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Language: Bilur

Source/Author:  Oviki Lipirin, Malcolm Ross 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:bxf  Glottocode: bilu1244 
Notes:  Some of the handwriting was difficult to distinguish. There was a mixture of upper and lower case forms within the same words. Again the 'eyes' and 'ells' were difficult to distinguish if they were written as just a vertical line. 
Problems:  Andreea: changed [I] to [i] word-initially for items #37, #51, #138, #139, #147, #148, #149, and #150 
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:
14 belly      
21 to think      
35 to vomit      
49 to lie down word info      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
71 to stab, pierce      
73 to steal      
82 dull, blunt      
85 to choose      
91 to buy      
93 to pound, beat word info      
95 to fall word info      
104 fat/grease      
117 fruit      
123 to flow      
142 heavy      
146 ash      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
161 shy, ashamed      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
2 left ainor      
6 road/path a dip      
7 to come va go rit      
19 shoulder a kaba kuna      
22 to fear i bukur vanatnat      
24 head euna      
25 neck aruana      
27 nose oleuna      
29 to sniff, smell i nug na ur magit ur could be or    
33 to laugh i ar kobor      
36 to spit tarauset Spittle    
39 to cook word info na malum iniap water boils    
46 to see i nei      
53 person/human being tulungen could be: tulunyen    
54 man/male ame      
56 child a nuna kalkit      
57 husband nuna me      
64 to say i urek      
83 to work word info ipa piat      
86 to grow word info na ur magit itur (plant) grows    
87 to swell word info imaladir could be: i maladir    
88 to squeeze word info i karu o marang      
89 to hold word info i tolo a kuma      
94 to throw word info i mibira o vai      
101 to fly o manu i mobo (bird) flies    
105 tail otapupuna      
107 worm (earthworm) ogagaulam      
111 fish oi      
118 grass ore kunai    
121 sand nana      
125 salt sol loan   L
126 lake a kabalom lagoon    
132 fog omi      
133 rain i to von      
134 thunder a pipi      
135 lightning a pala palai could be: palapalai    
138 warm word info i ungian hot    
141 wet na polo na malu      
144 to burn word info na kor kor i muu burns (grass)    
147 black i mok morom      
150 yellow ingiliau      
151 green i lan      
153 big a gnir na boroi      
158 narrow a nat na ga      
160 painful, sick i dik nono a pain    
163 new a ka la ma na na pal      
164 good akonapal could be: a konapal    
165 bad, evil kir also koina    
166 correct, true i rail api koina correct, right    
168 day i kiap      
178 that a pa ire vatatap that (nearby)    
178 that kara pal itapokot that (far away)    
185 we word info mia we two (excl)    
185 we word info mia vaurua we two (incl.)    
185 we word info oala we (excl.)    
185 we word info oala we (incl.)    
185 we word info dotolvatulua we three (excl.)    
185 we word info dala vatulua we three (incl.)    
190 other la      
195 no, not kir runa ta balbali tu ia tiri ano = no (answer to question)    
197 One word info anig      
4 leg/foot a kikina   1  
4 leg/foot na kikina   1  
18 breast o una   1  
34 to cry i tangi   1  
38 to chew word info i mame (he) chews (betelnut) 1  
41 to bite apap iarkakarat (dog) bites 1  
43 ear olingene   1  
45 eye omatana   1  
70 to shoot word info i panak i mo vuvur   1  
75 to die, be dead i mat   1  
79 stick/wood ovai   1  
90 to dig igan or: i gan 1  
97 bird o manu   1  
99 feather o pulina   1  
108 louse word info aut   1  
109 mosquito onam   1  
113 branch word info a rakana   1  
120 stone ovat   1  
124 sea atai   1  
143 fire aiap   1  
188 what? word info a   1  
198 Two word info uru   1  
199 Three word info tulua   1  
200 Four word info vauat   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info nono   1  
44 to hear i logor   1, 36  
55 woman/female avaina   1, 106  
182 I iau   1, 21  
189 who? word info ii   1, 28  
59 mother enano   1, 42  
187 they la they (plural) 1, 70  
103 meat/flesh viono   10  
140 dry word info na matetek na ma lu   101  
13 back word info a taruna   12  
114 leaf opakavai   12  
139 cold word info i kotokoto 'I' is a capital 'eye' 124  
116 flower o purpur could be: o pur pur 13 L?
61 house a pal   14  
81 sharp o matan na pul   14  
177 this a pal kiti   15  
155 long word info l ba ra barap can't tell whether the 'l' is a capital 'eye' or a small 'ell' 16  
106 snake aoi   17  
3 right a ot   18  
17 liver o buaina   18  
47 to yawn i muiap   19  
5 to walk i vanan   2  
5 to walk i van (he) goes 2  
52 to stand i tuktur is standing 2  
65 rope ololo string 2  
74 to kill i amat a bor noi could be: nai 2  
51 to sit i ke is sitting 20  
167 night i morom   20  
40 to drink iap could be: iop 22  
31 tooth nangiene   24  
31 tooth na goro na ngiene molar tooth 24  
42 to suck a kalikit i uu   25  
129 moon a ka lag   26  
186 you mula you (pl.) 26  
16 intestines o unau no balana   26, 28  
110 spider a kabilak   28  
148 white i pua   29  
18 breast a nun gir na box chest 3  
102 rat a kue   3  
12 skin a palaono could be: a pa la ono 30  
76 to live, be alive a boroi ki do living (pig) 30  
92 to open, uncover i apang a taman   30  
128 sky a bakut   30  
196 to count i luluk   30  
98 egg okiau   31  
136 wind wuwu (wind) blows 33  
100 wing a bebeana could be: a be beana 34  
183 thou vu you (sing.) 34  
8 to turn word info i pupukuai   35  
50 to dream i irereap a dream 35  
169 year kilala   35  
30 mouth avana   36  
96 dog apap   37  
115 root ovakarai   37  
159 wide i tamaba   37  
103 meat/flesh na mit   38, 61  
145 smoke word info omi   39  
1 hand akuna   40  
1 hand a kuna arm 40  
37 to eat i tamo   40  
84 to plant i ing na kau kau   41  
152 small a nat nabora   41  
60 father kokono   42  
67 to sew word info i git   43  
9 to swim i a lin   44  
72 to hit word info i varum (he) fights 44  
77 to scratch word info i karunono   44  
122 water word info namalum   44  
131 cloud word info a bakut   45  
127 woods/forest o lokor   46  
28 to breathe ilo vuvu   49  
112 rotten word info ove i marut   49  
160 painful, sick a manua a sore 49  
23 blood na gap   5  
205 Nine word info latia   5  
206 Ten word info naaulu   5  
210 One Thousand word info a rip   5  
58 wife nuna vaina   5, 68  
66 to tie up, fasten i kubu okukubu   51  
66 to tie up, fasten i kubu oina (he) ties (a knot) 51  
15 bone a urina   52  
39 to cook word info it papava a tio ma ran bakes (in earth oven) 52  
20 to know, be knowledgeable i nunuran   53  
69 to hunt word info i papanak tur va many   53  
78 to cut, hack word info i poko a bo roi = he cuts a pig 56  
137 to blow word info i wuwu   6  
209 One Hundred word info a mar   6  
11 dust otobon   62  
63 name aiana   66  
154 short word info a tuk   66  
10 dirty idur   68  
32 tongue okaramepipi pipi could be: didi 7, 14  
144 to burn word info aiap-iot   72  
149 red i tar   72  
26 hair word info akatkat-neuna   75  
130 star o kan kanmui   80  
48 to sleep i bor bor   83  
80 to split word info i parak na vovai   88  
119 earth/soil apiv   88  
191 all larap   88  
39 to cook word info i tutun a tio ma iap bakes (over fire) 9  
118 grass o korkor   95  
162 old word info a maula na pal (of house) x  
184 he/she toan he x  
184 he/she tean she x  
186 you mutol vatulua you x  
187 they diavaurua they two x  
187 they la vatulua they three x  

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