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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:
175 above      
191 all      
192 and      
146 ash lavu   67  
173 at      
13 back word info kabena   109  
165 bad, evil si'avana   14  
14 belly bo'aina query? poor photocopy 21  
176 below      
153 big naniana      
97 bird manuʔ   1  
147 black umauma   18  
23 blood lalana   1  
15 bone kuliana   40  
113 branch word info lamona as above    
18 breast baena   35  
18 breast pedena chest    
56 child hakuna as written; could be naku 5  
131 cloud word info oil   52  
139 cold word info ia'eva elu'oabia query? poor photocopy 110  
166 correct, true      
168 day melala      
10 dirty e'obu   21  
96 dog oveka   41  
140 dry word info elada      
82 dull, blunt      
11 dust apulolo      
43 ear kaiana   1  
119 earth/soil kanobaka   1  
98 egg akoi   1  
204 Eight word info      
45 eye makana   1  
180 far edau'a   1  
104 fat/grease vidiuna fat (on a person) < 'slesh'    
60 father yekamana as written; y could be ŋ 1  
99 feather velana      
208 Fifty word info      
143 fire oloa   18  
111 fish sisi   50  
201 Five word info ima   1  
116 flower vela   17  
132 fog veika      
200 Four word info vani   1, 69  
117 fruit      
164 good mediana      
118 grass ava   35  
118 grass avalaka'ina kunai 35?  
151 green lauba      
26 hair word info vina   31  
1 hand i mana   1, 65  
1 hand imana arm 1, 65  
184 he/she i'a he 1  
24 head olana   44  
142 heavy      
61 house luma   1  
194 how? word info      
57 husband adana   2  
182 I lau   1, 21  
193 if      
174 in, inside      
16 intestines akena      
126 lake      
114 leaf vela      
2 left i'di bana      
4 leg/foot aena   1  
4 leg/foot aena as written 1  
135 lightning e'amalea      
17 liver akena   1  
155 long word info laka'ina      
108 louse word info uku   1  
54 man/male kau   22  
103 meat/flesh boloma   34  
103 meat/flesh ani   63  
129 moon vuya y could be ŋ 1  
109 mosquito me'udi   57  
59 mother yesinana as written; y could be ŋ 1  
30 mouth nutuna   2  
63 name iavana   1, 18  
158 narrow eimusi      
179 near      
25 neck a bona b could be t    
68 needle      
163 new makamakana   19  
167 night boniai   1  
205 Nine word info      
195 no, not asi'i   1  
27 nose iduna n could be u 1  
162 old word info ana'ina   66  
197 One word info ka   14  
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
190 other      
160 painful, sick maiduana a sore 73  
160 painful, sick eanana a pain    
53 person/human being      
133 rain lamu      
102 rat uduve   3  
149 red aulana could be au la    
3 right ealina as above    
6 road/path dala   1  
115 root lamuna = root (of tree) 3  
65 rope valo string 2  
112 rotten word info      
125 salt dia'a   33  
121 sand nabua      
124 sea atu   19  
203 Seven word info      
81 sharp ano query? poor photocopy 51  
154 short word info to'oto'ona   66  
19 shoulder bavatana as written    
161 shy, ashamed      
202 Six word info      
12 skin ava   54  
128 sky vutuvutu      
152 small kikina   78  
145 smoke word info vaitabu   30, 38  
106 snake kau'asi      
110 spider uloli      
130 star visiu   1  
79 stick/wood au   1  
120 stone bika'a      
105 tail oveka iu'na could be iu'ua 1  
206 Ten word info      
178 that      
62 thatch/roof      
187 they i'a they two x  
157 thick word info      
156 thin word info      
177 this      
183 thou oni you (sing.) 1, 63  
199 Three word info koi   1  
134 thunder ulu   2  
41 to bite e'ala (dog) bites 1  
137 to blow word info e'unu as above    
28 to breathe elana   46  
144 to burn word info alove'ani      
144 to burn word info e'abua burns (grass) 16  
91 to buy      
38 to chew word info eania (he) chews (betelnut)    
85 to choose      
172 to climb word info      
7 to come e'asi      
39 to cook word info e'abua bakes (in earth oven) 112  
39 to cook word info evasiavua bakes (over fire)    
196 to count evakua   29  
34 to cry eka kani   1  
78 to cut, hack word info evala   140  
75 to die, be dead ebaba   28  
90 to dig euala      
50 to dream enivinivi a dream 1, 60  
40 to drink inuinu   1  
37 to eat ia 'eveeaniam could be eam'am    
95 to fall word info      
22 to fear emakau   1  
123 to flow      
101 to fly lolo (bird) flies 1  
86 to grow word info ekukubu 94. (plant) grows 1  
44 to hear eika   38  
171 to hide word info      
72 to hit word info eviaku (he) fights 30  
89 to hold word info e'abiakau   23  
69 to hunt word info epidipidi      
74 to kill ekubala      
20 to know, be knowledgeable eikaibas could be ikabas    
33 to laugh emamai   3  
49 to lie down word info      
76 to live, be alive e mauli living (pig) 1, 76  
92 to open, uncover eluvua   25  
84 to plant evavado   6  
93 to pound, beat word info      
64 to say elu lu a      
77 to scratch word info e'a 'aloa   12  
46 to see eika la   1  
67 to sew word info ekulia   13  
70 to shoot word info ene'ea      
51 to sit emiadivo is sitting 26, 126  
48 to sleep imuinai   55  
29 to sniff, smell ebonalala   42  
36 to spit 'anodina Spittle 14, 84  
80 to split word info epapala   88  
88 to squeeze word info e'idua   61  
71 to stab, pierce elavabuku      
52 to stand ela la la is standing    
73 to steal evina'o   1, 32  
42 to suck emomote   34  
87 to swell word info elale      
9 to swim idi'u      
21 to think      
94 to throw word info etoa   74  
66 to tie up, fasten edo'oa   38  
66 to tie up, fasten edo'oa (he) ties (a knot) 38  
8 to turn word info ekai'udai      
35 to vomit e'ula   7  
5 to walk edada   35  
5 to walk edada (he) goes 35  
83 to work word info evinaula   19, 31  
47 to yawn eioni      
32 tongue malana   7  
31 tooth nikena   24  
207 Twenty word info      
198 Two word info lu'a   1  
138 warm word info ia'eva siavuli hot 21  
122 water word info vei   2  
185 we word info lai we two (excl) 8  
185 we word info ita we two (incl.) 1  
141 wet eveivei   25  
188 what? word info dava   1  
170 when? word info      
181 where? word info      
148 white deva'ena   69  
189 who? word info dai   1  
159 wide      
58 wife adana   1  
136 wind lani   1  
136 wind vale'a east wind    
100 wing apena   21  
55 woman/female ateate   66  
127 woods/forest la'uka   7, 121  
107 worm (earthworm) uloli   50  
169 year vikau   86  
150 yellow amalena      
186 you oi you (pl.) 19  

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