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

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