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Language: Yapese

Source/Author:  Blust, from Jensen, Corrections from Keira Ballantyne 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:yap  Glottocode: yape1248 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Peng Du  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Yapese 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand rifrif      
1 hand paaq POc *paRa- 16  
2 left gilaey'      
3 right mat'aaw POc *mataqu 5, 13  
4 leg/foot rifrif      
4 leg/foot qaay POc *qaqe- 1  
5 to walk yaen      
6 road/path woq      
7 to come yib      
8 to turn word info piig      
8 to turn word info cheleeg      
9 to swim noeŋ POc *[l,n]aŋi 1  
10 dirty qaliit      
11 dust qaab < Palauan   L
12 skin yalach      
12 skin yarooch      
12 skin doew "skin of animal"    
13 back word info keeruq      
14 belly yi-n his    
14 belly nae-g < Palauan   L
15 bone yil < Palauan   L
16 intestines t'aay POc *taqe 'faeces' 29  
17 liver qaed POc *qate 1  
18 breast thuth POc *susu 1  
19 shoulder puu-n      
19 shoulder poe-n      
20 to know, be knowledgeable naaŋ      
21 to think leam      
22 to fear daguw POc *takut 1  
22 to fear magar      
23 blood rachaq < Palauan   L
24 head chug      
24 head lalug      
25 neck ŋuroeq      
26 hair word info piy      
27 nose p'eethŋuu-n < Mic   L
28 to breathe pagoofaan      
29 to sniff, smell faraay      
30 mouth l'igi-n      
30 mouth l'ugu-n      
30 mouth laŋaa-n      
31 tooth ŋuwol < Palauan   L
32 tongue balwoth      
32 tongue yimnoon      
33 to laugh minmin POc *malip 3  
34 to cry yoer      
35 to vomit suull'ugun      
36 to spit thuw[aeg]   19, 88  
37 to eat qabiich      
37 to eat kaay POc *kani 1, 44  
38 to chew word info laŋad      
39 to cook word info liith POc *nasu(k) 3  
39 to cook word info luum      
40 to drink qunum POc *[i,u]num 1  
40 to drink quun POc *[i,u]num 1  
41 to bite k'aad POc *kaRat 1  
42 to suck fil[fil]      
42 to suck [pin]piniŋ      
43 ear teel POc *taliŋa 1  
43 ear lii-g my    
44 to hear ruŋqag POc *roŋoR + -aki 1  
45 eye qawochean      
45 eye miit 3.sg.poss/ POc *mata 1  
46 to see guy < Mic   L
47 to yawn ŋuluq      
48 to sleep mool < Mic   L
49 to lie down word info thig nga but      
50 to dream [ma]lik'aey      
51 to sit paer      
52 to stand tuuq POc *tuqur 2  
53 person/human being giidiiq      
53 person/human being giirdiiq      
54 man/male moqon POc *mʷaqane 1  
55 woman/female [b]piin POc *papine 1, 106  
56 child btiir      
57 husband figir      
58 wife lëq      
59 mother chii-tin-ŋiin POc *tina 1  
60 father chii-tam-ŋiin POc *tama 1  
61 house naqun      
62 thatch/roof chig      
63 name ŋachol < Palauan   L
63 name ŋuchol < Palauan   L
64 to say yoeg      
65 rope gof      
65 rope tael POc *tali 1  
66 to tie up, fasten m'aag      
67 to sew word info yip'      
68 needle raasam < Palauan   L
68 needle thuuk POc *suki 'sew'    
69 to hunt word info makool      
70 to shoot word info yiin'      
71 to stab, pierce rugöy      
72 to hit word info guul      
73 to steal [qir]qiriŋ      
73 to steal saath      
74 to kill liiq      
75 to die, be dead yiim'      
76 to live, be alive fas      
77 to scratch word info guruuy      
77 to scratch word info (ker)keer      
78 to cut, hack word info doedöy      
79 stick/wood leak'   1  
80 to split word info masëy      
81 sharp [m'uth] m'uuth      
82 dull, blunt boqogol      
82 dull, blunt muqgug      
83 to work word info märweel      
84 to plant miyuuq < Palauan   L
84 to plant yuuŋ      
85 to choose meel'eeg   1?  
86 to grow word info tuguul   1  
86 to grow word info tugiil   1  
87 to swell word info mathow      
88 to squeeze word info qudiy      
89 to hold word info koel      
90 to dig [ker]keer POc *keli; -r unexpected 1  
91 to buy chuwaey'      
92 to open, uncover biiŋ      
93 to pound, beat word info pardëq      
94 to throw word info muun (intrans.)    
94 to throw word info paag (tns)    
95 to fall word info muul      
96 dog kuus     L
96 dog pilis     L
97 bird qarcheaq      
98 egg faak   9?  
99 feather wul POc *pulu- 1  
100 wing bon POc *banic 2  
101 to fly chaŋëg   33  
102 rat boroq      
103 meat/flesh qufin      
104 fat/grease maam POc *mamis 'sweet-tasting' 105  
104 fat/grease mam POc *mamis 'sweet-tasting' 105  
105 tail buuk' his tail    
106 snake parchooyog < Palauan   L
107 worm (earthworm) qäloelaey < Palauan   L
108 louse word info thiil louse, egg, nit; POc *lisaq: metathesis?    
109 mosquito neeŋ POc *ñamuk 1  
110 spider goenöw      
111 fish niig POc *na + ikan 1  
112 rotten word info meal      
112 rotten word info buuy' < Palauan   L
113 branch word info paaq      
114 leaf yuuw its leaf    
115 root lik'      
116 flower mak'uuf      
117 fruit [wa]qamŋii-n      
118 grass paan POc *palisi 1  
119 earth/soil buut' POc *butaq (ACD) 27  
120 stone malaaŋ      
121 sand yaan' < Palauan 1 L
122 water word info rawn fresh water; POc *[d]ranum 1  
122 water word info daay salt water; POc *tasik    
123 to flow luul'      
124 sea madaay POc *ma + tasik 1  
124 sea riguur      
125 salt sool < English   L
126 lake lipäth      
126 lake lupäth      
127 woods/forest lawaay      
128 sky laaŋ POc *laŋit 1  
129 moon puul POc *pulan 1  
130 star t'uuf POc *pituqun ??    
131 cloud word info maagooleŋ      
132 fog      
133 rain n'uw POc *qusan 1  
134 thunder dirraq      
135 lightning quluch      
136 wind nifeeŋ < Mic   L
137 to blow word info thoow      
138 warm word info gowal      
139 cold word info gärbeab      
139 cold word info qulum      
140 dry word info malik'      
141 wet gardaq      
141 wet mäyguq      
141 wet meyguq      
142 heavy toomaal      
143 fire nifiy POc *na + api 1  
144 to burn word info qörfeeg      
144 to burn word info qurfeeg      
145 smoke word info qaath   2  
146 ash qawaat      
147 black ruŋduq      
148 white weachweach < Palauan 'lime'   L
149 red roowroow      
150 yellow maegchoel      
151 green giriin < English   L
152 small qachiig POc *qitik 1  
153 big [gaq]gaaq      
154 short word info [ŋoch]ŋooch      
155 long word info n'uw      
156 thin word info guu|lfith      
157 thick word info dibqäg      
158 narrow wiqinqin      
158 narrow wuqinqin      
159 wide raad width    
160 painful, sick muqbich      
160 painful, sick m'aar      
161 shy, ashamed taamraq      
162 old word info labthir      
163 new biqech < Palauan   L
164 good feal'      
164 good maenigiil      
165 bad, evil kireeb      
166 correct, true piluw correct    
166 correct, true riyuul' true    
167 night neap' POc *na-Rapi 21  
168 day raraan POc *[d]ra(n,ŋ)i 6  
169 year duw POc *taqun 1  
170 when? word info wiqin      
170 when? word info wuqin      
171 to hide word info miith      
172 to climb word info foor      
173 at u   52  
174 in, inside laan POc *lalo-ña 1  
175 above dakean      
176 below taan POc *tanoq 'earth' 9  
177 this neey   1  
178 that niir hearer proximal    
178 that neam hearer distal    
179 near chuuchguur      
180 far maal'aaf      
180 far qureel      
181 where? word info quw      
182 I g|aeg      
183 thou guur      
184 he/she qiir      
185 we word info gad|ow POc *kita 1  
185 we word info gam|ow POc *kami 2  
186 you gimeew POc *kamiu 1, 13  
187 they yow      
188 what? word info maaŋ   2?  
189 who? word info miniiq      
190 other [thil]thiil      
191 all gubiin      
192 and ma VP conjunction; POc *ma 2  
192 and ngea NP conjunction    
193 if faqan      
193 if fäqän      
194 how? word info bidqiy      
195 no, not daa 'not'; POc *ta 4  
195 no, not daangaaq      
196 to count maathqëg      
197 One word info reeb      
197 One word info taqreeb      
198 Two word info l'agruw ??? + POc *rua 1  
199 Three word info dalip POc *tolu + Classifier 1  
200 Four word info qanŋeeg      
200 Four word info anŋeeg      
201 Five word info lal'      
202 Six word info nel'      
203 Seven word info me-dlip 'minus three'    
204 Eight word info me-rük 'minus two'    
205 Nine word info me-reb 'minus one'    
206 Ten word info rag'ag      
207 Twenty word info raliw'      
208 Fifty word info wigem      
209 One Hundred word info ra'ay      
210 One Thousand word info biyuq      

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