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Language: Ghari (Nginia)

Source/Author:  Tryon & Hackman (1983) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:gri  Glottocode: ngin1246 
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:Gela-Guadalcanal:Guadalcanal 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand lima-na arm 1, 64  
2 left mauli left 1, 59  
3 right mandɔa right; irregular loss of *l/*R; irregular diphthongisation of final vowels 9  
4 leg/foot tua-na leg 95  
5 to walk ndatɔ go up    
5 to walk vanɔ go 2  
5 to walk nzuna go down    
5 to walk vavanɔ walk 2  
6 road/path sala road 1  
7 to come mai come 1  
8 to turn word info pilɔ turn 86  
9 to swim ɔlɔ swim 74  
9 to swim lesɔ bathe; irregular *o > e 8  
10 dirty naŋguha dirty 55  
11 dust papasa dust 19  
12 skin kɔkɔra-na skin 37  
13 back word info mbuke-na back 13  
14 belly tɔmba-na belly 36  
15 bone suli-na bone 52  
16 intestines tinae-na guts 1  
17 liver ate-na liver 1  
18 breast čuču-na breast 1  
19 shoulder      
20 to know, be knowledgeable ndɔnʔ know 56  
21 to think papanda think 36  
22 to fear matahu fear 1  
23 blood hambu-na blood 5  
24 head lɔva-na head 47  
25 neck liɔ-na neck 1  
26 hair word info vuvulu-na hair (body) 31  
27 nose isu-na nose 1  
28 to breathe mamahɔ breathe 17  
29 to sniff, smell sihini smell 12  
30 mouth maŋa-na mouth 13  
31 tooth livɔ-na tooth 1, 35  
32 tongue lapi-na tongue 21  
33 to laugh kia laugh 14  
34 to cry ŋere cry; Irregular *a > e 5  
35 to vomit mumuta vomit 1  
36 to spit čuve spit 19, 88  
37 to eat hahani eat 1  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
40 to drink inu drink 1  
41 to bite vehani bite    
42 to suck mučua suck 20  
43 ear kuli-na ear 6  
44 to hear rɔrɔŋo hear 1  
45 eye mata-na eye 1  
46 to see mɔrɔsia see 60  
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep maturu sleep 1  
49 to lie down word info nenɔ lie down 1  
50 to dream      
51 to sit tɔha puka sit    
52 to stand tu stand 2  
53 person/human being tinɔni person 10  
54 man/male mane man 1  
55 woman/female ndaki woman 25  
56 child ŋgari child; irregular *e > i 40  
57 husband      
58 wife      
59 mother tina-na mother 1  
60 father tama-na father 1  
61 house vale house 14  
62 thatch/roof tavuŋa thatch 46  
63 name asa-na name 1, 18  
64 to say nzaria say 65  
65 rope tai rope 51  
66 to tie up, fasten sɔria tie 57  
67 to sew word info čukia sew 17  
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info ruhu hunt 13  
69 to hunt word info lavea hunt    
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce tukua stab 63  
72 to hit word info raminzia hit (stick) 58  
73 to steal kɔmi steal 33  
74 to kill lambu kill 42  
75 to die, be dead mate die 1  
76 to live, be alive mamauri alive 1, 76  
76 to live, be alive mauri life 1, 76  
77 to scratch word info ŋgaŋgaru scratch 44  
78 to cut, hack word info vusi cut (string)    
78 to cut, hack word info kakali cut (wood) 62  
78 to cut, hack word info cut nut X  
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info tala split 52  
81 sharp vavaŋa sharp 14, 20  
82 dull, blunt paru blunt 54  
83 to work word info aŋgɔ work 32  
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info čɔmɔ swell 45  
88 to squeeze word info lusia squeeze; irregular *o > u 19, 65  
89 to hold word info taŋɔlia hold 61  
90 to dig čačai dig 79  
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info puka fall 19  
96 dog pai dog 54  
97 bird manu bird 1  
98 egg tɔlu-na egg 1  
99 feather ivunamanu feather (of bird) 7  
100 wing rapɔ-na wing 50  
101 to fly laŋɔ fly (insect!) x  
101 to fly lɔvɔ fly 1  
102 rat mbɔhu rat 55  
103 meat/flesh velesi-na meat/flesh 17, 69  
104 fat/grease sereha-na fat/grease 35  
105 tail hiu-na tail 1, 58  
106 snake muata snake 12  
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info lisa louse egg x20  
108 louse word info ŋutu louse; irregular *k > ŋ 1, 27  
109 mosquito namu mosquito 1  
110 spider tea spider 45  
110 spider lalaɔ spider 9  
111 fish čeče fish 56  
112 rotten word info mambulu rotten 1  
113 branch word info araŋa-na branch 1, 17, 37  
114 leaf rau leaf 1  
115 root lamu-na root 3  
116 flower čiči flower 42  
116 flower marara flower 43  
117 fruit vua-na fruit 1  
118 grass mbumburu grass 19  
119 earth/soil pari earth 45  
120 stone makara stone 26  
121 sand nuhu sand 41  
122 water word info mbeti water 6  
123 to flow tave flow 10  
123 to flow čačali flow 24  
124 sea tasi sea 1  
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest hɔana bush 48, 64  
128 sky masaɔka sky 44  
129 moon vula moon 1  
130 star veituhu star 1, 50  
131 cloud word info parakɔ cloud 74  
132 fog lavɔ fog 3  
133 rain usa rain 1  
134 thunder vivisa thunder 19  
135 lightning aŋa lightning 43  
136 wind huhuri wind 12  
137 to blow word info pupua blow 17  
137 to blow word info huhuri blow 47  
138 warm word info papara warm 71  
139 cold word info mbisi cold 46  
140 dry word info mamača dry 11  
141 wet pɔtɔ wet 62  
142 heavy mamava heavy 46  
143 fire lake fire 6  
144 to burn word info kɔndɔa burn 52  
145 smoke word info puŋu smoke 28  
146 ash ravu ashes 67  
147 black mbau black 42  
148 white sere white 15  
149 red čiči red 19  
150 yellow mila yellow 44  
151 green maraɔ green 13  
152 small tetelɔ small 56  
153 big ŋgulai big 57  
154 short word info kukumu short 63  
155 long word info saŋava long    
156 thin word info mandeve thin 1, 67  
157 thick word info paku thick 36  
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick masahi sick 1  
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info pura old (thing) x  
162 old word info tutuŋga old (person) 78  
162 old word info kamate old (person) 87  
163 new vaɔlu new 1  
164 good ndɔu good 54  
165 bad, evil sekɔ bad 50  
166 correct, true manana correct 14  
167 night mbɔŋi night 1  
168 day dani day 6  
169 year ŋalitupa year 55, 51  
170 when? word info ŋisa when? 1, 24  
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at i at 1  
174 in, inside lalɔ-na in 1  
175 above      
176 below vava below 1  
177 this ndea this 27  
178 that      
179 near varaŋi near 1, 74  
180 far far 1, 56  
181 where? word info ivei where? 3  
182 I nau I (1sg) 1, 22  
183 thou hɔe you (2sg) s  
184 he/she aia he 1  
185 we word info kɔhami we (1du.excl) 2  
185 we word info lita we (1pl.incl) 1  
185 we word info luhami we (1pl.excl) 2  
185 we word info kita we (1du.incl) 1  
186 you luhamu you (2pl) 1  
186 you ihamu you (2pl) 1  
186 you kɔhamu you (2du) x  
186 you -lumiu your (2pl.poss) x  
186 you -mu your (2sg.poss) x  
187 they lira they (3pl)    
187 they kera they (3du) x  
188 what? word info na hua what? 36  
189 who? word info asei who? 1, 68  
190 other      
191 all      
192 and ma and 2  
193 if kɔanza if    
194 how? word info kɔanĵa vei how?    
195 no, not tɛha no 4, 70  
196 to count čɔkɔ count 60  
197 One word info kesa one 32  
198 Two word info ruka two; irregular medial -k- 1, 21  
199 Three word info tɔlu three 1  
200 Four word info vati four 1, 65  
201 Five word info čehe five 16  
202 Six word info ɔnɔ six 1  
203 Seven word info vitu seven 1  
204 Eight word info alu eight 3  
205 Nine word info siu nine; irregular loss of *a 5  
206 Ten word info saŋavulu ten 5  
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info kesa saŋatu one hundred; irregular loss of *R 4, 38  
210 One Thousand word info kesa tɔha one thousand 27  

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