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

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