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Language: Wedau

Source/Author:  Sheila Tauno/Florence Tereakina 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:wed  Glottocode: weda1241 
Notes:  Collected by Malcolm Ross 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Janet Moody  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Nuclear:North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux:Are-Taupota:Taupota 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand urana      
2 left aukelakela      
3 right auoiou      
4 leg/foot aena sole = ailapalapana 1  
5 to walk ebababara   51  
5 to walk enenai   11  
6 road/path eta-na-i   12  
6 road/path eta   12  
7 to come enenei   22  
8 to turn word info emainaitavirei   66  
9 to swim etoatoa   57  
10 dirty miramirana   97  
11 dust pokau      
12 skin opina   15  
13 back word info oporana   101  
14 belly manawana   9  
15 bone gelamina   55  
16 intestines amoamona   30  
17 liver ganiganina   61  
18 breast guguna   1  
18 breast nuanuana of man    
19 shoulder avarana   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable iaramani   43  
21 to think      
22 to fear erovorovoi   84  
23 blood tarana   1  
24 head kolana   44  
25 neck uana   88  
26 hair word info aparana   46  
27 nose giana   30  
28 to breathe elavulavutu   92  
29 to sniff, smell ilahoni   27  
30 mouth gamona   58  
31 tooth ivona   1, 35  
32 tongue menana   7, 40  
33 to laugh ekakaka   68  
34 to cry etoutou   8  
35 to vomit emedameda   19  
36 to spit ovana   19, 88  
37 to eat eamam   1, 43  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info eamamapu      
39 to cook word info evivitava   27  
40 to drink eumauma   64  
41 to bite auou tuanim      
42 to suck eǥuǥuǥuǥu   25  
43 ear tani(h)ana   1  
44 to hear enononori   1, 36  
45 eye matana   1  
46 to see eneinana      
47 to yawn erauraumova   19  
48 to sleep i matave   46  
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream irauboni   41  
51 to sit ekiakiala   156  
52 to stand emaimairi   1, 105  
53 person/human being rava   89  
54 man/male oroto   21  
55 woman/female wavine   1, 106  
56 child natuna   5  
57 husband awana orotona   2  
58 wife awana wavinena the v could be an r 1  
59 mother alona   30  
60 father amana   1, 20  
61 house numa   1, 49  
62 thatch/roof      
63 name wavana   9  
64 to say ebababani 3s-speaks-TR 13  
65 rope ǥurava   19  
66 to tie up, fasten eraǥinaǥim      
67 to sew word info eamampopo   77  
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info earoaro   30  
70 to shoot word info evipidu v could be an r 45  
71 to stab, pierce itonai   32  
72 to hit word info eamvunua = fight with fist 23  
73 to steal edanedanene   44  
74 to kill pora iviraheni   99  
75 to die, be dead evairahi   11  
76 to live, be alive poro lawalawaina   10  
77 to scratch word info ikakaroi   1  
78 to cut, hack word info ibori   51  
79 stick/wood kwapu   35  
80 to split word info iwamai      
81 sharp gamgamna   49  
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info enolanola   97  
84 to plant epaepaewa   64  
85 to choose vinei   1, 24  
86 to grow word info egogogo   57  
87 to swell word info idodo   82  
88 to squeeze word info ebulobuloi   59  
89 to hold word info evovojijini last n could be a u 38  
90 to dig iǥarai   10  
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info etawatawanėi   74  
94 to throw word info gaima      
95 to fall word info peu   25  
96 dog auou   17  
97 bird kiu   16  
98 egg pou   15  
99 feather tawara   26  
100 wing papena   21  
101 to fly elavelave or perhaps e lave lave 44  
102 rat kaitom      
103 meat/flesh sia   31, 101  
104 fat/grease dodona      
105 tail hinna metathesis 1  
106 snake mota   12  
107 worm (earthworm) kwairoro   47  
108 louse word info utu   1  
109 mosquito imokini   47  
110 spider wagogo   86  
111 fish iana   1  
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info      
114 leaf rugurugu   16  
115 root waranina   2  
116 flower berana   17  
117 fruit      
118 grass gidagida      
118 grass erei first e has a diagonal (from right to left) line through it 14  
119 earth/soil dowa   12  
120 stone ǥaima   13, 53  
121 sand bubu   66  
122 water word info waira   2  
123 to flow      
124 sea boga   13, 66  
125 salt boga   34  
126 lake      
127 woods/forest gunuara last r could be an n 118  
128 sky mara   80  
129 moon nawaravi   13  
130 star ubona   56  
131 cloud word info apau      
132 fog      
133 rain garewa   17  
134 thunder waiparara wai- < *waiR 'water' 15, 45  
135 lightning namanamara   18  
136 wind ive      
137 to blow word info eiveivei   78  
138 warm word info ivibola   49  
139 cold word info iubauba   105  
140 dry word info paipaiana   104  
141 wet budabudena   20  
142 heavy      
143 fire ai   35  
144 to burn word info eararata   17  
144 to burn word info eapuapui   16  
145 smoke word info bau   23  
146 ash lapukare   67  
147 black gawagawarina   37  
148 white ararapoirina   67  
149 red lebalebarina   26  
150 yellow logana query this. Some crossings out. 86  
151 green      
152 small aburuna of pig; maybe abuvuna 69  
153 big gaigaina of pig 64  
154 short word info tupona   31  
155 long word info manamanaina   12  
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow jinajinana      
159 wide dabadabana   51  
159 wide dabadabai   51  
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info wadubona of house x  
162 old word info magurina of person 31  
163 new vouna of house 1, 26  
164 good aiaina of house 131  
165 bad, evil apoapoena   59  
166 correct, true      
167 night auguvarai      
168 day aumarai   73  
169 year madea   82  
170 when? word info melanai   8  
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this wei      
178 that lana   1  
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info mepa   13  
182 I tau   25  
183 thou tam   22  
184 he/she tauna   9  
185 we word info tauai   67  
185 we word info tauai   67  
185 we word info tauta   67  
185 we word info tauma   67  
186 you tam   12  
186 you taumi   12  
187 they taui   21  
188 what? word info ai wai   1, 38  
189 who? word info aiai   1  
190 other ɣelau-na   66  
191 all anataputa   45  
192 and ma   2  
193 if      
194 how? word info menanare      
195 no, not eǥa   23  
196 to count eyeyava   67  
197 One word info tagogi   14  
198 Two word info ruaha   1  
199 Three word info tonuha   1  
200 Four word info ruahamaruaha < 'two and two'    
201 Five word info ruahamatonuha      
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      

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