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Language: Simbo

Source/Author:  Palmer, Bill (1993) Simbo draft dictionary 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:sbb  Glottocode: simb1256 
Notes:  Orthography: <q> represents /g/, <g> represents /ɣ/. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Malcolm Ross  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic:New Georgia:West 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
68 needle      
181 where? word info ai   37  
204 Eight word info alu   3  
169 year aoro year, age 47  
182 I ara   1, 24  
65 rope aroso   2  
194 how? word info asa-vea if, suppose; how?, why? (what + if)    
33 to laugh avu   61  
196 to count añi   47  
100 wing babana   42  
115 root bagere   19  
162 old word info baragoso old (of people) 60  
97 bird baruku      
46 to see bata   58  
46 to see bati-   58  
24 head batu   9  
192 and beto   24, 36  
150 yellow boe   51  
167 night boŋi   1  
39 to cook word info boŋo boil    
151 green bu blue, green 19  
118 grass bu-buru   19  
40 to drink buku   31  
195 no, not dai   59  
191 all dapu      
139 cold word info diana cold (of body) 60  
106 snake dole   16  
46 to see doma   21  
46 to see doma-   21  
191 all doru   47  
114 leaf elo   11  
8 to turn word info gabala      
185 we word info gai   2?  
37 to eat gani   1  
163 new garaba      
41 to bite garata   1  
77 to scratch word info garo   1  
79 stick/wood gau wood, tree 1  
186 you gau   1, 25  
90 to dig geli   1  
209 One Hundred word info gogoto   10  
171 to hide word info golomo   21  
70 to shoot word info gona usually means to throw. 25  
94 to throw word info gona   55  
12 skin guliti   1  
116 flower havoro   15  
210 One Thousand word info hiako      
189 who? word info i sei   1  
109 mosquito idiki      
111 fish igana   1  
110 spider igo bush spider    
73 to steal iko   13  
143 fire iku   28  
184 he/she isa   13  
63 name isoŋo-na   26  
27 nose isu   1  
152 small ite   121  
124 sea ivere salt water 14  
136 wind ivoro   52  
137 to blow word info ivu   5  
149 red jimiri   49  
164 good joŋa   74  
197 One word info ka-me   31, 50  
155 long word info kakasa   61  
190 other kaki   21  
135 lightning kapi   13  
102 rat karuje irreg reflex 3, 62  
195 no, not kati      
176 below kauru   13  
146 ash kavu   68  
11 dust kavuru   72  
148 white keala   52  
172 to climb word info kesa   24  
93 to pound, beat word info kija   18  
112 rotten word info kikerena      
130 star kikida      
156 thin word info kiliviqe      
34 to cry kiu   42  
17 liver kola   8  
110 spider kolobai house spider 42  
174 in, inside korapa   24  
147 black kuduru   49  
16 intestines lagu   39  
16 intestines lagu ite intestines 39  
16 intestines lagu lavata small intestines 39  
124 sea lamana ocean 14  
7 to come lame   1, 85  
153 big lavata   10  
131 cloud word info lei   56  
84 to plant lete   47  
92 to open, uncover levana   71  
92 to open, uncover levani-   71  
113 branch word info leŋana-na   1  
1 hand lima   1, 64  
201 Five word info lima   1  
208 Fifty word info limaŋavulu   1  
31 tooth livo   1, 35  
108 louse word info lodo   17  
170 when? word info lokana when PAST    
139 cold word info lomoso cold (of weather) 59  
35 to vomit lua   8  
200 Four word info made   3  
7 to come mai   1  
2 left mairi   1, 59  
23 blood mamadara-na   1, 47  
142 heavy mamata   46, 35  
47 to yawn mamavua   19  
206 Ten word info manoga   18  
58 wife maqota-na   38  
54 man/male marane   1, 69  
57 husband marane-na   26, 53  
103 meat/flesh masa   43  
45 eye mata   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
3 right matua   5, 37  
162 old word info matua-na old (of things) x  
22 to fear matutu   1  
30 mouth maŋa   13  
138 warm word info maŋini   16  
32 tongue mea   7  
77 to scratch word info mimo      
160 painful, sick mo   17  
141 wet moe      
157 thick word info mota   15  
88 to squeeze word info moño   23  
13 back word info mudi   3  
107 worm (earthworm) mumuno      
127 woods/forest muqu   51  
188 what? word info na-sa   1  
121 sand nagasa   54  
81 sharp najulu   25  
38 to chew word info napulu   31  
4 leg/foot nene   19  
183 thou nigo   1  
104 fat/grease noboko   66  
20 to know, be knowledgeable nonoga      
44 to hear noŋoro   1, 37  
36 to spit odolo   63  
128 sky oka   42  
133 rain okoro   33  
126 lake ovuku      
173 at pa   8  
170 when? word info pa na via when FUT 35  
181 where? word info pa vei   3  
10 dirty paji   70  
134 thunder paka   65  
71 to stab, pierce paleka   95  
161 shy, ashamed pamaŋa      
154 short word info papaka   50  
80 to split word info paqala   13  
82 dull, blunt pato   20  
120 stone patu   1  
141 wet peja      
49 to lie down word info pepu   99  
49 to lie down word info pepu enga face up/supine 99  
49 to lie down word info pepu opo to lie face down/prone 99  
119 earth/soil peso   16  
140 dry word info pidili dry, thirsty 65  
122 water word info pie   36  
105 tail pikutu   37  
62 thatch/roof pina sago thatch    
177 this pini   1  
67 to sew word info pipiti   19  
64 to say pito      
66 to tie up, fasten piu   129  
66 to tie up, fasten piui-   129  
9 to swim ponu   53  
129 moon popu   35  
70 to shoot word info poqa used when one uses a spear or gun to cause harm    
178 that pora      
15 bone pupuda   8  
26 hair word info pupulu body hair 31  
48 to sleep puta   15  
50 to dream puta-qita sleep - see 34, 38  
185 we word info qai   1?  
185 we word info qita   1  
168 day rane   6  
55 woman/female rereko   40  
132 fog resana misty rain    
159 wide revata   10  
187 they ria   25  
21 to think roroqu   50  
25 neck rua   18  
198 Two word info rua   1  
207 Twenty word info rubate   16  
180 far sau   1  
165 bad, evil sea   1  
30 mouth seta      
205 Nine word info sia   5  
96 dog sie   52  
28 to breathe siŋo   20  
5 to walk soana walk; path 22  
6 road/path soana walk; path 35  
125 salt solo borrowed from Pijin?   L
166 correct, true soto-na true 50  
175 above soto-na above    
144 to burn word info sulu   4  
18 breast susu   1  
43 ear taliŋa   1  
60 father tama-na   1  
179 near tata   9  
101 to fly tatava   48  
83 to work word info taveti   17  
37 to eat teteku respect term for 'eat' 42  
14 belly tia-na   1  
59 mother tina-na   1  
53 person/human being tinoni   10  
76 to live, be alive toa   8  
162 old word info toiri-na old, derelict x  
166 correct, true tojamo right, straight    
51 to sit toqo   77  
98 egg toruru   1  
56 child tu-na   5, 36  
87 to swell word info tubu sore, ulcer 12  
141 wet tubulu   53  
145 smoke word info tula   52  
89 to hold word info tuqe      
52 to stand turu   2, 69  
199 Three word info ue   11  
95 to fall word info uka   19, 22  
67 to sew word info uki      
69 to hunt word info uku-ai   19  
175 above ulu-na top 19  
72 to hit word info uma 'hit with fist, punch' 55  
29 to sniff, smell umaŋa smell (NOUN) 15  
86 to grow word info va toa   4  
74 to kill va-mate-   2  
91 to buy vagi   29  
19 shoulder vara   1  
86 to grow word info vasage      
193 if vea if, suppose 30  
79 stick/wood viana firewood    
85 to choose vile   1, 24  
203 Seven word info vitu   1  
61 house vona      
202 Six word info vonomo   1, 55  
117 fruit vua   1  
26 hair word info vutuŋu-na hair, feathers 43  
99 feather vutuŋu-na hair, feathers 43  
112 rotten word info ñabo   37  
123 to flow ñoro   49  
42 to suck ñoñopo   1, 22  
158 narrow ŋizuku   38  
78 to cut, hack word info ŋodo      

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