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

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