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

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