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Language: Numbami (Siboma)

Source/Author:  Joel Bradshaw 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:sij  Glottocode: numb1247 
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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:North New Guinea:Huon Gulf:Numbami 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
91 to buy -ambuli (semi calque fr. Yabem)    
37 to eat -ani   1  
38 to chew word info -ani bua   63  
91 to buy -baga (arch.)    
49 to lie down word info -iye   98  
180 far -iye molosa it lie far    
48 to sleep -iye wai wai: completive    
36 to spit -kanzuwa   19  
8 to turn word info -kawewe      
85 to choose -kelele gi set apart    
9 to swim -kota tai 'pass through saltwater/sea' 90  
9 to swim -kota tina 'pass through freshwater/river' 90  
144 to burn word info -lalaŋi scald / burnt skin 75  
72 to hit word info -lapa   42  
93 to pound, beat word info -lapa      
74 to kill -lapa uni   42, 1  
101 to fly -lowa   1  
44 to hear -loŋoni   1, 36  
35 to vomit -luwa   8  
7 to come -ma   1  
140 dry word info -mamasa   11  
75 to die, be dead -mande uni   1  
22 to fear -mandi <*matai <*matau 1  
160 painful, sick -mata be sick 71  
47 to yawn -maŋgawa splitmouth    
144 to burn word info -mbosi roast    
33 to laugh -momola   3?  
51 to sit -ndosua   18, 152  
50 to dream -niniwi   1, 60  
39 to cook word info -nisi bani boil food, +a>,i cf.70 +b>t,i cf 74,120    
40 to drink -numu   1  
42 to suck -numu drink; irregular *i > u 50, 36  
29 to sniff, smell -numusu      
5 to walk -pa-andalowa   2, 64  
83 to work word info -pai kulakua      
73 to steal -pai wena   1, 32  
95 to fall word info -peka (intr) 25  
172 to climb word info -pi   14  
88 to squeeze word info -pipia   21  
42 to suck -pipia[susu] squeeze    
137 to blow word info -pusie   6  
67 to sew word info -sali   50  
41 to bite -saŋa      
71 to stab, pierce -so   67  
84 to plant -so [iwoya] iwoya: seed, shoot, sucker 28  
28 to breathe -so yagawa exhale 83  
179 near -tabiŋa be closest to 20  
78 to cut, hack word info -tala   1  
90 to dig -tawi   59  
34 to cry -taŋi   1  
94 to throw word info -tiŋa   110  
86 to grow word info -tumbu   1  
144 to burn word info -tutuni set fire 1  
171 to hide word info -uŋa ata reflexive 1  
80 to split word info -waga   32  
52 to stand -walasa      
70 to shoot word info -wani   1  
196 to count -wete      
160 painful, sick -witi ache 110  
87 to swell word info -woni   77  
92 to open, uncover -wosa Verb of manner + wosa    
20 to know, be knowledgeable -yale fr. Yabem 118 L
66 to tie up, fasten -yota      
41 to bite -you      
28 to breathe -you yagawa inhale 83  
46 to see -yoŋgo      
9 to swim -yuma bathe 94  
123 to flow -zuzula   79  
38 to chew word info -ŋaŋawi   8  
69 to hunt word info -ŋgewe      
64 to say -ŋgo      
202 Six word info Nima teula ano sesem      
113 branch word info [ai]lakalaka   1  
114 leaf [ai]lau   1  
26 hair word info [dabola] uli   3  
99 feather [mani]uli   1  
4 leg/foot ae   1  
187 they ai      
79 stick/wood ai pambu log shape    
79 stick/wood ai papaka board / plank 1  
117 fruit aiano      
185 we word info aita   1  
183 thou aiya   35  
30 mouth alolo      
121 sand alundi   93  
32 tongue amala   7  
186 you amu   1  
6 road/path andalawa <+in(s,j) ala path, t+awa inside or mother or AUG/DIM 1  
3 right ano   20  
166 correct, true ano truth 17  
63 name ase cf Lau? 1, 18  
57 husband asowa   2  
58 wife asowa   1  
62 thatch/roof atawa   1  
17 liver ate   1  
136 wind aula      
59 mother awa   85  
100 wing bagelau   16  
19 shoulder bageyala   30  
153 big bamo      
159 wide bamo big    
166 correct, true biŋano truth 17  
153 big boboŋa   24  
12 skin bolo skin as body, colon, health    
11 dust bom fr. NAN Paiewa   L
131 cloud word info bubuluma   21  
142 heavy bunama      
24 head dabola   43  
169 year damana pleiades 80  
151 green daŋala      
157 thick word info dendeliŋa      
104 fat/grease didi   69  
134 thunder dubeleleki      
175 above dudu on top    
13 back word info dumakai   61  
184 he/she e   1  
162 old word info embamoto [F]    
55 woman/female ewa   58  
175 above gawagawa up above    
170 when? word info gesina-go future 1  
170 when? word info gesina-ma past 1  
25 neck gidu   66  
130 star gitimana      
102 rat gobe      
89 to hold word info gugumi   1  
128 sky gulubu   25  
185 we word info i      
176 below idubu underneath    
111 fish iya   1  
173 at iye it-lie/be at    
181 where? word info iye tenda it.lie, where    
193 if iŋgo says    
194 how? word info ka kaitenda      
152 small kae      
118 grass kalasi (English)   L
129 moon kambalaŋa      
61 house kapala   1  
152 small kateako      
158 narrow kateako small    
109 mosquito kawanda   67  
2 left kaze   15  
10 dirty kele   10  
98 egg ketu   1  
147 black kikiya      
96 dog kiyami   42  
178 that koena 3p    
56 child kolapa 'boy, young man' 45  
54 man/male kole      
162 old word info kombamoto [M]    
195 no, not kote not    
110 spider lala   1  
174 in, inside lalo   1  
139 cold word info luluwila   77  
198 Two word info luwa   1  
190 other mainama      
60 father mama   1, 10  
97 bird mani   1  
23 blood masina   7  
140 dry word info masoso   11  
81 sharp mata   36  
82 dull, blunt mata mou sharp none x  
76 to live, be alive matalalaya      
45 eye matano eye true 1  
165 bad, evil maya      
161 shy, ashamed memeya   1  
150 yellow meyaŋo   9  
149 red misina cf. blood 50, 75  
155 long word info molosa   5  
106 snake mota   12  
107 worm (earthworm) mota   10  
195 no, not mou none 73  
56 child natu offspring 5  
1 hand nima   1, 66  
206 Ten word info nima besua      
201 Five word info nima teula   1, 15  
203 Seven word info nima teula ano lua      
204 Eight word info nima teula ano toli      
205 Nine word info nima teula ano wata      
27 nose nisinowa nosehole 27  
31 tooth niwo   1  
176 below owe below    
116 flower plawa (English)   L
119 earth/soil puta cf YAP 41  
135 lightning sa iwewe 'it flashes'    
189 who? word info sai   1  
68 needle salina R>l. cf.78 1  
112 rotten word info sapupu      
188 what? word info sawa   1  
197 One word info sesemi   1  
18 breast susu   1  
14 belly tae bobdaba (chest), bobo (abdomen) 19  
16 intestines tae[lalo]   29  
21 to think taewembi belly-holds    
124 sea tai   1  
125 salt tai   20  
60 father tama   1  
54 man/male tamota   12, 14  
207 Twenty word info tamota te 'man one' 32  
53 person/human being tamtamoŋa   68  
177 this tatena 1p 68  
177 this tatona 2p 68  
43 ear taŋanowa ear 1  
59 mother tina   1  
122 water word info tina      
126 lake tina kapulawa water round    
191 all tiyamama      
199 Three word info toli   1  
141 wet totowi      
167 night towambana      
15 bone tuatua   1, 10  
154 short word info tula      
108 louse word info tuma   3  
154 short word info tupe      
105 tail unae      
133 rain usana   1  
12 skin usi skin as covering 50  
148 white usouso   34  
192 and wa      
65 rope walasa   2  
77 to scratch word info wale   12  
175 above wao above 2  
200 Four word info wata   1  
120 stone wati   1  
138 warm word info wawana   1  
127 woods/forest weni      
103 meat/flesh wiso   10?  
164 good wiya   1  
115 root woka   2  
163 new wou   1, 26  
146 ash wowai white    
182 I woya   1, 21  
145 smoke word info yabokole      
132 fog yawaluŋu      
156 thin word info yawayawa   53  
168 day yawela sun    
144 to burn word info yaweni fire-eat    
143 fire yawi   1  
146 ash yawi gaula black    

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