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Language: Taiof

Source/Author:  Malcolm Ross 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:sps  Glottocode: sapo1253 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Peng Du  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic:Nehan-North Bougainville:Saposa-Tinputz 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
8 to turn word info      
19 shoulder      
21 to think      
68 needle      
71 to stab, pierce      
82 dull, blunt      
85 to choose      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
110 spider      
126 lake      
142 heavy      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
172 to climb word info      
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      
12 skin pua-naih      
22 to fear orav      
29 to sniff, smell taof      
33 to laugh or      
40 to drink yiu      
46 to see abar      
53 person/human being mes      
58 wife natu-naih      
67 to sew word info vir      
69 to hunt word info naiŋ      
72 to hit word info rak      
73 to steal kabuts      
78 to cut, hack word info vinau      
79 stick/wood paiŋ      
80 to split word info vosa      
83 to work word info binun      
84 to plant takan      
86 to grow word info gian      
87 to swell word info pua      
95 to fall word info tsidup      
98 egg tah      
104 fat/grease kovar      
105 tail fenen      
107 worm (earthworm) tsitsi      
108 louse word info bik      
117 fruit kat seed    
118 grass aufiŋ      
122 water word info aurom      
130 star kotsits      
132 fog mias      
135 lightning pedek      
136 wind aiŋsat      
139 cold word info kour      
141 wet bum      
144 to burn word info akor      
145 smoke word info um      
148 white gose      
152 small ats      
155 long word info viviako      
158 narrow kapou      
164 good rof      
165 bad, evil iriŋ      
166 correct, true rof      
170 when? word info faraiŋ ?    
171 to hide word info kaya      
175 above patu-na      
177 this tar|aih      
178 that av|aih      
178 that tamou|aih      
179 near pana-na      
180 far vivian      
182 I aiŋa      
190 other mespanan      
191 all kinaih      
192 and an      
6 road/path sanan   1  
7 to come om   1  
11 dust ku|af cf.146 1  
16 intestines tsinaih   1  
17 liver at   1  
18 breast sus   1  
27 nose usu-naih   1  
34 to cry taŋis   1  
43 ear teina-naih   1  
45 eye mata-naih   1  
59 mother tsina-naih   1  
60 father tama-naih   1  
61 house numa   1  
62 thatch/roof votof   1  
70 to shoot word info fana   1  
75 to die, be dead mat-en   1  
99 feather funu   1  
101 to fly ruaf   1  
111 fish yian   1  
113 branch word info nan   1  
114 leaf noun   1  
120 stone fat   1  
121 sand moŋi|on   1  
143 fire wu|af   1  
149 red marar   1  
167 night voiŋ (<M) 1  
173 at i   1  
176 below fai-na   1  
188 what? word info a sa   1  
189 who? word info e se   1  
197 One word info isen   1  
198 Two word info fuan < *pua- 'round obj' + *rua '2' 1  
44 to hear noŋon   1, 36  
15 bone tuana-naih   1, 10  
63 name asaŋ   1, 18  
183 thou anoh   1, 18  
163 new foun   1, 26  
200 Four word info fats   1, 65  
1 hand nima-naih   1, 66  
146 ash ku|af   1, 69  
103 meat/flesh veno   10  
195 no, not sikeh   10  
196 to count asas   10  
39 to cook word info nana bake 108  
55 woman/female moun   11  
56 child bai   11  
9 to swim sisiuf   12  
13 back word info touno-naih   12  
38 to chew word info aŋas   12  
41 to bite koteh   12  
77 to scratch word info kar   12  
116 flower purpur   13  
48 to sleep goros   14  
65 rope afon   14  
81 sharp aiŋ   14  
124 sea naman   14  
109 mosquito kusi   15  
10 dirty boŋ cf 'night' 16  
119 earth/soil peto   16  
154 short word info kakat   16  
50 to dream tora   16?  
2 left keruk   17  
140 dry word info parak   17  
151 green bubuir   17  
74 to kill atuiŋ   18  
88 to squeeze word info pots   18  
106 snake kora   18  
160 painful, sick kamits   18  
47 to yawn muaf   19  
131 cloud word info koro   19  
36 to spit kisuf spittle 19, 91  
37 to eat aiŋ (<M?) cf 167,168 1?  
184 he/she aye   1?  
30 mouth ŋue-naih   2  
115 root voran   2  
185 we word info aneh   2  
185 we word info amam   2  
52 to stand tutun   2, 69  
66 to tie up, fasten kitskits   20  
125 salt tasi   20  
134 thunder pinaguru   23  
31 tooth ŋisi-naih   24  
127 woods/forest ratu   24  
153 big buiŋ   24  
194 how? word info ifia   24  
42 to suck sus   25  
137 to blow word info taf   25  
187 they areh   25  
25 neck gogo-naih   27  
138 warm word info fisiki   29  
181 where? word info ifia interr adverb 3, 35  
102 rat kiso   3, 88  
90 to dig baira   30  
26 hair word info funu-naih   31  
96 dog kas   31  
147 black boŋ   31  
5 to walk tan   32  
97 bird marei   33  
100 wing pakpak   33  
199 Three word info fopis   4  
159 wide taporas   41  
28 to breathe sifuas   43  
14 belly koma-naih   44  
54 man/male tsoiŋ   46, 68  
129 moon ifa   49  
3 right matou   5, 13  
89 to hold word info naom   50  
49 to lie down word info tahun   51  
39 to cook word info fahonon boil 54  
64 to say keta   55  
57 husband natso-naih   57  
169 year iŋaiŋ   58  
168 day naiŋ (<M) 6  
4 leg/foot mou-naih   61  
94 to throw word info tat   68  
32 tongue mia-naih   7  
133 rain raŋits   7  
174 in, inside koma-na   7  
128 sky koro   76  
123 to flow tatsiu   78  
51 to sit vagum   79  
112 rotten word info murak   79  
23 blood rafatsiŋ   8  
35 to vomit nua   8  
76 to live, be alive toto   8  
186 you aŋim   8  
24 head patu-naih   9  
150 yellow aŋom   9  
20 to know, be knowledgeable nat   98  

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