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Language: Pulau (Arguni)

Source/Author:  Blust, from Grace Notebooks 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:agf  Glottocode: argu1237 
Notes:  "In conclusion, then, the language of Arguni Island may be a divergent member of the North Bomberai group, or its similarity to these languages may be a product of borrowing as a result of prolonged contact between small language communities." (Blust, 1993, p.274) 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Penny Keenan  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:North Bomberai 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
68 needle      
86 to grow word info      
95 to fall word info      
104 fat/grease      
113 branch word info      
123 to flow      
126 lake      
132 fog      
144 to burn word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
173 at      
192 and      
193 if      
201 Five word info      
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      
2 left parambimbe      
3 right pararare      
8 to turn word info suvuren      
13 back word info [i]umbasi      
14 belly sige-      
16 intestines sige-g umbum      
19 shoulder aru      
20 to know, be knowledgeable garuʔu      
21 to think gamaŋgati      
22 to fear gamberad      
25 neck one-      
26 hair word info aru-g...      
27 nose asigo-      
31 tooth efe-g tutu      
35 to vomit -preʔe      
37 to eat -madenan      
39 to cook word info -fo... Photocopy cutoff    
41 to bite -ret      
45 eye taputu-      
46 to see -rewer      
49 to lie down word info ga-soso ga-daderembi...      
50 to dream [ga-vaʔanev] sinin...      
52 to stand -ser      
53 person/human being misier      
56 child gamimi      
59 mother yai      
62 thatch/roof erar      
64 to say -ga      
69 to hunt word info -mbam      
70 to shoot word info -mbaref      
71 to stab, pierce -sambe      
74 to kill -demi      
76 to live, be alive -rarewer      
78 to cut, hack word info orar      
80 to split word info -pʷaʔus      
83 to work word info -voʔit      
88 to squeeze word info -wame      
89 to hold word info -wagit      
90 to dig -ʔe      
91 to buy -taʔun      
92 to open, uncover -peg      
93 to pound, beat word info -so      
98 egg ude      
102 rat adombar      
105 tail raʔur      
106 snake gor      
109 mosquito asev      
110 spider orier      
112 rotten word info miaʔo      
114 leaf nane (cf.26)    
115 root dare      
116 flower rarare      
117 fruit tutu      
119 earth/soil mbose      
124 sea fayoret      
127 woods/forest waririr      
130 star atere      
131 cloud word info ta...      
135 lightning riripipit      
136 wind rembember      
137 to blow word info sera...      
139 cold word info popʷat...      
142 heavy manaser      
145 smoke word info evas      
148 white rigigit      
151 green sasioror      
152 small natu      
154 short word info tam...      
155 long word info mbara...      
160 painful, sick tari-ga-movi      
163 new popʷaro      
164 good miñan      
165 bad, evil ofi      
167 night magagev      
168 day damere      
172 to climb word info u-sua      
174 in, inside ramo      
176 below pepene      
177 this tieti      
178 that tuoto      
179 near tanaten      
180 far dawan      
181 where? word info menaye      
182 I embie      
183 thou umbua      
189 who? word info itia      
191 all fasigerig      
194 how? word info surie      
195 no, not afe      
196 to count uferam      
5 to walk -ra   1  
6 road/path rarin   1  
7 to come -ma   1  
17 liver atane   1  
18 breast sus   1  
23 blood rare   1  
30 mouth efe-   1  
34 to cry -tagis   1  
40 to drink -umun   1  
42 to suck sus   1  
61 house rume   1  
67 to sew word info -ture   1  
75 to die, be dead -mat   1  
79 stick/wood a   1  
81 sharp mijarum   1  
85 to choose -pili   1 L
96 dog afun   1  
97 bird mani   1  
108 louse word info ut   1  
121 sand ain   1  
125 salt sire|r   1  
128 sky ragit   1  
129 moon purin   1  
138 warm word info bamba...   1  
140 dry word info mer...   1  
143 fire yaf   1  
146 ash avu|ne   1  
150 yellow kuniŋ   1 L
184 he/she i   1  
185 we word info ite   1  
186 you mbu|amu   1  
187 they sire   1  
198 Two word info ru   1  
199 Three word info taor   1  
200 Four word info fat   1  
55 woman/female bimbine   1, 106  
73 to steal -menena   1, 59, 60  
1 hand ruma- (+OC) 1, 64  
149 red kasumbe   10  
66 to tie up, fasten -sir   119?  
29 to sniff, smell -sigir   12, 7  
51 to sit -mdagen   148  
11 dust avuvune   1?  
12 skin urut   1?  
15 bone tor   1?  
24 head aru-   1?  
43 ear etiga-   1?  
54 man/male mañañane   1?  
63 name gadin   1?  
77 to scratch word info gaʔor   1?  
99 feather pupure   1?  
120 stone puat   1?  
133 rain umun   1?  
188 what? word info sanane   1?  
197 One word info sia (<M) 1?  
44 to hear -tanem   2  
65 rope warir   2  
84 to plant -tanem   2  
100 wing aven   2  
122 water word info wir   2  
175 above apo   2  
185 we word info ambami   2  
103 meat/flesh dagim   26 L
28 to breathe binapes   29? L
33 to laugh -marif   3  
82 dull, blunt tumbie   3  
10 dirty koturo   31? L
141 wet pʷages   34  
94 to throw word info -so   35  
32 tongue ater   35?  
72 to hit word info -pʷaper   4  
147 black udude   4  
153 big matuʔen   41  
60 father baba   43  
118 grass ricot   45  
57 husband [i]maran   47  
166 correct, true marore   4?  
58 wife popin   5, 68  
190 other firisia   50  
9 to swim -rur   59  
87 to swell word info fofor   59  
101 to fly i-tiʔir   6  
107 worm (earthworm) wata-gor   6  
111 fish sair   6  
169 year gare   6  
4 leg/foot [e]va-   7?  
134 thunder dudum   8  
48 to sleep -reʔenef   8?  
36 to spit -fures   9?  

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