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Language: Suau

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Suau
•  Ethnologue Information for swp
•  OLAC Information for swp
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Change History:

Showing all of 19 entries

• Source: Terence (Word 134) - Simon Greenhill (2015-03-13 02:12:40)
• Source: Terence (Word 135) - Simon Greenhill (2015-03-13 02:12:37)
• Source: Terence (Word 86) - Simon Greenhill (2014-09-02 12:48:19)
• Source: Terence (Word 102) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:06:12)
• Source: Terence (Word 91) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:06:09)
• Source: Terence (Word 160) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:06:05)
• Source: Terence (Word 39) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:06:01)
• Source: Terence (Word 109) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:58)
• Source: Terence (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:54)
• Source: Terence (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:51)
• Source: Terence (Word 203) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:47)
• Source: Terence (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:43)
• Source: Terence (Word 19) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:40)
• Source: Terence (Word 29) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:36)
• Source: Terence (Word 50) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:32)
• Source: Terence (Word 129) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:27)
• Source: Terence (Word 73) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:22)
• Source: Terence (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2014-05-08 08:05:15)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2008-04-14 10:37:29)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	nima-		1, 66
2	left	seuseuli		38
3	right	tutu		5, 70
4	leg/foot	ʔae		1
5	to walk	laulau		1
6	road/path	dobila		72
7	to come	laoma		1, 85
8	to turn	tolo-bui
9	to swim	dui		93
9	to swim	tuba		17
10	dirty	biʔi		139
11	dust	huhua
11	dust	muʔamuʔa
12	skin	ʔopi		15
13	back	dagila-		22
14	belly	boga-		21
15	bone	siada-		26
16	intestines	sinae		1
17	liver	ʔate		1
18	breast	susu-		1
19	shoulder	dabaialou		27, 105
20	to know, be knowledgeable	ʔata		35
21	to think	nuatui		30
22	to fear	matausi		1, 68
23	blood	ʔosina-		21
24	head	ʔulu		1
25	neck	gado-		30
26	hair	ʔulu maiawa-		3
27	nose	isu		1
28	to breathe	yahua		90
29	to sniff, smell	pane		107
30	mouth	ʔawa		36
30	mouth	moʔa		98
31	tooth	ʔawa		65
32	tongue	memena		7, 40
33	to laugh	maluhi		66
34	to cry	tani		1
35	to vomit	maliwe		4
36	to spit
37	to eat	ʔaiʔai		1, 44
38	to chew
39	to cook	liga		28
40	to drink	nom		1, 34
41	to bite	letai
42	to suck	madoi		20?
43	ear	bea-		66
44	to hear	ataiei		75
45	eye	mata-		1
46	to see	ʔita		1
47	to yawn
48	to sleep	ʔeno		8
49	to lie down	ʔeno		1
50	to dream	eno-suai		1, 67
51	to sit	bawa		158
52	to stand	tolo		2
53	person/human being	doga		1, 66
54	man/male	tau		22
55	woman/female	sine		71
56	child	natu-		5
57	husband	mone tau		26
58	wife	mone sine		18
59	mother	sina-		1
60	father	tama-		1
61	house	numa		1, 49
62	thatch/roof
63	name	[h]esa-		1, 18
64	to say	liba		158
65	rope
66	to tie up, fasten	ʔau		138
67	to sew	bodi		7
68	needle
69	to hunt	he-kedewa	(cf. 96) CAUS-'dog'
70	to shoot
71	to stab, pierce	goli		20
72	to hit	lubi
73	to steal	aieahali		45
74	to kill	unu|i		1
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
76	to live, be alive	mauli		1, 76
77	to scratch	gahili		96
78	to cut, hack	ibo		51
78	to cut, hack	tom		86
79	stick/wood	laga-		41
80	to split	igali		31
81	sharp	mata		36
82	dull, blunt	bou		21
83	to work	umai		1
84	to plant
85	to choose
86	to grow	tubu		1
87	to swell	ie pou	irregular *b > p	81
88	to squeeze	hihi		21
88	to squeeze	tam		33
89	to hold	ʔabi		23
90	to dig	sala		10
91	to buy	une
92	to open, uncover
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	tu		31
95	to fall	beʔu		25
96	dog	kedewa	(cf. 69)	18
97	bird	manu		1
98	egg	kasino		102
98	egg	pou		15
99	feather	goi-
100	wing	bala-
101	to fly	ie lo|i		1?
102	rat	ibou		93
103	meat/flesh	buluma		34
104	fat/grease	momona-		1, 65
105	tail	dele-		81
106	snake	mota		12
107	worm (earthworm)	niʔoi		88
108	louse	tuma		3
109	mosquito	ni'ini'ili		17
110	spider
111	fish	yama		33
112	rotten	posa-		9, 74
113	branch	laga-		1, 34
114	leaf	lugu-		16
115	root	lam-		3
116	flower	pasa		33
117	fruit	ua-ua		1
118	grass	lagau		33
119	earth/soil	tano		1
120	stone	weʔu		17
121	sand	gelegele	cf PCPacific 'soil'	30, 74
122	water	goila		2
123	to flow	ie didi		52
124	sea	gabogabo		73
125	salt	ʔalita		12
126	lake	pulu	< 'pool' ?		L?
127	woods/forest	nuʔula gunuala		28, 39
128	sky	galewa		16
129	moon	nawalai		13
130	star	ʔipola		16
131	cloud	yada		102
131	cloud	yaloi		23
132	fog	goula		1, 55
133	rain	nabu		28
134	thunder	palepalele		15
135	lightning	namanamali		18
136	wind	mana		21
137	to blow	yuhi		4
138	warm	gigiboli		49
139	cold	gogoma waʔoʔo		49
140	dry	pitali		74
141	wet	buta		20
142	heavy	polohe		69
143	fire	ʔoyagi alasi-
144	to burn	gabu		16
145	smoke	asu		2
146	ash	ʔahu		1
147	black	dubaduba		21
148	white	posiposi		67
149	red	buyabuya		26
150	yellow	yogeyoge		86
151	green	ʔalaʔalawa		13, 52
152	small	gagili-		68
153	big	laʔilaʔi		43
154	short	kuʔukuʔu		94
155	long	lohaloha		36
156	thin	yaloyalo		66
157	thick	potopoto		67
158	narrow	mosisi
159	wide	tabataba		51
160	painful, sick	asiebo
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	beabea-		50
163	new	halihaliu-		1, 63
164	good	lolo		133
165	bad, evil	baʔaya		18
166	correct, true	mamohoi		59
167	night	maiona		81
168	day	ʔasubena		1, 31
169	year	bolimai		15
170	when?	auyana
171	to hide
172	to climb
173	at	yai		12
174	in, inside	ʔalo-na yai		65
175	above
176	below
177	this	ina		67
178	that	neʔi
179	near	gegesina
179	near	hanahanau
180	far	lohaloha		23
181	where?	saha yai	'what at?'
182	I	yau		1, 21
183	thou	oa		1, 64
184	he/she	ia		1
185	we	ʔita		1
185	we	ʔai		2
186	you	ʔomi		1, 13
187	they	isi		62
188	what?	saha		1
189	who?	yai		56
190	other	esau		68
191	all	gamagali
192	and	yo		62
193	if	taba		28, 83
194	how?	edoha		19
195	no, not	nige		23, 24
196	to count	hasili		20
197	One	ʔesega		32
198	Two	labuʔi		12
199	Three	haiona		66
200	Four	hasi		1, 65
201	Five	haligigi		23
202	Six	haligigi esega
203	Seven	haligigi labui
204	Eight	haligigi haiona
205	Nine
206	Ten
207	Twenty	tau esega ie mate		33
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.02003)

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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