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

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