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Language: Kwaio

Source/Author:  Blust from: Keesing (1975) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:kwd  Glottocode: kwai1243 
Notes:  Keesing, R.M. (1975). Kwaio Dictionary. Canberra: Australian National University 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Penny Keenan  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Southeast Solomonic:Malaita-San Cristobal:Malaita:Northern 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
68 needle      
70 to shoot word info      
85 to choose      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
3 right leʔa      
12 skin suusuŋa-na      
21 to think madafi-a      
33 to laugh ʔosa      
37 to eat oso      
38 to chew word info meʔe      
39 to cook word info nulafi-a      
46 to see agasi-a      
53 person/human being ai      
55 woman/female noni      
59 mother gaʔi      
61 house ʔifi      
73 to steal lole-a      
73 to steal togi-a      
77 to scratch word info fai-a      
79 stick/wood naga-na      
81 sharp ŋau      
83 to work word info tauŋaʔiŋa      
90 to dig takʷe-a      
92 to open, uncover aʔe-a      
93 to pound, beat word info gumuli-a      
97 bird laŋasi      
102 rat gasifou      
110 spider utouto      
112 rotten word info nuga      
113 branch word info lema      
113 branch word info ulu      
114 leaf gaʔe-na      
117 fruit feʔe      
122 water word info talufaʔe      
124 sea ʔosi      
127 woods/forest kaloŋa      
131 cloud word info kofa      
133 rain neʔu      
137 to blow word info fulu      
142 heavy gelo      
144 to burn word info gofu-a      
145 smoke word info daa      
149 red meku      
150 yellow ʔataʔatakʷaʔa      
155 long word info lalau      
156 thin word info lebalebaʔa      
159 wide afola      
162 old word info loku      
165 bad, evil lia      
167 night ganiaʔi      
175 above i lalo      
176 below i wado      
177 this loʔoo      
178 that lokoʔu      
180 far lalau      
185 we word info me|elu      
188 what? word info taataga      
189 who? word info dai irregular *s > d    
190 other matali      
193 if lauta      
195 no, not ʔamoe      
205 Nine word info mule nine    
4 leg/foot ʔae-na irregular *q > ʔ 1  
6 road/path tala   1  
17 liver lae-na   1  
18 breast susu-na   1  
22 to fear maʔu   1  
31 tooth nifo-na   1  
34 to cry ani   1  
35 to vomit moa irregular *u > o 1  
38 to chew word info meme-a irregular *a > e 1  
41 to bite ʔala[si-a]   1  
43 ear aliŋa-na   1  
44 to hear loŋa-a   1  
45 eye maa-na   1  
49 to lie down word info eno   1  
54 man/male wane   1  
75 to die, be dead mae   1  
91 to buy foli-a   1  
101 to fly lofo   1  
108 louse word info ʔuu   1  
111 fish iʔa   1  
118 grass falisi   1  
120 stone fou irregular *a > o 1  
121 sand one   1  
163 new foolu   1  
172 to climb word info fane Source ACD: climb, go up 1  
173 at i   1  
183 thou ʔoo   1  
198 Two word info lua   1  
199 Three word info olu   1  
202 Six word info ɔnɔ six 1  
203 Seven word info fiu seven 1  
201 Five word info nima five; irregular *l > n 1, 15  
182 I nau   1, 22  
62 thatch/roof baba|lao   1, 29  
105 tail ʔiʔi-na   1, 56  
60 father maʔa   1, 67  
184 he/she ŋaia   1, 68  
187 they g|ila irregular *k > g 1, 69  
179 near galani-a   1, 75  
100 wing ʔabaʔaba-na   1, 12  
63 name lata-na   1, 18  
170 when? word info naanita   1, 43  
2 left moori irregular reflex of *w 1, 59  
200 Four word info fai   1, 65  
1 hand nima-na irregular change to initial C 1, 66  
7 to come leka mai   1, 86  
50 to dream bole-a   10  
80 to split word info gaafitalia   10  
107 worm (earthworm) waa   10  
123 to flow afe   10  
103 meat/flesh fasiʔo-na   10, 65  
51 to sit toʔolu   102  
13 back word info bobou-na   108  
19 shoulder ʔabaʔaba-na   11  
87 to swell word info ubu   12  
106 snake waa   12  
116 flower taataga   12  
135 lightning kʷaŋa   12  
27 nose gʷaŋo-na irregular *l > ŋ 12, 53  
10 dirty bibibiliʔa   13  
26 hair word info ifiifu-na   13  
29 to sniff, smell mokofi-a   13  
58 wife ʔafe   13  
109 mosquito similakʷalo   13  
128 sky lalo   13  
138 warm word info ʔagoʔago   13  
139 cold word info gʷali   13  
151 green malakʷa   13  
166 correct, true odo   13  
136 wind ilu irregular *o > i 13, 67  
5 to walk leeleka   139  
74 to kill kʷaʔi-a   14  
130 star bulubulu   14  
197 One word info teʔe   14  
36 to spit ŋisu   14, 58  
94 to throw word info ʔui-a   15  
153 big baʔita   15  
158 narrow sisitai   15  
16 intestines oga-na   16  
72 to hit word info kʷaʔi-a   16  
86 to grow word info bilaʔo   16  
104 fat/grease niiniu-na   16  
115 root lali-na   16  
148 white kʷaakʷaoʔa   16  
160 painful, sick fii   16  
191 all ʔafuta-na   16  
82 dull, blunt gomu   17  
89 to hold word info dau   17  
95 to fall word info ʔesia   18  
47 to yawn akʷai irregular loss of *m 19  
57 husband kʷai-   19  
65 rope kʷalo   2  
67 to sew word info tai-a   2  
84 to plant anomi-a   2  
192 and ma   2  
42 to suck modoa irregular *u > o 20  
125 salt asi   20  
134 thunder loulou   20  
164 good leʔa   20  
66 to tie up, fasten gaua   22  
78 to cut, hack word info tofu-a   22  
87 to swell word info boʔo   24  
174 in, inside ʔubu-na   27  
181 where? word info fai   3  
204 Eight word info kwaru eight 3  
210 One Thousand word info tɔʔɔni ɔia one thousand 30  
40 to drink goʔufiʔa   30, 48  
8 to turn word info bulasi-a irregular *o > a; note I've taken this to be a transitive form with -si suffix 32  
194 how? word info ʔuutaa   33  
146 ash makola   35  
157 thick word info fonu   35  
14 belly oga-na   36  
129 moon siŋali   37  
209 One Hundred word info taŋalēʔɔla one hundred; irregular metathesis of l and ŋ 39  
209 One Hundred word info taŋalau one hundred 4, 38  
52 to stand ula   40  
186 you mo|olu   41  
30 mouth foka-na   43  
196 to count idumi-a   46  
28 to breathe maŋo   47  
140 dry word info laŋa   49  
23 blood ʔabu   5  
205 Nine word info sikwa nine 5  
206 Ten word info taŋafuru ten 5  
119 earth/soil wado   51  
15 bone suli-na   52  
69 to hunt word info fana   53  
71 to stab, pierce ʔotomi-a   55  
132 fog gʷafo < POc *bwa(p)o 57  
152 small sikaʔu   58  
154 short word info koʔosu   58  
168 day gani   6  
185 we word info da|ulu   6  
9 to swim balaʔau   61  
141 wet wasiu   61  
11 dust fuufulu-na   64  
88 to squeeze word info filo-a   64  
64 to say ili-a   67  
147 black bobolaʔa   67  
20 to know, be knowledgeable suʔai   68  
32 tongue mea-na   7  
96 dog kuʔito   7  
99 feather ifiifu-na   7  
126 lake namo   7  
143 fire ele   7  
48 to sleep eno   8  
56 child wela   8  
76 to live, be alive toʔolu   8  
161 shy, ashamed ʔida   8  
169 year falisi   8  
171 to hide word info nagʷa irregular presence of initial n- 8  
24 head gou-na   9  
98 egg fakalu-na   9  
25 neck onoma-na   96  

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