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

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