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Language: Waima'a

Source/Author:  Belo et al. n.d. 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:wmh  Glottocode: waim1252 
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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:
175 above oo      
191 all moti      
192 and i      
192 and ou      
192 and ruo      
146 ash daha-boo      
173 at la   2  
13 back word info tuko   11  
165 bad, evil deihie deihie appears to be a negation of hie 'good'    
165 bad, evil wai deihie appears to be a negation of hie 'good'    
14 belly na'i   6  
176 below wake      
153 big oli      
153 big p'ari      
153 big riri      
153 big whara-gagai      
153 big wuku-lulu      
97 bird manu   1  
147 black bulo      
147 black ite      
23 blood raa   1  
15 bone rui   2  
113 branch word info la'a      
18 breast susu-wai Glossed 'breast, breast milk'; literally, breast water' 1  
56 child ale'e      
56 child ana   1  
131 cloud word info kaluha      
131 cloud word info kuha      
131 cloud word info rihu      
139 cold word info krini      
166 correct, true mou      
166 correct, true to'o   6  
168 day l'ara      
10 dirty k'omo      
96 dog dasu   1, 50  
140 dry word info bo'o      
140 dry word info tira      
140 dry word info wuna      
82 dull, blunt tubu   38  
11 dust boo   1  
43 ear n'ihu      
119 earth/soil ria      
98 egg thelu   1  
204 Eight word info kaha      
45 eye mata-wa'a wa'a = grain; probably refers to eyeball, rather than eye generally 1  
180 far dau      
104 fat/grease mie      
60 father ba'a      
99 feather manu-lai      
208 Fifty word info Basa-lime      
143 fire daha      
111 fish ike      
201 Five word info lime   1  
116 flower wuno      
132 fog rihu      
132 fog saa-p'asu      
200 Four word info haa   1  
117 fruit wuo      
164 good hie      
118 grass hae      
151 green lumu      
26 hair word info ulu-rae head leaf (ASch) 40  
1 hand lime   1, 64  
184 he/she      
24 head l'atu      
24 head nhala      
142 heavy thede      
61 house umo   1  
194 how? word info nauneri      
57 husband asukai Makasai borrowing; also 'man, male' 29 L
182 I aku      
193 if      
174 in, inside lale      
16 intestines na'i-oli 'large intestine < big stomach' 54  
16 intestines na'i-ana 'small intestine < small stomach' 54  
126 lake tula      
114 leaf rae      
2 left wali-haru   83  
4 leg/foot kele   14  
135 lightning namu-p'ita      
17 liver ata   1  
155 long word info n'aru      
108 louse word info kutu   1  
54 man/male asukai Makasae borrowing 111 L
103 meat/flesh dotu      
129 moon wulo      
109 mosquito saa-p'au      
59 mother ine-kai   1  
30 mouth wuwa   1  
63 name nai Makasae borrowing 1 L
158 narrow khoo      
179 near he'e      
179 near p'ile      
25 neck n'eo   74  
25 neck n'ero-wai   74  
68 needle rumo   1  
163 new mhori      
167 night degu      
205 Nine word info siwe   5  
195 no, not da      
195 no, not de      
27 nose turu-kai   1, 5, 25  
162 old word info ati      
162 old word info bo'o      
197 One word info see   1  
209 One Hundred word info atu      
210 One Thousand word info rihun      
190 other selu      
160 painful, sick bira      
53 person/human being kii   80  
133 rain udo   1  
102 rat lua   1  
102 rat lua-k'udu   1  
149 red mee      
3 right Wali-wana   1  
6 road/path dala   1  
115 root taba      
115 root k'aka      
65 rope tali   1  
112 rotten word info kroe      
125 salt asi      
121 sand hasa-l'ae      
124 sea tasi      
203 Seven word info hitu   1  
81 sharp mara   3  
154 short word info bala      
154 short word info bete   54  
154 short word info kele-bete      
154 short word info kratin      
19 shoulder basa-lie   6  
161 shy, ashamed kmaedoor      
202 Six word info nina   1  
12 skin khuli Of meat, animal 1  
12 skin kuu Of fruit, tree    
128 sky nali   58  
152 small diha      
152 small ka'u      
152 small khuti      
152 small ki'i      
145 smoke word info n'asu   2  
106 snake sawa   25  
110 spider babaraka      
130 star tala      
79 stick/wood kai-n'ete   1  
120 stone watu      
105 tail iku      
206 Ten word info basee   5, 53  
178 that ita 'that (far)'    
178 that iniki 'that (near)'    
62 thatch/roof na'e-oo      
187 they sire      
157 thick word info tu'u      
156 thin word info nihi      
177 this ne'i      
183 thou ka      
199 Three word info telu   1  
134 thunder namu-n'oro      
41 to bite khiki      
137 to blow word info huu      
28 to breathe rei-hamae   81  
144 to burn word info sunu   1  
91 to buy soi   63  
38 to chew word info m'uma 'chew (betel) 1  
38 to chew word info no'o      
38 to chew word info t'aku      
38 to chew word info t'ali      
85 to choose sohe      
85 to choose khloi   40  
172 to climb word info modu      
172 to climb word info beti      
172 to climb word info dakatu      
7 to come mai   1  
39 to cook word info da'a      
196 to count konta Portuguese/Tetun loan   L
34 to cry tani   1  
78 to cut, hack word info k'uta      
78 to cut, hack word info nida      
78 to cut, hack word info rutu      
75 to die, be dead mata   1  
90 to dig khali   1  
50 to dream l'aha   59  
40 to drink hemu < Tetun   L
40 to drink nuu   1  
37 to eat khaa   1  
95 to fall word info data      
95 to fall word info dore      
95 to fall word info gala      
95 to fall word info gitu      
95 to fall word info lo'i      
22 to fear ga'a      
22 to fear thaku   1  
123 to flow whara      
101 to fly whaka      
86 to grow word info      
44 to hear dene   1  
171 to hide word info horo      
72 to hit word info baa      
72 to hit word info losi      
72 to hit word info thidi   108  
72 to hit word info tuku   8  
89 to hold word info sike   114  
89 to hold word info go'o   1?  
69 to hunt word info kasa      
74 to kill hige      
20 to know, be knowledgeable nau Possibly a borrowing from Galolen dialects 42  
20 to know, be knowledgeable sohe   112  
33 to laugh reke   6  
49 to lie down word info n'ero   95  
76 to live, be alive l'aha   71  
92 to open, uncover l'oke   6  
92 to open, uncover ire   7?  
84 to plant diku      
84 to plant kore   27  
84 to plant muo      
84 to plant w'ide      
93 to pound, beat word info whai   1  
64 to say ehe   146  
64 to say ba'a   145  
77 to scratch word info k'ama   84  
46 to see buni   48  
67 to sew word info sau   10  
70 to shoot word info      
51 to sit to'e   145  
48 to sleep n'ero   88  
29 to sniff, smell m'ahe   65?  
36 to spit muto Also means 'vomit' 107  
80 to split word info k'iwa      
88 to squeeze word info k’omu   5  
71 to stab, pierce thuu   33  
71 to stab, pierce hunu   89  
52 to stand nhii   91?  
73 to steal bale      
42 to suck lhuti      
87 to swell word info bubu   3  
9 to swim klee   77  
21 to think gere      
21 to think tiha   69  
94 to throw word info ribe   106  
66 to tie up, fasten sii   121  
8 to turn word info whali   8  
35 to vomit muto Also means 'spit' 1  
5 to walk laka Gloss 'go, walk, depart' 1  
83 to work word info sirwisu Portuguese/Tetun loan   L
47 to yawn maa-ho'u Collocation with maa 'tongue' 19  
32 tongue maa   7  
31 tooth nihi   1  
207 Twenty word info basa-ruo      
198 Two word info ruo   1  
138 warm word info m'utu      
122 water word info wai      
185 we word info hire      
185 we word info kita      
141 wet p'obo      
188 what? word info se'i      
170 when? word info ai'ite hire      
181 where? word info la ineri      
148 white buto      
189 who? word info sie      
159 wide sanu      
58 wife anu-ata Also 'woman, female' 85, 86  
136 wind iri Makasae borrowing   L
100 wing lie   6  
55 woman/female anu-ata   4, 5  
127 woods/forest kai-huto      
127 woods/forest kai-kaha      
127 woods/forest kai-lale      
127 woods/forest kailubu      
107 worm (earthworm) sawa-ana Literally, 'snake-child'    
169 year ta'a      
150 yellow kriri      
186 you kamu      

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