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

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