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Language: Proto-Central Pacific

Source/Author:  Andrew Pawley 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode: cent2060 
Notes:  from,"PROTO OCEANIC AND PROTO POLYNESIAN RECONSTRUCTIONS FOR MODIFIED SWADESH 200 MEANING LIST, WITHOUT SUPPORTING COGNATE SETS", A Pawley 9.8.09 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Penny Gray  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
3 right      
8 to turn word info      
16 intestines      
29 to sniff, smell      
34 to cry      
50 to dream      
56 child      
57 husband      
61 house      
69 to hunt word info      
78 to cut, hack word info      
84 to plant      
92 to open, uncover      
95 to fall word info      
96 dog      
118 grass      
120 stone      
144 to burn word info      
150 yellow      
151 green      
159 wide      
164 good      
166 correct, true      
178 that      
186 you      
193 if      
196 to count      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand *lima   1, 64  
2 left *mawii   1, 59  
4 leg/foot *waqe   1, 100  
5 to walk *vano   2  
6 road/path *cala   1  
9 to swim *gau(-gau)   5  
9 to swim *kau-(kau)   5  
10 dirty *gelegele-a   10  
11 dust *(a,e)vu   1  
12 skin *kuli   1  
13 back word info *takuu   12  
15 bone *sui   52  
17 liver *qate   1  
19 shoulder bekau      
20 to know, be knowledgeable *kilala   18  
20 to know, be knowledgeable *kila   18  
21 to think *nanumi-   28  
22 to fear *mataku   1  
23 blood *draa   1  
24 head *qulu   1  
26 hair word info *rau ni qulu   40  
27 nose *icu   1  
28 to breathe *mañawa   1  
30 mouth *ŋuju   2  
31 tooth *nivo   1  
32 tongue *mea   7  
33 to laugh *mali   3  
35 to vomit *lualua   8  
35 to vomit *lua-qi   8  
35 to vomit *lua   8  
36 to spit *qanu-si   14, 84  
37 to eat *kani   1  
38 to chew word info *mama   1  
40 to drink *inu   1  
41 to bite *kati-   1, 55  
42 to suck *miji   8  
43 ear *taliŋa   1  
44 to hear *roŋo   1  
45 eye *mata   1  
46 to see *kita   1  
47 to yawn *mawa(wa)   19  
48 to sleep *maturu   1  
51 to sit *maturu      
52 to stand *tuqu   2  
53 person/human being *taŋwata   1, 66, 97  
54 man/male *taŋwaqane   1, 14  
55 woman/female *vavine   1, 106  
59 mother *tina-ña   1  
60 father *tama-ña   1  
62 thatch/roof *qato   1  
63 name *qasa   1  
64 to say *vana      
65 rope *tali   1  
66 to tie up, fasten *vaqu-si   11  
67 to sew word info *bakewa      
68 needle *sau   1  
70 to shoot word info *vana   1  
71 to stab, pierce *soka   67  
72 to hit word info *tuki   8  
73 to steal *vanako   1, 58  
74 to kill *vaka-mate   2  
75 to die, be dead *mate   1  
76 to live, be alive *maquri   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info *kadru-   44  
79 stick/wood *kayu   1  
80 to split word info *vaci   4  
81 sharp *ŋata   36  
83 to work word info *quma   1  
85 to choose *vili   1  
86 to grow word info *tubu   1  
87 to swell word info *vuvula   7  
88 to squeeze word info *boo-   8  
89 to hold word info *kumi-   1  
90 to dig *keli   1  
91 to buy *voli   1  
93 to pound, beat word info *tuki   2  
94 to throw word info *viri   30  
98 egg *galotu   1  
99 feather *vulu   1  
100 wing *kava   1  
102 rat *kucuve   3  
106 snake *ŋwata   12  
108 louse word info *kutu   1  
109 mosquito *ñamu   1  
110 spider *X-lawalawa   1  
111 fish *ika   1  
113 branch word info *raqa   1  
114 leaf *rau ni kayu   1  
115 root *waka   2  
116 flower *vuŋa   1  
117 fruit *Vua   1  
121 sand *qone   1  
122 water word info *wai   2  
123 to flow *tave   10  
124 sea *wasa   12  
125 salt *masima   3  
126 lake *drano   1  
128 sky *laŋi   1  
129 moon *vula   1  
130 star *vetuqu   1  
132 fog *kovu   1  
133 rain *quca   1  
134 thunder *kkurukuru   1  
135 lightning *qusila   2  
136 wind *mataŋi   1, 66  
137 to blow word info *uvi   4  
138 warm word info *mavana   1  
139 cold word info *makadridri   1  
142 heavy *mava      
143 fire *avi   1  
145 smoke word info *qasu   2  
146 ash *dravu   67  
147 black *loaloa      
148 white *vuravura   3  
148 white *vura   3  
149 red *mea   1  
152 small *riki   66  
153 big *lava   10  
154 short word info *leka(-leka)   8  
155 long word info *balavu   16  
156 thin word info *manivinivi   1  
157 thick word info *matolutolu   3  
158 narrow *kovi   48  
162 old word info *matuqa   1  
163 new *voqou   1  
165 bad, evil *saqa   1  
167 night *boŋi   1  
168 day *qaso   1, 54  
169 year *taqu   1  
170 when? word info *ŋica   1  
170 when? word info *ŋaica   1  
171 to hide word info *vuni   1  
172 to climb word info *cake   2  
173 at *i   1  
174 in, inside *(i )ralom   1  
175 above *i ata   1  
176 below *rao   54  
177 this *eni   1  
179 near *tata   9  
180 far *sau(-sau)   1  
181 where? word info *vea   3, 35  
182 I *au   1, 21  
183 thou *iko   1  
184 he/she *ia   1  
185 we word info *kami   2  
187 they *ira   1, 70  
188 what? word info *(s,c)ava   1  
189 who? word info *cai   1  
190 other *liqa   2  
191 all *udolu   15  
192 and *ma   2  
194 how? word info *kuya   1  
195 no, not *tikai   10  
197 One word info *tasa   41  
197 One word info *ta   14  
198 Two word info *rua   1  
199 Three word info *tolu   1  
200 Four word info *vaa   1, 66  
200 Four word info *vati   1, 65  
201 Five word info *lima   1  
103 meat/flesh *viciko 'animal flesh' 10  
161 shy, ashamed *maya 'ashamed' 1  
18 breast *cucu 'breast, milk' 1  
127 woods/forest *wao 'bush, forest, land that is uncultivated and uninhabited' 14  
140 dry word info *masa 'dry, empty of liquid' 11  
140 dry word info *maca 'dry, empty of liquid' 11  
58 wife *qasawa-ña 'his/her wife/spouse' 1  
160 painful, sick *masi 'hurt, be painful' 1  
131 cloud word info *taqe ni laŋi 'prob. specifically of light clouds'    
104 fat/grease *momoña 'rich fatty flesh, grease, oil' 1, 65  
80 to split word info *vasi 'split lengthwise' 4  
14 belly *kete 'stomach' 7  
39 to cook word info *sa(k,g)a 'to boil' (Blust 1993) 2  
97 bird *manu (+ verb 'to fly') 1  
141 wet *suu (1) 'juice, soup', (2) ?dilute, add water' 11  
25 neck *ua (not throat) 18  
105 tail *siku (of fish) 13  
113 branch word info *maŋa (of tree, river) 2, 35  
139 cold word info *madridri (Rotuman) 1  
7 to come *lako mai *lako lost in Pn 1  
49 to lie down word info *koto ? 7  
82 dull, blunt *(mata) puju ? 1, 61?  
112 rotten word info *bala ? 13  
107 worm (earthworm) *baya baya 'earthworm, worm (generic)' 16  
101 to fly *laŋo fly (insect!) x  
119 earth/soil *qumu oven x  
35 to vomit *mumuta Two forms must be reconstructed for 'to vomit' in POc and PCP: *mumuta and *lua. *mumuta continues a PMP etymon. Rotuman has a contrast between mumufa 'to vomit, spew' and lua 'to spit or cast out of the mouth'. 1  

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