, not	nigea		23, 24
195	no, not	gea'abo		23, 105
196	to count	sawa		19
196	to count	iapu
197	One	'e bweu		74
198	Two	'e rua		1
199	Three	'e to		1
200	Four	'e ata		1
201	Five	nima		1
202	Six	nima 'e bweu
203	Seven	nima 'e rua	5 + 2	5, 2
204	Eight	nima 'e to
205	Nine	nima 'e ata		11
206	Ten	sanau		5
207	Twenty	tai	'person'	33
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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