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Language: Karo Batak

Source/Author:  Neumann, J.H. 1951. Karo-Bataks-Nederlands woordenboek. Djakarta: Lembaga Kebujaan Indonesia. & Woollams A grammar of Karo Batak 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:btx  Glottocode: bata1293 
Notes:  The othography used here follows Woollams, Geoff. 1996. A grammar of Karo Batak. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Ger Reesink  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands:Batak:Northern 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
57 husband      
2 left kawes      
3 right kemuhun      
10 dirty rencam      
12 skin kuling      
14 belly beltek      
15 bone tulan   1  
16 intestines bituka      
17 liver até   1  
19 shoulder bara      
20 to know, be knowledgeable beluh      
23 blood dareh   1  
24 head takal      
25 neck kuduk      
26 hair word info buk   1  
27 nose igung   1  
28 to breathe er-kesah      
29 to sniff, smell sanggeh      
30 mouth babah   1  
31 tooth ipen      
32 tongue dilah   4  
34 to cry ngakngak      
35 to vomit mutah   1  
36 to spit er-cidur      
37 to eat pan      
38 to chew word info ngatngat      
39 to cook word info tangger      
40 to drink minem      
41 to bite (ng)karat      
42 to suck cepcep      
43 ear cuping   15, 51  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see (ng)idah      
47 to yawn ke-hayam-en      
48 to sleep tunduh   1  
51 to sit kundul      
52 to stand cinder      
53 person/human being kalak      
54 man/male dilaki   2  
55 woman/female diberu      
56 child anak   1  
61 house rumah   1  
62 thatch/roof tarum      
63 name gelar   10  
65 rope tali   1  
66 to tie up, fasten ngampen      
68 needle jarum   1  
69 to hunt word info er-buru   23  
71 to stab, pierce tikam      
72 to hit word info pekpek      
73 to steal tangko      
74 to kill munuh      
75 to die, be dead maté   1  
76 to live, be alive (ng)geluh      
77 to scratch word info (ng)gergo      
78 to cut, hack word info getap      
79 stick/wood palu      
80 to split word info takal      
82 dull, blunt tumpul   3  
85 to choose pilih   1  
88 to squeeze word info peldas      
89 to hold word info (n)cikep      
90 to dig (ng)kali      
91 to buy (er-)tukur      
92 to open, uncover ongkam      
95 to fall word info dabu      
96 dog biang      
98 egg tinaruh      
99 feather embulu      
100 wing kabeng      
101 to fly kabang      
106 snake nipé      
107 worm (earthworm) nipé      
108 louse word info kutu   1  
109 mosquito ranggang      
110 spider lawah   1  
111 fish ikan   1  
112 rotten word info moden      
113 branch word info dahan   1  
114 leaf bulung   18  
115 root urat   1  
116 flower rudang      
117 fruit buah   1  
118 grass dukut   2  
119 earth/soil taneh      
120 stone batu   1  
121 sand kersik   24  
125 salt sira   1  
126 lake lawet      
128 sky awang-awang      
129 moon bulan   1  
132 fog remang      
135 lightning kilap   1, 88  
136 wind angin   1  
139 cold word info ngilu      
142 heavy (m)berat      
145 smoke word info cimber      
146 ash abam      
152 small me-kitik      
153 big mbelin      
154 short word info kitik      
155 long word info (ng)gedang      
156 thin word info genting      
157 thick word info me-kapal      
158 narrow picet      
159 wide longgé      
161 shy, ashamed méla      
162 old word info metua      
163 new baru      
164 good uli      
165 bad, evil ilat      
166 correct, true payo      
167 night berngi   1  
169 year tahun   1  
173 at i      
175 above (i) bobo      
176 below teruh      
177 this énda      
179 near (n)deher      
181 where? word info i ja      
182 I aku   1  
183 thou ko   10?  
183 thou kam   10?  
184 he/she ia      
185 we word info kita   1  
185 we word info kami   2  
186 you kam      
187 they ia      
188 what? word info kai      
189 who? word info isé   1  
191 all kerina      
192 and janah      
192 and dingen   64  
194 how? word info kuga      
194 how? word info uga      
194 how? word info gua      
195 no, not la      
196 to count er-kira      
197 One word info sada   1, 86  
198 Two word info dua   1  
199 Three word info telu   1  
200 Four word info empat   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info (e)nem      
203 Seven word info pitu   1  
204 Eight word info waluh   3  
205 Nine word info siwah   5  
206 Ten word info sepulu      
207 Twenty word info dua pulu      
208 Fifty word info lima pulu      
209 One Hundred word info seratus   4  
210 One Thousand word info seribu   5  
186 you kéna 'polite form'    
26 hair word info mbulu 'woolen hair of animal' 31  
11 dust abu ashes, dust 31  
13 back word info gurung back    
149 red me-gara be red    
150 yellow me-gersing be yellow    
130 star bintang bintang kesawan 'Venus'; morning & evening star 1  
147 black (m)biring black; dark-blue    
137 to blow word info (ng)embus blow (of mouth; of wind) 30  
22 to fear aru até cf. até 'liver'    
97 bird manuk chicken; manuk-manuk 'bird in general' 1  
172 to climb word info nangkih climb a tree    
131 cloud word info embun cloud, dew    
1 hand tān contracted from /tangan/, hand, arm, sleeve 18  
168 day suari daytime    
140 dry word info kerah dry, dried up    
140 dry word info kirah dry, dried up    
81 sharp telap e.g. of knife    
60 father bapa F, FB 5  
4 leg/foot nahé foot, leg 1  
143 fire api gara; rara 'the flaming of api' 1  
102 rat menci generic for rodents    
151 green meratah green,blue (Woollams p.173)    
86 to grow word info juën grow fast (of rice, child)    
44 to hear begi hear, listen: + Nasal: megi    
171 to hide word info ci-ligen-i hide oneself    
138 warm word info me-las hot of fire or sun    
124 sea lawet lake, sea    
33 to laugh tawa laugh aloud 1  
49 to lie down word info pedem lie down, sleep    
122 water word info layo liquid    
103 meat/flesh gulé meat meant for consumption    
50 to dream er-nipi nipi 'dream'    
105 tail ikur of quadrupeds 1  
104 fat/grease minak oil, fat 1  
190 other atup one of a pair, the other    
178 that ah overthere    
123 to flow malir p.274: senang-senag malir-na 'quietly flowing of water' 1  
6 road/path dalin path, road 1  
84 to plant suan planting of rice, trees, etc; with Nasal: nuan 33  
122 water word info lau river; /lau/ in Woollams p.56    
195 no, not sébo sébo, séa, so in Singalur dialect    
67 to sew word info semet sew leaves for thatch    
70 to shoot word info ng-eltep shoot with blowpipe    
7 to come rëh sometimes with prefix er;    
13 back word info tulan gurung spine    
9 to swim keneng swim, dive (of humans and fish    
87 to swell word info jebal swollen after an insect bite    
178 that éna that    
178 that adah that; overthere    
21 to think akap think, feel    
134 thunder geruh thunder in distance    
144 to burn word info selkut to set sth on fire; /meseng/ is intransitive 'burn'    
8 to turn word info ala turn towards (e.g. turn one's face to the sun    
133 rain udan udan gembura 'drizzle' 1  
5 to walk dalin-dalin wandelen    
122 water word info lo water    
141 wet bencah wet, moist 1  
148 white mbulan white, pale    
93 to pound, beat word info tutu with Nasal: nutu 20  
18 breast pola(na) woman's breast    
59 mother nandé Woollams p.11    
174 in, inside i bas Woollams p.152    
127 woods/forest kerangen Woollams p.153    
58 wife ndehara Woollams p.18    
170 when? word info ndiganai Woollams p.244    
64 to say ni- Woollams p.323    
193 if adi(na) Woollams p.338    
180 far dauh Woollams p.56 1  
94 to throw word info ambek(ken) Woollams p.59 119?  
83 to work word info er-juma Woollams p.79    
160 painful, sick sui Woollams p.87    

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