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Language: Windesi Wandamen

Source/Author:  Blust, from Van Balen, & Anceaux 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:wad  Glottocode: wand1267 
Notes:  v is [β]. Van Balen's materials may be reliable (collected in the first half of the 20th century), but Anceaux relies on second-hand sources and transcriptions, so while general word shapes are accurate details may be off (ie b for β, etc). 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Peng Du  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:South Halmahera-West New Guinea:West New Guinea:Cenderawasih Bay:Yapen:Central-Western 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
67 to sew word info      
193 if      
196 to count      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand vara   16  
2 left sara   55  
3 right watan      
4 leg/foot ae   1  
4 leg/foot ai   1  
6 road/path ran   13  
7 to come ra|ma   30  
8 to turn word info ara   18  
8 to turn word info sobera   18  
9 to swim as(e)   19  
10 dirty rariai   23  
12 skin rawa   17  
13 back word info karu   23  
14 belly sane   58  
15 bone sina   15  
16 intestines sanèwai   1?  
17 liver ate|ni   1  
18 breast susu   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable rina      
21 to think sanepai[a]      
22 to fear matai(t)   1  
23 blood ria[t]   14?  
24 head ru   1  
25 neck rau      
26 hair word info runandau   40  
27 nose suo      
28 to breathe saie      
28 to breathe surap      
29 to sniff, smell anasa   19  
30 mouth sore      
31 tooth dire      
32 tongue tapara   23  
33 to laugh mari   3?  
34 to cry sai[se]   1?  
35 to vomit mamuta   1  
36 to spit kanisu   14  
38 to chew word info mam   1  
39 to cook word info kundur   3?  
40 to drink unu[m]   1  
41 to bite karip(e)      
42 to suck sum   1?  
43 ear taradir   9  
44 to hear diawa      
45 eye re   8  
46 to see ser[a]      
46 to see sayor      
47 to yawn mavav   19  
48 to sleep ena   8  
49 to lie down word info bata   16  
50 to dream ena-mia   20  
51 to sit masoi      
52 to stand osa[r]   16  
53 person/human being siniotu      
54 man/male mua[n]   1  
55 woman/female babi   1, 105  
55 woman/female vavi[n]   1, 106  
57 husband sawa(n)   2  
58 wife vinie   5  
59 mother sinia   5  
59 mother mai   5  
60 father tama-   1  
60 father [a]yai   11?  
61 house anio      
62 thatch/roof babua      
62 thatch/roof nandau      
63 name sano   1?  
64 to say oyo      
64 to say topan      
65 rope vavi   2?  
66 to tie up, fasten kasies      
68 needle ret   12  
69 to hunt word info aduat      
69 to hunt word info atar      
70 to shoot word info ana   1  
71 to stab, pierce isan   21  
72 to hit word info rora      
73 to steal manana   1?  
74 to kill mun   1  
75 to die, be dead voru      
76 to live, be alive tenam      
77 to scratch word info kara      
77 to scratch word info arar      
78 to cut, hack word info tara   1  
79 stick/wood ai   1  
80 to split word info sabu      
81 sharp masai      
81 sharp rebuo      
82 dull, blunt kabur      
83 to work word info nanari      
84 to plant tanam   2  
85 to choose iri   1  
86 to grow word info siwara      
87 to swell word info barbara   1  
88 to squeeze word info kusar      
89 to hold word info kamut      
90 to dig sarai   10  
91 to buy vori   1  
92 to open, uncover seban      
93 to pound, beat word info tara      
94 to throw word info so   18  
95 to fall word info marosu      
96 dog wona      
97 bird aya   2  
98 egg ponor[i]      
99 feather tu[m]      
101 to fly sapop   2?  
102 rat waŋgar      
103 meat/flesh tarai   25  
104 fat/grease mai[n]   1?  
104 fat/grease vionoria      
105 tail kapupui      
106 snake tawai   24  
106 snake korow   22  
107 worm (earthworm) kasibui      
108 louse word info [r]utu   1  
109 mosquito kamumi[s]   18  
110 spider kerakerai      
110 spider apopa      
111 fish dia[n]   13  
112 rotten word info pasua      
113 branch word info rawan(e)   1?  
114 leaf rau   1  
115 root war   2  
116 flower ariau      
117 fruit buo   1  
118 grass samuen   48  
119 earth/soil kakopa   22  
120 stone rovuki      
121 sand rubua[n]      
122 water word info maria   11  
123 to flow dira      
124 sea rawanam   22  
124 sea rau   6  
125 salt sasi-tarai   20  
126 lake ruru   12  
127 woods/forest rei      
128 sky rora   19  
129 moon sembai   17  
130 star siverere   17  
131 cloud word info arepa   25  
132 fog kamayow      
132 fog woyow      
133 rain rama      
134 thunder kuru|ya   2  
135 lightning kabiebar      
136 wind wana   22  
137 to blow word info bub[u]      
138 warm word info mas      
138 warm word info omar[a]      
139 cold word info riesa      
139 cold word info rewas      
139 cold word info anuanum      
140 dry word info parar      
140 dry word info sinaya      
140 dry word info masa   11  
141 wet va|vasa   1  
143 fire adia   1  
144 to burn word info kair      
145 smoke word info woyow      
145 smoke word info tup      
146 ash w|abu   1  
147 black meta[n]   1  
148 white busa[r]   24  
149 red mirai   1?  
149 red urar      
150 yellow niŋgua[i]      
152 small katu   18  
153 big baba   50  
154 short word info tanam   22  
155 long word info aroi   23  
156 thin word info minis   1  
157 thick word info batoyar   3  
158 narrow kotar      
159 wide savaveri      
160 painful, sick pota      
161 shy, ashamed mamaya   1  
162 old word info masa      
163 new vavoru   1  
164 good aten      
164 good besyen      
165 bad, evil kariria   19  
166 correct, true watan      
166 correct, true tindia      
167 night diru   19  
168 day raria      
169 year taune     L
170 when? word info tane      
171 to hide word info aniwar(i)      
172 to climb word info sa   2  
172 to climb word info katar   1?  
174 in, inside raro   1  
175 above vavo   2  
176 below vav[a]   1  
177 this yani   1  
177 this nini   1  
178 that yana   1  
178 that nina   1  
179 near ariasi      
180 far woroi   24  
181 where? word info napa      
181 where? word info tapa      
182 I yau   1  
183 thou au   1  
184 he/she i   1  
185 we word info ta|ta   1  
185 we word info am|at   2  
186 you mi|at      
187 they si|[at]   1  
188 what? word info vitoi      
189 who? word info tei   1  
190 other esa      
190 other esi[a]      
191 all sipar      
191 all wura      
192 and ma   2  
192 and e   1?  
194 how? word info tane      
195 no, not va   25  
195 no, not moyar      
197 One word info siri   1  
197 One word info esa   1  
198 Two word info muandu      
199 Three word info toru   1  
200 Four word info at[e]   1  
142 heavy marabat (<M) 1  
127 woods/forest uta[n] < Malay   L
5 to walk ra also 'to go' 40?  
56 child a[n]tu cf 'small' 5?  
11 dust wabu cf.146 1  
151 green kake cp. Leipon Kaki 24  
13 back word info karo sina from EAG field notes 23  
17 liver vuvusa from EAG field notes    
56 child marareia from EAG field notes    
59 mother awini from EAG field notes    
95 to fall word info tawa from EAG field notes    
120 stone rebuki from EAG field notes    
122 water word info karu from EAG field notes    
122 water word info kambu from EAG field notes    
127 woods/forest dereu from EAG field notes    
201 Five word info rime from EAG field notes 1  
100 wing vara|rau hand + leaf    
37 to eat api intr. 1  
19 shoulder varabo metathesis? 1?  
173 at na or 20? 13  
184 he/she andi subject only. from EAG field notes    
39 to cook word info nunu[m] to bake, roast, grill 3?  
95 to fall word info maruran to drop, fall    
37 to eat ane tr. 1  
96 dog aŋgamau Wondama dialect. From EAG field notes.    

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