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

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