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Language: Dobuan

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Dobu
•  Ethnologue Information for dob
•  OLAC Information for dob
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 9 entries

• Source: Eric Lawson (Word 206) - Simon Greenhill (2010-04-23 00:01:39)
• Source: Eric Lawson (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2010-04-23 00:01:36)
• Source: Eric Lawson (Word 34) - Simon Greenhill (2010-04-23 00:01:32)
• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux, Dobu-Duau To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Dobu-Duau - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:25:57)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 205) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:49:36)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:49:07)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 203) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:48:30)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:47:58)
• Source: Lena Duigu (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-14 23:47:29)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand
20	to know, be knowledgeable	panaita
26	hair	'uia'uia-na
71	to stab, pierce	badi
73	to steal	'ipwara
76	to live, be alive	bobo'a-na
82	dull, blunt	gugura	dull. Check Fijian Samoan for 'Seuse'?
87	to swell	sesea
93	to pound, beat	dai
95	to fall	sagu
110	spider	mwanamwanaikwa
113	branch	nari-na
118	grass	nedu
118	grass	pwatura
119	earth/soil	bwa'a
131	cloud	poana
150	yellow	raurau-na
152	small	gidari-na
154	short	tuna-na
158	narrow	gilele-na
158	narrow	gibwagibwa
159	wide	bababa-na
160	painful, sick	elo'uia
162	old	kadekaderi-na
164	good	bobo'a-na
165	bad, evil	to'umali-na
169	year	sesoi
171	to hide	e kwaia
172	to climb	tu'e
177	this	gete
179	near	serabenaia
180	far	'edidigura
181	where?	mwa'o
182	I	'abo'agu
185	we	'abo'ada
185	we	'abo'ama
190	other	wate
194	how?	mwa'adega
196	to count	iapu
202	Six	nima 'e bweu
204	Eight	nima 'e to
4	leg/foot	'ae-na		1
7	to come	'u da ma		1
17	liver	'ate-na		1
18	breast	susu-na		1
19	shoulder	'ara-na	cf ata< *pata	1
22	to fear	matauta		1
23	blood	rara		1
43	ear	tena-na		1
45	eye	mata-na		1
46	to see	'ita		1
49	to lie down	'eno'eno		1
59	mother	sina-na		1
60	father	tama-na		1
62	thatch/roof	'atoa		1
74	to kill	'unu		1
77	to scratch	waro		1
78	to cut, hack	tara		1
97	bird	manua		1
108	louse	'utu		1
109	mosquito	nemwa		1
111	fish	iana		1
117	fruit	'ua-na		1
133	rain	usana		1
136	wind	iagila		1
161	shy, ashamed	omaiamaia		1
167	night	boiboi		1
178	that	nina		1
183	thou	'oiu		1
198	Two	'e rua		1
199	Three	'e to		1
200	Four	'e ata		1
201	Five	nima		1
44	to hear	nono		1, 36
55	woman/female	mewaine-na		1, 110
186	you	'omi		1, 13
27	nose	'ubusu-na		1, 17
63	name	esa-na		1, 18
105	tail	iuiu-na		1, 25
163	new	auau-na		1, 26
79	stick/wood	kai|we		1, 33
40	to drink	numa		1, 34
37	to eat	e'ai		1, 44
73	to steal	'anaw|ara		1, 58
68	needle	sairuma		1, 65
1	hand	nima-na		1, 66
53	person/human being	tomota		1, 66
170	when?	maisa		1, 83
146	ash	karikau		1, 90
70	to shoot	tupu		10
76	to live, be alive	maiawasi-na		10
90	to dig	sala		10
103	meat/flesh	'esio-na		10
156	thin	dedea-na		10
8	to turn	asi'i		100
33	to laugh	edagi		104
29	to sniff, smell	mui		106
141	wet	pwasa		107
140	dry	iadaiada		108
31	tooth	sara-na		11
86	to grow	tabwa	(of plants)	11
174	in, inside	gamwanaia		11
205	Nine	nima 'e ata		11
39	to cook	e'ure		117
89	to hold	giai		118
6	road/path	'eda		12
106	snake	moata		12
125	salt	kalita		12
99	feather	dagura		13
129	moon	nawarae		13
181	where?	mane		13
151	green	karakarawi-na		13, 52
153	big	sinabwa-na		131
66	to tie up, fasten	losipwa		136
3	right	atai-na		14
38	to chew	'uta'uta		14
56	child	goama		14
98	egg	pou		15
169	year	borimana		15
134	thunder	weparara		15, 45
64	to say	gwae		156
128	sky	garewa		16
9	to swim	tube		17
11	dust	kau	(cf 146)	17
91	to buy	gimwani		17
94	to throw	'ule		17
114	leaf	iawa-na		17
121	sand	kaukau		17
132	fog	umauma		17
144	to burn	'arasi		17
50	to dream	madawara		18
58	wife	mwane-na		18
92	to open, uncover	gigege	(a door)	18
96	dog	kedewa		18
123	to flow	daudau		18
135	lightning	namara		18
157	thick	bado-na		18
176	below	'agarauna		18
47	to yawn	mwawa		19
166	correct, true	paruparu-na		19
196	to count	sawa		19
52	to stand	toro		2
145	smoke	'asu		2
67	to sew	saisaila		2, 53
64	to say	ona		20
119	earth/soil	bare'u		20
137	to blow	toa		20
142	heavy	mwau		20
154	short	kukupa-na		20
88	to squeeze	bibi		21
100	wing	pape-na		21
136	wind	mana		21
155	long	dudura-na		21
187	they	taudi		21
54	man/male	me'oloto-na		21, 103
28	to breathe	iawasi-na	(breath)	22
72	to hit	'unu		23
195	no, not	gea'abo		23, 105
195	no, not	nigea		23, 24
75	to die, be dead	mwawasa		24
192	and	be		24
42	to suck	sususu		25
57	husband	mwane-na		26
149	red	bweabweari-na		26
51	to sit	miatoa		26, 80
127	woods/forest	mitawa		27
84	to plant	aso		28
173	at	'ena		29
115	root	ramu-na		3
148	white	burabura-na		3
21	to think	nuena	insides (noun)	30
192	and	ta		30
120	stone	gurewa		31
15	bone	lulu-na		32
102	rat	kokolaka		33
207	Twenty	tai	'person'	33
5	to walk	lopilidadana		35
143	fire	'awe		35
30	mouth	'awa		36
81	sharp	mamata-na		36
35	to vomit	maiwa		4
13	back	guau-na		40
36	to spit	giwara		40
104	fat/grease	iapa		40
24	head	deba-na		43, 72
14	belly	gamwa-na		45
14	belly	gamwada-na		45
126	lake	sewasewa		47
101	to fly	taea		48
107	worm (earthworm)	didimwana		48
69	to hunt	tore		49
139	cold	gogai		49
206	Ten	sanau		5
203	Seven	nima 'e rua	5 + 2	5, 2
12	skin	bwara-na		51
191	all	iauiau-na		53
189	who?	iaita		55
175	above	tabwanaia		59
122	water	boasi		6, 64
147	black	gaigai-na		60
179	near	deinaia		66
121	sand	nedila		67
32	tongue	meia-na		7
61	house	anua		7
91	to buy	lagwa		70
124	sea	ora		70
168	day	'asiata		72
197	One	'e bweu		74
10	dirty	baila	(dirt)	75
138	warm	iaiiai		75
2	left	gegeumi-na		76
188	what?	toase		77
112	rotten	daula		78
41	to bite	'enina		79
82	dull, blunt	kuwa-na	blunt	79
34	to cry	dedo		8
34	to cry	dedoi		8
48	to sleep	'eno		8
85	to choose	'ita'i'isi-'esinua		8
20	to know, be knowledgeable	sinapuna		83
87	to swell	pulu		83
65	rope	barae		84
130	star	kwadima		86
16	intestines	dia-na		88
25	neck	'oto-na		89
184	he/she	tauna		9
193	if	'abo		9
116	flower	seni-na		9, 14
80	to split	tara si'aa		92
83	to work	guinua		99

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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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