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

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