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Language: Wetan

Source/Author:  J.P.B. de Josselin de Jong 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:lex  Glottocode: luan1263 
Notes:  J.P.B. [Jan Petrus Benjamin] de Josselin de Jong. 1987. Wetan fieldnotes: some eastern Indonesian texts. Dordrecht, Holland; Providence, RI, USA: Foris Publications.

These are de Jong's 1933-1934 field notes from his field research in the Babar archipelago. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Timor:Extra-Ramelaic:East:Luang-Kisar:Luang 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above ajanna      
191 all aori      
191 all moim(i)oi      
192 and ma      
146 ash imna      
173 at la      
173 at lola      
173 at ma      
173 at na-      
13 back word info tokra   12  
165 bad, evil prei      
165 bad, evil tekla      
14 belly apni   2, 57  
14 belly tnie      
176 below nanni      
153 big lawna      
153 big tuli      
97 bird konimaana      
97 bird maana   1  
147 black metma      
23 blood rara   1  
15 bone ruri   2  
113 branch word info lana      
18 breast īri      
18 breast ui      
56 child ana   1  
56 child aana   1  
131 cloud word info kakmorna      
131 cloud word info routa      
139 cold word info rinni      
139 cold word info sena      
166 correct, true      
168 day lera      
10 dirty      
96 dog ai   1  
140 dry word info kerna      
82 dull, blunt      
11 dust awi   1  
11 dust imna      
11 dust odawi      
11 dust oota      
11 dust tani      
43 ear tlina   1  
119 earth/soil tani      
98 egg terni   1  
204 Eight word info woawa   3, 29  
204 Eight word info madawawni      
45 eye mata   1  
180 far oilieta      
104 fat/grease mīna      
60 father ama   1  
99 feather      
208 Fifty word info      
143 fire ai      
111 fish iina      
201 Five word info wolima   1, 20  
201 Five word info madlimlimni      
116 flower deiti      
132 fog      
200 Four word info wojata   1, 17  
117 fruit woa      
164 good koini      
164 good pesa      
164 good waana      
118 grass kiriouta      
151 green mōta      
26 hair word info doa      
26 hair word info morti   5  
26 hair word info wuli   3  
1 hand lima   1, 64  
184 he/she ea      
24 head oota   65  
142 heavy werta      
61 house roma   1  
194 how? word info seída      
194 how? word info ni(i)nme(ni)      
194 how? word info no(a)meni      
57 husband awa   2  
182 I ai      
182 I ao      
193 if mana      
193 if mde      
174 in, inside la      
174 in, inside lola      
174 in, inside ralma      
16 intestines tnie   1  
126 lake taala      
126 lake talka      
114 leaf erti      
114 leaf etna      
114 leaf tawi      
2 left melwiri   1, 82  
4 leg/foot laka   9  
135 lightning tlena      
17 liver ati   1  
17 liver rera      
155 long word info plawa      
108 louse word info kuti   1  
54 man/male amamiani   1  
103 meat/flesh pipawi      
129 moon wolla      
109 mosquito kikia      
59 mother ina   1  
30 mouth nuri   2  
63 name nana   1  
63 name poli      
63 name wetna      
158 narrow kmarta      
179 near onni      
179 near porpiorti      
25 neck tieri   14  
68 needle siōra   37  
163 new warwiari      
167 night mela      
205 Nine word info wosiwa   5, 38  
195 no, not ta(a) not    
27 nose irna   1  
162 old word info riera      
197 One word info ida   1  
209 One Hundred word info rai      
210 One Thousand word info riuni      
190 other doma      
190 other ida      
190 other meni      
160 painful, sick powoa      
53 person/human being marna      
53 person/human being ria   5  
53 person/human being rimormiori      
133 rain otna      
102 rat upmela   8  
149 red mera      
149 red mermera      
3 right melianni   1, 29  
6 road/path talla   1  
115 root jaara      
115 root loka      
65 rope tali   1  
112 rotten word info jata      
112 rotten word info pōra      
112 rotten word info makpōra      
125 salt kioa      
125 salt maana      
121 sand eni      
121 sand opla      
124 sea lora      
203 Seven word info woiti   1, 21  
81 sharp plokra   12  
154 short word info kpuri      
154 short word info toora      
154 short word info tupmi      
154 short word info tuwi-tuwi      
19 shoulder wawain   90  
161 shy, ashamed edi      
202 Six word info wonema   1, 17  
202 Six word info madnemnemni      
12 skin ulti   1  
12 skin wikri      
128 sky lianti      
152 small aana   8  
152 small kea      
152 small mnia      
152 small okeenie      
145 smoke word info supi      
145 smoke word info mokla      
106 snake nia      
110 spider kukriorona      
130 star witiona      
79 stick/wood leleena      
120 stone ili      
120 stone wati      
105 tail ikra      
206 Ten word info anuli      
206 Ten word info teram-      
206 Ten word info awa ida      
178 that ade(a)      
178 that adena      
178 that dena      
62 thatch/roof      
187 they ira      
157 thick word info petna      
156 thin word info mnia      
156 thin word info propta      
177 this adi(a)      
177 this adina      
177 this dina      
177 this di      
183 thou      
199 Three word info woteli   1, 40  
134 thunder dōra      
134 thunder dudmi      
134 thunder kukri      
134 thunder tlena      
41 to bite kia      
41 to bite weta      
137 to blow word info aua      
137 to blow word info jera      
137 to blow word info porka      
137 to blow word info teni      
28 to breathe arna      
144 to burn word info ola      
144 to burn word info tuni      
144 to burn word info tutna      
91 to buy weli   1  
38 to chew word info anāra      
38 to chew word info awti      
38 to chew word info nairi      
85 to choose      
172 to climb word info aata      
7 to come   1  
39 to cook word info nai   3  
39 to cook word info (maka)riai      
196 to count awa      
34 to cry koa   3  
78 to cut, hack word info      
75 to die, be dead (mak)mati   1  
90 to dig kai   1  
50 to dream mia   1, 37  
50 to dream wanni      
40 to drink emni   1  
37 to eat ana   25  
95 to fall word info      
22 to fear ruri      
123 to flow wai      
101 to fly meela      
101 to fly nema   7  
86 to grow word info mori   2  
44 to hear tlina   66  
171 to hide word info tajola      
72 to hit word info dūma      
72 to hit word info kaala      
72 to hit word info liwra      
72 to hit word info tai   8?  
72 to hit word info wewla      
89 to hold word info kiuti to hold with fingers    
69 to hunt word info ora      
74 to kill (mak)wenna      
74 to kill wuni   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable (maka)tiari      
33 to laugh      
49 to lie down word info kowa      
76 to live, be alive mori   1, 76  
76 to live, be alive oli   1  
92 to open, uncover ari(e)   7  
92 to open, uncover weera      
84 to plant oora      
93 to pound, beat word info tuuta   20  
93 to pound, beat word info wai   1  
64 to say iwra   150  
64 to say (maka)kota      
77 to scratch word info kera   81  
77 to scratch word info kira   1  
46 to see kpiei      
67 to sew word info ōra   10  
70 to shoot word info rāpa      
70 to shoot word info weta      
51 to sit tati   12  
51 to sit katatna   12  
51 to sit mtatna   12  
48 to sleep nina   4  
29 to sniff, smell umi   65  
36 to spit koa spit (of a cat)    
36 to spit krui spit (of a cat) 14?  
80 to split word info liira      
80 to split word info watwa      
80 to split word info waa      
88 to squeeze word info rāma   43  
71 to stab, pierce apa      
71 to stab, pierce kala      
71 to stab, pierce tetwerni      
71 to stab, pierce wai      
71 to stab, pierce weta      
52 to stand      
73 to steal (maka)mnaa   1, 59, 60  
42 to suck nīma      
87 to swell word info      
9 to swim knani   1, 45  
9 to swim nani   1, 45  
21 to think iwra      
21 to think orta      
94 to throw word info      
66 to tie up, fasten kei      
66 to tie up, fasten wnuti      
66 to tie up, fasten wuti      
8 to turn word info wali   8  
35 to vomit mota   1  
5 to walk laa-mai to walk to and fro 1  
83 to work word info japi   8  
83 to work word info kar(d)i(a)   7  
47 to yawn      
32 tongue nama   6, 12  
31 tooth nia   1  
207 Twenty word info      
198 Two word info roa   1  
198 Two word info rora   1  
198 Two word info wori   1, 28?  
138 warm word info paana hot    
122 water word info jera   2  
185 we word info ita      
185 we word info ama      
141 wet peera      
188 what? word info eri(a)      
188 what? word info seída      
188 what? word info siáe      
170 when? word info lermeni      
170 when? word info mde      
170 when? word info moweni      
170 when? word info tuti      
181 where? word info loa      
148 white waara      
148 white woora      
189 who? word info eri(a)      
189 who? word info meni      
159 wide pliōra      
58 wife awa   1  
136 wind anni      
100 wing liwra   48  
55 woman/female awatwata      
55 woman/female pata   128  
127 woods/forest      
107 worm (earthworm) jarjāra      
169 year warta      
150 yellow      
186 you imi      
186 you oa      

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