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Cognacy: |
Loan: |
68 |
needle |
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157 |
thick
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207 |
Twenty
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208 |
Fifty
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209 |
One Hundred
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210 |
One Thousand
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96 |
dog |
[ku]kui |
|
7 |
|
95 |
to fall
|
[ʔa]ʔaru |
|
|
|
8 |
to turn
|
abulo |
|
32 |
|
46 |
to see |
ada |
|
15 |
|
80 |
to split
|
afita |
|
10 |
|
11 |
dust |
afuafu-na gano |
|
1 |
|
171 |
to hide
|
ago |
|
8 |
|
171 |
to hide
|
agwa |
|
8 |
|
151 |
green |
akasa |
|
54 |
|
80 |
to split
|
ala |
|
52 |
|
60 |
father |
ama |
|
1 |
|
119 |
earth/soil |
ano |
|
1 |
|
3 |
right |
aolo |
|
10 |
|
109 |
mosquito |
arununu |
|
|
|
124 |
sea |
asi |
|
1 |
|
125 |
salt |
asila |
|
1 |
|
189 |
who?
|
atei |
|
1, 68 |
|
170 |
when?
|
aŋita |
|
1, 41 |
|
64 |
to say |
bae |
|
13 |
|
153 |
big |
bao |
|
|
|
131 |
cloud
|
barobaro |
|
17 |
|
73 |
to steal |
beli |
|
12 |
|
10 |
dirty |
bili |
|
13 |
|
50 |
to dream |
bole |
|
10 |
|
167 |
night |
boŋi |
|
1 |
|
130 |
star |
bubulu |
|
14 |
|
82 |
dull, blunt |
dada |
|
|
|
168 |
day |
dani |
|
6 |
|
132 |
fog |
dasa |
|
44 |
|
89 |
to hold
|
dau ʔana |
|
17 |
|
164 |
good |
diana |
|
66 |
|
114 |
leaf |
elo |
|
11 |
|
48 |
to sleep |
eno |
|
8 |
|
143 |
fire |
ere |
|
7 |
|
197 |
One
|
eta |
|
32 |
|
69 |
to hunt
|
fafana |
|
53 |
|
10 |
dirty |
fafulu |
|
|
|
200 |
Four
|
fai |
|
1, 65 |
|
30 |
mouth |
faka- |
irregular *o > a |
43 |
|
5 |
to walk |
fali |
|
10 |
|
169 |
year |
falisi |
|
8 |
|
70 |
to shoot
|
fana |
|
1 |
|
84 |
to plant |
fasi |
|
12 |
|
103 |
meat/flesh |
fasio |
|
10, 65 |
|
88 |
to squeeze
|
fele |
|
20 |
|
85 |
to choose |
fili |
|
1 |
|
66 |
to tie up, fasten |
firi |
|
18 |
|
203 |
Seven
|
fiu |
|
1 |
|
92 |
to open, uncover |
foe |
cf 35 |
|
|
80 |
to split
|
fola |
|
1 |
|
91 |
to buy |
foli |
|
1 |
|
19 |
shoulder |
fote |
(?) |
|
|
120 |
stone |
fou |
irregular *a > o |
1 |
|
146 |
ash |
fua-na ere |
|
11 |
|
87 |
to swell
|
fufu |
|
|
|
117 |
fruit |
fufua |
|
1 |
|
112 |
rotten
|
fura |
|
18 |
|
109 |
mosquito |
furunamu |
|
1 |
|
163 |
new |
fālu |
|
1 |
|
82 |
dull, blunt |
fō |
|
35 |
|
102 |
rat |
fōitau |
|
|
|
110 |
spider |
fūfū |
|
10 |
|
77 |
to scratch
|
gama |
|
14 |
|
185 |
we
|
gami |
|
2 |
|
186 |
you |
gamu |
|
1 |
|
110 |
spider |
garo |
|
11 |
|
77 |
to scratch
|
garu |
|
44 |
|
9 |
to swim |
garu ʔaraŋa |
|
48 |
|
93 |
to pound, beat
|
gata |
|
|
|
55 |
woman/female |
geni |
|
8 |
|
185 |
we
|
gia |
|
1 |
|
150 |
yellow |
gogoa |
|
15 |
|
142 |
heavy |
gulu |
|
11 |
|
139 |
cold
|
gwagwalila |
irregular *r > l |
13 |
|
115 |
root |
gwalu |
(taproot) |
|
|
27 |
nose |
gwalusu |
|
1, 12 |
|
141 |
wet |
gwini |
|
46 |
|
51 |
to sit |
gwouru |
|
24 |
|
33 |
to laugh |
gā |
|
15 |
|
173 |
at |
i |
|
1 |
|
175 |
above |
i fafo |
|
2 |
|
179 |
near |
i fafo |
|
|
|
176 |
below |
i fara |
|
58 |
|
174 |
in, inside |
i lalo |
|
1 |
|
187 |
they |
ida|ro |
|
30 |
|
196 |
to count |
idu |
|
46 |
|
181 |
where?
|
ifai |
|
3 |
|
26 |
hair
|
ifu |
|
13 |
|
123 |
to flow |
igwa |
|
34 |
|
53 |
person/human being |
imola |
|
7 |
|
183 |
thou |
iʔoe |
|
1 |
|
122 |
water
|
kafo |
|
5 |
|
16 |
intestines |
kakade ŋali |
large |
|
|
66 |
to tie up, fasten |
kani |
|
19 |
|
24 |
head |
kawu |
|
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|
149 |
red |
kekero |
|
57 |
|
14 |
belly |
kelo- |
|
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|
134 |
thunder |
kilia |
|
21 |
|
115 |
root |
kobe |
(buttress root) |
|
|
147 |
black |
kokoradoa |
|
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|
105 |
tail |
kukui |
|
1, 57 |
|
154 |
short
|
kukuru |
|
13 |
|
14 |
belly |
kutu- |
|
14 |
|
72 |
to hit
|
kwae |
|
16 |
|
74 |
to kill |
kwae |
irregular *i > e |
14 |
|
127 |
woods/forest |
kwaena |
|
68 |
|
57 |
husband |
kwai |
|
19 |
|
58 |
wife |
kwai |
|
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|
191 |
all |
kwalu |
|
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|
204 |
Eight
|
kwalu |
|
3 |
|
148 |
white |
kwao |
|
16 |
|
135 |
lightning |
kwaŋa |
|
12 |
|
24 |
head |
kwou |
|
9 |
|
7 |
to come |
lae mai |
|
1, 87 |
|
110 |
spider |
lagwa |
irregular *w > gw, expect **kw |
1 |
|
110 |
spider |
lakwa |
|
1 |
|
140 |
dry
|
lalaŋa |
|
49 |
|
115 |
root |
lali |
(fine roots) |
16 |
|
195 |
no, not |
laŋi |
|
72 |
|
193 |
if |
lea |
|
35 |
|
31 |
tooth |
lifo |
|
1, 35 |
|
74 |
to kill |
lima |
|
|
|
201 |
Five
|
lima |
|
1 |
|
101 |
to fly |
lofo |
|
1 |
|
158 |
narrow |
logo |
|
|
|
82 |
dull, blunt |
lomu |
|
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|
93 |
to pound, beat
|
lomu |
|
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|
88 |
to squeeze
|
losi |
|
19 |
|
134 |
thunder |
loufia |
|
20 |
|
25 |
neck |
lua |
|
18 |
|
61 |
house |
luma |
|
1 |
|
192 |
and |
ma |
|
2 |
|
129 |
moon |
madama |
|
7 |
|
190 |
other |
madiu |
|
|
|
75 |
to die, be dead |
mae |
|
1 |
|
47 |
to yawn |
mamao|fi |
|
19 |
|
21 |
to think |
manata |
|
15 |
|
97 |
bird |
manu |
|
1 |
|
152 |
small |
marabibi |
|
|
|
103 |
meat/flesh |
mariko |
|
52 |
|
86 |
to grow
|
masubu |
|
|
|
160 |
painful, sick |
matai |
|
1 |
|
28 |
to breathe |
maŋo |
|
47 |
|
151 |
green |
maʔa |
|
|
|
32 |
tongue |
mea- |
|
7 |
|
38 |
to chew
|
meme |
irregular *a > e |
1 |
|
35 |
to vomit |
moa |
cf 92; irregular *u > o |
1 |
|
22 |
to fear |
mou |
|
1 |
|
2 |
left |
mouli |
irregular reflex of *w |
1, 59 |
|
76 |
to live, be alive |
mouri |
|
1, 76 |
|
112 |
rotten
|
mumū |
|
51 |
|
171 |
to hide
|
muni |
|
1, 67 |
|
118 |
grass |
murua |
|
|
|
45 |
eye |
mā |
|
1 |
|
177 |
this |
na |
|
1 |
|
178 |
that |
nae |
|
1 |
|
126 |
lake |
namo |
Deep water in a lagoon (Ivs) |
7 |
|
109 |
mosquito |
nanamu |
|
1 |
|
182 |
I |
nau |
|
1, 22 |
|
72 |
to hit
|
naŋa |
|
|
|
178 |
that |
ne |
|
1 |
|
184 |
he/she |
nia |
|
1, 6 |
|
29 |
to sniff, smell |
nonomoko |
|
13 |
|
16 |
intestines |
oga |
small |
16 |
|
87 |
to swell
|
oga |
|
|
|
199 |
Three
|
olu |
|
1 |
|
121 |
sand |
one |
|
1 |
|
202 |
Six
|
ono |
|
1 |
|
104 |
fat/grease |
raga |
|
|
|
104 |
fat/grease |
ragufa |
|
17 |
|
14 |
belly |
rake- |
|
16 |
|
83 |
to work
|
rao |
|
14 |
|
62 |
thatch/roof |
raraofa |
|
|
|
156 |
thin
|
refe |
|
|
|
159 |
wide |
rereba |
irregular *a > e |
1 |
|
87 |
to swell
|
ria |
|
|
|
46 |
to see |
riki |
irregular *e > i |
13 |
|
167 |
night |
rodo |
|
11 |
|
44 |
to hear |
roŋo |
|
1 |
|
198 |
Two
|
rua |
|
1 |
|
172 |
to climb
|
rā |
|
10 |
|
17 |
liver |
sae|fou- |
|
1 |
|
20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
saitoma |
irregular *a > i |
35, 88 |
|
128 |
sky |
salo |
|
13 |
|
98 |
egg |
saolu |
|
1 |
|
113 |
branch
|
sara |
|
1, 17 |
|
144 |
to burn
|
sasu |
|
|
|
145 |
smoke
|
sasu |
|
2 |
|
63 |
name |
sata- |
|
1, 18 |
|
93 |
to pound, beat
|
sau |
|
4 |
|
137 |
to blow
|
sau |
(a) |
12 |
|
205 |
Nine
|
sikwa |
|
5 |
|
135 |
lightning |
sinamāru |
|
49 |
|
71 |
to stab, pierce |
sugi |
irregular *k > g |
1, 8 |
|
191 |
all |
sui |
|
|
|
13 |
back
|
suli- |
|
78 |
|
15 |
bone |
suli- |
|
52 |
|
18 |
breast |
susu- |
|
1 |
|
158 |
narrow |
susu|kofi |
|
15, 1 |
|
144 |
to burn
|
sū |
|
|
|
188 |
what?
|
tafa |
|
1 |
|
21 |
to think |
tago |
|
38 |
|
67 |
to sew
|
tai-a |
|
2 |
|
116 |
flower |
taka |
irregular *g > k |
12 |
|
52 |
to stand |
take |
|
9 |
|
6 |
road/path |
tala |
|
1 |
|
206 |
Ten
|
tangafulu |
|
5 |
|
180 |
far |
tau |
|
1 |
|
155 |
long
|
tekwa |
|
15 |
|
48 |
to sleep |
teo |
|
61 |
|
49 |
to lie down
|
teo |
|
9 |
|
155 |
long
|
tikwa |
irregular *e > i |
15 |
|
78 |
to cut, hack
|
tofu |
|
22 |
|
166 |
correct, true |
tofuŋa |
|
|
|
20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
tomatafa |
|
88 |
|
78 |
to cut, hack
|
toto |
|
|
|
180 |
far |
tou |
|
1 |
|
123 |
to flow |
toŋo |
|
|
|
152 |
small |
toʔou |
|
60 |
|
165 |
bad, evil |
tā |
|
1 |
|
188 |
what?
|
tā |
|
1, 52 |
|
197 |
One
|
tāi |
|
14 |
|
59 |
mother |
tē |
|
8 |
|
72 |
to hit
|
tō |
|
|
|
53 |
person/human being |
tōa |
|
|
|
137 |
to blow
|
ufi |
(b) |
4 |
|
133 |
rain |
uta |
|
1 |
|
54 |
man/male |
wane |
|
1 |
|
162 |
old
|
waro |
|
12 |
|
56 |
child |
wela |
|
8 |
|
106 |
snake |
wā |
|
12 |
|
107 |
worm (earthworm) |
wā |
|
10 |
|
57 |
husband |
ārai |
|
20 |
|
66 |
to tie up, fasten |
āri |
|
33 |
|
34 |
to cry |
āŋi |
|
1 |
|
111 |
fish |
īʔa |
|
1 |
|
36 |
to spit |
ŋisu |
|
14, 58 |
|
136 |
wind |
ōru |
|
13 |
|
137 |
to blow
|
ōru |
(a) |
58 |
|
82 |
dull, blunt |
ūru |
|
|
|
91 |
to buy |
ūsi |
|
14 |
|
1 |
hand |
ʔaba |
|
2 |
|
100 |
wing |
ʔaba |
|
1, 12 |
|
23 |
blood |
ʔabu |
|
5 |
|
4 |
leg/foot |
ʔae |
irregular *q > ʔ |
1 |
|
179 |
near |
ʔae |
|
|
|
191 |
all |
ʔae |
|
|
|
58 |
wife |
ʔafe |
|
13 |
|
191 |
all |
ʔafuta |
|
16 |
|
138 |
warm
|
ʔago |
|
13 |
|
79 |
stick/wood |
ʔai |
|
1 |
|
41 |
to bite |
ʔala |
|
1 |
|
81 |
sharp |
ʔala. au |
|
69 |
|
43 |
ear |
ʔaliŋa |
irregular initial ʔ |
1 |
|
37 |
to eat |
ʔani |
|
1 |
|
193 |
if |
ʔa|na |
|
6 |
|
149 |
red |
ʔaʔabua |
|
47 |
|
99 |
feather |
ʔefo |
|
|
|
90 |
to dig |
ʔeli |
|
1 |
|
161 |
shy, ashamed |
ʔida |
|
8 |
|
92 |
to open, uncover |
ʔifi |
cf 35 |
15 |
|
78 |
to cut, hack
|
ʔiri |
|
70 |
|
40 |
to drink |
ʔiŋo |
irregular *n > ŋ; irregular addition of initial ʔ |
1 |
|
39 |
to cook
|
ʔofu |
|
|
|
65 |
rope |
ʔoko |
|
12 |
|
42 |
to suck |
ʔomi |
|
17, 84 |
|
162 |
old
|
ʔua |
|
1 |
|
137 |
to blow
|
ʔufu |
(b) |
4, 57 |
|
94 |
to throw
|
ʔui |
|
15 |
|
194 |
how?
|
ʔutā |
|
33 |
|
12 |
skin |
ʔuya |
|
|
|
108 |
louse
|
ʔū |
|
1 |
|