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

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