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Language: Wedau

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Wedau
•  Ethnologue Information for wed
•  OLAC Information for wed
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for wed
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 11 entries

• Changed "author" from "Sheila Tauno/Florence Tereakina/Malcolm Ross" - Malcolm Ross (2016-10-07 15:02:01)
• Changed "notes" from "" - Malcolm Ross (2016-10-07 15:02:01)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 85) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:41)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 95) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:34)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 170) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:27)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 181) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:20)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 183) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:12)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 190) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:05)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 192) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:06:58)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 194) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:06:51)
• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux, Are-Taupota, Taupota To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Are-Taupota, Taupota - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:32:19)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
175	above
191	all	anataputa		45
192	and	ma		2
146	ash	lapukare		67
173	at
13	back	oporana		101
165	bad, evil	apoapoena		59
14	belly	manawana		9
176	below
153	big	gaigaina	of pig	64
97	bird	kiu		16
147	black	gawagawarina		37
23	blood	tarana		1
15	bone	gelamina		55
113	branch
18	breast	guguna		1
18	breast	nuanuana	of man
56	child	natuna		5
131	cloud	apau
139	cold	iubauba		105
166	correct, true
168	day	aumarai		73
10	dirty	miramirana		97
96	dog	auou		17
140	dry	paipaiana		104
82	dull, blunt
11	dust	pokau
43	ear	tani(h)ana		1
119	earth/soil	dowa		12
98	egg	pou		15
204	Eight
45	eye	matana		1
180	far
104	fat/grease	dodona
60	father	amana		1, 20
99	feather	tawara		26
208	Fifty
143	fire	ai		35
111	fish	iana		1
201	Five	ruahamatonuha
116	flower	berana		17
132	fog
200	Four	ruahamaruaha	< 'two and two'
117	fruit
164	good	aiaina	of house	131
118	grass	gidagida
118	grass	erei	first e has a diagonal (from right to left) line through it	14
151	green
26	hair	aparana		46
1	hand	urana
184	he/she	tauna		9
24	head	kolana		44
142	heavy
61	house	numa		1, 49
194	how?	menanare
57	husband	awana orotona		2
182	I	tau		25
193	if
174	in, inside
16	intestines	amoamona		30
126	lake
114	leaf	rugurugu		16
2	left	aukelakela
4	leg/foot	aena	sole = ailapalapana	1
135	lightning	namanamara		18
17	liver	ganiganina		61
155	long	manamanaina		12
108	louse	utu		1
54	man/male	oroto		21
103	meat/flesh	sia		31, 101
129	moon	nawaravi		13
109	mosquito	imokini		47
59	mother	alona		30
30	mouth	gamona		58
63	name	wavana		9
158	narrow	jinajinana
179	near
25	neck	uana		88
68	needle
163	new	vouna	of house	1, 26
167	night	auguvarai
205	Nine
195	no, not	eǥa		23
27	nose	giana		30
162	old	wadubona	of house	x
162	old	magurina	of person	31
197	One	tagogi		14
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand
190	other	ɣelau-na		66
160	painful, sick
53	person/human being	rava		89
133	rain	garewa		17
102	rat	kaitom
149	red	lebalebarina		26
3	right	auoiou
6	road/path	eta-na-i		12
6	road/path	eta		12
115	root	waranina		2
65	rope	ǥurava		19
112	rotten
125	salt	boga		34
121	sand	bubu		66
124	sea	boga		13, 66
203	Seven
81	sharp	gamgamna		49
154	short	tupona		31
19	shoulder	avarana		1
161	shy, ashamed
202	Six
12	skin	opina		15
128	sky	mara		80
152	small	aburuna	of pig; maybe abuvuna	69
145	smoke	bau		23
106	snake	mota		12
110	spider	wagogo		86
130	star	ubona		56
79	stick/wood	kwapu		35
120	stone	ǥaima		13, 53
105	tail	hinna	metathesis	1
206	Ten
178	that	lana		1
62	thatch/roof
187	they	taui		21
157	thick
156	thin
177	this	wei
183	thou	tam		22
199	Three	tonuha		1
134	thunder	waiparara	wai- < *waiR 'water'	15, 45
41	to bite	auou tuanim
137	to blow	eiveivei		78
28	to breathe	elavulavutu		92
144	to burn	eararata		17
144	to burn	eapuapui		16
91	to buy
38	to chew
85	to choose	vinei		1, 24
172	to climb
7	to come	enenei		22
39	to cook	eamamapu
39	to cook	evivitava		27
196	to count	eyeyava		67
34	to cry	etoutou		8
78	to cut, hack	ibori		51
75	to die, be dead	evairahi		11
90	to dig	iǥarai		10
50	to dream	irauboni		41
40	to drink	eumauma		64
37	to eat	eamam		1, 43
95	to fall	peu		25
22	to fear	erovorovoi		84
123	to flow
101	to fly	elavelave	or perhaps e lave lave	44
86	to grow	egogogo		57
44	to hear	enononori		1, 36
171	to hide
72	to hit	eamvunua	= fight with fist	23
89	to hold	evovojijini	last n could be a u	38
69	to hunt	earoaro		30
74	to kill	pora iviraheni		99
20	to know, be knowledgeable	iaramani		43
33	to laugh	ekakaka		68
49	to lie down
76	to live, be alive	poro lawalawaina		10
92	to open, uncover
84	to plant	epaepaewa		64
93	to pound, beat
64	to say	ebababani	3s-speaks-TR	13
77	to scratch	ikakaroi		1
46	to see	eneinana
67	to sew	eamampopo		77
70	to shoot	evipidu	v could be an r	45
51	to sit	ekiakiala		156
48	to sleep	i matave		46
29	to sniff, smell	ilahoni		27
36	to spit	ovana		19, 88
80	to split	iwamai
88	to squeeze	ebulobuloi		59
71	to stab, pierce	itonai		32
52	to stand	emaimairi		1, 105
73	to steal	edanedanene		44
42	to suck	eǥuǥuǥuǥu		25
87	to swell	idodo		82
9	to swim	etoatoa		57
21	to think
94	to throw	etawatawanėi		74
94	to throw	gaima
66	to tie up, fasten	eraǥinaǥim
8	to turn	emainaitavirei		66
35	to vomit	emedameda		19
5	to walk	ebababara		51
5	to walk	enenai		11
83	to work	enolanola		97
47	to yawn	erauraumova		19
32	tongue	menana		7, 40
31	tooth	ivona		1, 35
207	Twenty
198	Two	ruaha		1
138	warm	ivibola		49
122	water	waira		2
185	we	tauai		67
185	we	tauai		67
185	we	tauta		67
185	we	tauma		67
141	wet	budabudena		20
188	what?	ai wai		1, 38
170	when?	melanai		8
181	where?	mepa		13
148	white	ararapoirina		67
189	who?	aiai		1
159	wide	dabadabana		51
159	wide	dabadabai		51
58	wife	awana wavinena	the v could be an r	1
136	wind	ive
100	wing	papena		21
55	woman/female	wavine		1, 106
127	woods/forest	gunuara	last r could be an n	118
107	worm (earthworm)	kwairoro		47
169	year	madea		82
150	yellow	logana	query this. Some crossings out.	86
186	you	tam		12
186	you	taumi		12

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.02026)

Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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