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

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