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Language: Serua

Source/Author:  Taber (1993) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:srw  Glottocode: seru1245 
Notes:  Taber, M. (1993) Toward a better understanding of the indigenous languages of southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics, 32:2, 389-441.

Note: Serua is an island in the Banda sea but all the people have been moved by the Indonesian Govt to the TNS district on the island of Seram (transmigrasi program) 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Timor:Extra-Ramelaic:East:Teun-Nila-Serua:Nila-Serua 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
2 left      
3 right      
8 to turn word info      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
13 back word info      
16 intestines      
19 shoulder      
21 to think      
22 to fear      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
42 to suck      
47 to yawn      
49 to lie down word info      
62 thatch/roof      
64 to say      
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info      
73 to steal      
76 to live, be alive      
78 to cut, hack word info      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
99 feather      
100 wing      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
116 flower      
123 to flow      
126 lake      
132 fog      
134 thunder      
135 lightning      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
141 wet      
142 heavy      
152 small      
153 big      
154 short word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed      
165 bad, evil      
166 correct, true      
168 day      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
183 thou      
184 he/she      
187 they      
190 other      
192 and      
193 if      
196 to count      
201 Five word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
24 head 'kuku      
37 to eat 'kɔnu      
58 wife pa'tua'mani      
61 house 'krɛsna      
103 meat/flesh ṇ'takni      
109 mosquito 'mini      
115 root 'nɛra      
119 earth/soil 'au      
124 sea 'slɛtna      
136 wind 'mɔtra      
140 dry word info 'kima Dry    
155 long word info li'li      
177 this ia'ɛ      
178 that i'u      
191 all it'rɛtan      
5 to walk ni'lɔki   1  
6 road/path 'salna   1  
7 to come ṇ'mai   1  
12 skin 'ulti   1  
17 liver 'nɛti   1  
18 breast 'susu   1  
23 blood ṇ'rara   1  
40 to drink 'jɔmnu   1  
43 ear 'klina   1  
45 eye 'mɛta   1  
52 to stand ṇ'briri   1  
54 man/male 'mani   1  
59 mother 'ina   1  
63 name 'arna   1  
74 to kill ṇ'wunu   1  
75 to die, be dead ṇ'mati   1  
96 dog 'asu   1  
97 bird 'manu   1  
98 egg sip'tilru   1  
102 rat 'lawa Mouse / Rat 1  
104 fat/grease ṇ'mina   1  
108 louse word info 'utu   1  
111 fish 'ina   1  
117 fruit ṇ'wua   1  
120 stone 'watu   1  
121 sand 'ɛni   1  
128 sky 'lakti   1  
129 moon 'wulna   1  
133 rain 'usna   1  
139 cold word info mɔ'rina   1  
143 fire 'ai   1  
144 to burn word info 'tutnu   1  
146 ash 'au   1  
147 black mɛt'mɛtna   1  
149 red ṃ'mɛra   1  
156 thin word info nim'nisu   1  
162 old word info ṇpa'tua   1  
163 new wir'wiru   1  
174 in, inside na'ralna inside 1  
176 below na'wawa   1  
179 near nik'rɛn'rɛni   1  
182 I 'haʔu   1  
185 we word info 'ita incl. 1  
188 what? word info sa'sa   1  
189 who? word info sɛke'ai   1  
198 Two word info 'rua   1  
199 Three word info 'tɛlu   1  
200 Four word info 'natu   1, 18  
50 to dream ṇ'mita   1, 37  
9 to swim ə ṇ'ai   1, 45  
1 hand 'lima   1, 64  
53 person/human being ta'mɔta   1, 66  
197 One word info me'sa   1, 68  
31 tooth 'nina   1, 76  
57 husband 'nɔra'fata   10  
180 far niklɔ'lɔla   10  
46 to see ni'klai   114  
118 grass 'nɛnu Kunai grass 11?  
36 to spit niv'riti   12  
127 woods/forest 'lɛtna   12  
55 woman/female 'fata   128  
51 to sit ṇ'tara   13  
164 good 'mɛli   13  
25 neck le'lɛna   15  
186 you 'oa   15  
15 bone ṇ'kui   2  
106 snake la'ula   2  
122 water word info 'ɛru   2  
145 smoke word info ai'masu   2  
151 green 'hidʒaw   2  
185 we word info 'ama excl. 2  
30 mouth ṇ'su   2, 31  
65 rope 'wɔrta   2?  
33 to laugh 'mali   3  
41 to bite ṇ'iʔi   3  
81 sharp mɛr'mɛrna   3  
34 to cry is'iru   30  
48 to sleep 'nɛna   4  
56 child wa'kɔʔi   4  
167 night 'mɛla   4  
195 no, not 'tata   4  
14 belly 'niʔa   6  
125 salt 'skua   6  
148 white war'wasa   6  
32 tongue ṇ'ma   6, 12  
140 dry word info i'karnu to dry 6?  
77 to scratch word info 'matla   7  
101 to fly ṇ'nɛma   7  
105 tail ṇ'niru   7  
114 leaf ṇ'tewi   7  
150 yellow ṇ'lali   7  
175 above na'rasta   7  
181 where? word info na'noa   7  
27 nose 'nau   70  
26 hair word info 'pɔrti   8  
35 to vomit 'luʔa   8  
44 to hear ṇ'sɛrin   8  
60 father 'nɔra'mani   8  
95 to fall word info ṇ'tuʔu   8  
130 star 'nɔrna   8  
157 thick word info ni'kutna   8  
4 leg/foot 'luki foot 9  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ni'brɛna   9 L
112 rotten word info 'pusaʔ   9  
131 cloud word info 'lipta   9  
194 how? word info nɔkɔ'me   9  

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