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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  
3 right -tô Same as 'good'. 5  
4 leg/foot la non-possessed form (rare) 37  
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  
9 to swim los bathe 8  
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 bwat non-possessed form (rare) 9  
24 head bôtô-   9  
24 head bwat non-possessed form (rare) 9  
24 head bôtô-   9  
25 neck bitna-   64  
25 neck bitna-   64  
26 hair word info walu- 'waalu-' in Poinkros and Wanur 31  
26 hair word info walu- 'waalu-' in Poinkros and Wanur 31  
27 nose gusu-   1, 58  
28 to breathe -bngos   36  
29 to sniff, smell -rngo bo- -rngo = hear/feel 42, 62  
30 mouth pwa- internal 41  
30 mouth bongo- external 41  
31 tooth lô-   1, 35  
32 tongue mê-   7  
33 to laugh man   51  
34 to cry ngar shout out 5  
35 to vomit   8  
36 to spit kusbe   19  
37 to eat gan intransitive 1  
37 to eat -gne transitive 1  
39 to cook word info suli roast 14  
40 to drink min intransitive 1, 49  
40 to drink minê transitive 1, 49  
41 to bite kat intransitive 1, 55  
41 to bite -gtê transitive 1, 55  
43 ear dalngi-   1, 40  
44 to hear tong intransitive 1  
44 to hear -rngo transitive 1  
45 eye mta-   1  
45 eye kêlênta-   1?  
46 to see le intransitive 14  
46 to see -lsê transitive 14, 94  
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  
57 husband admwan same as "man" 17  
58 wife êsên same as "woman" 5, 55  
59 mother rasê-   17  
59 mother asê   17  
60 father tema-   1  
61 house im   1  
62 thatch/roof tôgôr   20  
63 name ês non-possessed form (rare) 1, 18  
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  
67 to sew word info solsol intransitive 32  
67 to sew word info -hlo transitive 32  
70 to shoot word info benê   1  
71 to stab, pierce -dru   14  
72 to hit word info -ôsê   82  
73 to steal las intransitive 20  
73 to steal lasnê transitive 20, 28  
74 to kill pnis bini   1  
75 to die, be dead mat   1  
76 to live, be alive mur same as "grow" 1, 76  
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  
84 to plant ruu intransitive 9  
84 to plant -rui transitive 9  
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      
89 to hold word info tang usually in compounds (tang gêtê, tang re) 93  
90 to dig gil intransitive 1  
90 to dig -gli transitive 1  
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  
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  
110 spider bwarikê house spider    
110 spider tamla big outdoor spider; also "web" 1  
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  
125 salt tas same as "sea" or "saltwater" 20  
126 lake bwatnêp pool in river 23  
127 woods/forest bubuôt "the bush" 83, 85  
128 sky mtaran "eye of daylight" 1, 61  
129 moon ôl same as "coconut" 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  
137 to blow word info ri of wind 40  
137 to blow word info u with mouth 4  
138 warm word info pangpang pang = be on fire 47  
139 cold word info -mdimdit   1  
140 dry word info -rgol be dry 29?  
141 wet mes   49  
142 heavy maê   46?  
142 heavy jungbare      
143 fire ap   1  
145 smoke word info su-   2  
146 ash bêng same as "dust"    
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  
156 thin word info -mnini "-mniinii" in Poinkros and Wanur 1  
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      
164 good -tô "-tôô" in Poinkros and Wanur 120?  
165 bad, evil taa-be-tô "not good"    
165 bad, evil sanga **saga 1, 100  
166 correct, true koknga true    
166 correct, true -knon straight, correct    
167 night lopwas evening 42  
168 day bông 24-hour period 16  
168 day mran daylight 6  
169 year wasê   29  
169 year dam also "yam" 30  
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  
175 above ra- on 18  
176 below pa- under 1, 39  
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  
185 we word info kêt inclusive 1  
185 we word info gema exclusive 2  
185 we word info -gma exclusive 2?  
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      
195 no, not êhê interjection ("no"); "êêhêê" in Poinkros and Wanur 54  
195 no, not taa- negative marker ("not") 4  
196 to count bwili *bwili 1, 13  
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  
209 One Hundred word info môrôban rare nowadays; confused with "thousand" 13  
210 One Thousand word info mamtar rare nowadays; confused with "hundred" 10?  
96 dog kuli   7 L

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