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Language: Lunga Lunga (Minigir)

Source/Author:  Word List A: Pipil PisaiWord List B: Betty KubakWord List C: Junias PuluWord List D: David KolisMalcolm Ross 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:vmg  Glottocode: mini1251 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand a lima   1, 64  
1 hand lima(na) shown as given 1, 64  
2 left maira   1, 59  
3 right lima tuna   5, 70  
4 leg/foot a kakena   1  
4 leg/foot kakena   1  
5 to walk i vanavana   2, 64  
5 to walk i le vana   2, 64  
6 road/path a nga   20  
7 to come i le vana utl   23, 32  
8 to turn word info pupukusei   35  
9 to swim i salari      
10 dirty karaki      
11 dust tobon   62  
12 skin a pilakuluna      
13 back word info tauruna   12  
14 belly a balana   18  
15 bone a suruna It can also mean his whole body. 52  
16 intestines vinau na balana   26  
17 liver lika      
18 breast a susuna   1  
18 breast bongabongo (of man); could be bonga bongo 31  
19 shoulder ula varana   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable nukusure      
21 to think nunuku      
22 to fear burut   28  
23 blood a gapuna   5  
24 head auluna   1  
25 neck a kokongina   25  
26 hair word info a pepe na uluna      
27 nose a bilausuna   1, 12  
28 to breathe manasungu   32  
29 to sniff, smell tadange      
29 to sniff, smell sangine   11, 57  
30 mouth a livono < POc *lipon 'tooth' 54  
31 tooth a pala livong   1, 35  
31 tooth palalivon   1, 35  
32 tongue a karameana   7, 14  
33 to laugh nongon   16  
34 to cry tangisi   1  
35 to vomit maru maruai   37  
36 to spit imbisi      
37 to eat i eani   1  
38 to chew word info mamai   1  
39 to cook word info papara   52  
39 to cook word info kulube      
40 to drink i momo   27  
41 to bite i varivarikarat   1  
42 to suck numui   50, 36  
43 ear a talingana   1  
44 to hear volongoro   1, 36  
45 eye matana   1  
46 to see gire      
47 to yawn mauviavi   19  
48 to sleep i diavu   40  
48 to sleep diavu 40 40  
48 to sleep i diavu   40  
49 to lie down word info diavu palari      
50 to dream ririvuan   35  
51 to sit i kisikisi   20  
52 to stand turu turu   2, 69  
53 person/human being gunani tuna   48  
54 man/male tutnana   44  
55 woman/female vavina   1, 106  
56 child bulu   37  
57 husband (kana) tutnana = (her) husband 51  
58 wife (kana) vavina = (his) wife 5, 68  
59 mother tnana   1  
60 father tamana   1  
61 house pali   14  
62 thatch/roof aniatavi      
63 name aisana = (his) name; given in brackets: (name= aisang) 1, 18  
64 to say vitiri      
65 rope vinau   39  
66 to tie up, fasten visia 32 32  
66 to tie up, fasten kubuse   51  
67 to sew word info sisingi   43  
68 needle asingisingiti      
69 to hunt word info rovoi   37  
70 to shoot word info kubulia      
71 to stab, pierce gosa      
72 to hit word info varubu   44  
73 to steal longi   56  
74 to kill doko   39  
75 to die, be dead mati   1  
76 to live, be alive launina   31  
77 to scratch word info tagagar   12, 28  
77 to scratch word info ikasi kasi could be all one word 5  
78 to cut, hack word info poka   56  
79 stick/wood davai   1  
80 to split word info sarikia      
81 sharp lamiseani   14  
82 dull, blunt imulu      
83 to work word info papalum   45  
84 to plant vaum CAUS + 'harden' 8  
85 to choose pipilaki   1, 28  
86 to grow word info sioko      
87 to swell word info surungu   56  
88 to squeeze word info biute      
89 to hold word info vavaturu   51  
90 to dig kakali   1  
91 to buy kukulu   15  
92 to open, uncover papasi   34  
93 to pound, beat word info papakati      
94 to throw word info tutupar      
94 to throw word info vuse   67  
95 to fall word info burasi   117  
96 dog a papi   37  
97 bird a beso      
98 egg a kiau   31  
99 feather a lakua      
100 wing bebeana   34  
101 to fly pururung   29  
102 rat kusuva   3  
103 meat/flesh visono   10  
104 fat/grease monoi   1, 65  
105 tail a taukuna   79  
106 snake sui   17  
107 worm (earthworm) kalolo   39  
108 louse word info utu   1  
109 mosquito ngatingat   41  
110 spider kakobiloko   28  
111 fish a eni   1  
112 rotten word info maroto   49  
113 branch word info singarina   50  
114 leaf a mapinai   58  
115 root a okorina   2  
116 flower purpur   13 L?
117 fruit a vuai na ndavai   1  
118 grass vura   50  
118 grass kunai   43  
119 earth/soil a pisa   16  
120 stone a vatu   1  
121 sand a ono   1  
122 water word info tava   31  
123 to flow isali   24  
124 sea tasi   1  
125 salt tasi (sea water) 20  
126 lake solo      
127 woods/forest lokori   46  
127 woods/forest malit   55  
128 sky balana bakut   30  
129 moon gai      
130 star tagulu   36  
131 cloud word info gavul   48  
132 fog gavul   1, 55  
133 rain bata   8  
134 thunder bakuta      
135 lightning pipisi   46  
136 wind vuvusu = wind 33  
137 to blow word info i vuvusu = wind (blows) 6  
138 warm word info i malamalapangi   32  
139 cold word info i mudiani   40  
140 dry word info buanga      
141 wet bubui   109  
142 heavy imamati   46, 35  
143 fire a iavi   1  
144 to burn word info tunia   1  
144 to burn word info i soso 'i' could be a mark on the page 72  
145 smoke word info a misi   39  
146 ash a tabunusa      
147 black i kavulu      
148 white i puasa   29  
149 red i mema      
150 yellow i lavari      
151 green lumut   76  
152 small sikiliki   81, 83  
153 big ngala given in brackets: (na barai) 115  
154 short word info kuiri      
154 short word info kudu   13  
155 long word info lolovina   98  
156 thin word info palasuruna      
157 thick word info tubutubuina   12  
158 narrow nga   29  
159 wide tababa   37  
160 painful, sick manua   49  
160 painful, sick kinadik      
161 shy, ashamed ruva      
162 old word info maulana   47  
163 new i kalamana   35  
164 good i bosi      
165 bad, evil sakaina   1  
166 correct, true i takadas   13  
167 night marumu   20  
168 day magesa   69  
169 year kilala   35  
170 when? word info rasave   34  
171 to hide word info sive (to hide something)    
171 to hide word info parakusu (in hiding) 9  
172 to climb word info kue (to climb a tree)    
172 to climb word info ko (to climb a tree)    
173 at tena   7  
174 in, inside akenasa      
175 above nongomo      
176 below nonga      
177 this noni   1  
178 that iana   1  
178 that nogo      
179 near maravai   108  
180 far vavailiki   90  
181 where? word info ava   3, 48  
182 I iau   1, 21  
183 thou kaliaka   20  
184 he/she to proper name masc x  
184 he/she sa proper name fem x  
185 we word info ia-dori      
185 we word info ia-miru      
185 we word info ia-mamami   2  
185 we word info ia-da   1  
185 we word info ia mitalu      
185 we word info ia datalu      
186 you iavau      
186 you ia muru   x  
186 you ia mutalu   x  
187 they i diru   x  
187 they idi   25  
187 they idi talu   25  
188 what? word info asa   1  
189 who? word info sia   1, 28  
190 other tar umana      
191 all iamui parukaka      
192 and ma   2  
193 if supu      
194 how? word info mbive   37  
195 no, not patai   51  
196 to count luluku   30  
197 One word info tikai   43  
198 Two word info aurua   1  
199 Three word info autulu   1  
200 Four word info aivat   1, 65  
201 Five word info ai lima   1  
202 Six word info laptikai also given: (tugur - shell money) (kurena - coconut/taro) still same as 6 6  
203 Seven word info lavurua   24  
204 Eight word info lavutul   5, 7  
205 Nine word info lavuvat   15  
206 Ten word info a vinun   20  
207 Twenty word info aura vinunu      
208 Fifty word info ailimana vinunu      
209 One Hundred word info a mari   6  
210 One Thousand word info a rip   5  
210 One Thousand word info a kavuana      

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