Language: Nggela
| Source/Author: | Blust, From Fox | |
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| Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:nlg Glottocode: gela1263 | |
| Notes: | Fox, C.E. (1955). A dictionary of the Nggela language (Florida, British Solomon Islands). Unity Press, Auckland. some data from Ivens via Pawley | |
| Data Entry: | Typed By: Simon Greenhill Checked By: Simon Greenhill | |
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| Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Southeast Solomonic:Gela-Guadalcanal:Gela | |
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Resources:
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Entries:
| ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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| 68 | needle | |
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| 207 | Twenty
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| 208 | Fifty
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| 4 | leg/foot | marevo | |||
| 5 | to walk | sakusaku | |||
| 11 | dust | pugu ni pari | |||
| 16 | intestines | logulogu ni kutu | |||
| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable | manaha | |||
| 21 | to think | ahe | |||
| 39 | to cook
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mbiti | |||
| 39 | to cook
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nduke | |||
| 46 | to see | vaevane | |||
| 56 | child | kama | |||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | ori | |||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | osi | |||
| 69 | to hunt
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volovolo | |||
| 71 | to stab, pierce | tandaka | |||
| 72 | to hit
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kago | |||
| 72 | to hit
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panda | |||
| 72 | to hit
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pomi | |||
| 78 | to cut, hack
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kikini | |||
| 80 | to split
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mindi | |||
| 80 | to split
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piha | |||
| 80 | to split
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tahari | |||
| 81 | sharp | maŋgau | |||
| 82 | dull, blunt | kupikupi | |||
| 82 | dull, blunt | tupu | |||
| 83 | to work
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lutu | |||
| 84 | to plant | vande | |||
| 86 | to grow
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totolo | |||
| 86 | to grow
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va-sule | |||
| 89 | to hold
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[tae] tambe | |||
| 94 | to throw
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peta | |||
| 94 | to throw
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vuna | |||
| 104 | fat/grease | mbiroso | |||
| 112 | rotten
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luku | |||
| 116 | flower | vua | |||
| 118 | grass | gaogamboŋa | |||
| 121 | sand | sagalea | |||
| 127 | woods/forest | ao | |||
| 132 | fog | ulapa | |||
| 137 | to blow
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lovu | |||
| 137 | to blow
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rua | |||
| 138 | warm
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uviuvi | |||
| 140 | dry
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papara | |||
| 141 | wet | pondi | |||
| 144 | to burn
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revo | |||
| 147 | black | mbili | |||
| 151 | green | mauri | |||
| 151 | green | mbora | |||
| 152 | small | pile | |||
| 154 | short
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mborimbori | short (fat/stout), Correction: Andras Rajki | ||
| 155 | long
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ndaro | |||
| 155 | long
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rou[lua] | |||
| 157 | thick
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humbe | |||
| 159 | wide | taha | |||
| 162 | old
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kama | Correction: Andras Rajki | ||
| 162 | old
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hau | Correction: Andras Rajki | ||
| 163 | new | taŋgiha | |||
| 164 | good | uto | |||
| 171 | to hide
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tuguru ravi | |||
| 172 | to climb
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sei | |||
| 174 | in, inside | i-loka | |||
| 175 | above | vuvuŋa | |||
| 178 | that | keri | |||
| 187 | they | aga | |||
| 190 | other | sakai | |||
| 193 | if | ŋge...ke | if | ||
| 194 | how?
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gagua | |||
| 195 | no, not | taho | |||
| 6 | road/path | hala[utu] | 1 | ||
| 7 | to come | mai | 1 | ||
| 12 | skin | guiguli | irregular *k > g | 1 | |
| 17 | liver | ate | 1 | ||
| 18 | breast | susu | 1 | ||
| 19 | shoulder | vala | 1 | ||
| 22 | to fear | matagu | 1 | ||
| 24 | head | ulu | 1 | ||
| 27 | nose | ihu | 1 | ||
| 34 | to cry | taŋi | 1 | ||
| 35 | to vomit | muta | 1 | ||
| 37 | to eat | gani | 1 | ||
| 40 | to drink | inu | 1 | ||
| 41 | to bite | galat-i | 1 | ||
| 44 | to hear | roŋo | 1 | ||
| 45 | eye | mata | 1 | ||
| 48 | to sleep | maturu | 1 | ||
| 49 | to lie down
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eno | 1 | ||
| 54 | man/male | mane | 1 | ||
| 59 | mother | tina | 1 | ||
| 60 | father | tama | 1 | ||
| 62 | thatch/roof | ato | 1 | ||
| 65 | rope | tali | 1 | ||
| 70 | to shoot
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vana | 1 | ||
| 75 | to die, be dead | mate | 1 | ||
| 79 | stick/wood | gai | 1 | ||
| 85 | to choose | vili | 1 | ||
| 90 | to dig | geli | 1 | ||
| 91 | to buy | voli | 1 | ||
| 92 | to open, uncover | vuke | 1 | ||
| 97 | bird | manu | 1 | ||
| 98 | egg | tolu | 1 | ||
| 99 | feather | vuvulu | 1 | ||
| 101 | to fly | lovo | 1 | ||
| 105 | tail | igu | 1 | ||
| 108 | louse
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gutu | 1 | ||
| 109 | mosquito | namu | 1 | ||
| 111 | fish | iga | 1 | ||
| 114 | leaf | rau | 1 | ||
| 117 | fruit | vua | 1 | ||
| 120 | stone | vatu | 1 | ||
| 124 | sea | tahi | 1 | ||
| 129 | moon | vula | 1 | ||
| 133 | rain | uha | 1 | ||
| 158 | narrow | kapi | irregular *a > o | 1 | |
| 161 | shy, ashamed | maa | 1 | ||
| 163 | new | vaolu | 1 | ||
| 167 | night | mboŋi | 1 | ||
| 173 | at | i | 1 | ||
| 177 | this | eni | 1 | ||
| 180 | far | hau | 1 | ||
| 183 | thou | i-goe | 1 | ||
| 184 | he/she | ga-ia | 1 | ||
| 185 | we
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gita | 1 | ||
| 186 | you | gamu | 1 | ||
| 188 | what?
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hava | 1 | ||
| 189 | who?
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hei | 1 | ||
| 198 | Two
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rua | 1 | ||
| 199 | Three
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tolu | 1 | ||
| 201 | Five
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lima | Five, hand-arm.(Source: Pollex) | 1 | |
| 202 | Six
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ɔnɔ | six | 1 | |
| 203 | Seven
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vitu | Seven.(Source: Pollex) | 1 | |
| 182 | I | i-nau | 1, 22 | ||
| 130 | star | veitugu | +q>g cf #52 | 1, 50 | |
| 160 | painful, sick | vahagi | irregular *m > v | 1, 67 | |
| 187 | they | ira | 1, 70 | ||
| 179 | near | garaŋi | 1, 75 | ||
| 76 | to live, be alive | mauri | 1, 76 | ||
| 42 | to suck | sopi | 1, 82 | ||
| 63 | name | aha | 1, 18 | ||
| 170 | when?
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ŋiha | 1, 24 | ||
| 31 | tooth | livo | 1, 35 | ||
| 55 | woman/female | vaivine | 1, 47 | ||
| 2 | left | mauli | 1, 59 | ||
| 1 | hand | lima | 1, 64 | ||
| 200 | Four
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vati | 1, 65 | ||
| 156 | thin
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mandeve | 1, 67 | ||
| 53 | person/human being | tinoni | 10 | ||
| 123 | to flow | tave | 10 | ||
| 135 | lightning | viti | 10 | ||
| 176 | below | sara | 10 | ||
| 126 | lake | kolo | 11 | ||
| 140 | dry
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mamaha | 11 | ||
| 50 | to dream | maturumbole | 11, 10 | ||
| 58 | wife | tau | 12 | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | piti | 12 | ||
| 69 | to hunt
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hili | 12 | ||
| 87 | to swell
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tumbu | 12 | ||
| 106 | snake | umata | 12 | ||
| 116 | flower | haŋga | 12 | ||
| 136 | wind | guri | 12 | ||
| 30 | mouth | maŋa | 13 | ||
| 14 | belly | mboro ni kutu | 14 | ||
| 21 | to think | ganagana | 14 | ||
| 33 | to laugh | kia | 14 | ||
| 61 | house | vale | 14 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | ndika | 14 | ||
| 166 | correct, true | maemane | 14 | ||
| 81 | sharp | vaŋaga | 14, 20 | ||
| 36 | to spit | aŋusu | 14, 83 | ||
| 191 | all | undolu | 15 | ||
| 28 | to breathe | aheahe | 16 | ||
| 115 | root | lala | irregular *i > a | 16 | |
| 115 | root | lali | 16 | ||
| 67 | to sew
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suki | 17 | ||
| 95 | to fall
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kutu | 17 | ||
| 96 | dog | kau | 17 | ||
| 103 | meat/flesh | vinahi | 17 | ||
| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable | gila | irregular *k > g | 18 | |
| 25 | neck | lua | 18 | ||
| 57 | husband | tau | 18 | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | viviri | 18 | ||
| 88 | to squeeze
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posi | 18 | ||
| 47 | to yawn | maova | irregular retention of POc word-final *p with addition of final vowel; possible NWSols loan | 19 | |
| 51 | to sit | sopou | 19 | ||
| 134 | thunder | viha | 19 | ||
| 149 | red | sisi | 19 | ||
| 88 | to squeeze
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luhi | irregular *o > u | 19, 65 | |
| 5 | to walk | vano | 2 | ||
| 8 | to turn
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liu | 2 | ||
| 10 | dirty | meto-[na] | 2 | ||
| 52 | to stand | tuguru | (+q>g cf #130); irregular *q > g | 2 | |
| 74 | to kill | mate-a | 2 | ||
| 115 | root | oga | 2 | ||
| 145 | smoke
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ahu | 2 | ||
| 185 | we
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gami | 2 | ||
| 192 | and | ma | 2 | ||
| 93 | to pound, beat
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tutu | 20 | ||
| 125 | salt | tahi | 20 | ||
| 32 | tongue | lapi | 21 | ||
| 210 | One Thousand
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sakai natɔɣa | one thousand | 27 | |
| 56 | child | ndale | 28 | ||
| 87 | to swell
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sere | 29 | ||
| 13 | back
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muri | 3 | ||
| 148 | white | pura | 3 | ||
| 157 | thick
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mandolu | irregular *t > d | 3 | |
| 181 | where?
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vei | 3 | ||
| 204 | Eight
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alu | Pollex 06: Alu. :Eight. | 3 | |
| 102 | rat | kuhi | 3, 64 | ||
| 107 | worm (earthworm) | kendu | 31 | ||
| 38 | to chew
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ndami | 34 | ||
| 128 | sky | parako | 34 | ||
| 157 | thick
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paku | 36 | ||
| 209 | One Hundred
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haŋalatu | one hundred | 4, 38 | |
| 92 | to open, uncover | haŋa | 40 | ||
| 176 | below | rurugu | 42 | ||
| 77 | to scratch
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garus-i | 44 | ||
| 110 | spider | kakavere | 44 | ||
| 119 | earth/soil | pari | 45 | ||
| 29 | to sniff, smell | urum-i | 46 | ||
| 73 | to steal | ŋgito | 46 | ||
| 138 | warm
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raraŋa | 46 | ||
| 139 | cold
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mbihi | 46 | ||
| 142 | heavy | mava | 46 | ||
| 196 | to count | indu | 46 | ||
| 23 | blood | gambu | 5 | ||
| 113 | branch
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oto | 5 | ||
| 205 | Nine
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hiua | nine | 5 | |
| 206 | Ten
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haŋavulu | ten | 5 | |
| 84 | to plant | sumba | 50 | ||
| 169 | year | niulu | Correction: Andras Rajki | 50 | |
| 15 | bone | huli | 52 | ||
| 153 | big | vule | 54 | ||
| 26 | hair
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vuŋa | 56 | ||
| 43 | ear | kuli | 6 | ||
| 122 | water
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mbeti | 6 | ||
| 143 | fire | lake | 6 | ||
| 168 | day | ndani | 6 | ||
| 100 | wing | gata | 60 | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | toŋ̰o | 61 | ||
| 64 | to say | mbosa | 63 | ||
| 71 | to stab, pierce | tuku | 63 | ||
| 146 | ash | ravu | 67 | ||
| 142 | heavy | mbohe | 70 | ||
| 195 | no, not | mua | irregular *o > u | 73 | |
| 9 | to swim | olo | 74 | ||
| 131 | cloud
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parako | 74 | ||
| 197 | One
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sakai | 8 | ||
| 123 | to flow | lua | 82 | ||
| 3 | right | mandolo | 9 | ||
| 87 | to swell
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poupotu | 9 | ||
| 150 | yellow | aŋoaŋo | 9 | ||
| 112 | rotten
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mboto | 9, 70 |





