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Language: Mussau

Source/Author:  Blust (1984) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:emi  Glottocode: muss1248 
Notes:  Blust, R. (1984). A Mussau vocabulary with phonological notes. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 23, 159-208. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:St. Matthias 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above      
191 all akapa      
192 and      
146 ash au   1?  
173 at      
13 back word info bili   52  
165 bad, evil sesa      
14 belly koba-[koβa]   2  
176 below      
153 big namuu      
97 bird gila      
147 black beroberoŋa-na      
23 blood rae   1  
15 bone riu   2  
113 branch word info laa ŋ-ai   1  
18 breast susu   1  
56 child natu   5  
131 cloud word info karaane      
139 cold word info makariŋe   1, 53  
166 correct, true gulugulu-ena      
168 day ella      
168 day laŋ|a   6  
10 dirty kulukuluta-na      
96 dog paua   37  
140 dry word info malaŋo-na   1  
82 dull, blunt tumtumŋa-na      
11 dust      
43 ear taliŋa   1  
119 earth/soil kosa      
98 egg otolu   1  
204 Eight word info qaoalu   3  
45 eye mata   1  
180 far masau   1, 6  
104 fat/grease iina      
60 father tama   1  
99 feather uu gile   7, 55  
208 Fifty word info limangaulu   1  
143 fire kuraa      
111 fish koko      
201 Five word info lima   1  
116 flower pua ŋ-ai   1  
132 fog      
200 Four word info ata   1  
117 fruit ue ŋ-ai   1  
164 good masina      
118 grass rarrasa Loan?    
151 green      
26 hair word info uŋuru = u-ŋ-uru 41  
1 hand nima-   1, 66  
184 he/she ia   1  
24 head uru   1  
142 heavy mamaata-na   46, 35  
61 house ale   14  
194 how? word info talesaa      
57 husband taita (=54)    
182 I agi   1  
193 if      
174 in, inside tale      
174 in, inside lo   1  
16 intestines tine   1  
126 lake ateio      
126 lake talia      
114 leaf uru n-ai   40  
2 left oaise   15  
4 leg/foot keke-   1  
135 lightning rabaraba-ia   9  
17 liver ate|a   1  
155 long word info aluse      
108 louse word info lisa   x20  
54 man/male taita   14  
103 meat/flesh malatau      
129 moon ulana   1  
109 mosquito noko      
59 mother kina   1, 27  
30 mouth pa   1  
63 name arari   1, 18  
158 narrow pisike      
179 near kalakalaŋi-na   1, 75  
25 neck alo   122  
68 needle raum (raumu?), (for +z/Z) r cf #15 1  
163 new ou-na   1  
167 night boŋ|a   1  
205 Nine word info sio   5  
195 no, not      
27 nose ŋusu   27  
162 old word info pokane      
197 One word info s|esa   32  
209 One Hundred word info ai   4  
210 One Thousand word info airari      
210 One Thousand word info airare      
190 other      
160 painful, sick palata      
53 person/human being taumata   1, 66  
133 rain baoo cf *ba(p)o cloud 58  
102 rat rariao      
149 red raerae-ana   25  
3 right muenna   1, 29  
6 road/path salana   1  
115 root oa ŋ-ai   2  
65 rope oasa   27  
112 rotten word info mauu ('rotten, stink') 1  
125 salt uela      
121 sand rira   47  
124 sea laman   14  
124 sea malioŋe (deep)    
203 Seven word info itu   1  
81 sharp matakereŋa-na   36  
81 sharp raramuka-na      
154 short word info tukuna   66  
19 shoulder pappa      
161 shy, ashamed      
202 Six word info nomo   1  
12 skin biliki skin, body 103  
128 sky e lo marase      
152 small pisike      
145 smoke word info asu   2  
106 snake otuana      
110 spider batibati      
130 star katoto   31  
79 stick/wood ai   1  
120 stone atu   1  
105 tail wi (<M) 1  
206 Ten word info sangaulu   5  
178 that atiulu too ai teke (far)    
178 that ai teke ai teke (far)    
62 thatch/roof ai pake ŋ...-ale      
187 they ila-   1  
157 thick word info      
156 thin word info malallake      
177 this atiulu toko      
183 thou io   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
134 thunder palapalaŋa   15  
41 to bite samusamu-a      
137 to blow word info kuukuu (of wind) 43  
28 to breathe inoa-na   1  
144 to burn word info sulu-ia   4  
91 to buy      
38 to chew word info rame   34  
85 to choose      
172 to climb word info sae   2  
7 to come kasu mai   1  
39 to cook word info tuutuu   7  
196 to count ioi      
196 to count ira      
34 to cry agi aŋaŋŋala   5  
78 to cut, hack word info isoi-ela      
78 to cut, hack word info toai-e   27  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
90 to dig kaikai   1  
50 to dream e asoasopoi      
40 to drink ropi   22  
37 to eat anamanama   46  
95 to fall word info katuu   17  
22 to fear matautu   1  
123 to flow      
101 to fly e looloo (for +R) 1  
86 to grow word info piipinosa      
44 to hear noŋonoŋo   1, 37  
171 to hide word info      
72 to hit word info tumari-ela      
89 to hold word info posoposo      
69 to hunt word info ameti-ela      
74 to kill ubi e mate ala   45, 2  
20 to know, be knowledgeable alomasaaŋa      
33 to laugh agi akaŋkaya   11  
49 to lie down word info aso sio      
76 to live, be alive ma|maul|ue   1, 76  
92 to open, uncover      
84 to plant pasapasa   12  
93 to pound, beat word info      
64 to say poa   13, 93  
64 to say auli-a      
77 to scratch word info kalokalo-a   1  
46 to see tara   15  
67 to sew word info suli-ela (<+susuR-i?) 15  
70 to shoot word info soai-ela   7  
70 to shoot word info soasoa-la   7  
51 to sit toka   80  
48 to sleep asekanue      
29 to sniff, smell ŋusu   64  
36 to spit kanusu   14, 90 z
80 to split word info sairi-el      
88 to squeeze word info poposoa   18  
71 to stab, pierce soai-ela   67  
52 to stand tiŋina   102  
73 to steal ainao   1, 32  
42 to suck e mumumu   11  
87 to swell word info roŋo      
9 to swim asaasa   19?  
21 to think ninanna   16  
94 to throw word info belu-e   38  
66 to tie up, fasten iri-la   31  
66 to tie up, fasten nagi-ela      
8 to turn word info kiriola      
35 to vomit lueki   8  
5 to walk kasukasu      
83 to work word info uuŋu      
47 to yawn mamma   19  
32 tongue ramuramuti pa      
31 tooth ŋaluŋalu   10  
207 Twenty word info luengaulu   3, 6  
198 Two word info lua   1  
138 warm word info a anasa   1  
122 water word info ateio      
185 we word info ita   1  
185 we word info ami   2  
141 wet manu      
188 what? word info saa   1  
170 when? word info elobisaa   1?  
181 where? word info ea   3, 35  
148 white usouso-ana   34  
189 who? word info se   1  
159 wide namuu      
58 wife bause (=55)    
136 wind kuukuu   47  
100 wing kaikai gila      
55 woman/female bause      
127 woods/forest tubui      
107 worm (earthworm) toliti      
169 year ninamanama      
150 yellow talaki-ena      
186 you      

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