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Language: Lau (Walade)

Source/Author:  Tryon & Hackman (1983) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:llu  Glottocode: lauu1247 
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:Malaita:Northern 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
17 liver      
18 breast      
19 shoulder      
29 to sniff, smell      
35 to vomit      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
57 husband      
58 wife      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
70 to shoot word info      
79 stick/wood      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
107 worm (earthworm)      
116 flower      
118 grass      
125 salt      
126 lake      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
175 above      
178 that      
190 other      
191 all      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
76 to live, be alive mɔuri alive 1, 76  
192 and fainia and 38  
1 hand aba-na arm 2  
146 ash fua ashes 11  
173 at ana at 7  
13 back word info ɔgi-na back 30  
165 bad, evil taʔa bad 1  
9 to swim sisiu bathe 12  
14 belly ga-na belly; irregular loss of initial *o 36  
176 below fara below 58  
153 big baita big 15  
97 bird manu bird 1  
41 to bite ʔale bite 1  
147 black bubulua black 10  
23 blood ʔabu-na blood 5  
137 to blow word info ɔru blow 58  
82 dull, blunt blunt 35  
82 dull, blunt kumu blunt; irregular *o > u 17  
15 bone ɔgi-na bone 41  
113 branch word info sasare branch 1, 17  
28 to breathe maŋɔ breathe 47  
144 to burn word info sarufia burn 54  
127 woods/forest masū bush 21  
127 woods/forest kwaena bush 68  
56 child wɛla child 8  
131 cloud word info barobaro cloud 17  
139 cold word info gwagwari cold 13  
7 to come lea mai come 1, 86  
166 correct, true correct 6  
196 to count idu count 46  
34 to cry āŋi cry 1  
78 to cut, hack word info ʔɔle cut (string) 67  
78 to cut, hack word info lae cut (wood) 68  
78 to cut, hack word info taba cut (wood) 66  
78 to cut, hack word info kinu cut nut X  
168 day dani day 6  
75 to die, be dead mae die 1  
90 to dig ʔeli dig 1  
10 dirty bilia dirty 13  
96 dog kui dog 7  
40 to drink gwɔugwɔu drink; irregular labialisation of initial C 30, 48  
140 dry word info lalaŋa dry 49  
11 dust sasafua dust    
43 ear āliŋa-na ear 1  
119 earth/soil ganɔ earth 52  
37 to eat faŋa eat 1, 53  
98 egg falage egg 9  
204 Eight word info kwatu eight 3  
45 eye mā-na eye 1  
95 to fall word info ʔasia fall 18  
180 far tau far 1  
104 fat/grease ragufa-na fat/grease 17  
60 father ma father 1, 67  
22 to fear mɔu fear 1  
99 feather īfu-na feather 7  
143 fire ɛre fire 7  
111 fish īʔa fish 1  
201 Five word info lima five 1  
123 to flow igwa flow 34  
101 to fly lɔfɔ fly 1  
101 to fly sisimi fly x  
132 fog dasa fog 44  
200 Four word info fai four 1, 65  
117 fruit fufua fruit 1  
5 to walk lea go 139  
5 to walk lea i ano go down    
5 to walk lea i laŋi go up    
164 good diana good 66  
151 green akasa green 54  
16 intestines ga-na guts; irregular loss of initial *o 16  
26 hair word info īfu-na hair (body) 13  
184 he/she nia he 1, 6  
24 head kete-na head 32  
44 to hear rɔŋɔ hear 1  
142 heavy gulu heavy 11  
72 to hit word info rabu hit (stick) 42  
72 to hit word info kwae hit (stick); irregular *i > e 16  
89 to hold word info dau hold 17  
61 house luma house 1  
194 how? word info ʔutā how? 33  
69 to hunt word info nani hunt 51  
182 I nau I (1sg) 1, 22  
193 if le if 35  
174 in, inside lalɔ in 1  
74 to kill sau kill 18  
20 to know, be knowledgeable saitamana know; irregular *a > i 35, 88  
33 to laugh waela laugh 12  
114 leaf ʔabe leaf 33  
2 left mɔule left; irregular reflex of *w; irregular *i > e 1, 59  
4 leg/foot ʔae-na leg; irregular *q > ʔ 1  
49 to lie down word info uruŋa lie down    
76 to live, be alive mɔuri life 1, 76  
135 lightning sinamaʔaru lightning 49  
155 long word info tekwa long 15  
108 louse word info ʔū louse 1  
108 louse word info lite louse egg x20  
54 man/male wane man 1  
103 meat/flesh marikɔ-na meat/flesh 52  
129 moon siŋali moon 37  
109 mosquito kaukau mosquito    
59 mother te mother 8  
30 mouth faka-na mouth; irregular *o > a 43  
63 name sata-na name 1, 18  
179 near garaŋi near 1, 75  
25 neck lua-na neck 18  
163 new fālu new 1  
167 night rɔdɔ night 11  
205 Nine word info sikwa nine 5  
195 no, not laŋi no 72  
27 nose ŋɔŋɔra-na nose 61  
162 old word info warɔ old (person) 12  
162 old word info kwali old (thing) x  
197 One word info ɛta one 32  
209 One Hundred word info te taŋalau one hundred 4, 38  
210 One Thousand word info te tɔni dɔ one thousand 30  
53 person/human being imɔla person 7  
133 rain uta rain 1  
102 rat goua rat 67  
102 rat ʔasufe rat 3  
149 red kekerɔa red 57  
3 right aɔlɔ right 10  
6 road/path tala road 1  
115 root lali root 16  
65 rope inali rope; irregular initial ni- 1, 52  
112 rotten word info dura rotten 75  
121 sand ɔne sand 1  
64 to say haea say 68  
64 to say saea say 68  
77 to scratch word info gama scratch 14  
124 sea asi sea 1  
46 to see ada see 15  
203 Seven word info fiu seven 1  
67 to sew word info tai sew 2  
81 sharp ʔala sharp 69  
154 short word info kukuru short 13  
160 painful, sick matai sick 1  
51 to sit gouru sit 24  
202 Six word info ɔnɔ six 1  
12 skin uŋa-na skin 9  
128 sky salo sky 13  
48 to sleep tɛɔ sleep 61  
152 small tuʔu small 60  
145 smoke word info sasu smoke 2  
106 snake lɔi snake 15  
106 snake wa snake 12  
110 spider kaukau spider    
36 to spit ŋisu spit 14, 58  
80 to split word info seka split    
88 to squeeze word info lɔsi squeeze 19  
71 to stab, pierce tafai stab    
52 to stand take stand 9  
130 star bubulu star 14  
73 to steal beli steal 12  
120 stone fɔu stone; irregular *a > o 1  
42 to suck ʔɔme suck 17, 84  
87 to swell word info ubu swell 12  
9 to swim ʔaraŋa swim 48  
105 tail kikiu-na tail 1, 58  
206 Ten word info taŋafulu ten 5  
187 they dārɔ they (3du) x  
187 they dālu they (3pl) 28  
187 they gera they (3pl); irregular *k > g 1, 69  
157 thick word info ubuubua thick 12  
156 thin word info rauraua thin 33  
21 to think manata think 15  
177 this ne this 1  
199 Three word info ɔlu three 1  
134 thunder kururu thunder 2, 64  
134 thunder loulou thunder 20  
66 to tie up, fasten kani tie 19  
32 tongue mea-na tongue 7  
31 tooth lifɔ-na tooth 1, 35  
8 to turn word info abulɔ turn 32  
198 Two word info rua two 1  
5 to walk fali walk 10  
138 warm word info ʔagɔʔagɔ warm 13  
122 water word info kafɔ water 5  
185 we word info gɛmere we (1du.excl) 2  
185 we word info goro we (1du.incl) 22  
185 we word info gɛmɛlu we (1pl.excl) 2  
185 we word info golu we (1pl.incl) 22  
141 wet gwini wet 46  
188 what? word info ta what? 1, 52  
170 when? word info kada when? 36  
170 when? word info maŋa when? 37  
181 where? word info ifai where? 3  
148 white kwakwafurerea white    
189 who? word info tei who? 1  
136 wind ɔru wind 13  
100 wing ʔaba-na wing 1, 12  
55 woman/female geni woman 8  
83 to work word info rao work 14  
169 year falisi year 8  
169 year ŋali year 55  
150 yellow gɔgɔa yellow 15  
186 you gɔmoro you (2du) x  
186 you gomolu you (2pl) 1, 32  
183 thou ʔoe you (2sg) s  

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