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Language: Savu (1773)

Source/Author:  Sydney Parkinson (1773) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:hvn  Glottocode: sabu1255 
Notes:  Faithfully transcribed from the Papers of the late SYDNEY PARKINSON, Draughtsman to JOSEPH BANKS, Esq. on his late Expedition with Dr. SOLANDER, round the World. (London, 1773) 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Richard Parker  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Bima-Sumba 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand wùlaba hand    
1 hand wulaba hand    
2 left      
3 right      
4 leg/foot baibo legs    
4 leg/foot duneeäla feet    
4 leg/foot dunceala feet    
4 leg/foot tooga thighs    
4 leg/foot toog thighs    
5 to walk teaco to walk    
5 to walk trai to run    
6 road/path      
7 to come      
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
12 skin racäee skin    
13 back word info      
14 belly dùloo belly 90  
14 belly dulloo belly 90  
15 bone      
16 intestines      
17 liver      
18 breast soofoo breasts    
18 breast soosoo breasts    
18 breast caboosoofoo nipples    
18 breast caboosoosoo nipples    
19 shoulder kòlogoòno shoulders    
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
22 to fear tseeo to fear    
23 blood      
24 head catoo head    
25 neck lacòco neck    
25 neck lacoco neck    
26 hair word info row hair 40  
26 hair word info row catoo hair 40  
26 hair word info row catoo hair of head; literally, 'leaf (of) head' -ASch 40  
27 nose sivànga nose    
27 nose swanga nose    
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell kìssoo to smell    
29 to sniff, smell tbunge to sneeze    
30 mouth larà-voòboo mouth    
31 tooth ingootoo vàva under teeth    
31 tooth ingootoo deeda upper teeth    
32 tongue vaio tongue 44  
32 tongue vaio tongue 44  
33 to laugh      
34 to cry ttanjee to cry    
35 to vomit      
36 to spit painyee roo elloo to spit    
37 to eat gnaä to eat    
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info toonoo to roast or bake 9  
40 to drink neenawei to drink    
40 to drink neeno-darao to drink to one    
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
43 ear wodeèloo ears    
43 ear wodeeloo ears    
44 to hear roädeèloo to hear    
45 eye màdda eyes 1  
45 eye matta eyes 1  
46 to see sillaèo to see    
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep tbudje to sleep    
48 to sleep tabudge to sleep    
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream      
51 to sit midyadee to sit down    
52 to stand      
53 person/human being      
54 man/male momonne man    
54 man/male momonne man    
55 woman/female mobunne woman 1, 51  
55 woman/female mobunnee woman 1, 51  
56 child anawuneekee child    
56 child monecopai boy    
57 husband      
58 wife      
59 mother      
60 father      
61 house umoo house 1  
62 thatch/roof      
63 name      
64 to say      
65 rope      
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info      
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead maate to die 1  
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info      
78 to cut, hack word info tte to cut    
79 stick/wood adjoo tree and wood    
79 stick/wood la trunk of tree    
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info ttooe to fall    
96 dog gnaca dog    
96 dog guaca dog    
97 bird doleela bird 1  
97 bird manoo cock or hen 1  
97 bird mannu fowl 1  
98 egg dulloo egg 1  
99 feather row-mannoo feathers 24  
100 wing      
101 to fly      
102 rat      
103 meat/flesh macoocooree flesh    
104 fat/grease munje fat    
104 fat/grease munje oil    
105 tail roolai tail of quadruped    
105 tail carow tail    
105 tail carrow tail of bird    
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info      
109 mosquito samala muscheater (mosquito?)    
110 spider      
111 fish nudoo fish    
111 fish ica fish    
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info calai branch    
114 leaf row leaf 1  
115 root      
116 flower      
117 fruit vooe fruit    
118 grass      
119 earth/soil raee earth    
119 earth/soil vorai earth    
120 stone wawadoo stone    
121 sand lasilai sand    
122 water word info ailea water    
122 water word info ailei water    
123 to flow      
124 sea aidàssee sea    
124 sea aidassee sea    
125 salt gàrra salt    
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky leèroo sky    
129 moon wurroo moon    
129 moon wurroo moon    
130 star      
131 cloud word info miramoo clouds    
132 fog      
133 rain      
134 thunder      
135 lightning      
136 wind      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info kibàsoo heat    
139 cold word info mireèngee cold    
140 dry word info      
141 wet      
142 heavy      
143 fire aee fire    
144 to burn word info varitai to kindle or light    
145 smoke word info sabooai smoke    
146 ash      
147 black bulla black    
148 white du poodeo white    
149 red sooree red    
150 yellow cairara yellow    
151 green mingaroo green    
152 small      
153 big      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info monama old man    
163 new      
164 good      
165 bad, evil      
166 correct, true      
167 night mudda midnight    
167 night munda-lodo evening    
168 day      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info tsoonne to hide    
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info      
182 I      
183 thou      
184 he/she      
185 we word info      
186 you      
187 they      
188 what? word info      
189 who? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
196 to count      
197 One word info iffe one    
197 One word info usse one    
197 One word info uffe one    
198 Two word info rooe two 1  
198 Two word info lhua two 1  
199 Three word info tulloo three 1  
199 Three word info tullu three 1  
200 Four word info uppa four    
200 Four word info uppah four    
201 Five word info lumee five 1  
201 Five word info lumme five 1  
202 Six word info unna six    
203 Seven word info petoo seven 1  
203 Seven word info pedu seven 1  
204 Eight word info aroo eight 3  
204 Eight word info arru eight 3  
205 Nine word info saio nine 5  
205 Nine word info saou nine 5  
206 Ten word info singooroo ten 5  
207 Twenty word info roo ingooroo twenty    
207 Twenty word info lhua ngooroo twenty    
208 Fifty word info lumingooroo fifty 1, 2  
209 One Hundred word info singassoo one hundred 4  
209 One Hundred word info singassu one hundred 4  
210 One Thousand word info setuppah one thousand    

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