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Language: Kuni

Source/Author:  Alan Jones, Barnabas Maua, Malcolm Ross 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:kse  Glottocode: kuni1263 
Notes:  All stems functioning as finite verbs are preceded by a subject-marking clitic or prefix. In the third person (the usual citation form) this can be either e- or i-. The former marks the verb as irrealis while the latter is the characteristic form for narratives. I have chosen to represent all verbs with the irrealis e- form, for consistency.

All noun stems that may be inalienably possessed (body parts, relations, etc.) are represented with the 3rd person suffix marker -na, indexing a third person ""possessor"" - such stems, when used as adjectives, as a general rule take a person-marking suffix ; on some stems this has become fossilised, while others resist it (possibly only in some uses). Hyphenation indicates affixation; even the subject markers are represented here as prefixes, though the argument for this has yet to be made.
 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Peripheral:Central Papuan:West Central Papuan:Nuclear 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
21 to think      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
82 dull, blunt      
85 to choose      
93 to pound, beat word info      
117 fruit      
123 to flow      
179 near      
186 you      
193 if      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
9 to swim e-uve      
11 dust waufoa-na      
11 dust waufoa      
16 intestines foa-na      
20 to know, be knowledgeable valia-na Noun; some dialects walia-na    
28 to breathe nua-na e-yaka Lit. his heart is pumping; also nua-na e-veli    
29 to sniff, smell e-midi midi (a) smell    
30 mouth ala-na      
33 to laugh e-yave      
42 to suck e-defa      
54 man/male mukau bigman    
56 child feafea      
56 child ene girl girl    
69 to hunt word info e-fai      
73 to steal e-anida      
78 to cut, hack word info e-iva      
78 to cut, hack word info e-ali With a knife, e.g. a rope    
86 to grow word info e-galoa      
87 to swell word info e-baka      
92 to open, uncover e-akufa      
94 to throw word info e-male to throw (as a stone)    
94 to throw word info e-ne      
95 to fall word info e-deo      
96 dog oyame      
97 bird neka      
101 to fly e-bibi      
110 spider dao      
111 fish moke      
116 flower maneba      
118 grass dabia Long grass used for thatch    
119 earth/soil katsia      
128 sky dia =sun    
130 star anĂ¡ana      
131 cloud word info dada =raincloud    
131 cloud word info mafula cloud, generic    
135 lightning daleva E.g. daleva e-kaba    
136 wind ama (wind) blows    
137 to blow word info e-bina      
140 dry word info ololo E-ololo, it becomes dry    
141 wet doma      
144 to burn word info e-na itr.    
144 to burn word info e-kou tr.    
144 to burn word info e-ba-na      
144 to burn word info e-kou-vi (-vi = with care)    
147 black ikaika-na      
149 red aiva-na      
151 green ufi-na Green, unripe    
151 green manalea-na Green, velevety, shiny    
152 small bea-na      
153 big galoa-na      
154 short word info odoba-na      
155 long word info yakaia-na      
156 thin word info kevekeve-na      
157 thick word info imudi-na      
158 narrow abiabi-na      
159 wide lelei-na      
160 painful, sick e-kaudua      
161 shy, ashamed e-fautsia be ashamed: lit. fau = forehead and tsia = bad    
162 old word info aiai-na      
164 good jobia-na      
168 day eno      
172 to climb word info e-duau climb a ladder, climb a mountain    
178 that enu Also = there    
178 that diotsi      
181 where? word info wamo      
181 where? word info waidai      
181 where? word info waikai      
190 other foi-na      
191 all fofou(-na)      
194 how? word info vaikadina      
196 to count e-dina Cf e-dina, choose    
202 Six word info ima na tauna query 'tauna', poor photocopy    
206 Ten word info ima lua      
210 One Thousand word info salele doka salele = many; doka = very    
4 leg/foot ae-na   1  
6 road/path daya   1  
7 to come e-mai   1  
17 liver ake-na   1  
22 to fear e-makau   1  
23 blood lala-na   1  
23 blood lala   1  
27 nose idu-na   1  
34 to cry e-kani   1  
37 to eat e-ani   1  
38 to chew word info e-mema   1  
40 to drink e-inu   1  
41 to bite e-ala   1  
43 ear kaia-na   1  
45 eye maka-na   1  
46 to see e-ika   1  
58 wife adava   1  
58 wife adava-na   1  
59 mother tsina-na   1  
60 father kama-na   1  
61 house luma   1  
78 to cut, hack word info e-kala E.g. with axe 1  
79 stick/wood au Tree , wood, stick 1  
80 to split word info e-foya   1  
98 egg avoi-na E.g. neka avoi-na 1  
99 feather neka bui-na Bui = hair, bristle, feather 1  
105 tail iu-na   1  
108 louse word info uku   1  
114 leaf lau-na   1  
119 earth/soil kano   1  
129 moon buia   1  
132 fog abu Mist 1  
170 when? word info aidai   1  
171 to hide word info e-buni intr. 1  
174 in, inside ayo-nai   1  
175 above yaka-nai   1  
177 this eni Also = here 1  
180 far daua   1  
183 thou oi you (sing.) 1  
184 he/she ia he 1  
184 he/she ia she 1  
185 we word info ika we (incl.) 1  
188 what? word info daba   1  
189 who? word info dai who 1  
195 no, not atsi   1  
195 no, not tsi   1  
198 Two word info lua   1  
199 Three word info koi   1  
201 Five word info imai   1  
44 to hear e-yo   1, 36  
50 to dream e-nibi a dream 1, 60  
53 person/human being wabekau People in general 1, 68  
76 to live, be alive e-mauli   1, 76  
76 to live, be alive mauli-na   1, 76  
55 woman/female vabine   1, 106  
113 branch word info le-na au le-na 1, 14  
63 name ada   1, 18  
63 name ada-na   1, 18  
182 I yau   1, 21  
25 neck ayo-na   1, 31  
2 left awali-na   1, 42  
1 hand ima-na also arm 1, 65  
49 to lie down word info e-eko   104  
39 to cook word info e-na a. general term 108  
13 back word info kafe-na   109  
168 day dia   11  
165 bad, evil avaya-na   113  
133 rain tsimu   12  
173 at [NOUN]-ai   12  
153 big nama-na   123  
71 to stab, pierce e-ko   13  
120 stone debo   14  
36 to spit e-anodi Spittle 14, 84  
197 One word info kau-na   14, 79  
197 One word info kao-na   14, 79  
126 lake obu Pond, pool, etc. 15  
132 fog aduadu ground mist 15  
19 shoulder bau-na   17  
128 sky ufa   17  
137 to blow word info e-bua of the wind 17  
74 to kill e-aku e-fa S/he hits s/he dies. 18  
143 fire aloba   18  
47 to yawn e-mavada   19  
124 sea adu   19  
163 new makamaka   19  
163 new mauli-na   19  
83 to work word info e-bilaula   19, 31  
57 husband adava-na   2  
57 husband adava   2  
65 rope valo Also: cord, string 2  
100 wing bani-na   2  
122 water word info vei also river 2  
185 we word info imai we (excl.) 2  
192 and me and, or 2  
192 and mai with 2, 46  
10 dirty ofu   21  
10 dirty ofu-na   21  
14 belly foa-na   21  
138 warm word info tsiabu   21  
138 warm word info e-tsiabu   21  
167 night labi   21  
88 to squeeze word info e-afi-bebe   21, 80  
3 right idifa-na = right (hand) 22  
54 man/male kau   22  
104 fat/grease oko   22  
104 fat/grease oko-na   22  
104 fat/grease e-oko   22  
89 to hold word info e-afi   23  
31 tooth ike-na   24  
125 salt damea   25  
187 they itsi   25  
51 to sit e-mia   26  
75 to die, be dead e-fa Be sick, die 28  
75 to die, be dead i-fa-ko s/he died. 28  
39 to cook word info e-nadu b. boil food 3  
102 rat idube   3  
145 smoke word info vaikafu   30, 38  
26 hair word info bui-na   31  
26 hair word info bui   31  
103 meat/flesh tsitsi   31, 102  
38 to chew word info e-kua   33  
42 to suck e-momoi Suck breast: e-fae 34  
5 to walk e-dada   35  
5 to walk e-da   35  
18 breast fae-na   35  
118 grass ava grass 35  
209 One Hundred word info tsinabu   37  
66 to tie up, fasten e-do   38  
115 root lumi-na   3?  
15 bone kulia-na   40  
62 thatch/roof gabia k.o. grass or reeds: <g> doesn't occur in Kuni: error? 41  
96 dog obeka   41  
52 to stand e-yaba   42  
24 head ola-na   44  
84 to plant e-bado plant 45  
107 worm (earthworm) tsima   48  
142 heavy e-mekau   48  
142 heavy mekau(-na)   48  
72 to hit word info e-aku Hit in general; also kill 50  
81 sharp ano-na   51  
12 skin aba-na   54  
12 skin aba   54  
48 to sleep e-faluba   54  
176 below binu-nai   56  
109 mosquito moidi   57  
77 to scratch word info e-atsitsi   58  
90 to dig e-kabi   59  
169 year tsinibo tsinibo is an annual grass 59  
169 year jaibo jaibo an almond (tree) 59  
66 to tie up, fasten e-fatsi   60  
8 to turn word info ebabili   66  
91 to buy e-kava(ya) Kava, price; kava-na e-beni, pay for. 66  
146 ash labu cinders, grey ash 67  
155 long word info mafakele   67  
121 sand afinu   68  
148 white deva-na   69  
32 tongue maya-na   7  
35 to vomit e-ula   7  
70 to shoot word info e-leva   7  
127 woods/forest yauka   7, 121  
160 painful, sick e-moidi a pain 73  
106 snake odabu Cf. odafu python 75  
134 thunder aika E.g. aika e-luku 76  
139 cold word info amana Cf. wind ama 79  
56 child melo boy 8  
200 Four word info luana lua '2 + 2' 8  
150 yellow yaofa-na   87  
112 rotten word info e-feda Verb 9, 74  
146 ash ika black ash 93  
64 to say e-ou(a)   98  
166 correct, true momoa   98  
171 to hide word info e-buni-ai tr. x  

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