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Language: Kilivila

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Kilivila
•  Ethnologue Information for kij
•  OLAC Information for kij
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for klv
•  Senft, Gunter. (1986). Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 14 entries

• Source: Gunter Senft (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-15 03:23:30)
• Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 02:02:32)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 50) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 130) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 190) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 203) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 205) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 206) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 208) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 209) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 210) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
126	lake
2	left	kikiwama
3	right	kakata
10	dirty	pupagatu
11	dust	tubumyou
19	shoulder	ilara
28	to breathe	yagisa
55	woman/female	numwaya
66	to tie up, fasten	yuwali
69	to hunt	wega
71	to stab, pierce	ginibabi
80	to split	wavi
82	dull, blunt	nanaka
87	to swell	ulela
88	to squeeze	kipuneni
92	to open, uncover	ulemwa
93	to pound, beat	mku
95	to fall	debwali
100	wing	na
102	rat	kikoni
106	snake	keuna
110	spider	kapiwa
112	rotten	tomkumwaku
115	root	qaina
117	fruit	kawelu
118	grass	mnumonu
118	grass	munumonu
121	sand	qenakenuva
131	cloud	pupwakau
138	warm	pikekita yuviya...
146	ash	tubwaga
150	yellow	degila
151	green	siligoyata
155	long	wanaku
156	thin	pwasisikwa
157	thick	popou
158	narrow	kaduyakekita
159	wide	kaduyaveka
160	painful, sick	mmayuyu
162	old	tob-boma
166	correct, true	mokwita
174	in, inside	olumolela
177	this	matona
177	this	manana
178	that	matona	masculine
179	near	otali	same as 'this' but point to things to differentiate
180	far	kaduwanaku
181	where?	ambesa
190	other	ituali
191	all	komwedona
192	and	deli
193	if	kidamwa
194	how?	amakala
202	Six	-lima -tala
204	Eight	-lima -tolu
206	Ten	-luwatala
207	Twenty	-luwayu
208	Fifty	-luwalima
210	One Thousand	-lakatuluwatala
4	leg/foot	keki|la		1
5	to walk	lola		1
7	to come	ma		1
16	intestines	sileu		1
17	liver	kata	[cf. 19,55,57]	1
43	ear	tegila	[< m]	1
45	eye	mati|la		1
46	to see	gisi		1
49	to lie down	kenu		1
59	mother	ina		1
60	father	tama		1
78	to cut, hack	teya		1
79	stick/wood	kai		1
86	to grow	kei|tubu		1
90	to dig	keri		1
97	bird	mauna	metathesis of *manu(k)a	1
101	to fly	yowa		1
108	louse	kutu		1
109	mosquito	nim		1
111	fish	inya		1
111	fish	inia		1
130	star	utuyam		1
133	rain	kuna		1
136	wind	yagila		1
167	night	bogi		1
169	year	tetu	[d>y of 198, -n>m of 37]	1
178	that	manana	feminine	1
185	we	yakida		1
185	we	yakidasi		1
188	what?	avaka		1
198	Two	yu		1
199	Three	tolu		1
201	Five	lima		1
44	to hear	lagi		1, 36
50	to dream	-mimi-		1, 37
15	bone	totuwana		1, 10
55	woman/female	vivila		1, 106
186	you	yokwami		1, 13, 18
27	nose	kabulu		1, 17
105	tail	yeyuna		1, 25
163	new	vau	female, male, general	1, 26
182	I	yegu		1, 26
37	to eat	kam	[cf. 168]	1, 43
132	fog	guugwau		1, 57
200	Four	vasi		1, 65
53	person/human being	tomota		1, 66
48	to sleep	masisi		1, 70
1	hand	yami|la		1, 77
103	meat/flesh	viriyona		10
107	worm (earthworm)	silimwamwata		10, 48
14	belly	lula		105
141	wet	pwatutu		108
205	Nine	-lima -vasi		11, 17
29	to sniff, smell	sukwani		110
140	dry	lubulabu		115
6	road/path	keda		12
77	to scratch	kwari		12
189	who?	avela		12
94	to throw	lai		123
139	cold	tula		126
85	to choose	kila		13
99	feather	dagula		13
20	to know, be knowledgeable	nukwali		136
197	One	tala		14
47	to yawn	kayawasi		15
98	egg	pou		15
134	thunder	pilapala		15
51	to sit	sisu		160
39	to cook	sulu	(boil food)	17
84	to plant	vaula		17
91	to buy	gimwala		17
96	dog	kaukwa		17
144	to burn	kata		17
128	sky	labuma		18
128	sky	lowalowa		18
83	to work	bagula		19
52	to stand	tota		2
74	to kill	kata|mati		2
74	to kill	katumati		2
100	wing	pini		2
100	wing	pane		2
115	root	wari		2
185	we	yakama		2
185	we	yakamesa		2
35	to vomit	lagoba		20
63	name	yegila		20
116	flower	lala		20
142	heavy	mwau		20
154	short	kukupi		20
73	to steal	velau		21
183	thou	yokwa		21
54	man/male	tau		22
68	needle	vasiya		23
195	no, not	gala		23
129	moon	tubukona		24
129	moon	tubukola		24
42	to suck	nunu		25, 74
57	husband	mwala		26
123	to flow	saqaula		26
149	red	bweyani		26
135	lightning	qaikaila		26, 6
135	lightning	qavikavila		26, 6
40	to drink	mom		27
114	leaf	yokwesi		28
114	leaf	yekwesi		28
18	breast	nunu		3
26	hair	kulu		3
9	to swim	kakaya		32
120	stone	dakuna		32
23	blood	buyai		33
145	smoke	mseu		37
164	good	bwena		37
152	small	kekita		38
56	child	gwadi		39
137	to blow	yuvi		4
147	black	bwabwau		42
61	house	bwala		43
161	shy, ashamed	mmwasila		43
41	to bite	geda		46
75	to die, be dead	kaliga		46
34	to cry	valam		47
203	Seven	-lima -yu		5, 2
76	to live, be alive	mwamova		50
124	sea	bwarilā		50
124	sea	bwalita		50
170	when?	avetuta		50
173	at	o		52
173	at	wa		52
12	skin	kanaina		53
67	to sew	basi		53
125	salt	yona		53
13	back	tapu|la		54
65	rope	yuwayoula		54
171	to hide	sikupweni		54
171	to hide	katupwana		54
176	below	osikwawa		55
113	branch	sisi		56
209	One Hundred	-lakatutala		56
168	day	yam		6
30	mouth	wadona		60
30	mouth	wodlia		60
165	bad, evil	gaga		60
31	tooth	kudu		61
72	to hit	weya		61
104	fat/grease	posa		61
175	above	orakewa		61
36	to spit	giu		65
153	big	veka		65
8	to turn	tovila		66
122	water	sopi-momon		66
172	to climb	mwena		66
187	they	mtosi	[plural]	66
187	they	matosina	[plural]	66
187	they	matosi	[plural]	66
38	to chew	kaui	(chew betel)	67
162	old	nunumwaya		67
162	old	tommwaya		67
184	he/she	matona	[sg]	67
184	he/she	manana	[sg]	67
196	to count	kalawa		67
81	sharp	kakata		69
32	tongue	maena		7
32	tongue	meliya		7
70	to shoot	lova		7
127	woods/forest	ɬawodila		7, 120
62	thatch/roof	kulumwala		70
54	man/male	tomwaya		70, 14
7	to come	wa		72
94	to throw	lova		73
160	painful, sick	katoula		74
89	to hold	kipatu		75
148	white	pupwakau		75
131	cloud	lowalowa		76
192	and	ei		8
24	head	pwaneta		80
33	to laugh	gigila		85
22	to fear	kokola		88
143	fire	kova		9
25	neck	keyona		90
119	earth/soil	pwepwaya		92
21	to think	nanamsa		97
64	to say	livale		97
58	wife	kwava		99

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.02325)

Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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