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Language: Daa kaka (West Ambrym, Vanuatu)

Source/Author:  Kilu von Prince 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:bpa  Glottocode: daka1243 
Notes:  The data come from my own documentation work on Ambrym 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Kilu von Prince  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:East Vanuatu 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
67 to sew word info      
82 dull, blunt      
85 to choose      
87 to swell word info      
99 feather      
123 to flow      
132 fog      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
80 to split word info -kote res-split    
71 to stab, pierce -tae -res.pierce (resultative suffix)    
192 and a and/but (clausal conjunction) 34  
185 we word info ada 1 dual in    
185 we word info ansi 1 paucal in    
143 fire apyang   21  
185 we word info ar 1 plural in    
181 where? word info ar-ve   3, 35  
41 to bite ate   1, 55  
135 lightning b'e'e      
109 mosquito bankyen   35  
19 shoulder bar vyaa shoulder arm 1, 65  
118 grass barvinye   79  
97 bird baséé   30  
24 head bat-en head-3s 9  
118 grass batever      
146 ash bel      
11 dust belisokop   80?  
84 to plant bevyap   6?  
121 sand bewuon sand, beach 1, 83  
15 bone bosi   52, 59  
107 worm (earthworm) bowa      
30 mouth bung   41  
129 moon bung      
29 to sniff, smell bungse   64  
154 short word info buorwur      
23 blood bura clotted blood 53  
113 branch word info bwenges      
126 lake bwili wye hole of water    
94 to throw word info bwiline   86  
134 thunder byata   85  
23 blood da running blood 1  
110 spider damo spider net    
98 egg deli egg of 1, 66  
34 to cry deng   1  
21 to think dimye   13  
169 year dom   30  
42 to suck domesi   50, 65  
193 if doo clausal head, not complementizer    
127 woods/forest dóór dark bush    
100 wing ebya-on wing-3s 7  
129 moon ebyat   6  
195 no, not ee no 54  
90 to dig eli   1  
61 house em   1  
37 to eat en   1  
177 this en-tak   52?  
178 that en-te      
136 wind eng   1, 77  
47 to yawn enmya   19  
31 tooth ep   1, 35?  
138 warm word info erér   46  
46 to see esi   14, 94  
36 to spit gaapus   19, 61  
140 dry word info gaó      
43 ear gelinya-an ear-3s 1, 41  
105 tail gily-en Tail-of 39?  
91 to buy gilye   48  
89 to hold word info gomu      
83 to work word info gyes   9  
17 liver ingyar   30  
63 name is   1, 18  
64 to say ka   119  
101 to fly ka   14  
186 you ka 2 dual x  
185 we word info kana 1 dual ex    
186 you kasi 2 paucal x  
152 small kekei mwelili be small (singular subject), be.small (non-singular subject) 110  
191 all kevene   84  
186 you ki 2 plural 44  
90 to dig kii   1  
185 we word info kinye 1 plural ex    
185 we word info kisi 1 paucal ex    
104 fat/grease kiyu      
134 thunder koruuruu   2  
96 dog kuli   7 L
20 to know, be knowledgeable kuowilye   18, 85  
27 nose kus   1, 58  
81 sharp kyen   14  
41 to bite kyer   1  
4 leg/foot l-ik leg-1s 37  
79 stick/wood lee   28  
201 Five word info lim   1  
86 to grow word info luk   32  
115 root luu root of    
66 to tie up, fasten luwa   1, 39  
198 Two word info   1  
13 back word info mad-un back-3s 35  
7 to come me   1  
139 cold word info meas cold(noun) 51  
112 rotten word info medar   19  
139 cold word info medir to be cold 1  
205 Nine word info meper   20  
75 to die, be dead mer   1  
160 painful, sick mese be sick 1  
111 fish mesyu   53, 82  
76 to live, be alive meu   1, 76  
204 Eight word info milipsi   5?  
202 Six word info milipsyes   33  
203 Seven word info milivyó   13  
175 above milye      
40 to drink min   1, 49  
147 black mir   1?  
157 thick word info misii   3  
130 star misyu   13  
80 to split word info mitye to split a liana lengthwise    
32 tongue miye   7  
131 cloud word info mop   32  
103 meat/flesh mubuo   15, 70  
95 to fall word info mur fall (singular subject) 57  
2 left mwei   1, 59  
154 short word info mwer   32  
167 night myaek be night 65 L?
33 to laugh myan   51  
192 and myane and (nominal conjunction) 2, 40  
142 heavy myap   46  
45 eye myar   1  
3 right myató   5, 37  
162 old word info myató   1  
59 mother naana mother 1, 83  
168 day naarop during the day (adv)    
170 when? word info nanges   1, 43  
56 child nat-en child of -3s 5  
22 to fear nek (feeling.3s realis) afraid (of 42?  
56 child neti child of 5  
38 to chew word info ngase   12  
184 he/she nge   1, 6  
183 thou ngok   1, 17, 32  
150 yellow ngunguo      
171 to hide word info nii      
156 thin word info nip flat, thin 1, 43?  
141 wet nirnir   35  
187 they nya 3 dual x  
182 I nye   1, 21, 22  
187 they nyoo 3 plural    
187 they nyosi 3 paucal x  
21 to think nyurnyur   77  
5 to walk oko   1  
39 to cook word info olo apyang cook on fire    
44 to hear ongane   1  
127 woods/forest or place/bush    
179 near pesili   102  
166 correct, true peten      
149 red pili   18  
66 to tie up, fasten pisi   32  
172 to climb word info polo   38  
172 to climb word info poo   38  
137 to blow word info pu   6  
196 to count puluk   1  
196 to count pulukte   1  
91 to buy puos   50  
92 to open, uncover pupuop   34  
49 to lie down word info pupwer   64  
88 to squeeze word info pusane   18, 71  
50 to dream pwer esi stay see 10  
48 to sleep pwer myaek stay night 87  
148 white py'o   41  
25 neck pyady-un neck-3s 106  
176 below pyan   41, 74  
144 to burn word info pyane roast sth., burn sth. 83  
70 to shoot word info pyen   1  
77 to scratch word info s'o'ote      
161 shy, ashamed sa      
165 bad, evil sanga   1, 100  
6 road/path seli   1  
188 what? word info sewe   1, 72  
189 who? word info si   1  
199 Three word info sii   1  
42 to suck simsimi   51  
68 needle sini thorn of    
18 breast sisis   1  
125 salt sol Loan   L
28 to breathe sopsop breathe heavily 35  
206 Ten word info sungavi   5  
197 One word info swa   5  
190 other syan   60?  
180 far syoten   72  
39 to cook word info sóósóó apyang cook on fire    
192 and t- and-x.y (x and y)    
78 to cut, hack word info ta   1  
14 belly tam   20  
104 fat/grease tamyes      
110 spider tamyes spider    
119 earth/soil tan ground 1  
51 to sit tas   121  
78 to cut, hack word info te   1  
39 to cook word info tea boil (itr.)    
65 rope teli   1  
56 child temeli child    
124 sea tes   1  
95 to fall word info tesi fall (non-singular subject) 70  
173 at teve      
60 father timye   1  
16 intestines tiny-an gut-3s 1  
52 to stand tinyo      
74 to kill tiye      
195 no, not to negative realis marker    
102 rat tomo   72  
94 to throw word info towane   88  
153 big towo big (singular) 112  
72 to hit word info tu   8  
10 dirty tung   41  
128 sky tungtung   62  
106 snake tyotyo   63  
12 skin uli   1  
116 flower ung flower of 1  
208 Fifty word info ung lim   x  
207 Twenty word info ung ló   9  
209 One Hundred word info ung sungavi   17  
210 One Thousand word info ung sungavi vya sungavi one hundred times ten 33  
108 louse word info ur   1  
155 long word info veop   60  
194 how? word info ves how much x  
26 hair word info vevyu      
163 new vi   10  
70 to shoot word info vinye   1  
62 thatch/roof vityop      
164 good vu   108  
1 hand vyaa   16, 72  
53 person/human being vyanten   56  
54 man/male vyanten   75, 89  
58 wife vyap myato venerable woman old    
55 woman/female vyaven   1, 106  
200 Four word info vyer   1, 65  
120 stone vyor   1  
117 fruit we fruit.of 1, 26  
168 day webung day (noun) 16  
117 fruit wee fruit 1, 26  
93 to pound, beat word info wesa   32  
118 grass wew'      
153 big wowo big (non-singular) 111?  
137 to blow word info wu   4  
103 meat/flesh wusi   10  
122 water word info wye   2  
57 husband yaapu   75  
8 to turn word info yaase   108  
9 to swim yaayaa   7  
59 mother yas mother of    
73 to steal yas   20  
114 leaf ye leaf of    
174 in, inside yen   49?  
145 smoke word info yes   2  
114 leaf yesukuo leaves    
151 green yesyes      
35 to vomit   8  
133 rain ós   1  
69 to hunt word info óte      

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