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Language: Avau

Source/Author:  Malcolm Ross, fieldnotes (ca 1981), supplemented from Hiroko Sato,fieldnotes (2015) and an anonymous SIL short wordlist 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:avb  Glottocode: avau1237 
Notes:   
Problems:  There are dialect differences within Avau (Hiroko Sato, pers. comm.), but it is not clear whether the few differences between sources here reflect a difference in dialect or the passing of time. Items from Sato's list are annotated 'hs'. Items that occurred in Ross's (or SIL's) list are unmarked.  
Data Entry:  Typed By: Malcolm Ross  Checked By: Malcolm Ross 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:North New Guinea:Ngero-Vitiaz:Vitiaz:Southwest New Britain:Arawe-Pasismanua:Arawe:East Arawe 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
8 to turn word info      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
39 to cook word info      
49 to lie down word info      
58 wife      
64 to say      
65 rope      
66 to tie up, fasten      
68 needle      
71 to stab, pierce      
76 to live, be alive      
78 to cut, hack word info      
79 stick/wood      
82 dull, blunt      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
91 to buy      
93 to pound, beat word info      
100 wing      
118 grass      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
126 lake      
136 wind      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
142 heavy      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
166 correct, true      
168 day      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
179 near      
181 where? word info      
188 what? word info      
189 who? word info      
190 other      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
180 far alaŋ      
57 husband avɔl hs    
60 father aya his 22  
13 back word info bi      
87 to swell word info bi      
54 man/male bunana      
109 mosquito e-kinkin   47  
104 fat/grease e-ɣakamar   101  
145 smoke word info ebos      
122 water word info eiki   9  
102 rat ekarik   90  
120 stone ekum   52  
143 fire ekuon   44  
111 fish eli   92  
167 night emien      
119 earth/soil esiɣi      
129 moon euloŋo      
130 star eumdik   82  
121 sand evavi      
124 sea eve      
128 sky ewat   78  
108 louse word info eŋut   1  
131 cloud word info eɣaltut      
25 neck gipunu hs 123  
10 dirty girgir      
95 to fall word info gloŋ   123  
145 smoke word info guŋa      
155 long word info ilo   98  
186 you imo hs    
185 we word info imɛm excl., hs    
40 to drink in   1  
185 we word info indi incl., hs    
15 bone ini      
63 name inye      
59 mother inɔ hs 1  
187 they isi hs 63  
182 I iyɔ hs 1, 21  
27 nose iŋe hs 1  
183 thou iŋɔ hs 1, 65  
103 meat/flesh kaiketi      
152 small kaikiti      
154 short word info kakindruk      
14 belly kakopo   2  
115 root kamripipi      
116 flower kamɛm hs    
102 rat kapit hs    
38 to chew word info kapsu      
41 to bite kati hs 1, 55  
77 to scratch word info kaŋris      
197 One word info ke   31  
202 Six word info ke polo hs    
37 to eat ken   1  
48 to sleep kene   8  
50 to dream kenkani   1  
4 leg/foot keve   83  
153 big kipa      
151 green kir   8  
112 rotten word info kivisik   110  
26 hair word info kokoki   78  
99 feather kokoki      
146 ash kondatana      
94 to throw word info kotot      
30 mouth kua hs 36  
81 sharp kua   97  
31 tooth kua kinyaŋa hs 69  
33 to laugh kulip      
83 to work word info kumu   1  
12 skin kuni hs 1 1
57 husband kuya   2  
114 leaf kɔki hs 60  
127 woods/forest kɛlimi hs 101  
17 liver kɛtɛ hs 1  
111 fish le hs 92  
135 lightning lem   19  
171 to hide word info lil   53  
201 Five word info limi hs 1  
105 tail lipi   80  
103 meat/flesh loloka      
44 to hear loŋo   1, 36  
206 Ten word info lɔkɔŋa hs 47  
32 tongue mama   1  
47 to yawn mamayaŋa   19  
6 road/path marukwa      
45 eye mata   1  
132 fog matamumu      
110 spider maŋ   85  
7 to come me   1  
98 egg meŋ-kakiklu   101  
1 hand mini   35  
113 branch word info mini = arm; hs 53  
19 shoulder minive hs    
18 breast minŋa hs 20  
103 meat/flesh misisa hs 23  
23 blood mlek hs 64  
199 Three word info moyok hs 7  
204 Eight word info moyok polo hs    
22 to fear mto   1  
35 to vomit mutu   1  
96 dog mɔkɔi hs 97  
97 bird mɛn hs 1  
5 to walk nes   50  
9 to swim nin   96  
62 thatch/roof paka      
178 that paka      
210 One Thousand word info palok      
2 left papaŋoka      
80 to split word info pasat      
3 right petetnika      
163 new pia   1, 26  
88 to squeeze word info pisi   29  
141 wet pisik   105  
24 head pon-limi   73  
36 to spit puksok hs    
41 to bite pun      
74 to kill pun   1  
117 fruit pɔpɔŋa hs    
200 Four word info pɛnɛl hs 5  
205 Nine word info pɛnɛl polo hs    
133 rain rain madɛ by magic hs    
52 to stand ramit   94  
67 to sew word info ramit      
89 to hold word info ris   116  
75 to die, be dead riŋi   40  
51 to sit ruin      
134 thunder ruŋruŋ   2  
139 cold word info saŋoŋoŋi      
165 bad, evil ses   1  
115 root sisele   60  
55 woman/female sivin   1, 117  
164 good siviŋa   134  
54 man/male som he x  
198 Two word info su      
203 Seven word info su polo hs    
106 snake suaᵑgi      
72 to hit word info suk      
11 dust suvum      
41 to bite talu      
54 man/male tamana hs 1, 14  
16 intestines tanah   68  
34 to cry teŋ   1  
56 child ti   96  
107 worm (earthworm) tigil   86  
196 to count tit   18  
43 ear tiŋa      
56 child tuk ɛti hs 5  
69 to hunt word info ulayum      
61 house vele   14  
46 to see vitik      
147 black vivopvop      
148 white vulwul   120  
101 to fly vuvo      
144 to burn word info yek      
19 shoulder yipuna      
70 to shoot word info yo      
90 to dig yo   87  
191 all yɔp hs 90  
29 to sniff, smell ŋ-loŋo hs 29  
149 red ŋerekrek   113  
15 bone ŋiŋi hs    
42 to suck ŋnyem hs 50, 36  
27 nose ŋomlimi      
92 to open, uncover ŋpagat hs    
67 to sew word info ŋsigit hs 69  
28 to breathe ŋur   13  
28 to breathe ŋɔsŋɔs hs 36  
51 to sit ŋɛ hs    
38 to chew word info ŋɛs hs 12  
184 he/she ɛi hs    
53 person/human being ɛu hs    
55 woman/female ɛuli hs    
140 dry word info ɣeiɣei      
73 to steal ɣeme   31  
84 to plant ɣo   71  
150 yellow ɣoi      

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