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

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