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

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