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Language: Uvea, West

Source/Author:  Hollyman 1987 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:uve  Glottocode: west2516 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill/Mary Walworth  Checked By: Simon Greenhill/Mary Walworth 
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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:Futunic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above aluŋa Au-dessus; vers le haut; surface; partie sup√©rieure (Hmn) 9  
191 all      
192 and      
146 ash lefu   67  
173 at i At 1  
13 back word info tua   11  
165 bad, evil ŋaio      
165 bad, evil kakino   9  
14 belly tinae Belly 19, 34  
14 belly      
176 below lalo   8  
153 big efa   13  
97 bird manu Animal, bird. (WUH) insect (Hmn) 1  
147 black uli Black 7  
23 blood toto Blood 4  
15 bone ivi   52, 5  
113 branch word info lālā Branch 1  
18 breast ū Sein (Hmn) 1  
56 child tama   6  
131 cloud word info ao   12  
139 cold word info makalili Cold 1, 52  
166 correct, true tonu Correct 8  
168 day ao Day (not night) 1, 54  
10 dirty kele   10  
96 dog kuli   7  
140 dry word info masa Dried up (of a well) 11  
140 dry word info malō Sec (Hmn) 13  
82 dull, blunt petu   1  
11 dust sasa L from NC lgs - likely Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
43 ear taliŋa   1  
119 earth/soil kele Earth 10  
98 egg wākuny L from Iaai   L
204 Eight word info tolu honu tupu      
45 eye faimata   1  
180 far mumao Far off, distant 13  
104 fat/grease giris L from Eng   L
60 father tamana Pollex 06: Tamana. :Father (Hmn). 1  
99 feather fulu Pollex 06: Fulu. :Feathers. 1  
208 Fifty word info      
143 fire afi Feu (Hmn) 1  
111 fish ika   1  
201 Five word info lima Five, hand-arm.(Source: Pollex) 1  
116 flower sei Pollex 06: Sei. :Flower (Hmn). 9  
132 fog sahot L from NC lgs -likely Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
200 Four word info fa Four 1, 66  
117 fruit fua Fruit 1  
164 good mārie Good 16  
118 grass      
151 green mata   1  
26 hair word info lauulu   40  
1 hand lima Five; hand-arm 1, 64  
184 he/she ia Third person singular personal pronoun 1  
24 head ulu Head 1  
142 heavy momafa Heavy, pregnancy 46  
142 heavy mumaha   46  
61 house fale House 14  
194 how? word info nafea   11, 51  
57 husband      
182 I au I, me 1, 21  
193 if      
174 in, inside loto Interior, inside of anything; deep (Hmn) 5  
16 intestines tinae   1  
126 lake mātai      
114 leaf lau Leaf 1  
2 left sema Gauche (Hmn) 11  
4 leg/foot vae Foot, leg (Hmn) 1, 100  
135 lightning wīla Lightning 2  
17 liver ate Liver 1  
155 long word info loa Long 12, 105  
108 louse word info kutu   1, 6  
54 man/male taŋata Man 12, 14  
103 meat/flesh io   10  
129 moon masina Lune, mois (Hmn) 37, 5  
109 mosquito namu   1  
59 mother tinana Mother 1  
30 mouth ŋutu Pollex 06: Ngutu. :Mouth, beak, muzzle (Hmn). 2  
63 name iŋoa Pollex 06: Ingoa. :Name. 6  
158 narrow      
158 narrow lauliki Pollex 06: Lauliki. :Narrow (Leverd). 84  
179 near taiaki   43  
25 neck ua   18  
68 needle sau   1  
68 needle sika Netting needle 9  
163 new fōu New 1  
167 night Night 1  
205 Nine word info fā honu tupu      
195 no, not hee L from Euvean or Tongan (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994) 13 L
27 nose isu Nose 1  
162 old word info matua   1  
197 One word info tahi L from EUvea 41 L
209 One Hundred word info lima a tēnua      
210 One Thousand word info      
190 other      
160 painful, sick momae Pain (1880 WUM) (Hmn) 10  
160 painful, sick mumae Distress, pain, toil (Hmn) 10  
53 person/human being taŋata Man 1, 66, 97  
133 rain ua   1  
102 rat kimoa   14  
149 red melo Red 1, 16  
3 right matau Right-handed, skilful (Hmn) 5, 13  
6 road/path ala Road 1  
115 root aka Root 2  
65 rope umaea Pollex 06: U/maea/. :Rope (U 1888) (Hmn). 10  
65 rope tukutuku Pollex 06: Tuku/tuku. :Rope (slack) (Hmn).    
112 rotten word info popo Rotten 14  
125 salt      
121 sand one Sand 1  
124 sea tai   1  
124 sea      
203 Seven word info lua honu tupu      
81 sharp mata kakai   14, 16  
154 short word info totoe      
19 shoulder pakakau   22  
161 shy, ashamed Be ashamed (Hmn) 1  
202 Six word info tahi hona tupu      
12 skin kili   1  
128 sky laŋi Sky 1  
152 small tokoisi   141  
145 smoke word info au Smoke 2  
106 snake fei Pollex 06: <Fei. :Snake (1888)>.; This may very well be a Greek loan?    
110 spider wale lemo L from Iaai   L
130 star fetū   1  
79 stick/wood lākau   1, 26  
120 stone fatu Pierre, caillou 1  
120 stone kōfatu Hard, light-brown stone [<] 1, 39  
105 tail mokunen L from Iaai   L
206 Ten word info lua a lima      
178 that dela   65  
178 that dena   1  
62 thatch/roof hagoe L from NC lgs - likely Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
187 they latou   1, 72  
157 thick word info mātolu   3  
156 thin word info manifi Thin 1  
177 this denei Pollex 06: Denei. :This. 7, 1  
183 thou ge (Ply) 5  
183 thou goe You (Sing.) 1  
183 thou goe You (Sing.) 1  
199 Three word info tolu Three 1  
134 thunder fatutuli   14  
134 thunder   14  
134 thunder   14  
41 to bite ū   8  
41 to bite   x  
137 to blow word info aŋiaŋi Blow 8  
28 to breathe homena Loan from Iaai   L
144 to burn word info tafuna Light a fire. (WUH) cook over fire (Hmn) 8  
91 to buy taui Payment; pay (Hmn) 9, 13  
91 to buy tauia Payment; pay (Hmn) 9, 13  
38 to chew word info ŋaua Chew (cane, purau etc.) (Hmn) 8  
85 to choose itra ina      
172 to climb word info kake Climb 32  
7 to come 'au mai   1, 44  
39 to cook word info taona Cook in earth oven 10  
196 to count tau Also: taua 8  
34 to cry taŋi Cry 1  
78 to cut, hack word info      
78 to cut, hack word info tūtia Couper 17  
75 to die, be dead mate Dead, ill 1  
90 to dig kelia Dig (a hole) 1  
50 to dream miti Dream 36  
40 to drink inu Drink 1  
37 to eat kai Food, eat 1, 47  
95 to fall word info siŋa Fall 44  
22 to fear mataku Afraid, fear 1  
123 to flow tafe   10  
101 to fly lele Fly 11  
86 to grow word info somo (Coco) germant; germer (Hmn) 7  
44 to hear loŋona Hear, listen 1  
171 to hide word info mumuni   1, 67  
72 to hit word info also: tāia 10  
89 to hold word info kumia   1  
89 to hold word info kukumi   1  
69 to hunt word info bosi possible loan from Iaai    
74 to kill hliŋeina L from Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
20 to know, be knowledgeable iloa   13  
33 to laugh kata Laugh 7  
49 to lie down word info moe   6  
76 to live, be alive māuli Pollex 06: Maauli. :Life, living, to live (Hmn). 1, 76  
92 to open, uncover fukea   1, 63  
84 to plant tokia Semer, planter (Hmn) 4, 5  
93 to pound, beat word info      
64 to say muna   129  
77 to scratch word info alatia Gratter (quelque partie du corps) (Hmn) 10  
46 to see kitea   1  
67 to sew word info tuia Sew 13, 16  
70 to shoot word info fana Arc, tirer ... l'arc (Hmn) 1  
51 to sit      
51 to sit Var. hnō, noho 16  
48 to sleep moe Sleep 10, 109  
29 to sniff, smell soŋi Pollex 06: Smell (sth.) (Hmn). 9  
29 to sniff, smell soŋia Pollex 06: Smell (sth.) (Hmn). 9  
36 to spit anusi   14, 84  
80 to split word info isia   7  
88 to squeeze word info lomia Press down with hand 10  
71 to stab, pierce suki Pollex 06: Suki. :Spear, stab, pierce. 1, 8  
52 to stand Stand 2  
73 to steal kaia Steal 7  
42 to suck cemi ina   7  
87 to swell word info fufula   7  
9 to swim kakau Swim 5  
9 to swim kaua Swim (Hmn) 5  
21 to think loto      
94 to throw word info titī Also tīa 9  
66 to tie up, fasten lītia Tie up 14  
8 to turn word info faliu   2  
35 to vomit lulua Vomit 8  
5 to walk haele L from EUvea or Tongan 6 L
83 to work word info gaobi L from Iaai   L
47 to yawn ohaem L from NC lgs - likely Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
32 tongue fagalelo   15  
31 tooth nifo   1  
207 Twenty word info tēnua      
198 Two word info lua Two 1  
138 warm word info mafana Lukewarm 1, 72  
122 water word info tai Pollex 06: Tai. :Water (kind of water is marked by adjectives) (Hmn). 2  
185 we word info kita First person inclusive marker (Ply) 1  
185 we word info gima L from Iaai 2 L
141 wet      
188 what? word info hea   83  
170 when? word info afea Quand? (Hmn) 5  
181 where? word info i fea Where? 3, 35  
148 white sina Pollex 06: Sina. :White. 66  
189 who? word info ai Pollex 06: Who? (Hmn). 1  
189 who? word info wai Pollex 06: Who? (Hmn). 1, 19  
159 wide      
159 wide lauefa   73, 48  
58 wife fafine Woman 5, 68  
58 wife fine Woman, girl, female, wife (Dty) 5, 89  
136 wind mataŋi Wind 1, 66  
100 wing pakakau Epaule, aile, nageoire de tortue (Hmn) 1, 59, 88  
55 woman/female fafine Woman 1, 106  
55 woman/female fine Woman, girl, female, wife (Dty) 1, 41  
127 woods/forest ūlakau Grove 15, 13  
127 woods/forest vao Forest 14  
107 worm (earthworm) biget L from Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
169 year tau Year 1  
150 yellow melo Yellow 11?  
186 you ge (Ply) 1  
186 you godou (Ply) 16  

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