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

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