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Language: Babatana (Katazi)

Source/Author:  Tryon & Hackman (1983) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:baa  Glottocode: kata1267 
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:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic:Choiseul 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand kœrisi arm 12  
2 left mœri left 1, 59  
3 right ndekana right 34  
4 leg/foot nikini leg 18  
5 to walk zozo walk 22  
5 to walk zo nĵolo      
5 to walk zo go 22  
5 to walk zo poka go up    
6 road/path zuka road 7  
7 to come zo me come 1, 88  
8 to turn word info talemboro turn 38  
9 to swim seŋge bathe 46  
9 to swim seŋge swim 46  
10 dirty pito dirty 15  
11 dust ŋaŋaloere dust 35  
12 skin kœkœpa skin 12  
13 back word info totaka back 56  
14 belly kuru belly    
14 belly komba belly 2  
15 bone punda bone 8  
16 intestines komba guts 17  
17 liver mœmœni liver 21  
18 breast susu breast 1  
19 shoulder      
20 to know, be knowledgeable vutini know 64  
21 to think nanana think 16  
22 to fear zisi fear 27  
23 blood mandaka blood 6  
24 head mbœti head 9  
25 neck kukunu neck 25  
26 hair word info pulu hair (body) 31  
27 nose ziŋo nose 36  
28 to breathe ŋasapua breathe 41  
29 to sniff, smell nanambu smell 51  
30 mouth nĵopa mouth 52  
31 tooth kekere tooth 8  
32 tongue loleme tongue 7, 17  
33 to laugh mbere laugh 55  
34 to cry ŋgela cry 35  
35 to vomit ndola vomit 18  
36 to spit kukusu spit 14, 89  
37 to eat ɣaki eat 38  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
40 to drink ɣakimbi drink 24  
41 to bite lombe bite 37  
42 to suck nuripi suck; irregular *e > i 79  
43 ear talaŋa ear 1  
44 to hear ɣate hear 10  
45 eye mata eye 1  
46 to see ri see 13  
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep pamu sleep 51  
49 to lie down word info mbikolo lie down 41  
50 to dream      
51 to sit tuŋunu sit 21  
52 to stand ndere stand 10  
53 person/human being mbose person 12  
54 man/male leke man 15  
55 woman/female ŋgole woman 42  
56 child sua child 9  
57 husband      
58 wife      
59 mother tina-e mother 1  
60 father tama-e father 1  
61 house pande house 8  
62 thatch/roof mbœmbœo thatch 47  
63 name zitoŋo name 7  
64 to say pinĵo say 73  
65 rope suni rope 45  
66 to tie up, fasten nukisi tie 53  
67 to sew word info sira sew 18  
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info saraka hunt 17  
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce pœŋgo stab 16  
72 to hit word info sima hit (stick) 18  
73 to steal siko steal 13  
74 to kill vui kill 16  
75 to die, be dead le die 5  
76 to live, be alive tu life 8  
76 to live, be alive tu alive 8  
77 to scratch word info kikiraka scratch 15  
78 to cut, hack word info vele cut nut x  
78 to cut, hack word info puti cut (wood) 24  
78 to cut, hack word info kundiki cut (string)    
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info tazisaka split    
80 to split word info viliki split    
81 sharp riso sharp 22  
82 dull, blunt vulumu blunt 44  
83 to work word info nĵanĵu work 15  
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info mbuɣusu swell 24  
88 to squeeze word info ŋguru squeeze 46  
88 to squeeze word info puŋgo squeeze 46  
89 to hold word info paletœrœ hold 18  
90 to dig para dig 9  
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info suru fall 20  
96 dog vasi dog 51  
97 bird roroko bird 10  
98 egg niŋga egg 10  
99 feather sava feather 8  
100 wing mbalœkœrœ wing 13  
101 to fly riri fly 40  
101 to fly sɨre fly (insect!) x  
102 rat runĵl rat 52  
103 meat/flesh zio meat/flesh 10, 62  
104 fat/grease vua fat/grease 37  
105 tail piputu tail 46  
106 snake ndole snake 16  
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info vutu louse 1  
108 louse word info niŋgoto louse egg x  
109 mosquito nonoŋo mosquito 42  
110 spider kakazo spider 34  
111 fish koete fish 42  
112 rotten word info nambu rotten 37  
113 branch word info vœŋge branch 19  
114 leaf vuraŋa leaf 18  
115 root lœŋgoto root 23  
116 flower mbœmbœele flower 40  
117 fruit mbœmbœli ɣazu fruit 19  
118 grass sisiu grass 17  
119 earth/soil lua earth 42  
120 stone katura stone 7  
121 sand karakone sand 1, 60  
122 water word info mbi water 6  
123 to flow nĵarara flow 14  
124 sea masi sea 8  
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest siniŋga bush 23  
128 sky malœkana sky 4  
129 moon vokene moon 31  
130 star siriputu star 1, 39  
131 cloud word info tomba cloud 18  
131 cloud word info tuŋgi cloud 75  
132 fog ŋgaŋgau fog 38  
133 rain miŋga rain 25  
134 thunder pandala thunder 22  
135 lightning kapi lightning 13  
136 wind vuvusele wind 33  
137 to blow word info vusili blow 18  
138 warm word info vila warm 14  
138 warm word info ɣœila warm 14  
139 cold word info lulumu cold 14  
140 dry word info kava dry 51  
141 wet muŋgutu wet 14  
142 heavy niŋgata heavy 12  
143 fire nako fire 8  
144 to burn word info sumbi burn 12  
145 smoke word info kanu smoke 59  
146 ash kau ashes 68  
147 black pito black 11  
148 white sele white 15  
149 red mesara red 38  
150 yellow nduru yellow 48  
151 green tutu green 16  
152 small soi small 47  
152 small vasiki small 81, 83  
153 big pœu big 50  
154 short word info tuko short 66  
155 long word info ŋava long 50  
156 thin word info zezemba thin 24  
157 thick word info totomba thick 51  
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick moro sick 70  
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info ŋgereŋgu old (person)    
162 old word info mbana old (thing) x  
162 old word info mœsu old (thing) x  
163 new varuŋga new 1, 14  
164 good nœe good 69  
165 bad, evil roka bad 43  
166 correct, true totoŋono correct 35  
167 night kuse night 12  
168 day tava day 32  
169 year ɣave year 46  
170 when? word info mbesanda when? 33  
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at ta at 7  
174 in, inside talomboro in 1, 6  
175 above      
176 below saranĵole below 10, 11  
177 this ɣati this 24  
178 that      
179 near vataŋa near 62  
180 far kœu far 42  
181 where? word info mbeni where? 41  
182 I ra I (1sg) 1, 24  
183 thou re you (2sg) s  
184 he/she ɣœi he 1  
185 we word info itu we (1du.incl) 1  
185 we word info rami we (1pl.excl) 2  
185 we word info ita we (1pl.incl) 1  
185 we word info raru we (1du.excl) 70  
186 you -tare your (2sg.poss) x  
186 you -mina ramu your (2pl.poss) x  
186 you rambu you (2du) x  
186 you ramu you (2pl) 1, 22  
187 they ziru they (3du) x  
187 they zira they (3pl) 1  
188 what? word info avase what? 1  
189 who? word info andi who? 10  
190 other      
191 all      
192 and mana and 2  
193 if mbase if    
194 how? word info mbese how? 37  
195 no, not kizao no 19, 46  
196 to count ŋia count 25  
197 One word info kœke one 31, 14  
198 Two word info kere two 8  
199 Three word info tulu three 1  
200 Four word info vati four 1, 65  
201 Five word info lima five 1  
202 Six word info vonomo six 1, 55  
203 Seven word info vitu seven 1  
204 Eight word info viu eight 13  
205 Nine word info zia nine 5  
206 Ten word info mano ten 18  
207 Twenty word info karabete   12  
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info kœke vumbʔ one hundred 22  
210 One Thousand word info kœke mau one thousand 1  

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