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Language: Bwaidoga

Source/Author:  Blust, from: Jenness and Ballantyne (1926) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:bwd  Glottocode: bwai1243 
Notes:  Jenness, D., Ballantyne, A. (1926). Language, Mythology, and Songs of Bwaidoga, Goodenough Island, S.E. Papua. Journal of the Polynesian Society. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Nuclear:North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux:Bwaidoga 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above getane   60  
191 all dawanidi      
191 all matatabuna   45  
192 and ke   1  
146 ash au|fafa   1, 89  
173 at      
13 back word info domo-   61  
165 bad, evil koiona   66  
14 belly kamo-   45  
176 below dibuni   82  
153 big lakaina   43  
97 bird manuga   1  
147 black likenakena      
23 blood daiaga   32  
15 bone lulu-   32  
113 branch word info      
18 breast agu-   1  
56 child natu-   5  
131 cloud word info samona      
131 cloud word info buibui   44  
139 cold word info tulutuluna   126  
166 correct, true      
168 day yadayada   66  
10 dirty      
96 dog koko   17  
96 dog galu(k)eta   99  
140 dry word info yayana   69  
82 dull, blunt baitutuna   25  
11 dust      
43 ear taya   1  
119 earth/soil babi   19  
98 egg fou   15  
204 Eight word info      
45 eye mata-   1  
180 far lauva   23  
180 far atuada      
104 fat/grease      
60 father tama-   1  
99 feather dakula   13  
208 Fifty word info      
143 fire ai   35  
111 fish igana   1  
201 Five word info      
116 flower      
132 fog owa   33  
200 Four word info laufuli   70  
117 fruit guana   1  
164 good wakana      
118 grass umiumi      
151 green matamatagina   1  
26 hair word info kulua-   3  
1 hand nima-   1, 66  
184 he/she g|i   1  
24 head debai-   43, 72  
142 heavy      
61 house manua   7, 44  
194 how? word info gavaiamu      
57 husband mogane-   26?  
182 I g|a   1, 21  
193 if kai   80  
174 in, inside negeni   60  
16 intestines kamo-foa   30  
126 lake      
114 leaf luku-   16  
2 left ai-mauli   1, 59  
4 leg/foot age-   1  
135 lightning atunama   38  
17 liver      
155 long word info manamanaue   12  
108 louse word info utu   1  
54 man/male mogane   1  
103 meat/flesh vido-   10  
129 moon vaikoi   23  
109 mosquito nimoga   1  
59 mother ina-   1  
30 mouth awa-   36  
63 name iegana   1, 18  
158 narrow madiala      
179 near lilivane   60, 105  
25 neck ago-   88  
68 needle gaima   1  
163 new vagu   1, 26  
167 night bogi   1  
205 Nine word info      
195 no, not keke   23  
27 nose kabu-   17  
162 old word info      
197 One word info tamo -mo 'only' 14  
197 One word info sedana      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
190 other velugane   66  
160 painful, sick veoga      
160 painful, sick ulolo      
53 person/human being kaliva   41  
133 rain wei   27  
102 rat kwaisalu   32  
149 red abela   99  
3 right ai-atagi   14  
6 road/path wai   25  
115 root walamina   62  
65 rope bulava   84  
112 rotten word info bwaketa      
125 salt      
121 sand makama   29  
124 sea gawana   13, 66  
124 sea oko      
124 sea leaga   71  
203 Seven word info      
81 sharp manimanina   29  
154 short word info kasikina      
154 short word info kasiona      
19 shoulder avala   1  
161 shy, ashamed (vovo)mumu   82  
202 Six word info      
12 skin ubu-   55  
128 sky gabama   18  
152 small kabikona   67  
152 small kabisona   67  
145 smoke word info sio   50  
106 snake mota   12  
110 spider      
130 star ailabama      
79 stick/wood ai   1  
120 stone kabala   15  
105 tail      
206 Ten word info      
178 that taiwa      
62 thatch/roof      
187 they idiavo *-avo PL 25, 64  
157 thick word info badobadona   18  
156 thin word info yalayalana   66  
156 thin word info bikana      
177 this taidei      
183 thou oie   1  
199 Three word info toi   1  
134 thunder atala   26  
41 to bite yovana   44  
137 to blow word info yuve   77  
28 to breathe yawa(i)   22  
144 to burn word info tuina   1  
91 to buy      
38 to chew word info kuda   14  
38 to chew word info kava   67  
85 to choose venuvenuana   44  
85 to choose nuadadana   43  
172 to climb word info tafikwaioia      
7 to come elai   87  
39 to cook word info vetagova   27  
196 to count      
34 to cry tagia   1  
78 to cut, hack word info tala|na   1  
75 to die, be dead alika   46  
90 to dig bwalu   68  
50 to dream avaita   66  
40 to drink yuga   36  
37 to eat kani   1  
95 to fall word info taulina      
95 to fall word info mavuna   80  
22 to fear matauta   1  
123 to flow      
101 to fly yavega   44  
86 to grow word info      
44 to hear nogalina   1, 36  
171 to hide word info velusowavuyena   56  
72 to hit word info tafina   31  
89 to hold word info abina   23  
69 to hunt word info      
74 to kill munu|na   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable alamanena   43  
33 to laugh vele   82  
49 to lie down word info eno-bala   1  
76 to live, be alive      
92 to open, uncover yavuna   76  
84 to plant fa   64  
93 to pound, beat word info      
64 to say vona   20  
77 to scratch word info koi   95  
77 to scratch word info kwoina      
46 to see ita   1  
67 to sew word info      
70 to shoot word info      
51 to sit (ve)toga   80  
48 to sleep daudau   64  
29 to sniff, smell auna   1  
36 to spit giwala   40  
80 to split word info talakekei tala < *taRaq 'adze' 90  
88 to squeeze word info voilina   63  
71 to stab, pierce esabakalina      
71 to stab, pierce etofolena   96  
52 to stand mididi   1  
73 to steal ki-      
42 to suck tauma irregular *u > au, irregular *u > a 81, 86  
87 to swell word info fugana      
9 to swim kaio   32  
21 to think      
94 to throw word info nata      
94 to throw word info atu   31  
94 to throw word info bwaiabwaiana      
66 to tie up, fasten utagona   134  
8 to turn word info vila   66  
35 to vomit yovala   11  
5 to walk tauya   137  
5 to walk naudadana   1, 35  
83 to work word info bakula   19  
47 to yawn      
32 tongue mea-   7  
31 tooth nigo-   1  
207 Twenty word info      
198 Two word info lue   1  
138 warm word info      
122 water word info dauda   62  
185 we word info ideavo ideavo (incl.) 1  
185 we word info imeavo imeavo (excl.) 2  
141 wet butana   20  
188 what? word info gava   1  
170 when? word info      
181 where? word info gadedeku      
148 white      
189 who? word info gai|to   55  
159 wide talafava   48  
58 wife vevine-   5, 68  
136 wind mala   21  
100 wing ofana   30  
55 woman/female vavine   1, 106  
55 woman/female vevine   1, 106  
127 woods/forest gudana   7, 20  
107 worm (earthworm) mota-mota   10  
169 year      
150 yellow yagoyagona   9  
186 you imiavo   1, 13  

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