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Language: Lakalai

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Nakanai (Bileki Dialect)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Maututu
•  Ethnologue Information for nak
•  OLAC Information for nak
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for nak
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

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• Changed #72257 from "pala", "", "19", "" (Word 65535) - sander (2017-08-22 10:55:30)
• Changed "source" from "'@incollection{152885, address = {Canberra}, booktitle = {Studies in Languages of New Britain and New Ireland, I: Austronesian Languages of the North New Guinea Cluster in Northwestern New Britain}, pages = {7-62}, publisher = {Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University}, title = {Relations among languages of West New Britain: an assessment of recent theories and evidence}, year = {1996}, bibtexkey = {chowning_britain-assessment1996}, fn = {papua\chowning_wnew-britain1996.pdf, papua\chowning_wnew-britain1996_ov2.pdf, papua\ross_new-ireland-new-britain1996.pdf, papua\chowning_wnew-britain1996_o.pdf, papua\chowning_relations-west-new-britain1996_o.pdf}, hhtype = {overview;comparative}, inlg = {English [eng]}, inlg_code = {eng}, macro_area = {Papua}, src = {hh}, srctrickle = {hh#hv:Chowning:WNewBritain}, author = {Chowning, Ann}, editor = {Ross, Malcolm D.} }'" - sander (2017-08-22 10:51:37)
• Changed #72257 from "pala", "", "1", "" (Word 65535) - sander (2017-08-22 10:51:37)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2007-03-13 09:20:50)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	lima		1, 64
2	left	meru		18
3	right	labalaba	cf94
4	leg/foot	vaha		20
5	to walk	tuga		13
6	road/path	gauru		9
7	to come	go-mai		1, 90
8	to turn	vulo		33
9	to swim	puru		13
10	dirty	mumugu		18
11	dust	magasa-pupusi	EarthRises	10
12	skin	kulikuli		1
12	skin	vovo	=body	13
13	back	poga		19
13	back	poke		19
14	belly	tia		1
15	bone	tuha		1, 10
16	intestines	tamusi		18
17	liver	hate		1
18	breast	susu		1
19	shoulder	pala		1
19	shoulder	belo		26
20	to know, be knowledgeable	rovi		21
21	to think	gabutatala		87
22	to fear	taga		12
22	to fear	matau		1
23	blood	kasoso		11
24	head	gama		22
25	neck	loho		28
26	hair	ivu		13
27	nose	maisu		1, 75
28	to breathe	lalahate		21
29	to sniff, smell	aso		1
30	mouth	hare		15
31	tooth	livo		1, 35
32	tongue	kalamea		7, 14
33	to laugh	lege		28
34	to cry	tali		1
35	to vomit	kalalua		8
36	to spit	kapute		19, 92
36	to spit	kavarasi		26
37	to eat	ani		1
38	to chew	gari		12
38	to chew	kamuta		71
39	to cook	gutu		15
40	to drink	liu		1
41	to bite	ala		1
41	to bite	tolo		24
41	to bite	koro		15
41	to bite	gari		1, 55
42	to suck	susu		25
43	ear	gavusa		7
44	to hear	lolo		1, 36
45	eye	mata		1
46	to see	hilo		119
47	to yawn	tolomaha		19, 25
48	to sleep	mavuta		15
49	to lie down	mavuta		69
50	to dream	tagabara		16
51	to sit	pou		24
52	to stand	magiri		1
53	person/human being	tau	1	1
54	man/male	tahalo	man	18
54	man/male	hatamale	male	1, 14
55	woman/female	tavile	woman	1, 35
55	woman/female	hatavile	female	1, 35
56	child	guliliki		13
57	husband	harua		2
58	wife	rutu		16
59	mother	tila		1
60	father	tama		1
61	house	luma		1
62	thatch/roof	varu	forehead	14
62	thatch/roof	ivu	hair	32
63	name	isa		66
64	to say	vei		13, 93
65	rope	mota		13
66	to tie up, fasten	kisi		20
66	to tie up, fasten	solo
66	to tie up, fasten	vuu
67	to sew	sahi		2
68	needle	salu		1
69	to hunt	vamusi		20
70	to shoot	kapiti
71	to stab, pierce	ubi
72	to hit	kue		20
73	to steal	pakali		14
74	to kill	bili		19
75	to die, be dead	peho		7
76	to live, be alive	oio
76	to live, be alive	mahuli		1, 76
77	to scratch	kasi		5
78	to cut, hack	vari		13?
78	to cut, hack	tubi
78	to cut, hack	tolo		28
79	stick/wood	malege
80	to split	sulu		38
81	sharp	kara		69
81	sharp	mata		36
82	dull, blunt	matatupo	'sharp' + 'not'	x
83	to work	igo-golu		18
84	to plant	galu		14
85	to choose	isu
86	to grow	tubu		1
87	to swell	sogo		15
87	to swell	buku		24
87	to swell	pore
88	to squeeze	bebe		21, 80
89	to hold	abi		23
89	to hold	sau		20
90	to dig	oli		1
91	to buy	loto		16
92	to open, uncover	kope		16
93	to pound, beat	katu		17
93	to pound, beat	voro
94	to throw	pigi		39
94	to throw	laba		16
95	to fall	boru
95	to fall	paru		23
96	dog	paia		14
97	bird	malu		1
98	egg	hatotolu		1
99	feather	ivu		7
99	feather	kokoma		10
100	wing	palapala		17
101	to fly	lovo		1
102	rat	kusuke		3, 86
103	meat/flesh	maili		20
104	fat/grease	molamola		1, 65
105	tail	kiu		1
106	snake	pase
107	worm (earthworm)	pakeso
107	worm (earthworm)	kirere		12
108	louse	utu		1
109	mosquito	lamo		1
110	spider	kamimisi		14
111	fish	ia		1
112	rotten	mavulu		1, 65
112	rotten	parara		13
112	rotten	pusa		9, 73
113	branch	halala		1
114	leaf	galalau		15
115	root	ua		39
116	flower	sesee		16
117	fruit	vavua		1
118	grass	rako
119	earth/soil	magasa		17
120	stone	uati		1
121	sand	magasa-la-mago	earthofsea	14
122	water	lalu		1, 43
123	to flow	sali		24
124	sea	mago		16
125	salt	mimila		9
126	lake
127	woods/forest	tibulu		19
128	sky	lagi		1
128	sky	lage		1
129	moon	taio		10
130	star	matatabu		15
131	cloud	gauku		20?
131	cloud	mori
132	fog	gauku		14
132	fog	veto		21
133	rain	hura		1
134	thunder	mori kumu
134	thunder	kuraraba		25
135	lightning	sima		15
135	lightning	meme		37
136	wind	lolovi		17
137	to blow	vai		78
137	to blow	vahi		78
138	warm	tivura		17
139	cold	maigi		1
140	dry	tagara		35
140	dry	masaga		11
141	wet	beta		18
142	heavy	tikumu		16
143	fire	havi		1
144	to burn	goo
144	to burn	goho
145	smoke	sosobu		17
146	ash	buburo		14
147	black	kuru		14
147	black	parakuru		14
148	white	kakea		20
149	red	magegese		23
150	yellow	ialalo		9
151	green	lamalivoloo
151	green	kakesa		8
152	small	bisi		14
153	big	uru		17
154	short	boboto		9
155	long	malau		12
156	thin	malauga
156	thin	tavi		8
157	thick	uru
157	thick	bitolu		3
158	narrow	bisi	kapilikia=ofdoorwayonly	31
158	narrow	kapilikia	of door way only	1
159	wide	uru
160	painful, sick	ligi
160	painful, sick	lea		20
161	shy, ashamed	mahela		42
162	old	uru	big
163	new	halaba		9
164	good	taritigi		24
164	good	tigi		24
165	bad, evil	kama kokora	notadequate	15
166	correct, true	taritigi
166	correct, true	sesele		16
166	correct, true	matata	straight	28
167	night	logo		11
168	day	haro		1, 54
169	year	leavala	rainyseason	12
170	when?	gaisa	(future)	1, 24
170	when?	alisa	(past)	1, 43
170	when?	alaisa	(past)	1, 43
171	to hide	tari-kokovu		11, 10
172	to climb	go-ata
172	to climb	sae		2
173	at	oio te		10
174	in, inside	o-ilo		1
175	above	o-ata		1
176	below	o-talo		15
177	this	-le		9
177	this	ale		9
178	that	aleo		18
179	near	hagavi		19
180	far	malau		21
181	where?	o-ve		3
181	where?	oio-ve		3
182	I	ŋa (eau)		x
183	thou	eme		8
184	he/she	eia		1
185	we	etatou		2
185	we	amiteu		2
186	you	amutou		1, 32
187	they	egiteu		25, 60
188	what?	(la)-rova		28
188	what?	lava		1
189	who?	ere(i)		1
190	other	isapolo		9
191	all	tomi		18
192	and	me		2
193	if
194	how?	mave		17
194	how?	ilava
195	no, not	ouka	no,not	49
195	no, not	ka(ma)		19
196	to count	gigi		17
197	One	-saa		1
197	One	-sasa		1
198	Two	-lua		1
199	Three	-tolu		1
200	Four	-vaa		1
201	Five
202	Six
203	Seven
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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