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Language: East Masela

Source/Author:  Taber (1993) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:vme  Glottocode: east2462 
Notes:  Taber, M. (1993) Toward a better understanding of the indigenous languages of southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics, 32:2, 389-441 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Babar:South:Masela-South Babar 
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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      
141 wet      
142 heavy      
150 yellow      
151 green      
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      
1 hand 'nim   1, 66  
4 leg/foot 'or foot 3  
5 to walk 'mona      
6 road/path 'al   1  
7 to come 'mai   1  
9 to swim 'movnon   40  
12 skin 'tove   5  
14 belly 'apən   2, 57  
15 bone 'ru   2  
17 liver 'ram   5  
18 breast 'tut   5  
20 to know, be knowledgeable mo'vorei   4  
23 blood 'ra   1, 27  
24 head 'oke   4  
25 neck 'kɛl   4  
26 hair word info 'mor   5  
27 nose 'irə   4  
30 mouth 'lor   2, 4  
31 tooth 'lil   4  
32 tongue 'nom   6, 12  
33 to laugh 'momol   3?  
34 to cry 'moklil      
35 to vomit 'muk   14  
36 to spit 'mokəvi   4  
37 to eat 'kan   1  
40 to drink 'mimn   4  
41 to bite 'ilparəm      
43 ear 'klil   3  
44 to hear ṃ'rel   4  
45 eye 'mok   10  
46 to see um'kiol   2  
48 to sleep 'moijin   4?  
50 to dream 'mumu   2  
51 to sit 'mukak      
52 to stand 'mopri   4  
53 person/human being 'momo      
54 man/male oi'mɛl   5  
55 woman/female oi'piak   3  
56 child 'un   1, 26  
57 husband oi'piakmoi   5  
58 wife 'umoi   2  
59 mother 'inoi   1  
60 father oi'mɛlmoi   3  
61 house 'ɛm   2  
63 name 'non   3  
65 rope 'kalieo      
74 to kill ṃ'puli   1  
75 to die, be dead 'mok   17  
77 to scratch word info 'oik   3  
81 sharp ma'ri   3  
95 to fall word info 'mɛliet   7  
96 dog 'ut   3  
97 bird 'moɲen   4  
98 egg 'kɛl   3  
101 to fly ṃ'lim   3  
102 rat 'sammil Mouse / Rat 8, 84  
103 meat/flesh 'itiei   31  
104 fat/grease lɛ'proron   4  
105 tail 'iljei   3  
106 snake 'le   7  
108 louse word info 'ok   4?  
109 mosquito 'kolkol      
111 fish 'ɛl   4  
112 rotten word info 'por   1  
114 leaf ai'kevdei      
115 root i'vierne   4?  
117 fruit 'vuliei   3  
118 grass 'wevel Kunai grass 7  
119 earth/soil 'kal   3  
120 stone 'wak   2  
121 sand 'il   5  
122 water word info 've   2  
124 sea 'lor   6  
125 salt 'to   5  
127 woods/forest 'ura   4  
128 sky 'rowek      
129 moon 'vol   1  
130 star 'kun   2  
131 cloud word info 'rowək   5?  
133 rain 'umul   2  
136 wind 'un   4  
138 warm word info 'palpant =hot 4, 1  
139 cold word info 'rilṛ   3  
140 dry word info 'mekil Dry 4  
140 dry word info mo'riajei to dry    
143 fire 'ui   3  
144 to burn word info 'kuni   1  
145 smoke word info 'wemotʃ   5  
146 ash 'uv   2  
147 black me'mekam   1  
148 white 'vovor   4  
149 red lem'nonor   4  
155 long word info 'leri   4  
156 thin word info lɛm'ninit   3, 1  
157 thick word info vo'vokli   6  
162 old word info po'poritʃi   4  
163 new 'warviar   4  
164 good 'pespes   4  
167 night 'mɛlok   4  
174 in, inside 'ramne inside 1  
175 above ne'airem   4  
176 below 'rewavəl   3  
177 this 'talil   2  
178 that 'tane   5  
179 near o'rori   4  
180 far 'warlɛk   5  
181 where? word info 'nomoi   4  
182 I 'ui   1?  
185 we word info ki'kiʔ incl. 1  
185 we word info 'am excl. 2  
186 you 'ovi   2  
188 what? word info 'itʃa   4  
189 who? word info 'toi:   4  
191 all 'kikie   5  
194 how? word info 'itʃai:      
195 no, not 'kar   35  
197 One word info 'mɛtəl   1, 68  
198 Two word info 'vuru   1, 28  
199 Three word info 'wɔkkɛl   1, 16  
200 Four word info 'wua   1  

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