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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      
143 fire 'ai   1  
185 we word info 'ama excl. 2  
63 name 'arna   1  
96 dog 'asu   1  
119 earth/soil 'au      
146 ash 'au   1  
55 woman/female 'fata   128  
182 I 'haʔu   1  
151 green 'hidʒaw   2  
59 mother 'ina   1  
111 fish 'ina   1  
185 we word info 'ita incl. 1  
40 to drink 'jɔmnu   1  
140 dry word info 'kima Dry    
43 ear 'klina   1  
61 house 'krɛsna      
24 head 'kuku      
37 to eat 'kɔnu      
128 sky 'lakti   1  
102 rat 'lawa Mouse / Rat 1  
1 hand 'lima   1, 64  
131 cloud word info 'lipta   9  
4 leg/foot 'luki foot 9  
35 to vomit 'luʔa   8  
127 woods/forest 'lɛtna   12  
33 to laugh 'mali   3  
54 man/male 'mani   1  
97 bird 'manu   1  
77 to scratch word info 'matla   7  
109 mosquito 'mini      
136 wind 'mɔtra      
167 night 'mɛla   4  
164 good 'mɛli   13  
45 eye 'mɛta   1  
200 Four word info 'natu   1, 18  
27 nose 'nau   70  
31 tooth 'nina   1, 76  
14 belly 'niʔa   6  
57 husband 'nɔra'fata   10  
60 father 'nɔra'mani   8  
130 star 'nɔrna   8  
48 to sleep 'nɛna   4  
118 grass 'nɛnu Kunai grass 11?  
115 root 'nɛra      
17 liver 'nɛti   1  
186 you 'oa   15  
112 rotten word info 'pusaʔ   9  
26 hair word info 'pɔrti   8  
198 Two word info 'rua   1  
6 road/path 'salna   1  
125 salt 'skua   6  
124 sea 'slɛtna      
18 breast 'susu   1  
195 no, not 'tata   4  
144 to burn word info 'tutnu   1  
199 Three word info 'tɛlu   1  
12 skin 'ulti   1  
133 rain 'usna   1  
108 louse word info 'utu   1  
120 stone 'watu   1  
129 moon 'wulna   1  
65 rope 'wɔrta   2?  
121 sand 'ɛni   1  
122 water word info 'ɛru   2  
145 smoke word info ai'masu   2  
140 dry word info i'karnu to dry 6?  
178 that i'u      
177 this ia'ɛ      
34 to cry is'iru   30  
191 all it'rɛtan      
106 snake la'ula   2  
25 neck le'lɛna   15  
155 long word info li'li      
197 One word info me'sa   1, 68  
139 cold word info mɔ'rina   1  
81 sharp mɛr'mɛrna   3  
147 black mɛt'mɛtna   1  
181 where? word info na'noa   7  
174 in, inside na'ralna inside 1  
175 above na'rasta   7  
176 below na'wawa   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ni'brɛna   9 L
46 to see ni'klai   114  
157 thick word info ni'kutna   8  
5 to walk ni'lɔki   1  
179 near nik'rɛn'rɛni   1  
180 far niklɔ'lɔla   10  
156 thin word info nim'nisu   1  
36 to spit niv'riti   12  
194 how? word info nɔkɔ'me   9  
58 wife pa'tua'mani      
188 what? word info sa'sa   1  
98 egg sip'tilru   1  
189 who? word info sɛke'ai   1  
53 person/human being ta'mɔta   1, 66  
56 child wa'kɔʔi   4  
148 white war'wasa   6  
163 new wir'wiru   1  
9 to swim ə ṇ'ai   1, 45  
149 red ṃ'mɛra   1  
52 to stand ṇ'briri   1  
41 to bite ṇ'iʔi   3  
15 bone ṇ'kui   2  
150 yellow ṇ'lali   7  
32 tongue ṇ'ma   6, 12  
7 to come ṇ'mai   1  
75 to die, be dead ṇ'mati   1  
104 fat/grease ṇ'mina   1  
50 to dream ṇ'mita   1, 37  
105 tail ṇ'niru   7  
101 to fly ṇ'nɛma   7  
23 blood ṇ'rara   1  
30 mouth ṇ'su   2, 31  
44 to hear ṇ'sɛrin   8  
103 meat/flesh ṇ'takni      
51 to sit ṇ'tara   13  
114 leaf ṇ'tewi   7  
95 to fall word info ṇ'tuʔu   8  
117 fruit ṇ'wua   1  
74 to kill ṇ'wunu   1  
162 old word info ṇpa'tua   1  

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