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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      
19 shoulder bekau      
51 to sit *maturu      
64 to say *vana      
67 to sew word info *bakewa      
131 cloud word info *taqe ni laŋi 'prob. specifically of light clouds'    
142 heavy *mava      
147 black *loaloa      
6 road/path *cala   1  
7 to come *lako mai *lako lost in Pn 1  
11 dust *(a,e)vu   1  
12 skin *kuli   1  
17 liver *qate   1  
18 breast *cucu 'breast, milk' 1  
22 to fear *mataku   1  
23 blood *draa   1  
24 head *qulu   1  
27 nose *icu   1  
28 to breathe *mañawa   1  
31 tooth *nivo   1  
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  
37 to eat *kani   1  
38 to chew word info *mama   1  
40 to drink *inu   1  
43 ear *taliŋa   1  
44 to hear *roŋo   1  
45 eye *mata   1  
46 to see *kita   1  
48 to sleep *maturu   1  
58 wife *qasawa-ña 'his/her wife/spouse' 1  
59 mother *tina-ña   1  
60 father *tama-ña   1  
62 thatch/roof *qato   1  
63 name *qasa   1  
65 rope *tali   1  
68 needle *sau   1  
70 to shoot word info *vana   1  
75 to die, be dead *mate   1  
79 stick/wood *kayu   1  
83 to work word info *quma   1  
85 to choose *vili   1  
86 to grow word info *tubu   1  
89 to hold word info *kumi-   1  
90 to dig *keli   1  
91 to buy *voli   1  
97 bird *manu (+ verb 'to fly') 1  
98 egg *galotu   1  
99 feather *vulu   1  
100 wing *kava   1  
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  
116 flower *vuŋa   1  
117 fruit *Vua   1  
121 sand *qone   1  
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  
138 warm word info *mavana   1  
139 cold word info *madridri (Rotuman) 1  
139 cold word info *makadridri   1  
143 fire *avi   1  
149 red *mea   1  
156 thin word info *manivinivi   1  
160 painful, sick *masi 'hurt, be painful' 1  
161 shy, ashamed *maya 'ashamed' 1  
162 old word info *matuqa   1  
163 new *voqou   1  
165 bad, evil *saqa   1  
167 night *boŋi   1  
169 year *taqu   1  
170 when? word info *ŋica   1  
170 when? word info *ŋaica   1  
171 to hide word info *vuni   1  
173 at *i   1  
174 in, inside *(i )ralom   1  
175 above *i ata   1  
177 this *eni   1  
180 far *sau(-sau)   1  
183 thou *iko   1  
184 he/she *ia   1  
188 what? word info *(s,c)ava   1  
189 who? word info *cai   1  
194 how? word info *kuya   1  
198 Two word info *rua   1  
199 Three word info *tolu   1  
201 Five word info *lima   1  
4 leg/foot *waqe   1, 100  
168 day *qaso   1, 54  
41 to bite *kati-   1, 55  
82 dull, blunt *(mata) puju ? 1, 61?  
1 hand *lima   1, 64  
187 they *ira   1, 70  
76 to live, be alive *maquri   1, 76  
55 woman/female *vavine   1, 106  
54 man/male *taŋwaqane   1, 14  
182 I *au   1, 21  
73 to steal *vanako   1, 58  
2 left *mawii   1, 59  
104 fat/grease *momoña 'rich fatty flesh, grease, oil' 1, 65  
200 Four word info *vati   1, 65  
136 wind *mataŋi   1, 66  
200 Four word info *vaa   1, 66  
53 person/human being *taŋwata   1, 66, 97  
10 dirty *gelegele-a   10  
103 meat/flesh *viciko 'animal flesh' 10  
123 to flow *tave   10  
153 big *lava   10  
195 no, not *tikai   10  
66 to tie up, fasten *vaqu-si   11  
140 dry word info *masa 'dry, empty of liquid' 11  
140 dry word info *maca 'dry, empty of liquid' 11  
141 wet *suu (1) 'juice, soup', (2) ?dilute, add water' 11  
13 back word info *takuu   12  
106 snake *ŋwata   12  
124 sea *wasa   12  
105 tail *siku (of fish) 13  
112 rotten word info *bala ? 13  
127 woods/forest *wao 'bush, forest, land that is uncultivated and uninhabited' 14  
197 One word info *ta   14  
36 to spit *qanu-si   14, 84  
191 all *udolu   15  
107 worm (earthworm) *baya baya 'earthworm, worm (generic)' 16  
155 long word info *balavu   16  
20 to know, be knowledgeable *kilala   18  
20 to know, be knowledgeable *kila   18  
25 neck *ua (not throat) 18  
47 to yawn *mawa(wa)   19  
5 to walk *vano   2  
30 mouth *ŋuju   2  
39 to cook word info *sa(k,g)a 'to boil' (Blust 1993) 2  
52 to stand *tuqu   2  
74 to kill *vaka-mate   2  
93 to pound, beat word info *tuki   2  
115 root *waka   2  
122 water word info *wai   2  
135 lightning *qusila   2  
145 smoke word info *qasu   2  
172 to climb word info *cake   2  
185 we word info *kami   2  
190 other *liqa   2  
192 and *ma   2  
113 branch word info *maŋa (of tree, river) 2, 35  
21 to think *nanumi-   28  
33 to laugh *mali   3  
102 rat *kucuve   3  
125 salt *masima   3  
148 white *vuravura   3  
148 white *vura   3  
157 thick word info *matolutolu   3  
181 where? word info *vea   3, 35  
94 to throw word info *viri   30  
81 sharp *ŋata   36  
80 to split word info *vaci   4  
80 to split word info *vasi 'split lengthwise' 4  
137 to blow word info *uvi   4  
26 hair word info *rau ni qulu   40  
197 One word info *tasa   41  
77 to scratch word info *kadru-   44  
158 narrow *kovi   48  
9 to swim *gau(-gau)   5  
9 to swim *kau-(kau)   5  
15 bone *sui   52  
176 below *rao   54  
152 small *riki   66  
71 to stab, pierce *soka   67  
146 ash *dravu   67  
14 belly *kete 'stomach' 7  
32 tongue *mea   7  
49 to lie down word info *koto ? 7  
87 to swell word info *vuvula   7  
35 to vomit *lualua   8  
35 to vomit *lua-qi   8  
35 to vomit *lua   8  
42 to suck *miji   8  
72 to hit word info *tuki   8  
88 to squeeze word info *boo-   8  
154 short word info *leka(-leka)   8  
179 near *tata   9  
101 to fly *laŋo fly (insect!) x  
119 earth/soil *qumu oven x  

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