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Language: Suau

Source/Author:  Blust, from Cooper (1975) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:swp  Glottocode: suau1242 
Notes:  Cooper, R.E. (1975). Coastal Suau: A Preliminary Study of Internal Relationships. In T.E. Dutton (ed.) Studies in Languages of Central and South-East Papua. Pacific Linguistics Series C No. 29. Canberra: Australian National University.

3 pencilled forms from Capell, 1943 
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:Nuclear:Suauic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
36 to spit      
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
62 thatch/roof      
65 rope      
68 needle      
70 to shoot word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
110 spider      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
175 above      
176 below      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
8 to turn word info tolo-bui      
11 dust huhua      
11 dust muʔamuʔa      
41 to bite letai      
69 to hunt word info he-kedewa (cf. 96) CAUS-'dog'    
72 to hit word info lubi      
91 to buy une      
99 feather goi-      
100 wing bala-      
126 lake pulu < 'pool' ?   L?
143 fire ʔoyagi alasi-      
158 narrow mosisi      
160 painful, sick asiebo      
170 when? word info auyana      
178 that neʔi      
179 near gegesina      
179 near hanahanau      
181 where? word info saha yai 'what at?'    
191 all gamagali      
202 Six word info haligigi esega      
203 Seven word info haligigi labui      
204 Eight word info haligigi haiona      
4 leg/foot ʔae   1  
5 to walk laulau   1  
16 intestines sinae   1  
17 liver ʔate   1  
18 breast susu-   1  
24 head ʔulu   1  
27 nose isu   1  
34 to cry tani   1  
45 eye mata-   1  
46 to see ʔita   1  
49 to lie down word info ʔeno   1  
59 mother sina-   1  
60 father tama-   1  
74 to kill unu|i   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
83 to work word info umai   1  
86 to grow word info tubu   1  
97 bird manu   1  
117 fruit ua-ua   1  
119 earth/soil tano   1  
146 ash ʔahu   1  
184 he/she ia   1  
185 we word info ʔita   1  
188 what? word info saha   1  
132 fog goula   1, 55  
76 to live, be alive mauli   1, 76  
186 you ʔomi   1, 13  
63 name [h]esa-   1, 18  
182 I yau   1, 21  
168 day ʔasubena   1, 31  
40 to drink nom   1, 34  
113 branch word info laga-   1, 34  
37 to eat ʔaiʔai   1, 44  
61 house numa   1, 49  
163 new halihaliu-   1, 63  
183 thou oa   1, 64  
104 fat/grease momona-   1, 65  
200 Four word info hasi   1, 65  
1 hand nima-   1, 66  
53 person/human being doga   1, 66  
50 to dream eno-suai   1, 67  
22 to fear matausi   1, 68  
7 to come laoma   1, 85  
90 to dig sala   10  
98 egg kasino   102  
131 cloud word info yada   102  
29 to sniff, smell pane   107  
106 snake mota   12  
125 salt ʔalita   12  
173 at yai   12  
198 Two word info labuʔi   12  
129 moon nawalai   13  
151 green ʔalaʔalawa   13, 52  
164 good lolo   133  
66 to tie up, fasten ʔau   138  
10 dirty biʔi   139  
12 skin ʔopi   15  
98 egg pou   15  
134 thunder palepalele   15  
169 year bolimai   15  
51 to sit bawa   158  
64 to say liba   158  
114 leaf lugu-   16  
128 sky galewa   16  
130 star ʔipola   16  
144 to burn word info gabu   16  
9 to swim tuba   17  
109 mosquito ni'ini'ili   17  
120 stone weʔu   17  
58 wife mone sine   18  
96 dog kedewa (cf. 69) 18  
135 lightning namanamali   18  
165 bad, evil baʔaya   18  
194 how? word info edoha   19  
101 to fly ie lo|i   1?  
52 to stand tolo   2  
122 water word info goila   2  
145 smoke word info asu   2  
185 we word info ʔai   2  
71 to stab, pierce goli   20  
141 wet buta   20  
196 to count hasili   20  
42 to suck madoi   20?  
14 belly boga-   21  
23 blood ʔosina-   21  
82 dull, blunt bou   21  
88 to squeeze word info hihi   21  
136 wind mana   21  
147 black dubaduba   21  
13 back word info dagila-   22  
54 man/male tau   22  
89 to hold word info ʔabi   23  
131 cloud word info yaloi   23  
180 far lohaloha   23  
201 Five word info haligigi   23  
195 no, not nige   23, 24  
95 to fall word info beʔu   25  
15 bone siada-   26  
57 husband mone tau   26  
149 red buyabuya   26  
19 shoulder dabaialou   27, 105  
39 to cook word info liga   28  
133 rain nabu   28  
127 woods/forest nuʔula gunuala   28, 39  
193 if taba   28, 83  
26 hair word info ʔulu maiawa-   3  
108 louse word info tuma   3  
115 root lam-   3  
21 to think nuatui   30  
25 neck gado-   30  
121 sand gelegele cf PCPacific 'soil' 30, 74  
80 to split word info igali   31  
94 to throw word info tu   31  
197 One word info ʔesega   32  
88 to squeeze word info tam   33  
111 fish yama   33  
116 flower pasa   33  
118 grass lagau   33  
207 Twenty word info tau esega ie mate   33  
103 meat/flesh buluma   34  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ʔata   35  
30 mouth ʔawa   36  
81 sharp mata   36  
155 long word info lohaloha   36  
2 left seuseuli   38  
35 to vomit maliwe   4  
137 to blow word info yuhi   4  
79 stick/wood laga-   41  
153 big laʔilaʔi   43  
73 to steal aieahali   45  
138 warm word info gigiboli   49  
139 cold word info gogoma waʔoʔo   49  
56 child natu-   5  
3 right tutu   5, 70  
162 old word info beabea-   50  
78 to cut, hack word info ibo   51  
159 wide tabataba   51  
123 to flow ie didi   52  
189 who? word info yai   56  
166 correct, true mamohoi   59  
187 they isi   62  
192 and yo   62  
31 tooth ʔawa   65  
174 in, inside ʔalo-na yai   65  
33 to laugh maluhi   66  
43 ear bea-   66  
156 thin word info yaloyalo   66  
199 Three word info haiona   66  
148 white posiposi   67  
157 thick word info potopoto   67  
177 this ina   67  
152 small gagili-   68  
190 other esau   68  
142 heavy polohe   69  
67 to sew word info bodi   7  
32 tongue memena   7, 40  
55 woman/female sine   71  
6 road/path dobila   72  
124 sea gabogabo   73  
140 dry word info pitali   74  
44 to hear ataiei   75  
48 to sleep ʔeno   8  
87 to swell word info ie pou irregular *b > p 81  
105 tail dele-   81  
167 night maiona   81  
78 to cut, hack word info tom   86  
150 yellow yogeyoge   86  
107 worm (earthworm) niʔoi   88  
112 rotten word info posa-   9, 74  
28 to breathe yahua   90  
9 to swim dui   93  
102 rat ibou   93  
154 short word info kuʔukuʔu   94  
77 to scratch word info gahili   96  
30 mouth moʔa   98  

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