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

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