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Language: Wanukaka

Source/Author:  Titus T. Molu, kepala desa Pahola, Wanukaka 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:wnk  Glottocode: wanu1241 
Notes:  short vowels: à, i, u, è, ò long vovels: a, í, ú. e, o implosive consonants: bh, dh words from the Rua dialect are noted if different 
Problems:  b and bh, and d and dh are possibly sometimes mixed up. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Leif Asplund  Checked By: Leif Asplund 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Bima-Sumba 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand lima   1, 64  
2 left lalei   5, 6  
3 right lawana   1, 17  
4 leg/foot wihi   5?  
5 to walk halaku   1, 117  
6 road/path larangí   1  
7 to come òming   5  
8 to turn word info he'it   7  
9 to swim ngani   1, 45  
10 dirty pa-awuŋ maríhak 'very dirty' Rua manyarik    
11 dust kubur   72  
12 skin kalitu   1  
13 back word info kad'eŋa   5  
14 belly kabu   2  
15 bone rí   2  
16 intestines tanei   1  
17 liver ati   1  
18 breast huhu   1  
19 shoulder kabàki   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable pengu   6  
21 to think pangadang   3  
22 to fear mangeat   22  
23 blood rá   1  
24 head katiku   6  
25 neck koku   5  
26 hair word info logi   6  
27 nose íru   1  
28 to breathe hangahu   2  
29 to sniff, smell ŋid'ih Rua: paŋid'ih 4  
30 mouth a'a      
31 tooth wua-ŋidu   5  
32 tongue lɛma   6  
32 tongue lɐma   6  
33 to laugh malik   3  
34 to cry hou   2  
35 to vomit muta   1  
36 to spit padoini   5  
37 to eat angu   3  
38 to chew word info mama Rua: kajáku 1  
39 to cook word info oting      
40 to drink inung   1  
41 to bite kahi   1  
42 to suck habuʔu Rua: kabihukung 3  
43 ear wokahílu   1, 4  
44 to hear ràngu   1  
45 eye wo-mata   1  
46 to see ita   1  
47 to yawn kawaka   6  
48 to sleep jud'a   6  
49 to lie down word info maturu   37  
50 to dream nípi   1, 60  
51 to sit ŋod'u   7  
52 to stand dedi   90  
53 person/human being tou   1  
54 man/male moni   1  
55 woman/female mawini   1, 51  
56 child laked'a   2  
56 child lakead'a   2  
57 husband lá   6  
58 wife arawei   3  
59 mother iena Rua: ina 1  
60 father ama   1  
61 house úma   1  
62 thatch/roof kabuŋu   6  
63 name ngara   1  
64 to say panewi   5  
64 to say tiki      
65 rope kalarung Rua: larung 4?  
66 to tie up, fasten piŋu   5  
67 to sew word info kítu   3  
68 needle pade'iu Rua: kítu    
69 to hunt word info kalola   2  
70 to shoot word info panu   1  
71 to stab, pierce hudu   37  
71 to stab, pierce kod'ʒa      
72 to hit word info palu   1  
73 to steal kedu   3  
74 to kill hamati   2  
75 to die, be dead mati   1  
76 to live, be alive morik   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info kaja   1?  
78 to cut, hack word info pogu   4  
79 stick/wood ai   1  
80 to split word info bera   1  
81 sharp tama   6  
82 dull, blunt kado'o      
83 to work word info kerang      
84 to plant hamúla   1, 31  
85 to choose pedi   2  
86 to grow word info tobu   1  
87 to swell word info bau   33  
88 to squeeze word info pahu Rua: halata 1  
89 to hold word info hamanu   107  
90 to dig hàka   4  
91 to buy hei   2  
92 to open, uncover weha   3  
93 to pound, beat word info bai   1  
94 to throw word info kabena      
95 to fall word info mana'u ' uncertain 1, 106  
96 dog ahu   1  
97 bird mawurung   5  
98 egg tilu   1  
99 feather wolu   1  
100 wing kapa   1  
101 to fly wurung   5  
102 rat malawo   1, 82  
103 meat/flesh rou   6  
104 fat/grease kawahu   6  
105 tail kaiku   1, 69  
106 snake màdu   9  
107 worm (earthworm) lila   4  
108 louse word info wútu   1  
109 mosquito kangoa   5  
110 spider gegí   3  
111 fish kaboku   5  
112 rotten word info mohung Rua: wowu 4  
113 branch word info      
114 leaf rou   1  
115 root lolu      
116 flower wala   4  
117 fruit wua   1  
118 grass rútu   2  
119 earth/soil tana   1  
120 stone watu   1  
121 sand kòrah   6  
122 water word info wei   2  
123 to flow lai   5  
124 sea tahik   1  
125 salt mahing   3, 45  
126 lake tàma   4  
127 woods/forest òmang   6  
128 sky awang   7  
129 moon wúlang   1  
130 star kapea   5  
131 cloud word info robang   1  
132 fog habuang   6  
133 rain urang   1  
134 thunder kaguru   6  
135 lightning      
136 wind ngílu   5  
137 to blow word info pou   2  
138 warm word info wajal   5  
139 cold word info maringu   1  
140 dry word info kadoku      
141 wet baha   1  
142 heavy botu   1  
143 fire api   1  
144 to burn word info túnu   1  
145 smoke word info awu   35  
146 ash kotung      
147 black meting   1  
148 white kaka   5  
149 red rara   5  
150 yellow kunyi   1  
151 green moru   4  
152 small mèra should perhaps be mèrah 3  
153 big bakul   5  
154 short word info padak (a.) 1  
155 long word info malai   5  
156 thin word info manípih   1  
157 thick word info makapal   1  
158 narrow hadànga Rua: kapingit    
159 wide luaro   31  
160 painful, sick hidu   4  
161 shy, ashamed makí   1  
162 old word info kaweda   5  
163 new buangu   1?  
164 good kalong   7  
165 bad, evil da kalong   6  
166 correct, true tuang   33  
167 night rídung   7  
168 day làdo should perhaps be làdu 12  
169 year doungu probable loanword (BI taun) 1? L?
170 when? word info pirang   1, 65  
171 to hide word info kabuning   1  
172 to climb word info dehang   5  
173 at ta   7  
174 in, inside ta rongu Rua: ta daku    
175 above deha   5  
176 below nou wawa "down there" 1  
176 below wawa   1  
177 this nei   1  
178 that nou Rua: nei lau    
179 near marane Rua: marani 1  
180 far marou   1, 6  
181 where? word info bi is the root, followed by clitics in be-nya-ka) 2  
181 where? word info be   2  
182 I nyouwa   2  
183 thou ou   1  
184 he/she nàmu the isolated/emphatic form, but this is rarely heard in practice.    
184 he/she na na is the common form, as a pronoun or clitic    
185 we word info iata   1  
185 we word info nyiema   2  
186 you nyemi Rua: nyími 14  
187 they hàmu Pahola nyemi probably mistaken    
188 what? word info giara Rua: gierou 5  
188 what? word info ga      
189 who? word info gera      
189 who? word info giara      
190 other heka   4  
191 all dúka   8?  
192 and dàka Rua: jàka    
193 if atau kanaka Rua: balakang    
193 if a      
194 how? word info giki   5  
195 no, not daʔah   4  
196 to count yapu      
197 One word info hangi   6  
198 Two word info dúba   1  
199 Three word info tilu   1  
200 Four word info patu   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info namu   14  
203 Seven word info pitu   1  
204 Eight word info walu   3  
205 Nine word info hiwa   5  
206 Ten word info habulu   5  
206 Ten word info kabulu   5  
207 Twenty word info dua kabulu      
208 Fifty word info lima kabulu      
209 One Hundred word info haŋahu      
210 One Thousand word info hariwu      

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