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

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