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

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