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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      
88 to squeeze word info gumji      
100 wing albe-      
107 worm (earthworm) tamsuhgel      
110 spider bwarikê house spider    
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  
113 branch word info arse-   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  
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  
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?  
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  
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  
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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