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Language: Rotuman

Source/Author:  Hans Schmidt 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:rtm  Glottocode: rotu1241 
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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:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:West Fijian-Rotuman:Rotuman 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above 'e rer ne      
191 all 'atakoa   13  
192 and ma   2  
146 ash rạhu   67  
173 at 'e   1  
13 back word info fomafua *t >f 11  
165 bad, evil raksa'a   1  
14 belly 'efe   7  
176 below 'e lopo      
153 big ti'u      
97 bird mạnmạn ferfere   1  
147 black kele   5  
23 blood toto L from PN 4 L
15 bone sui   52  
113 branch word info   1  
18 breast susu   1  
56 child le'e      
131 cloud word info aoga   12  
139 cold word info mạtiti   1  
166 correct, true aire      
168 day [te]rạni   6  
10 dirty perapera   7  
96 dog kạmia      
140 dry word info mamasa   11  
82 dull, blunt marari      
11 dust kefkefu "f"< Pn; POc *p > Rot h (L from PN)   L
43 ear faliga   1  
119 earth/soil pera   32  
98 egg kalofi      
204 Eight word info valu   3  
45 eye mafa   1  
180 far sousou      
104 fat/grease lolo      
60 father ö'fā      
99 feather lalạvi      
208 Fifty word info limaghulu   1, 2  
143 fire rạhi   1  
111 fish i'a   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
116 flower hosa      
132 fog kakạpu L from Tongan 1 L
200 Four word info häke   1, 66  
117 fruit hua   1  
164 good lelei L from WPn lgs 17 L
118 grass mạ'usu   58  
151 green jarava      
26 hair word info leva      
1 hand 'ū hapa      
1 hand si' hapa      
184 he/she ia   1  
24 head filo'u      
142 heavy maha   46  
61 house      
194 how? word info tapene      
57 husband väväne   13  
182 I gou   1, 21  
193 if kepoi ka   1, 18  
174 in, inside 'e      
174 in, inside lag      
16 intestines finäe   1  
126 lake rano swamp 1  
114 leaf rau   1  
2 left sema   11  
4 leg/foot   30  
135 lightning mere      
17 liver äfe   1  
155 long word info roā L from PN 12, 105 L
108 louse word info ʔufu   1  
54 man/male      
103 meat/flesh tiko   10  
103 meat/flesh 'i'ini      
129 moon hula   1  
109 mosquito rạmu   1  
59 mother o'honi      
30 mouth nuju   2  
63 name asa   1, 18  
158 narrow fo'e      
179 near 'ele      
25 neck kia L from Tongan, Niuean, or East Uvean 20 L
68 needle si'a net needle 9  
163 new fo'ou L from Tongan or E Uvean 1 L
167 night pogi   1  
205 Nine word info siva   5  
195 no, not ingke no    
195 no, not katxra ?    
195 no, not eagke not    
27 nose isu   1  
162 old word info mafua   1  
197 One word info   14  
209 One Hundred word info tarau L from Samoan 2 L
210 One Thousand word info afe   3  
190 other      
160 painful, sick 'af'afa      
53 person/human being famori cp. Nguna 4, 7  
133 rain usa   1  
133 rain timu L from Samoan   L
102 rat pija      
149 red mi'a   1  
3 right 'atmại   7  
6 road/path sala   1  
115 root va'a   2  
65 rope lū'äpe      
112 rotten word info para L from PN 13 L
125 salt sạsi irreg. but not Pn 20  
121 sand fanfana      
124 sea sạsi phonologically irregular 1  
203 Seven word info hifu   1  
81 sharp L from E Futunan, Tokelau, or N Outliers 14, 15 L
154 short word info 'el'ele a.    
154 short word info luka b. 8  
19 shoulder uma regularly cognate but impossible to distinguish from loan 10  
161 shy, ashamed mäe   1  
161 shy, ashamed masraga      
202 Six word info onó   1  
12 skin 'uli   1  
128 sky lạgi   1  
152 small me'ame'a   35  
145 smoke word info ạsu   2  
106 snake 'alete      
110 spider amamu      
110 spider fu'fu'u      
110 spider mat'ao'ao      
130 star hefu   1  
79 stick/wood 'ại   1  
120 stone hạfu   1  
105 tail reu      
206 Ten word info saghulu   5  
178 that ta'a   1  
62 thatch/roof hata   1  
187 they irisa      
157 thick word info mafolu   3  
156 thin word info mạhini (<m) 1  
177 this te'isi      
183 thou 'äe[a]      
199 Three word info folu   1  
134 thunder fu'i      
134 thunder mana Supernatural force; thunder. 37  
41 to bite 'ạfi   1  
137 to blow word info iri L from Tongan 11 L
137 to blow word info ui   4  
28 to breathe huga      
144 to burn word info susunu L from Samoan or E Futunan 106 L
91 to buy togi L from E Futunan, E Uvean, Tongan, Samoan, or Niue 10 L
38 to chew word info mama   1  
85 to choose hili   1  
172 to climb word info hako L from Tongan   L
172 to climb word info hapo a.    
172 to climb word info joro b.    
7 to come teu      
39 to cook word info funu   9  
196 to count hata      
34 to cry ou      
78 to cut, hack word info fại      
75 to die, be dead ala      
90 to dig ạ'u      
50 to dream räe mose   7 L from PN
40 to drink 'imo   1  
37 to eat L from PN 1, 47 L
95 to fall word info vili   86  
22 to fear feā   92  
123 to flow sạfu river    
101 to fly fere   11  
86 to grow word info fupu   1  
44 to hear a'fại      
171 to hide word info mo'o      
72 to hit word info jav'ạki      
89 to hold word info sapo   15  
69 to hunt word info jau      
74 to kill al'ạki      
20 to know, be knowledgeable 'inea      
33 to laugh kahā   7  
49 to lie down word info taktaka   7, 10? L from PN
76 to live, be alive mauri Schmidt 2003 claims this is a loan from Samoan or E. Uvean; PCP *q > ∅, so I think this is impossible to detect indirect inheritance in this case. 1, 76  
92 to open, uncover säe      
84 to plant hao      
93 to pound, beat word info tuki POc *k >ʔ (L from PN) 2 L
64 to say 'ea   88 L from PN
77 to scratch word info sạhi      
46 to see räe      
67 to sew word info susu   17  
67 to sew word info tui L from PN 13, 16 L
70 to shoot word info fana *p > h (L from PN) 1  
51 to sit päe      
48 to sleep mose   10  
29 to sniff, smell huga   10  
36 to spit ạnusi   14, 84  
80 to split word info fa'a L from Tongan 5, 96 L
88 to squeeze word info   8, 2, 93  
71 to stab, pierce   100  
52 to stand   2  
73 to steal hana'o   1, 58  
42 to suck kuji      
87 to swell word info hula   7  
9 to swim rạpi      
21 to think a'häe      
94 to throw word info kir'ạki   79, 127  
66 to tie up, fasten 'o'oro      
8 to turn word info furi   15  
35 to vomit mumufa   1  
5 to walk la'o   1  
83 to work word info garue L from PN 11 L
83 to work word info veko      
47 to yawn muaväe   19  
32 tongue alele   15  
31 tooth ala      
207 Twenty word info ruaghulu   3, 6  
198 Two word info rua   1  
138 warm word info sunu      
122 water word info tạnu   1  
185 we word info 'isa   1  
185 we word info 'ạmisa      
141 wet mata L from Tuvaluan   L
188 what? word info tese      
170 when? word info 'e kis      
181 where? word info 'e tei   3  
148 white fisi      
189 who? word info sei   1  
159 wide ofrau L from Samoan or EUvean 73 L
58 wife hạina   8?  
136 wind lạgi sky 1  
100 wing papạ'u POc *p > h, so likely L from PN that has since undergone internal change. 1, 59 L
55 woman/female hạni      
127 woods/forest vao   14  
107 worm (earthworm) kermutu L from E Futunan, E Uvean, Niuean, Toongan, Tookelauan, or Tuvaluan 9 L
169 year fau   1  
150 yellow perpero   11  
186 you 'ausa      

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