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Language: Wanukaka

Source/Author:  Titus T. Molu, kepala desa Pahola, Wanukaka 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:wnk  Glottocode: wanu1241 
Notes:  short vowels: à, i, u, è, ò long vovels: a, í, ú. e, o implosive consonants: bh, dh words from the Rua dialect are noted if different 
Problems:  b and bh, and d and dh are possibly sometimes mixed up. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Leif Asplund  Checked By: Leif Asplund 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Bima-Sumba 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
113 branch word info      
135 lightning      
10 dirty pa-awuŋ maríhak 'very dirty' Rua manyarik    
30 mouth a'a      
39 to cook word info oting      
64 to say tiki      
68 needle pade'iu Rua: kítu    
71 to stab, pierce kod'ʒa      
82 dull, blunt kado'o      
83 to work word info kerang      
94 to throw word info kabena      
115 root lolu      
140 dry word info kadoku      
146 ash kotung      
158 narrow hadànga Rua: kapingit    
174 in, inside ta rongu Rua: ta daku    
178 that nou Rua: nei lau    
184 he/she nàmu the isolated/emphatic form, but this is rarely heard in practice.    
184 he/she na na is the common form, as a pronoun or clitic    
187 they hàmu Pahola nyemi probably mistaken    
188 what? word info ga      
189 who? word info gera      
189 who? word info giara      
192 and dàka Rua: jàka    
193 if atau kanaka Rua: balakang    
193 if a      
196 to count yapu      
207 Twenty word info dua kabulu      
208 Fifty word info lima kabulu      
209 One Hundred word info haŋahu      
210 One Thousand word info hariwu      
6 road/path larangí   1  
12 skin kalitu   1  
16 intestines tanei   1  
17 liver ati   1  
18 breast huhu   1  
19 shoulder kabàki   1  
23 blood   1  
27 nose íru   1  
35 to vomit muta   1  
38 to chew word info mama Rua: kajáku 1  
40 to drink inung   1  
41 to bite kahi   1  
44 to hear ràngu   1  
45 eye wo-mata   1  
46 to see ita   1  
53 person/human being tou   1  
54 man/male moni   1  
59 mother iena Rua: ina 1  
60 father ama   1  
61 house úma   1  
63 name ngara   1  
70 to shoot word info panu   1  
72 to hit word info palu   1  
75 to die, be dead mati   1  
79 stick/wood ai   1  
80 to split word info bera   1  
86 to grow word info tobu   1  
88 to squeeze word info pahu Rua: halata 1  
93 to pound, beat word info bai   1  
96 dog ahu   1  
98 egg tilu   1  
99 feather wolu   1  
100 wing kapa   1  
108 louse word info wútu   1  
114 leaf rou   1  
117 fruit wua   1  
119 earth/soil tana   1  
120 stone watu   1  
124 sea tahik   1  
129 moon wúlang   1  
131 cloud word info robang   1  
133 rain urang   1  
139 cold word info maringu   1  
141 wet baha   1  
142 heavy botu   1  
143 fire api   1  
144 to burn word info túnu   1  
147 black meting   1  
150 yellow kunyi   1  
154 short word info padak (a.) 1  
156 thin word info manípih   1  
157 thick word info makapal   1  
161 shy, ashamed makí   1  
171 to hide word info kabuning   1  
176 below nou wawa "down there" 1  
176 below wawa   1  
177 this nei   1  
179 near marane Rua: marani 1  
183 thou ou   1  
185 we word info iata   1  
198 Two word info dúba   1  
199 Three word info tilu   1  
200 Four word info patu   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
203 Seven word info pitu   1  
95 to fall word info mana'u ' uncertain 1, 106  
5 to walk halaku   1, 117  
3 right lawana   1, 17  
84 to plant hamúla   1, 31  
43 ear wokahílu   1, 4  
9 to swim ngani   1, 45  
55 woman/female mawini   1, 51  
180 far marou   1, 6  
50 to dream nípi   1, 60  
1 hand lima   1, 64  
170 when? word info pirang   1, 65  
105 tail kaiku   1, 69  
76 to live, be alive morik   1, 76  
102 rat malawo   1, 82  
89 to hold word info hamanu   107  
168 day làdo should perhaps be làdu 12  
186 you nyemi Rua: nyími 14  
202 Six word info namu   14  
77 to scratch word info kaja   1?  
163 new buangu   1?  
169 year doungu probable loanword (BI taun) 1? L?
14 belly kabu   2  
15 bone   2  
28 to breathe hangahu   2  
34 to cry hou   2  
56 child laked'a   2  
56 child lakead'a   2  
69 to hunt word info kalola   2  
74 to kill hamati   2  
85 to choose pedi   2  
91 to buy hei   2  
118 grass rútu   2  
122 water word info wei   2  
137 to blow word info pou   2  
181 where? word info bi is the root, followed by clitics in be-nya-ka) 2  
181 where? word info be   2  
182 I nyouwa   2  
185 we word info nyiema   2  
22 to fear mangeat   22  
21 to think pangadang   3  
33 to laugh malik   3  
37 to eat angu   3  
42 to suck habuʔu Rua: kabihukung 3  
58 wife arawei   3  
67 to sew word info kítu   3  
73 to steal kedu   3  
92 to open, uncover weha   3  
110 spider gegí   3  
152 small mèra should perhaps be mèrah 3  
204 Eight word info walu   3  
125 salt mahing   3, 45  
159 wide luaro   31  
87 to swell word info bau   33  
166 correct, true tuang   33  
145 smoke word info awu   35  
49 to lie down word info maturu   37  
71 to stab, pierce hudu   37  
29 to sniff, smell ŋid'ih Rua: paŋid'ih 4  
78 to cut, hack word info pogu   4  
90 to dig hàka   4  
107 worm (earthworm) lila   4  
112 rotten word info mohung Rua: wowu 4  
116 flower wala   4  
126 lake tàma   4  
151 green moru   4  
160 painful, sick hidu   4  
190 other heka   4  
195 no, not daʔah   4  
65 rope kalarung Rua: larung 4?  
7 to come òming   5  
13 back word info kad'eŋa   5  
25 neck koku   5  
31 tooth wua-ŋidu   5  
36 to spit padoini   5  
64 to say panewi   5  
66 to tie up, fasten piŋu   5  
97 bird mawurung   5  
101 to fly wurung   5  
109 mosquito kangoa   5  
111 fish kaboku   5  
123 to flow lai   5  
130 star kapea   5  
136 wind ngílu   5  
138 warm word info wajal   5  
148 white kaka   5  
149 red rara   5  
153 big bakul   5  
155 long word info malai   5  
162 old word info kaweda   5  
172 to climb word info dehang   5  
175 above deha   5  
188 what? word info giara Rua: gierou 5  
194 how? word info giki   5  
205 Nine word info hiwa   5  
206 Ten word info habulu   5  
206 Ten word info kabulu   5  
2 left lalei   5, 6  
4 leg/foot wihi   5?  
20 to know, be knowledgeable pengu   6  
24 head katiku   6  
26 hair word info logi   6  
32 tongue lɛma   6  
32 tongue lɐma   6  
47 to yawn kawaka   6  
48 to sleep jud'a   6  
57 husband   6  
62 thatch/roof kabuŋu   6  
81 sharp tama   6  
103 meat/flesh rou   6  
104 fat/grease kawahu   6  
121 sand kòrah   6  
127 woods/forest òmang   6  
132 fog habuang   6  
134 thunder kaguru   6  
165 bad, evil da kalong   6  
197 One word info hangi   6  
8 to turn word info he'it   7  
51 to sit ŋod'u   7  
128 sky awang   7  
164 good kalong   7  
167 night rídung   7  
173 at ta   7  
11 dust kubur   72  
191 all dúka   8?  
106 snake màdu   9  
52 to stand dedi   90  

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