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Language: Kahua (Mami)

Source/Author:  Tryon & Hackman (1983) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:agw  Glottocode: kahu1241 
Notes:  Tryon, D.T. & Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: an internal classification. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Michael Dunn  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Southeast Solomonic:Malaita-San Cristobal:San Cristobal 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above      
191 all      
192 and make and    
146 ash rafu ashes 67  
173 at i at 1  
13 back word info ɣeri-na back 39  
165 bad, evil era bad 52  
14 belly bwafuri-na belly 79  
176 below narufuɣa-na below 60  
153 big rafa big 10  
97 bird manu bird 1  
147 black masuri black 54  
23 blood ɣabu-na blood 5  
15 bone suri-na bone 52  
113 branch word info ara-na branch 1, 17  
18 breast susu breast 1  
56 child kerekare child 40  
131 cloud word info roto cloud 65  
139 cold word info maɣarisi cold 75  
166 correct, true eoto correct 13  
168 day taŋiana day 6  
10 dirty masuri dirty 82  
96 dog ao dog 58  
140 dry word info mamata dry 11  
140 dry word info riki dry 78  
82 dull, blunt mabaŋo blunt    
11 dust momo dust 28  
43 ear kariŋa-na ear 1, 24  
119 earth/soil mwako earth 51  
98 egg oru-na egg 1  
204 Eight word info waru eight 3  
45 eye ma-na eye 1  
180 far faɣate far 1, 18  
104 fat/grease rafa fat/grease    
60 father ima-na father; irregular *a > i 1  
99 feather warefu-na feather 45  
208 Fifty word info      
143 fire ɣi fire 33  
111 fish sare fish 61  
201 Five word info rima five 1  
116 flower taka-na flower 12  
132 fog wafa fog 46  
200 Four word info fai four 1, 65  
117 fruit ɣua-na fruit 1, 26  
164 good koro good 55  
118 grass raɣua grass; irregular velar fricative 16  
151 green marawaɣuaɣu green 13  
26 hair word info warefu hair (body); irregular loss of *a 54  
1 hand ruma-na arm; irregular shift from *i > u 1, 64  
184 he/she ŋaia he 1, 68  
24 head bwə-na head; irregular *au > ə 9  
142 heavy fiɣa heavy 41  
61 house ruma house 1  
194 how? word info maŋa ife how? 48  
57 husband      
182 I inœ I (1sg) 1, 22  
193 if maŋa if 3, 68  
174 in, inside raro-na in 1  
16 intestines aŋeka guts 59  
126 lake      
114 leaf afa-na leaf 34  
2 left mafa-na left 57  
4 leg/foot əɣa-na leg; irregular *q >ɣ 1  
135 lightning maraŋea lightning 53  
17 liver roko-na liver 25  
155 long word info bworafu long 16  
108 louse word info ɣū louse 1  
108 louse word info rita louse egg x20  
54 man/male mwane man 1  
103 meat/flesh fisiɣo-na meat/flesh 10  
129 moon faɣefa moon 39  
109 mosquito namu mosquito 1  
59 mother ina-na mother 1, 74  
30 mouth fara-na mouth 42  
63 name ata name 1, 18  
158 narrow      
179 near faɣaraŋi near 1, 74  
25 neck rio-na neck 1  
68 needle      
163 new foru new 1  
167 night bwoŋi night 1  
205 Nine word info siwa nine 5  
195 no, not marefa no 74  
27 nose bwarusu-na nose 1, 12  
162 old word info banienuni old (person)    
162 old word info banimwara old (thing) x  
197 One word info eta one 32  
209 One Hundred word info taŋarə netaɣe one hundred; irregular metathesis of l and ŋ 39  
210 One Thousand word info bwera netaɣe one thousand 23  
190 other      
160 painful, sick matoro sick 11  
53 person/human being enuni person; irregular *i > e and *o > u 10  
133 rain siwo rain    
102 rat kiki rat 56  
149 red memera red 1  
3 right oto-na right 42  
6 road/path tara road 1  
115 root waɣawaɣarana root 2  
65 rope waro rope 2  
112 rotten word info kakaɣa rotten 58  
125 salt      
121 sand one sand 1  
124 sea asi sea 1  
203 Seven word info biu seven; irregular *p > b 1  
81 sharp masi sharp 72  
154 short word info abwobwo short 56  
19 shoulder      
161 shy, ashamed      
202 Six word info ono six 1  
12 skin ɣawo-na skin 35  
128 sky wawearo sky 49  
152 small sisite small 63  
145 smoke word info robworobwo smoke 14  
106 snake mwa snake 12  
110 spider rawa spider 1  
130 star fiɣu star 1, 51  
79 stick/wood      
120 stone stone; irregular *a > o 1  
105 tail kere-na tail 39  
206 Ten word info taŋafuru ten 5  
178 that      
62 thatch/roof bareo thatch    
187 they ŋairœrua they (3du) x  
187 they ŋaira they (3pl) 1, 71  
157 thick word info ububuɣa thick 12  
156 thin word info manufinufi thin; irregular *i > u 1  
177 this eka this 6  
183 thou iɣo you (2sg) s  
199 Three word info oru three 1  
134 thunder ɣuɣurufia thunder 2, 63  
41 to bite ɣara bite; irregular *k > ɣ 1  
137 to blow word info roɣa blow 51  
28 to breathe manawa breathe 1  
144 to burn word info teteɣi burn 61  
91 to buy      
38 to chew word info      
85 to choose      
172 to climb word info      
7 to come ra me come 1, 87  
39 to cook word info      
196 to count toma count 14  
34 to cry eŋi cry; irregular *a > e 1  
78 to cut, hack word info fara cut nut X  
78 to cut, hack word info tabia cut (wood) 66  
78 to cut, hack word info tabia cut (string) 66  
75 to die, be dead mae die 1  
90 to dig taba dig 78  
50 to dream      
40 to drink tono drink 35  
37 to eat ŋœ eat; irregular *au > œ 15  
95 to fall word info wota fall 71  
22 to fear maɣu fear 1  
123 to flow mwaɣanu flow 47  
101 to fly ɣafa fly 36  
101 to fly raŋo fly (insect!) x  
86 to grow word info      
44 to hear roŋo hear 1  
171 to hide word info      
72 to hit word info rupukia hit (stick); irregular *a > u 69  
72 to hit word info nafu hit (stick)    
89 to hold word info feresia hold 63  
89 to hold word info roia hold    
69 to hunt word info faɣawasi hunt 15  
74 to kill nafu kill 50  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ɣirara know;irregular addition of reduplicated final syllable 18, 102  
33 to laugh mamana laugh 51  
49 to lie down word info tɒtɒ lie down 51  
76 to live, be alive tefiŋa-na life; irregular *a > e 32  
76 to live, be alive tafitafi alive 32  
92 to open, uncover      
84 to plant      
93 to pound, beat word info      
64 to say wisia say 71  
77 to scratch word info ɣaro scratch 1  
46 to see bosia see 63  
67 to sew word info te sew; irregular *ai > e 2  
70 to shoot word info      
51 to sit oɣa sit 80  
48 to sleep mauru sleep 1  
29 to sniff, smell siɣini smell 12  
36 to spit musu spit 14, 82  
80 to split word info sitaria split 55  
88 to squeeze word info binoa squeeze    
71 to stab, pierce rupuɣia stab 59  
52 to stand œra stand 40  
73 to steal fanaɣo steal 1, 58  
42 to suck nuɣua suck 29  
87 to swell word info akerafa swell    
9 to swim tnāmānu bathe 62  
9 to swim arasi swim 63  
21 to think tako think 38  
94 to throw word info      
66 to tie up, fasten rakua tie 64  
8 to turn word info aforo turn 37  
35 to vomit momoa vomit; irregular *u > o 1  
5 to walk ara walk    
5 to walk wato go down    
5 to walk ra go 1, 69  
5 to walk taɣere go up    
83 to work word info taɣara work 53  
47 to yawn      
32 tongue mea-na tongue 7  
31 tooth riwo-na tooth 1, 35  
207 Twenty word info      
198 Two word info rua two 1  
138 warm word info mafana warm 1, 72  
122 water word info we water 2  
185 we word info iɣœrua we (1du.incl) 26  
185 we word info iɣami we (1pl.excl) 2  
185 we word info iɣia we (1pl.incl) 1  
185 we word info iɣamirua we (1du.excl) 2  
141 wet risiɣa wet    
188 what? word info ata what? 53  
170 when? word info matenata when? 45  
181 where? word info ife where? 3  
148 white siki white 58  
189 who? word info wati who? 1, 69  
159 wide      
58 wife      
136 wind roɣa wind 54  
100 wing ɣaɣafa-na wing 1, 39  
55 woman/female fefene woman 1, 47  
127 woods/forest wapu bush 22  
107 worm (earthworm)      
169 year farisi year 8  
150 yellow toratorakaɣa yellow 54  
186 you -mu your (2sg.poss) x  
186 you -mi your (2pl.poss) x  
186 you iɣamurua you (2du) x  
186 you iɣamu you (2pl) 1  

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