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Language: Kilivila

Source/Author:  Eprem T. Moguna 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:kij  Glottocode: kili1267 
Notes:  Trobriand Isl. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Debasish Roy  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Peripheral:Kilivila-Louisiades:Kilivila 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
126 lake      
210 One Thousand word info -lakatuluwatala      
209 One Hundred word info -lakatutala   56  
202 Six word info -lima -tala      
204 Eight word info -lima -tolu      
205 Nine word info -lima -vasi   11, 17  
203 Seven word info -lima -yu   5, 2  
208 Fifty word info -luwalima      
206 Ten word info -luwatala      
207 Twenty word info -luwayu      
50 to dream -mimi-   1, 37  
194 how? word info amakala      
181 where? word info ambesa      
188 what? word info avaka   1  
189 who? word info avela   12  
170 when? word info avetuta   50  
83 to work word info bagula   19  
67 to sew word info basi   53  
167 night bogi   1  
23 blood buyai   33  
147 black bwabwau   42  
61 house bwala   43  
124 sea bwalita   50  
124 sea bwarilā   50  
164 good bwena   37  
149 red bweyani   26  
99 feather dagula   13  
120 stone dakuna   32  
95 to fall word info debwali      
150 yellow degila      
192 and deli      
192 and ei   8  
165 bad, evil gaga   60  
195 no, not gala   23  
41 to bite geda   46  
33 to laugh gigila   85  
91 to buy gimwala   17  
71 to stab, pierce ginibabi      
46 to see gisi   1  
36 to spit giu   65  
132 fog guugwau   1, 57  
56 child gwadi   39  
19 shoulder ilara      
59 mother ina   1  
111 fish inia   1  
111 fish inya   1  
190 other ituali      
27 nose kabulu   1, 17  
180 far kaduwanaku      
158 narrow kaduyakekita      
159 wide kaduyaveka      
79 stick/wood kai   1  
3 right kakata      
81 sharp kakata   69  
9 to swim kakaya   32  
196 to count kalawa   67  
75 to die, be dead kaliga   46  
37 to eat kam [cf. 168] 1, 43  
12 skin kanaina   53  
110 spider kapiwa      
17 liver kata [cf. 19,55,57] 1  
144 to burn word info kata   17  
74 to kill kata|mati   2  
160 painful, sick katoula   74  
74 to kill katumati   2  
171 to hide word info katupwana   54  
38 to chew word info kaui (chew betel) 67  
96 dog kaukwa   17  
117 fruit kawelu      
47 to yawn kayawasi   15  
6 road/path keda   12  
86 to grow word info kei|tubu   1  
152 small kekita   38  
4 leg/foot keki|la   1  
49 to lie down word info kenu   1  
90 to dig keri   1  
106 snake keuna      
25 neck keyona   90  
193 if kidamwa      
2 left kikiwama      
102 rat kikoni      
85 to choose kila   13  
89 to hold word info kipatu   75  
88 to squeeze word info kipuneni      
22 to fear kokola   88  
191 all komwedona      
143 fire kova   9  
31 tooth kudu   61  
154 short word info kukupi   20  
26 hair word info kulu   3  
62 thatch/roof kulumwala   70  
133 rain kuna   1  
108 louse word info kutu   1  
77 to scratch word info kwari   12  
58 wife kwava   99  
128 sky labuma   18  
44 to hear lagi   1, 36  
35 to vomit lagoba   20  
94 to throw word info lai   123  
116 flower lala   20  
201 Five word info lima   1  
64 to say livale   97  
5 to walk lola   1  
70 to shoot word info lova   7  
94 to throw word info lova   73  
128 sky lowalowa   18  
131 cloud word info lowalowa   76  
140 dry word info lubulabu   115  
14 belly lula   105  
7 to come ma   1  
32 tongue maena   7  
177 this manana      
178 that manana feminine 1  
184 he/she manana [sg] 67  
48 to sleep masisi   1, 70  
45 eye mati|la   1  
177 this matona      
178 that matona masculine    
184 he/she matona [sg] 67  
187 they matosi [plural] 66  
187 they matosina [plural] 66  
97 bird mauna metathesis of *manu(k)a 1  
32 tongue meliya   7  
93 to pound, beat word info mku      
160 painful, sick mmayuyu      
161 shy, ashamed mmwasila   43  
118 grass mnumonu      
166 correct, true mokwita      
40 to drink mom   27  
145 smoke word info mseu   37  
187 they mtosi [plural] 66  
118 grass munumonu      
57 husband mwala   26  
76 to live, be alive mwamova   50  
142 heavy mwau   20  
172 to climb word info mwena   66  
100 wing na      
82 dull, blunt nanaka      
21 to think nanamsa   97  
109 mosquito nim   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable nukwali   136  
55 woman/female numwaya      
18 breast nunu   3  
42 to suck nunu   25, 74  
162 old word info nunumwaya   67  
173 at o   52  
174 in, inside olumolela      
175 above orakewa   61  
176 below osikwawa   55  
179 near otali same as 'this' but point to things to differentiate    
100 wing pane   2  
138 warm word info pikekita yuviya...      
134 thunder pilapala   15  
100 wing pini   2  
157 thick word info popou      
104 fat/grease posa   61  
98 egg pou   15  
10 dirty pupagatu      
131 cloud word info pupwakau      
148 white pupwakau   75  
24 head pwaneta   80  
156 thin word info pwasisikwa      
141 wet pwatutu   108  
119 earth/soil pwepwaya   92  
135 lightning qaikaila   26, 6  
115 root qaina      
135 lightning qavikavila   26, 6  
121 sand qenakenuva      
123 to flow saqaula   26  
171 to hide word info sikupweni   54  
16 intestines sileu   1  
151 green siligoyata      
107 worm (earthworm) silimwamwata   10, 48  
113 branch word info sisi   56  
51 to sit sisu   160  
122 water word info sopi-momon   66  
29 to sniff, smell sukwani   110  
39 to cook word info sulu (boil food) 17  
197 One word info tala   14  
60 father tama   1  
13 back word info tapu|la   54  
54 man/male tau   22  
43 ear tegila [< m] 1  
169 year tetu [d>y of 198, -n>m of 37] 1  
78 to cut, hack word info teya   1  
162 old word info tob-boma      
199 Three word info tolu   1  
112 rotten word info tomkumwaku      
162 old word info tommwaya   67  
53 person/human being tomota   1, 66  
54 man/male tomwaya   70, 14  
52 to stand tota   2  
15 bone totuwana   1, 10  
8 to turn word info tovila   66  
129 moon tubukola   24  
129 moon tubukona   24  
11 dust tubumyou      
146 ash tubwaga      
139 cold word info tula   126  
87 to swell word info ulela      
92 to open, uncover ulemwa      
130 star utuyam   1  
34 to cry valam   47  
200 Four word info vasi   1, 65  
68 needle vasiya   23  
163 new vau female, male, general 1, 26  
84 to plant vaula   17  
153 big veka   65  
73 to steal velau   21  
103 meat/flesh viriyona   10  
55 woman/female vivila   1, 106  
7 to come wa   72  
173 at wa   52  
30 mouth wadona   60  
155 long word info wanaku      
115 root wari   2  
80 to split word info wavi      
69 to hunt word info wega      
72 to hit word info weya   61  
30 mouth wodlia   60  
136 wind yagila   1  
28 to breathe yagisa      
185 we word info yakama   2  
185 we word info yakamesa   2  
185 we word info yakida   1  
185 we word info yakidasi   1  
168 day yam   6  
1 hand yami|la   1, 77  
63 name yegila   20  
182 I yegu   1, 26  
114 leaf yekwesi   28  
105 tail yeyuna   1, 25  
183 thou yokwa   21  
186 you yokwami   1, 13, 18  
114 leaf yokwesi   28  
125 salt yona   53  
101 to fly yowa   1  
198 Two word info yu   1  
137 to blow word info yuvi   4  
66 to tie up, fasten yuwali      
65 rope yuwayoula   54  
127 woods/forest ɬawodila   7, 120  

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