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

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