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Language: Sikaiana

Source/Author:  POLLEX 2000 (Bruce Biggs & Ross Clark) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:sky  Glottocode: sika1261 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:Samoic-Outlier:Ellicean 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
19 shoulder      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
57 husband      
58 wife      
70 to shoot word info      
107 worm (earthworm)      
125 salt      
126 lake      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
175 above      
178 that      
190 other      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
4 leg/foot tapuae Ankle, foot    
20 to know, be knowledgeable atamai      
21 to think hakateletele think    
63 name male name    
97 bird kivi/aitu Pollex 06: Kivi/aitu. :A bird.    
98 egg tamamoa egg    
106 snake sineki L from English   L
111 fish alaalahutu Pollex 06: Alaalahutu. A fish.    
193 if hano if    
206 Ten word info sehui ten    
6 road/path ala Road 1  
12 skin kili skin 1  
17 liver ate Liver 1  
18 breast uu Breast 1  
22 to fear maka'u Afraid, frightened 1  
22 to fear mataku   1  
28 to breathe maanava Breath 1  
31 tooth niho Tooth 1  
34 to cry tani cry 1  
38 to chew word info maamaa Pollex 06: Maamaa. :Chew. 1  
40 to drink unu Drink (Sps) 1  
44 to hear lono Hear 1  
46 to see kite see 1  
53 person/human being tama   1  
59 mother tinna Mother (Sps) 1  
60 father tamana father 1  
62 thatch/roof ato Thatch (Sps) 1  
75 to die, be dead mate die 1  
85 to choose hili Select, choose 1  
86 to grow word info tupu Grow (Sps) 1  
90 to dig keli Dig 1  
108 louse word info kutu Louse 1  
109 mosquito namu Mosquito 1  
111 fish ika   1  
113 branch word info laa Branch (of a tree) 1  
114 leaf lau Leaf 1  
117 fruit hua fruit 1  
120 stone hatu Stone, rock (Sps) 1  
121 sand one Sand 1  
128 sky lani Sky 1  
130 star hetū star 1  
133 rain ua Rain 1  
143 fire ahi Fire 1  
149 red mea Red 1  
162 old word info matua old (person) 1  
163 new hou New 1  
167 night poo Night 1  
169 year tau Year 1  
173 at i At 1  
183 thou koe You (Sing.) 1  
183 thou koe You (Sing.) 1  
184 he/she ia Third person singular personal pronoun 1  
189 who? word info ai Who? 1  
198 Two word info lua Two 1  
199 Three word info tolu Three 1  
201 Five word info lima Five, hand-arm.(Source: Pollex) 1  
202 Six word info ono six 1  
203 Seven word info hitu Seven.(Source: Pollex) 1  
151 green m/moto/ Green, unripe, virgin (Hwd) 1, 10  
4 leg/foot vae Leg 1, 100  
185 we word info tāua 1 dual incl. 1, 29  
185 we word info tātou 1 pl. incl. 1, 39  
132 fog kohu Mist 1, 47  
168 day aho Day (Sps) 1, 54  
168 day aso Day 1, 54  
1 hand lima Five; hand-arm 1, 64  
11 dust lehu dust 1, 68  
138 warm word info maafana Warm 1, 72  
138 warm word info maahana Warm 1, 72  
187 they lātou they (3pl) 1, 72  
71 to stab, pierce suki Pierce 1, 8  
27 nose kai/usu/ Nose 1, 10  
27 nose kaiusu   1, 10  
55 woman/female hahine Woman, girl (Sps) 1, 106  
54 man/male taane Male 1, 11  
182 I n/au/ I, me B. [<] 1, 22  
43 ear kau/talina/ Ear 1, 25  
79 stick/wood laakau Plant 1, 26  
55 woman/female hine Female (Sps) 1, 41  
7 to come hale mai come 1, 42  
37 to eat kai Food, eat 1, 47  
139 cold word info makalili Cold 1, 52  
100 wing kapakau Wing 1, 59  
144 to burn word info tutu Set alight 1, 6  
136 wind matani Wind 1, 66  
200 Four word info four 1, 66  
53 person/human being tanata Man 1, 66, 97  
144 to burn word info tuunia To set alight to (Sps) 1, 7  
110 spider velevele Spider (Sps) 1, 99  
29 to sniff, smell saona smell 10  
39 to cook word info tao Cook in earth oven 10  
65 rope maea rope 10  
72 to hit word info taa Kill, hit, kick (Sps) 10  
103 meat/flesh io meat/flesh 10  
119 earth/soil kele/kele Sand 10  
124 sea moana Ocean 10  
148 white k/kena Pale coloured 10  
160 painful, sick mamae Pain 10  
48 to sleep moe Sleep 10, 109  
92 to open, uncover taalaki To open something (Sps) 10, 39  
24 head poho/ulu/ Head (Sps) 10, 62  
195 no, not heai no. 10, 84  
13 back word info tua Back (of body) (Sps) 11  
62 thatch/roof inaki Roof segments between main rafters 11  
66 to tie up, fasten hau Lash, tie 11  
101 to fly lele Fly, flow (as a river) (Sps) 11  
140 dry word info masa Dry 11  
141 wet siu (Dnr) 11  
150 yellow h/helo Yellow 11  
150 yellow f/felo tawny 11  
153 big n/niu/ Big (plural) (Sps) 11  
194 how? word info pehea How? 11  
16 intestines kautae guts 12  
42 to suck umiumi (Dnr) 12  
94 to throw word info pehi Throw with underhand motion (Dnr) 12  
102 rat kiole rat 12  
104 fat/grease sinu(sinu) Greasy, fat, rich 12  
124 sea vasa/o Sea as an interval of space between two places (Sps) 12  
155 long word info lo/loa/ Long (sg.) 12, 105  
155 long word info l/loa Long (pl.) 12, 105  
54 man/male tanata   12, 14  
20 to know, be knowledgeable iloa To know 13  
105 tail muisuki tail 13  
112 rotten word info pala Rotten (of fruit) 13  
180 far mmao Far (Clk) 13  
191 all katoa All 13  
67 to sew word info tui Sew 13, 16  
61 house hale House 14  
88 to squeeze word info k/kumi/ Squeeze 14  
112 rotten word info popo Rotten (Sps) 14  
127 woods/forest vao Bush 14  
164 good tau/leka/leka/ Pleasant 14  
81 sharp kaa Sharp (Sps) 14, 15  
8 to turn word info tahuli turn 15  
32 tongue arero Tongue (Yen) 15  
32 tongue alelo   15  
51 to sit noho Sit 16  
78 to cut, hack word info sele To cut 16  
123 to flow lele Pollex 06: Lele. :Fly, flow (as a river) (Sps). 16  
186 you koutou Second person plural pronoun in nucleus of the phrase(Ply) 16  
89 to hold word info taohi hold 17  
25 neck ua Neck 18  
36 to spit sāvale spit 18  
52 to stand tuu Stand 2  
93 to pound, beat word info tuki Beat, pound; food pounder (Sps) 2  
115 root pati/aka/ Root 2  
115 root patiaka Root 2  
122 water word info vai Water 2  
135 lightning uila Lightning 2  
145 smoke word info au Smoke 2  
192 and ma And, with (Sps) 2  
209 One Hundred word info lau Hundred.(Source: Pollex) 2  
210 One Thousand word info mano A thousand.(Source: Pollex) 2  
185 we word info māua we (1du.excl) 2, 29  
185 we word info mātou we (1pl.excl) 2, 39  
83 to work word info hekau work 26  
193 if pela if 28  
157 thick word info maatoru Thick (Sps) 3  
204 Eight word info valu Pollex 06: Valu. :Eight. 3  
181 where? word info hea Where? 3, 35  
118 grass veve Pollex 06: Veve. :Grass (Sps). 30  
179 near taupili near 30  
2 left vale left 31  
111 fish matu Polles 06: Matu. :A fish. 32  
172 to climb word info kake Climb 32  
156 thin word info tualiki thin 34  
134 thunder mana Pollex 06: Mana. :Thunder. 37  
82 dull, blunt matapū blunt 39, 49  
80 to split word info vae split 4  
84 to plant too/too To plant 4  
26 hair word info laulu hair (body) 40  
197 One word info tahi One 41  
197 One word info tasi One 41  
95 to fall word info sina Fall 44  
29 to sniff, smell sunu smell 45?  
142 heavy mmaha Heavy 46  
131 cloud word info lehuna cloud 47  
158 narrow kopiti Narrow 48  
159 wide l(aha)laha Wide 48  
30 mouth pukua mouth 49  
23 blood haeko blood 4?  
9 to swim kakau Swim 5  
9 to swim koukou   5  
80 to split word info split 5  
99 feather palaa Feather 5  
170 when? word info ite moko ahea when? 5  
174 in, inside i loto in 5  
3 right mātau Donner 2012 lists this as the "archaic form" for 'right'. 5, 13  
45 eye kale/mata/ Face 5, 1  
205 Nine word info sivo Nine (Sps).(Source: Pollex) 5, 43  
15 bone ivi Bone 52, 5  
5 to walk haele Go (Sps) 6  
5 to walk saele Go (Sps) 6  
49 to lie down word info moe lie down 6  
76 to live, be alive ola Alive, live (Sps) 6  
56 child tamalikiliki Child (Sps) 6, 63  
56 child tamalliki Children (Sps) 6, 63  
56 child tamaliki/liki Child (Sps) 6, 63  
64 to say tātala say 60  
196 to count pau count 63  
152 small liki/liki Small (Sps) 66  
152 small li/liki Small (pl.) (Sps) 66  
71 to stab, pierce sooka/i Stab 67  
71 to stab, pierce sookai Stab 67  
146 ash lehu Ashes 67  
3 right atamai right 7  
10 dirty pela Dirty, decayed (Sps) 7  
33 to laugh kata Laugh 7  
73 to steal kaiaa Steal 7  
86 to grow word info somo Grow (of plants) (Sps) 7  
87 to swell word info hula/hula Oedema 7  
96 dog kulii Dog 7  
129 moon malama moon 7  
147 black uli Black (Sps) 7  
177 this te nei this 7, 1  
10 dirty sava Filthy 8  
35 to vomit lua Vomit 8  
42 to suck m(iti)miti Suck 8  
74 to kill taa Kill, hit, kick (Sps) 8  
91 to buy sui   8  
137 to blow word info ani/ani Blow (as wind) (Sps) 8  
148 white tea White 8  
166 correct, true tonu Right, correct 8  
176 below lalo Down, below (Fth) 8  
41 to bite nunu bite 83  
188 what? word info aa What? 84  
69 to hunt word info sese hunt 88  
14 belly manava Belly 9  
68 needle sika Netting-needle 9  
77 to scratch word info l/laku Scratch (sg.) 9  
77 to scratch word info laku/laku Scratch (pl.) 9  
92 to open, uncover aaha To open up, to push apart (Dnr) 9  
116 flower see Flower bud (Sps) 9  
154 short word info p/poto/ Short (sg.) 9  
154 short word info poto/poto Short (pl.) 9  
165 bad, evil hakakinokino bad 9  
162 old word info mua old (thing) x  
186 you kolua Second person dual pronoun, you (Ply) x  
186 you koulua (Sps) x  
187 they lāua they (3du) x  

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