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Language: Sa (south-eastern dialect)

Source/Author:  Andrew Gray 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:sax  Glottocode: saaa1241 
Notes:  Sa has several dialects. This is the south-eastern dialect, spoken in Ranwas, and (with lengthening of certain vowels) in Poinkros and Wanur. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew Gray  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:East Vanuatu 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
8 to turn word info      
38 to chew word info      
42 to suck      
47 to yawn      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
79 stick/wood      
82 dull, blunt      
99 feather      
123 to flow      
131 cloud word info      
144 to burn word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
77 to scratch word info -krumsê      
142 heavy jungbare      
146 ash bêng same as "dust"    
160 painful, sick pakon      
161 shy, ashamed bêkan      
163 new ee      
165 bad, evil taa-be-tô "not good"    
166 correct, true koknga true    
166 correct, true -knon straight, correct    
173 at re      
177 this re      
178 that ta      
180 far reôtêtê      
183 thou o      
190 other jiên      
191 all ngatkes      
193 if te      
193 if tanê      
194 how? word info papan-bê      
6 road/path sal   1  
6 road/path pwasêl   1  
7 to come -ma   1  
16 intestines tnê-   1  
18 breast sun   1  
22 to fear -mta   1  
23 blood da   1  
37 to eat gan intransitive 1  
37 to eat -gne transitive 1  
44 to hear tong intransitive 1  
44 to hear -rngo transitive 1  
45 eye mta-   1  
48 to sleep -mjur   1  
60 father tema-   1  
61 house im   1  
70 to shoot word info benê   1  
74 to kill pnis bini   1  
75 to die, be dead mat   1  
78 to cut, hack word info -dê   1  
83 to work word info ôm   1  
90 to dig gil intransitive 1  
90 to dig -gli transitive 1  
108 louse word info ut   1  
110 spider tamla big outdoor spider; also "web" 1  
114 leaf ra-   1  
116 flower wangi-   1  
117 fruit bwae-   1  
119 earth/soil tan   1  
120 stone eat   1  
121 sand on   1  
124 sea tas   1  
129 moon ôl same as "coconut" 1  
132 fog kaa   1  
133 rain ôs   1  
139 cold word info -mdimdit   1  
143 fire ap   1  
156 thin word info -mnini "-mniinii" in Poinkros and Wanur 1  
174 in, inside lo-   1  
184 he/she i   1  
185 we word info kêt inclusive 1  
188 what? word info ske   1  
196 to count bulnginê   1  
198 Two word info -ru   1  
199 Three word info -têl   1  
201 Five word info -lim   1  
165 bad, evil sanga **saga 1, 100  
196 to count bwili *bwili 1, 13  
189 who? word info sien   1, 25  
43 ear dalngi-   1, 40  
41 to bite kat intransitive 1, 55  
41 to bite -gtê transitive 1, 55  
128 sky mtaran "eye of daylight" 1, 61  
5 to walk la   1, 69  
187 they êr   1, 70  
76 to live, be alive mur same as "grow" 1, 76  
136 wind lang   1, 77  
55 woman/female êsên   1, 106  
186 you gimi   1, 13  
186 you -gmi   1, 13  
54 man/male admwan   1, 14  
63 name ês non-possessed form (rare) 1, 18  
63 name sê-   1, 18  
113 branch word info arse-   1, 21  
182 I   1, 21, 22  
31 tooth lô-   1, 35  
176 below pa- under 1, 39  
170 when? word info nangês   1, 43  
40 to drink min intransitive 1, 49  
40 to drink minê transitive 1, 49  
27 nose gusu-   1, 58  
2 left mwir   1, 59  
200 Four word info -êt   1, 65  
50 to dream padmele   10  
153 big -tlap   10  
179 near bwêlê-   103  
103 meat/flesh isina-   10?  
210 One Thousand word info mamtar rare nowadays; confused with "hundred" 10?  
112 rotten word info -mdat   116  
160 painful, sick tabwê   120  
164 good -tô "-tôô" in Poinkros and Wanur 120?  
21 to think -dmê   13  
106 snake taltêl   13  
203 Seven word info -lêôru   13  
209 One Hundred word info môrôban rare nowadays; confused with "thousand" 13  
64 to say pe   13, 103  
13 back word info ahlu-   130  
39 to cook word info suli roast 14  
46 to see le intransitive 14  
71 to stab, pierce -dru   14  
81 sharp -ngkan   14  
101 to fly ga   14  
46 to see -lsê transitive 14, 94  
152 small -tkan   140  
86 to grow word info mur   15  
1 hand era-   16  
1 hand kêlênra-   16  
155 long word info -bra   16  
168 day bông 24-hour period 16  
57 husband admwan same as "man" 17  
59 mother rasê-   17  
59 mother asê   17  
209 One Hundred word info nul sôngul su   17  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -klê   18  
115 root lêbwê-   18  
175 above ra- on 18  
149 red riri   18?  
36 to spit kusbe   19  
45 eye kêlênta-   1?  
93 to pound, beat word info -plusnê   1?  
52 to stand du   2  
100 wing albe-   2  
115 root ro-   2  
122 water word info wa   2  
145 smoke word info su-   2  
185 we word info gema exclusive 2  
134 thunder bwarurut   2, 15, 63  
62 thatch/roof tôgôr   20  
73 to steal las intransitive 20  
125 salt tas same as "sea" or "saltwater" 20  
202 Six word info -lijia   20  
205 Nine word info -liapat   20  
73 to steal lasnê transitive 20, 28  
173 at lo   20?  
202 Six word info -lesu   20?  
107 worm (earthworm) tamsuhgel   22  
12 skin bwela-   23  
126 lake bwatnêp pool in river 23  
7 to come bama   23, 1  
65 rope awe-   25, 59  
135 lightning bêlbêl   26  
65 rope aôlê   28  
169 year wasê   29  
140 dry word info -rgol be dry 29?  
185 we word info -gma exclusive 2?  
157 thick word info -mtêl   3  
97 bird bwêsêl   30  
169 year dam also "yam" 30  
26 hair word info walu- 'waalu-' in Poinkros and Wanur 31  
26 hair word info walu- 'waalu-' in Poinkros and Wanur 31  
67 to sew word info solsol intransitive 32  
67 to sew word info -hlo transitive 32  
17 liver mela-   33  
85 to choose patkui   34  
192 and   34  
109 mosquito bwangkên   35  
14 belly tebwa-   36  
28 to breathe -bngos   36  
4 leg/foot la non-possessed form (rare) 37  
4 leg/foot lê-   37  
105 tail gere-   39  
148 white pwal   3?  
181 where? word info   3?  
137 to blow word info u with mouth 4  
195 no, not taa- negative marker ("not") 4  
53 person/human being antôn   4, 34  
92 to open, uncover -sêanê   40  
137 to blow word info ri of wind 40  
30 mouth pwa- internal 41  
30 mouth bongo- external 41  
147 black -mlêk   41  
167 night lopwas evening 42  
29 to sniff, smell -rngo bo- -rngo = hear/feel 42, 62  
94 to throw word info pwasnê   43  
150 yellow -mlêtlêt   43  
142 heavy maê   46?  
138 warm word info pangpang pang = be on fire 47  
91 to buy -gle   48  
141 wet mes   49  
80 to split word info -gbwasê   4?  
3 right -tô Same as 'good'. 5  
34 to cry ngar shout out 5  
56 child wanju-   5  
197 One word info su   5  
206 Ten word info sôngul   5  
58 wife êsên same as "woman" 5, 55  
204 Eight word info -lêtêl   5, 7  
33 to laugh man   51  
111 fish mahlo   52  
15 bone bwarsu-   52, 59  
195 no, not êhê interjection ("no"); "êêhêê" in Poinkros and Wanur 54  
95 to fall word info môt   57  
162 old word info tebwas   57  
56 child watloji   5?  
10 dirty -mlêlês   6  
168 day mran daylight 6  
87 to swell word info -klo   60  
49 to lie down word info pwat   62  
177 this la   62  
177 this lo   62  
25 neck bitna-   64  
25 neck bitna-   64  
171 to hide word info -plu   64  
19 shoulder bwa-   65  
172 to climb word info -pla   67  
98 egg asôê-   69  
11 dust bêng   7  
32 tongue mê-   7  
96 dog kuli   7 L
130 star jubuubur   70  
51 to sit sek   72  
102 rat wanjudma   72  
102 rat temwa   72  
104 fat/grease mulul   76  
9 to swim los bathe 8  
35 to vomit   8  
151 green -gsan   8  
110 spider bwarikê house spider 8, 77  
72 to hit word info -ôsê   82  
118 grass rajulus   82  
191 all bonga   82  
127 woods/forest bubuôt "the bush" 83, 85  
66 to tie up, fasten bôtê   86  
88 to squeeze word info gumji   86  
154 short word info -pwepwe   87  
24 head bwat non-possessed form (rare) 9  
24 head bôtô-   9  
24 head bwat non-possessed form (rare) 9  
24 head bôtô-   9  
84 to plant ruu intransitive 9  
84 to plant -rui transitive 9  
207 Twenty word info nul be-ru   9  
89 to hold word info tang usually in compounds (tang gêtê, tang re) 93  
208 Fifty word info nul be-lim   x  

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