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Language: Baluan

Source/Author:  Smythe and Z'graggen (1975) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:blq  Glottocode: balu1257 
Notes:  Smythe, William E. and Z'graggen, J. (1975). Comparative Wordlists of the Admiralty Island Languages. Workpapers in New Guinea Languages, SIL: Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Kwang-Ju Cho  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Admiralty Islands:Eastern:Southeast Islands 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
2 left      
3 right      
5 to walk      
8 to turn word info      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
13 back word info      
16 intestines      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
22 to fear      
23 blood      
25 neck      
26 hair word info      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
30 mouth      
33 to laugh      
36 to spit      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep      
51 to sit      
53 person/human being      
56 child      
57 husband      
62 thatch/roof      
64 to say      
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info      
101 to fly      
102 rat      
103 meat/flesh      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info      
115 root      
116 flower      
117 fruit      
118 grass      
119 earth/soil      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
126 lake      
131 cloud word info      
132 fog      
134 thunder      
136 wind      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info      
140 dry word info      
141 wet      
142 heavy      
144 to burn word info      
145 smoke word info      
150 yellow      
151 green      
153 big      
154 short word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
168 day      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
196 to count      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
1 hand galo hand    
4 leg/foot ge- leg 50  
6 road/path sal road 1  
7 to come me come 1  
9 to swim baduiek swim    
12 skin mwiai skin    
14 belly nalue- belly 92  
15 bone barai-i bone 50  
17 liver gare-n liver 1  
18 breast nusu-n breast; with irregular initial n, but not coded as a reflex of *nunu given the medial s. 1  
19 shoulder sipi-n shoulder    
24 head bařu head 9  
27 nose bwijut nose    
31 tooth liːp tooth 1, 35  
32 tongue gaime tongue 7, 14  
34 to cry ndeːŋ weep 1  
35 to vomit mumuřa vomit 1  
37 to eat ŋan eat 1, 12  
40 to drink jin drink 1  
43 ear lali-ŋ ear    
44 to hear joŋ hear 69  
45 eye mat eye 1  
46 to see niŋ see 112  
49 to lie down word info ndi lie down    
50 to dream miːpmiːp dream 1, 37  
52 to stand ʔili stand 97  
54 man/male jamat man 12, 14  
54 man/male mwan male 1  
55 woman/female bIːn woman 1, 41  
58 wife bariu-ŋ wife    
59 mother tina mother 1  
60 father tamo-ŋ father 1  
61 house wum house 1  
63 name ŋaia-n name 1, 18  
65 rope nel rope 1  
70 to shoot word info dabui shoot 42  
72 to hit word info jəːgi strike    
75 to die, be dead mat die 1  
78 to cut, hack word info wuːm cut 121  
96 dog gamoː dog    
97 bird monmon bird 1  
98 egg jəbai egg    
99 feather numu-n feather 4  
100 wing galo monmon wing 83  
104 fat/grease nanəma-n fat 11  
105 tail juːn tail 1  
106 snake mwːou snake 12  
108 louse word info sumwew louse    
109 mosquito biː mosquito 98  
111 fish nik fish 1  
114 leaf jəːbin gei leaf    
120 stone jai stone 12  
121 sand gone sand 1  
122 water word info jəːn water 1  
124 sea neːt sea    
127 woods/forest bujuːn bush 111  
128 sky bunat sky    
128 sky sesel sky    
129 moon buːl moon 1  
130 star jewjew star 11  
133 rain baŋ rain 5  
135 lightning salbiː lightning 92  
143 fire jeːp fire 1  
146 ash gumbusuŋwop ashes    
147 black gaian black    
148 white gaijuːn white    
149 red jamjaman red 12  
152 small namwi small    
155 long word info aluen long 12  
156 thin word info nopəraiji/n thin    
160 painful, sick maře sick    
161 shy, ashamed mam sik ashamed 1, 78  
162 old word info san old    
163 new boun new 1  
164 good biːan good 1  
165 bad, evil balak bad 107  
166 correct, true nuanan true 37  
166 correct, true nɨamam true    
167 night bIːŋ night 1  
171 to hide word info rek hide 48  
174 in, inside lalon inside 1  
182 I ŋa I 12  
183 thou ou thou 1  
184 he/she he 1  
185 we word info heːp we(in)    
185 we word info daːp we(dl.in.)    
186 you hap ye    
186 you au you(dl) x  
187 they iːba they    
187 they wuː they(dl) x  
188 what? word info sapgane what 1  
189 who? word info siː who 1, 28  
195 no, not bwen not 9  
197 One word info siːp one 56  
198 Two word info juːeː two 1  
199 Three word info tuliːp three 1  
200 Four word info talot four 12  
201 Five word info ŋuːnan five 21  
202 Six word info ŋuːniːp six 43  
203 Seven word info ŋanuduliːp seven 23  
204 Eight word info ŋanuŋjuwiːp eight 32  
205 Nine word info ŋanusiːp nine 39  
206 Ten word info saŋal ten 5  
209 One Hundred word info soŋot hundred 4, 38  
210 One Thousand word info mwasonsiːp thousand    

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