Language: Dobu
Source/Author: | Schlossberg (2012) | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:dob Glottocode: dobu1241 | |
Notes: | Schlossberg's data come from various sources. See Schlossberg 2012 for details | |
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:Papuan Tip:Nuclear:North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux:Dobu-Duau | |
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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Dobuan
Ethnologue Information for dob
OLAC Information for dob
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Entries:
ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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1 | hand | nima-na | 1, 66 | ||
2 | left | gegeumi-na | 76 | ||
2 | left | mamaula | 1, 59 | ||
3 | right | ʔatai-na | 14 | ||
4 | leg/foot | ʔae-na | 1 | ||
5 | to walk | lopilidadana | 35 | ||
5 | to walk | adadana | |||
6 | road/path | ʔeda | 12 | ||
7 | to come | latu | 92 | ||
7 | to come | mai | 1 | ||
8 | to turn
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asiʔi | 100 | ||
9 | to swim | tube | 17 | ||
10 | dirty | baila | 75 | ||
11 | dust | kau | 17 | ||
12 | skin | bwala-na | 51 | ||
13 | back
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guau-na | 40 | ||
13 | back
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gui-na | 40 | ||
14 | belly | gamwa-na | 45 | ||
14 | belly | diya-na | 1 | ||
15 | bone | lulu-na | 32 | ||
16 | intestines | diya-na | 88 | ||
17 | liver | ʔate-na | 1 | ||
18 | breast | susu-na | 1 | ||
19 | shoulder | ʔala-na | 1 | ||
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | sinasinapu | 83 | ||
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | mwalatoni | 133 | ||
21 | to think | nuwa | 30 | ||
22 | to fear | matauta | 1 | ||
22 | to fear | yokaka | |||
23 | blood | lala | 1 | ||
24 | head | deba-na | 43, 72 | ||
24 | head | bulubulu-na | 78 | ||
25 | neck | ʔoto-na | 89 | ||
26 | hair
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unuunu-na | 79 | ||
27 | nose | ʔubusu-na | 1, 17 | ||
28 | to breathe | yawasi-na | 22 | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | mui | 106 | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | muʔwana | |||
30 | mouth | ʔawa | 36 | ||
31 | tooth | sala | 11 | ||
32 | tongue | meya | 7 | ||
33 | to laugh | ʔedagi | 104 | ||
33 | to laugh | maiwa | to vomit | 3 | |
34 | to cry | doyauyaula | |||
35 | to vomit | maiwa | 4 | ||
36 | to spit | giwala | 40 | ||
37 | to eat | eʔai | 1, 44 | ||
38 | to chew
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ʔutaʔuta | 14 | ||
39 | to cook
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eʔure | 117 | ||
40 | to drink | numa | 1, 34 | ||
41 | to bite | ʔenina | 79 | ||
41 | to bite | ʔalasana | 1 | ||
42 | to suck | sususu | 25 | ||
43 | ear | tena-na | 1 | ||
44 | to hear | nono | 1, 36 | ||
45 | eye | mata-na | 1 | ||
46 | to see | ʔita | 1 | ||
47 | to yawn | mwaowa | |||
48 | to sleep | ʔeno | 8 | ||
49 | to lie down
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ʔenoʔeno | 1 | ||
50 | to dream | madawala | 18 | ||
51 | to sit | miyatowa | 26, 80 | ||
52 | to stand | toolo | 2 | ||
53 | person/human being | tomota | 1, 66 | ||
54 | man/male | ʔoloto | 21 | ||
54 | man/male | tai | 22 | ||
55 | woman/female | mewaine-na | 1, 106 | ||
56 | child | gwama | 14 | ||
56 | child | enatuna | to birth | 5 | |
57 | husband | mwane-na | 26 | ||
58 | wife | mwane-na | 18 | ||
59 | mother | sina-na | 1 | ||
60 | father | tama-na | 1 | ||
61 | house | anuwa | 7 | ||
62 | thatch/roof | ʔatowa | 1 | ||
63 | name | esa-na | 1, 18 | ||
64 | to say | ona | 20 | ||
64 | to say | gwae | 156 | ||
65 | rope | balae | 84 | ||
65 | rope | malakwa | 85 | ||
66 | to tie up, fasten | losipwa | 136 | ||
67 | to sew
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saila | 2, 53 | ||
68 | needle | siyona | |||
68 | needle | siyaluma | 1, 65 | ||
69 | to hunt
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tore | 49 | ||
70 | to shoot
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lusa | 48 | ||
71 | to stab, pierce | bwale | 97 | ||
71 | to stab, pierce | giwa | |||
72 | to hit
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unu | 23 | ||
72 | to hit
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tutu | 8 | ||
73 | to steal | ʔanaw-ara | 1, 58 | ||
73 | to steal | ʔipwara | |||
74 | to kill | ʔunu | 1 | ||
75 | to die, be dead | mwawasa | 24 | ||
76 | to live, be alive | boboʔana | |||
76 | to live, be alive | mayawasi- | 10 | ||
77 | to scratch
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kwakwala | |||
78 | to cut, hack
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tala | 1 | ||
79 | stick/wood | kaiwe | 1, 33 | ||
79 | stick/wood | sakwala | 38 | ||
80 | to split
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siʔa | 92 | ||
80 | to split
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sesela | |||
81 | sharp | mamata-na | 36 | ||
82 | dull, blunt | gugurawa-na | |||
83 | to work
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guinuwa | 99 | ||
83 | to work
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eyowa | |||
84 | to plant | asowa | 28 | ||
84 | to plant | dauna | |||
85 | to choose | ʔesinuwa | 8 | ||
86 | to grow
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tabwa | 11 | ||
87 | to swell
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pulu | 83 | ||
87 | to swell
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seseya | |||
88 | to squeeze
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bibi | 21 | ||
89 | to hold
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giyai | 118 | ||
90 | to dig | sala | 10 | ||
91 | to buy | lagwa | 70 | ||
91 | to buy | gimwane | 17 | ||
92 | to open, uncover | gigege | 18 | ||
93 | to pound, beat
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sapi | 64 | ||
94 | to throw
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ula | 17 | ||
95 | to fall
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sagu | |||
95 | to fall
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beʔu | 25 | ||
96 | dog | kedewa | 18 | ||
97 | bird | manuwa | 1 | ||
98 | egg | pou | 15 | ||
99 | feather | dagula | 13 | ||
100 | wing | pape-na | 21 | ||
101 | to fly | nenewala | |||
102 | rat | kokolaka | 33 | ||
103 | meat/flesh | esiyo | 10 | ||
104 | fat/grease | momonana | 1, 65 | ||
104 | fat/grease | yapa | 40 | ||
105 | tail | yuyu-na | 1, 25 | ||
106 | snake | mwata | 12 | ||
107 | worm (earthworm) | didimwana | 48 | ||
108 | louse
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ʔutu | 1 | ||
109 | mosquito | nemwa | 1 | ||
110 | spider | mwanamwanaikwa | |||
111 | fish | iana | 1 | ||
112 | rotten
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daula | 78 | ||
112 | rotten
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bilabilana | |||
113 | branch
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nali-na | |||
114 | leaf | yawa-na | 17 | ||
115 | root | lamu-na | 3 | ||
116 | flower | seni-na | 9, 14 | ||
117 | fruit | uwa-na | 1 | ||
117 | fruit | kamwakuku | |||
118 | grass | nedu | |||
118 | grass | pwatula | 98 | ||
119 | earth/soil | baleʔu | 20 | ||
119 | earth/soil | bwaʔa | |||
120 | stone | gulewa | 31 | ||
121 | sand | kaukau | 17 | ||
122 | water
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bwasi | 6, 64 | ||
123 | to flow | dau | 18 | ||
124 | sea | ola | 70 | ||
124 | sea | kalita | 68 | ||
125 | salt | kalita | 12 | ||
125 | salt | ola | 53 | ||
126 | lake | sewasewa | 47 | ||
127 | woods/forest | mitawa | 27 | ||
128 | sky | galewa | 16 | ||
129 | moon | nawalae | 13 | ||
129 | moon | waikena | 14 | ||
130 | star | kwadima | 86 | ||
131 | cloud
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pwana | |||
131 | cloud
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yalowa | 23 | ||
132 | fog | umauma | 17 | ||
133 | rain | ʔusana | 1 | ||
133 | rain | lobdaboda | |||
134 | thunder | wepalala | 15, 45 | ||
135 | lightning | namala | 18 | ||
136 | wind | mana | 21 | ||
136 | wind | yagila | 1 | ||
137 | to blow
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gasisi | |||
137 | to blow
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lasalele | |||
138 | warm
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yaiyai | 75 | ||
139 | cold
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gomwatana | |||
139 | cold
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gogai | 49 | ||
140 | dry
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yadayada | 108 | ||
140 | dry
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yapasa | 109 | ||
141 | wet | pwasa | 107 | ||
141 | wet | nuta | |||
142 | heavy | mwau | 20 | ||
143 | fire | ʔawe | 35 | ||
143 | fire | kaiwe | 35 | ||
144 | to burn
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ʔalata | 17 | ||
144 | to burn
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gabu | 16 | ||
145 | smoke
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ʔasu | 2 | ||
146 | ash | kalikau | 1, 90 | ||
147 | black | gaigai-na | 60 | ||
148 | white | bulabula-na | |||
148 | white | wakewakekena | 68 | ||
149 | red | bweyabweyali-na | 26 | ||
150 | yellow | laulauna | |||
151 | green | kalakalawi-na | 13, 52 | ||
152 | small | gidali-na | |||
153 | big | sinabwa-na | 131 | ||
154 | short
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kukupa-na | 20 | ||
154 | short
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tuna-na | |||
155 | long
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dudula | 21 | ||
156 | thin
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dedea-na | 10 | ||
157 | thick
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bado-na | 18 | ||
158 | narrow | gilele-na gibwagibwa | |||
159 | wide | bababa-na | |||
160 | painful, sick | leʔwasa | 116 | ||
161 | shy, ashamed | omayamaya | 1 | ||
162 | old
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kadekaderi-na | |||
162 | old
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gimi | |||
163 | new | ʔauwau-na | 1, 26 | ||
164 | good | boboʔa-na | |||
165 | bad, evil | toʔumali-na | |||
165 | bad, evil | geyogeyoi | 66 | ||
166 | correct, true | palupalu-na | 19 | ||
167 | night | boiboi | 1 | ||
168 | day | ʔasiyata | 72 | ||
169 | year | yakwala | 83 | ||
170 | when?
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maisa | 1, 83 | ||
171 | to hide
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kwaiya | |||
172 | to climb
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tuʔe | |||
172 | to climb
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mwela | 66 | ||
173 | at | ʔena | |||
174 | in, inside | ʔena | |||
174 | in, inside | solana | 67 | ||
175 | above | tetanaya | |||
175 | above | loetana | |||
176 | below | ʔagalauna | 18 | ||
176 | below | loʔubuna | |||
177 | this | gete | |||
178 | that | nina | 1 | ||
179 | near | serabenaia | |||
179 | near | deinaia | 66 | ||
180 | far | ʔedidigura | |||
181 | where?
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mane | 13 | ||
181 | where?
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mwaʔo | |||
182 | I | ʔaboʔagu | |||
183 | thou | oiu | 1 | ||
184 | he/she | tauna | 9 | ||
185 | we
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ʔaboʔada | |||
186 | you | ʔomi | 1, 13 | ||
187 | they | taudi | 21 | ||
188 | what?
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toase | 77 | ||
189 | who?
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iaita | 55 | ||
190 | other | wate | |||
191 | all | iauiau-na | 53 | ||
192 | and | ta | 30 | ||
192 | and | be | 24 | ||
193 | if | ʔabo | 9 | ||
194 | how?
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mwaʔadega | |||
195 | no, not | nigeya | 23, 24 | ||
195 | no, not | geaʔabo | 23, 105 | ||
196 | to count | sawa | 19 | ||
196 | to count | iapu | |||
197 | One
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ʔebweu | 74 | ||
198 | Two
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ʔeluwa | 1 | ||
199 | Three
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ʔetoi | 1 | ||
200 | Four
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ata | 1 | ||
201 | Five
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nima | 1 | ||
202 | Six
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203 | Seven
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204 | Eight
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205 | Nine
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206 | Ten
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207 | Twenty
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208 | Fifty
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209 | One Hundred
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210 | One Thousand
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