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Language: Dadu'a

Source/Author:  Penn 2006 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:gal  Glottocode: dadu1237 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Antoinette Schapper  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Timor-Babar:Nuclear Timor 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand lima   1, 64  
2 left lima mawik   1, 59  
3 right lima mawana   1, 29  
4 leg/foot ee   1  
5 to walk sole   74  
6 road/path dimbata Loan from Malay jembatan   L
7 to come maa   1  
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim nani   1, 45  
10 dirty ra’i   1  
11 dust rare au   1  
12 skin ulik   1  
13 back word info tumu      
14 belly afa’ih      
15 bone ruri   2  
16 intestines knee ana 'small intestine', possible calque from Tetun tee-oan 1  
16 intestines rala meta 'large intestine', possible calque from Tetun laran-metan    
17 liver ate   1  
18 breast susu   1  
19 shoulder kbaah   6  
20 to know, be knowledgeable nau also nanau 'be knowledgeable, intelligent' 42  
21 to think rane      
22 to fear rata’uk   1  
23 blood rara   1  
24 head du’u hnatu   7  
25 neck      
26 hair word info ulu roo head leaf (ASch) 40  
27 nose niru   1  
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell nara      
30 mouth nunu   2, 5  
31 tooth niih   1  
32 tongue nanaa   6, 12  
33 to laugh mali   3  
34 to cry rakreok      
35 to vomit bura   1, 35  
36 to spit buik      
37 to eat ra’a   1, 49  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info roha   1  
40 to drink renu   1  
41 to bite wisi      
42 to suck mo'ak   2  
43 ear kina   1, 5  
44 to hear tara   67  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see boo   48  
46 to see nao   7  
47 to yawn maah   19  
48 to sleep rena   4, 9  
49 to lie down word info lata      
50 to dream rena mei   1, 37, 62  
51 to sit tuuh   15  
52 to stand ne’ah   91?  
53 person/human being liih   5?  
54 man/male barane   1  
55 woman/female wawata   128  
56 child ana   1  
57 husband barane same as 'man, male'    
58 wife wawata same as 'woman, female' 5, 85, 68  
59 mother ina   1  
60 father ama   1  
61 house ruma   1  
62 thatch/roof ruma atah      
63 name nae   1  
64 to say hesuk      
65 rope tali   1  
66 to tie up, fasten siih   121  
67 to sew word info sooh   10  
68 needle laluma   1  
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info rahleu      
73 to steal na'o   1, 59  
74 to kill reeh      
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
76 to live, be alive mori   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info ko’i Loan from Tetun   L
77 to scratch word info kamak   84  
78 to cut, hack word info looh      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info wa’ah      
81 sharp bre’ak   95  
82 dull, blunt nakro’ok      
83 to work word info serbisu Portuguese loan via Tetun   L
84 to plant      
85 to choose hihi      
85 to choose rili   1  
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info bubu   3  
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info si’a   114  
90 to dig nali   1  
91 to buy rouh      
92 to open, uncover lo’ek   6  
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info sekeh      
95 to fall word info ai wua      
96 dog asu   1  
97 bird manu wui literally, 'wild fowl' 1  
98 egg manu teluh   1  
99 feather manu wulu   1  
100 wing liah   6  
101 to fly luu   88  
102 rat la’ik kmori      
103 meat/flesh nake      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail i’uh      
106 snake limera      
107 worm (earthworm) rare utu      
108 louse word info      
109 mosquito susuk Tetun borrowing   L
110 spider akanauk      
111 fish i'a      
112 rotten word info dodok Tetun borrowing   L
113 branch word info      
114 leaf ai roo      
115 root ramuk      
116 flower ai wuna      
117 fruit ai wua      
118 grass ru’uk      
119 earth/soil rare      
120 stone watu      
121 sand dadea      
122 water word info eeh      
123 to flow narhu’a      
124 sea tasi      
125 salt masi      
126 lake eeh hliu      
127 woods/forest ai le'e      
128 sky lanik   1  
129 moon wula      
130 star ada      
131 cloud word info saba’i      
132 fog saba’i      
133 rain ura   1  
134 thunder nuuh nakrusu      
135 lightning      
136 wind ani      
137 to blow word info rafuu      
138 warm word info panah      
139 cold word info narini      
140 dry word info nagenah      
141 wet nakdook      
142 heavy berak      
143 fire ai mori literally, 'wood alive'    
144 to burn word info sunuh      
145 smoke word info ai mori hmasuh   2  
146 ash ai gau      
147 black metah      
148 white puti      
149 red mamera      
150 yellow mamarah      
151 green mamosoh      
152 small anabiak      
153 big bra’ik      
154 short word info badak Tetun borrowing   L
155 long word info naru      
156 thin word info miih      
157 thick word info tu’u      
158 narrow merak      
159 wide pluah      
160 painful, sick beu      
161 shy, ashamed ramea      
162 old word info natua      
163 new wawera      
164 good lala      
165 bad, evil ta’iak      
166 correct, true nouh      
167 night kubu      
168 day lea      
169 year too      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at nia      
174 in, inside rara      
175 above wowo      
176 below ahrooh      
177 this de'e      
178 that do'o      
178 that dore      
178 that doro      
179 near kadesik      
180 far roo      
181 where? word info nia main      
182 I a'u      
183 thou oo      
184 he/she nii      
185 we word info ita      
185 we word info ami      
186 you mii      
187 they sia      
188 what? word info laa      
189 who? word info salii      
190 other seluk Tetun borrowing   L
191 all tatema      
192 and noro      
193 if      
194 how? word info noi laa      
195 no, not ta-      
195 no, not taik      
195 no, not ta- … ene      
196 to count rotuh      
197 One word info isa   1  
198 Two word info warua   1, 28  
199 Three word info watelu   1, 40  
200 Four word info waak   1, 17  
201 Five word info walima   1, 20  
202 Six word info wanee   1, 17  
203 Seven word info wa'itu   1, 21  
204 Eight word info wa'ao   3, 29  
205 Nine word info wasia   5, 38  
206 Ten word info sanulu   5, 42  
207 Twenty word info ruanulu      
208 Fifty word info limanulu      
209 One Hundred word info atuh sia      
210 One Thousand word info rihu isa      

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