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Language: Lala

Source/Author:  Malcolm Ross, W.C. Papua list 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nrz  Glottocode: lala1268 
Notes:  Quite a lot of gaps at the end as nothing given on the hard copy. Have written e) and (na as they appeared in the script. Time taken: 55mins 
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:Papuan Tip:Peripheral:Central Papuan:West Central Papuan:Nuclear 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
21 to think      
49 to lie down word info      
53 person/human being      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
82 dull, blunt      
85 to choose      
91 to buy      
93 to pound, beat word info      
95 to fall word info      
112 rotten word info      
117 fruit      
123 to flow      
126 lake      
142 heavy      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
166 correct, true      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
181 where? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
36 to spit 'anodina Spittle 14, 84  
25 neck a bona b could be t    
57 husband adana   2  
58 wife adana   1  
4 leg/foot aena   1  
4 leg/foot aena as written 1  
16 intestines akena      
17 liver akena   1  
98 egg akoi   1  
144 to burn word info alove'ani      
150 yellow amalena      
162 old word info ana'ina   66  
103 meat/flesh ani   63  
81 sharp ano query? poor photocopy 51  
100 wing apena   21  
11 dust apulolo      
195 no, not asi'i   1  
55 woman/female ateate   66  
124 sea atu   19  
79 stick/wood au   1  
149 red aulana could be au la    
12 skin ava   54  
118 grass ava   35  
118 grass avalaka'ina kunai 35?  
18 breast baena   35  
19 shoulder bavatana as written    
120 stone bika'a      
14 belly bo'aina query? poor photocopy 21  
103 meat/flesh boloma   34  
167 night boniai   1  
189 who? word info dai   1  
6 road/path dala   1  
188 what? word info dava   1  
148 white deva'ena   69  
125 salt dia'a   33  
76 to live, be alive e mauli living (pig) 1, 76  
77 to scratch word info e'a 'aloa   12  
89 to hold word info e'abiakau   23  
39 to cook word info e'abua bakes (in earth oven) 112  
144 to burn word info e'abua burns (grass) 16  
41 to bite e'ala (dog) bites 1  
135 lightning e'amalea      
7 to come e'asi      
88 to squeeze word info e'idua   61  
10 dirty e'obu   21  
35 to vomit e'ula   7  
137 to blow word info e'unu as above    
3 right ealina as above    
160 painful, sick eanana a pain    
38 to chew word info eania (he) chews (betelnut)    
75 to die, be dead ebaba   28  
29 to sniff, smell ebonalala   42  
5 to walk edada   35  
5 to walk edada (he) goes 35  
180 far edau'a   1  
66 to tie up, fasten edo'oa   38  
66 to tie up, fasten edo'oa (he) ties (a knot) 38  
44 to hear eika   38  
46 to see eika la   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable eikaibas could be ikabas    
158 narrow eimusi      
47 to yawn eioni      
34 to cry eka kani   1  
8 to turn word info ekai'udai      
74 to kill ekubala      
86 to grow word info ekukubu 94. (plant) grows 1  
67 to sew word info ekulia   13  
52 to stand ela la la is standing    
140 dry word info elada      
87 to swell word info elale      
28 to breathe elana   46  
71 to stab, pierce elavabuku      
64 to say elu lu a      
92 to open, uncover eluvua   25  
22 to fear emakau   1  
33 to laugh emamai   3  
51 to sit emiadivo is sitting 26, 126  
42 to suck emomote   34  
70 to shoot word info ene'ea      
50 to dream enivinivi a dream 1, 60  
80 to split word info epapala   88  
69 to hunt word info epidipidi      
94 to throw word info etoa   74  
90 to dig euala      
196 to count evakua   29  
78 to cut, hack word info evala   140  
39 to cook word info evasiavua bakes (over fire)    
84 to plant evavado   6  
141 wet eveivei   25  
72 to hit word info eviaku (he) fights 30  
73 to steal evina'o   1, 32  
83 to work word info evinaula   19, 31  
56 child hakuna as written; could be naku 5  
1 hand i mana   1, 65  
184 he/she i'a he 1  
187 they i'a they two x  
2 left i'di bana      
37 to eat ia 'eveeaniam could be eam'am    
139 cold word info ia'eva elu'oabia query? poor photocopy 110  
138 warm word info ia'eva siavuli hot 21  
63 name iavana   1, 18  
9 to swim idi'u      
27 nose iduna n could be u 1  
201 Five word info ima   1  
1 hand imana arm 1, 65  
48 to sleep imuinai   55  
40 to drink inuinu   1  
185 we word info ita we two (incl.) 1  
197 One word info ka   14  
13 back word info kabena   109  
43 ear kaiana   1  
119 earth/soil kanobaka   1  
54 man/male kau   22  
106 snake kau'asi      
152 small kikina   78  
199 Three word info koi   1  
15 bone kuliana   40  
127 woods/forest la'uka   7, 121  
185 we word info lai we two (excl) 8  
155 long word info laka'ina      
23 blood lalana   1  
113 branch word info lamona as above    
133 rain lamu      
115 root lamuna = root (of tree) 3  
136 wind lani   1  
182 I lau   1, 21  
151 green lauba      
146 ash lavu   67  
101 to fly lolo (bird) flies 1  
198 Two word info lu'a   1  
61 house luma   1  
160 painful, sick maiduana a sore 73  
163 new makamakana   19  
45 eye makana   1  
32 tongue malana   7  
97 bird manuʔ   1  
109 mosquito me'udi   57  
164 good mediana      
168 day melala      
121 sand nabua      
153 big naniana      
31 tooth nikena   24  
30 mouth nutuna   2  
186 you oi you (pl.) 19  
131 cloud word info oil   52  
24 head olana   44  
143 fire oloa   18  
183 thou oni you (sing.) 1, 63  
96 dog oveka   41  
105 tail oveka iu'na could be iu'ua 1  
18 breast pedena chest    
165 bad, evil si'avana   14  
111 fish sisi   50  
154 short word info to'oto'ona   66  
102 rat uduve   3  
108 louse word info uku   1  
107 worm (earthworm) uloli   50  
110 spider uloli      
134 thunder ulu   2  
147 black umauma   18  
145 smoke word info vaitabu   30, 38  
136 wind vale'a east wind    
65 rope valo string 2  
200 Four word info vani   1, 69  
122 water word info vei   2  
132 fog veika      
114 leaf vela      
116 flower vela   17  
99 feather velana      
104 fat/grease vidiuna fat (on a person) < 'slesh'    
169 year vikau   86  
26 hair word info vina   31  
130 star visiu   1  
128 sky vutuvutu      
129 moon vuya y could be ŋ 1  
60 father yekamana as written; y could be ŋ 1  
59 mother yesinana as written; y could be ŋ 1  

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