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

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