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Language: Kove

Resources:

•  Ethnologue Information for kvc
•  OLAC Information for kvc
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Change History:

Showing all of 20 entries

• Changed from "ani" (Word 144) - Simon Greenhill (2021-10-17 23:24:54)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-26 22:08:33)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 205) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-26 22:08:27)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-26 22:08:23)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 208) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-26 22:08:19)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 209) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-26 22:08:15)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 210) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-26 22:08:11)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 193) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-26 22:08:07)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 206) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-24 07:45:37)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 203) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-17 04:04:05)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 1) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-11 22:59:07)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 37) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-11 22:59:03)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 70) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-11 22:59:00)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 100) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-11 22:58:55)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-11 22:58:40)
• Source: Francesca Dem (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2010-08-11 22:58:37)
• Changed from "vaɤa" (Word 64) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 09:07:57)
• Changed from "varo" (Word 64) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 09:07:57)
• Changed from "si (pana" (Word 187) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-18 05:45:03)
• Changed from "asiri)" (Word 187) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-18 05:45:03)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	nima		1, 66
1	hand	lima		1, 64
2	left	ɣaɣala		14
3	right	tau		5, 25
4	leg/foot	ahe		1
5	to walk	lalao		1, 69
6	road/path	erapu		69
7	to come	nama		1, 73
8	to turn	palele	or 11?
9	to swim	waia
9	to swim	nao		51
10	dirty	ŋahaŋa
11	dust	kahu		1
12	skin	kulikuli		1
12	skin	tini	body	31
13	back	ruɣu
14	belly	apo	2 0r 10?	2
15	bone	tuatua		1, 10
16	intestines	moɣali		19
17	liver	ate(a)te		1
18	breast	turu		1
19	shoulder	wala		1
20	to know, be knowledgeable	atai		35
21	to think	vaɣa	believe	40
21	to think	mata i nana	think about (lit. eye follows)	91
22	to fear	matauri		1
23	blood	siŋi		59
24	head	vola		81
25	neck	ɣaɣalu		124
26	hair	launi		40
27	nose	nuru		27
28	to breathe	uhu	'breath'	45
29	to sniff, smell	nuri		97
30	mouth	awa		36
31	tooth	luo		1, 35
32	tongue	mae		7
33	to laugh	ŋiŋi		44
34	to cry	taŋi		1
35	to vomit	lua		8
36	to spit	taluani
36	to spit	burari		35
37	to eat	ali		1
37	to eat	ani		1
38	to chew	ŋau		8
39	to cook	nono		108
40	to drink	unu		1, 50
41	to bite	ɣoɣo
42	to suck	ruru		25
43	ear	taliŋa		1
44	to hear	loŋo-ni		1, 36
45	eye	mata		1
46	to see	kona		20
47	to yawn	awa maŋaŋa	'mouth open'
48	to sleep	eno		8
49	to lie down	eno		1
50	to dream	anunu-ɣu	'my soul'	X
51	to sit	roa	'seat oneself'	18, 152
52	to stand	ɣunu
53	person/human being	ava		90
53	person/human being	pana		86
54	man/male	tamone		1, 14
55	woman/female	tamine		1, 98
56	child	kekele
57	husband	aroa		2
58	wife	aroa		1
59	mother	tina		1
60	father	tama		1
61	house	luma		1
62	thatch/roof	usu		21
63	name	era		66
64	to say	vaɣa	(=21)
64	to say	varo	(=21)	30?
65	rope	waho		2
66	to tie up, fasten	vono
66	to tie up, fasten	lauri
66	to tie up, fasten	piti		12
67	to sew	ralei		50
67	to sew	riri
68	needle	salumu		1
69	to hunt	paŋo		16
69	to hunt	wana kauwa
70	to shoot	gnali
71	to stab, pierce	ɣali		92
72	to hit	hau		60
73	to steal	panaho		1, 58
74	to kill	hau ɣa i mate	'hit and he dies'	49, 2
74	to kill	sulu
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
76	to live, be alive	mororo		42
77	to scratch	kaho		1
78	to cut, hack	keti		122
79	stick/wood	rumola
80	to split	pala		88
81	sharp	karikariŋa
82	dull, blunt	matatura	'sharp' + 'not'	x
82	dull, blunt	matatupo	'sharp' + 'not'	x
83	to work	karo
83	to work	umo		1
84	to plant	roa
84	to plant	uwe
85	to choose
86	to grow	tuvu		1
87	to swell	vini
88	to squeeze	vivi		21
89	to hold	kisi		21
90	to dig	sale		10
91	to buy	oli		1, 25
92	to open, uncover	rere
93	to pound, beat	watu
94	to throw	taro		125
95	to fall	tapu		114
96	dog	kauwa		17
97	bird	manu		1
98	egg	kaka
99	feather	launi		24
100	wing	vaɣe		16
100	wing	vagevage		16
101	to fly	hoho		1
102	rat	kuruke		3, 86
103	meat/flesh	meramera		21
104	fat/grease	mona		1, 65
105	tail	hihiu		1
106	snake	mota		12
107	worm (earthworm)	motamota		10
108	louse	tuma		3
109	mosquito	makinikini		47
110	spider	ɣaliki
111	fish	iha		1
112	rotten	vusa		9, 74
112	rotten	vura		9, 74
113	branch	voka		52
114	leaf	laulau		1
114	leaf	launi		1
115	root	wawahi		2
116	flower	puhu		13
116	flower	koko		67
117	fruit	tautau		46
118	grass	uɣu	'Imperata'
119	earth/soil	tano		1
120	stone	patu		1
121	sand	lavu
121	sand	tano	tano = 119	94
121	sand	vovala
122	water	eau		21
123	to flow	silele		16
124	sea	tari		1
125	salt
126	lake
127	woods/forest	sahu
128	sky	vuvuhi
129	moon	taiko		10
130	star	motala
131	cloud	vuvuhi	vuvuhi = 128	21
131	cloud	bubu	vuvuhi = 128	21
132	fog	ɣauɣau		1, 55
133	rain	awaha	< *apaRat 'monsoon'	61
134	thunder	balibali i kukururu		2, 64
135	lightning	pelaka		26, 28
136	wind	namule		44	L
137	to blow	lele
138	warm	wanawana		1
139	cold	pulipuli
139	cold	lukuluku
140	dry	mamasa		11
141	wet	kua
141	wet	petaka		18
142	heavy	ai uha tau	'its weight great'	15?
143	fire	eai		1
144	to burn	ani		74
145	smoke	vosu		23
146	ash	mola
147	black	kasoka		91
148	white	kaŋakaŋa
149	red	siŋisiŋia		50
150	yellow	eaŋoeaŋo		9
151	green	vivihiŋa		21
152	small	kahaku
152	small	ɣiɣihiti	metathesis of *qitik	121
153	big	paka
154	short	volovolo		6
155	long	raerae		12
156	thin	manipinipi		1
157	thick	matolutolu		3
158	narrow
159	wide	paka
160	painful, sick	rivali	sick
160	painful, sick	eaieai	to hurt	108
161	shy, ashamed	mamaia	'shame'	1
162	old	paka	'big'
163	new	pau		1, 26
164	good	doko		54
165	bad, evil	sasi	< POc *saqat-i	1, 58
166	correct, true	tutui	'straight'	6
167	night	voŋi		1
168	day	waro		1, 54
169	year	awahalolo	'rainy season'	12
169	year	hai	'dry season'	79
170	when?	ŋera		1, 24
171	to hide	mura		52
171	to hide	kuku		11
172	to climb	rae		2
173	at	pani		8
174	in, inside	ai lolo	'its interior'	1
175	above	sae		25
176	below	sio
177	this	diene
178	that	diana		1
178	that	duawa
179	near	somoli
180	far	vahi
181	where?	sora		83
182	I	eiau		1, 21
183	thou	u(veau)
184	he/she	i(veai)		1
185	we	ta(ita)		1
185	we	ya(yai)		2
186	you	ami(amiu)		1, 13
187	they	si pana
187	they	si asiri	<*a-sizi	63
188	what?	saua		1
189	who?	sei	s	1
189	who?	sapara	pl
190	other	pape
191	all	to
191	all	tosalai
192	and	ɣa		1
193	if	ivaro
194	how?	maro
195	no, not	mao	'not'	73
196	to count	ware		10
197	One	ere		1
197	One	kehe-tauere		32
198	Two	hua		1
199	Three	tolu		1
200	Four	paŋe		1, 67
201	Five	lima		1
202	Six	lima gaere
203	Seven	lima gahua
204	Eight	lima gatolu
205	Nine	lima gapange
206	Ten	sanga ulu		5
207	Twenty	sanga uluhua
208	Fifty	sanga ululima		1, 6
209	One Hundred	vuno		55
210	One Thousand	vuno vana

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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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