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Language: West Makian

Source/Author:  C. L. Voorhoeve 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mqs  Glottocode: west2600 
Notes:  Voorhoeve, C. L. 1982. The Makian languages and their neighbours. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Based on the Bobawa dialect, but words in the Sabalé dialect have also been included by Voorhoeve. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
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  • Total Data: 257
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  • Number of Loans: 14
 
Classification:  West Papuan:North Halmahera:West Makian 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand kamama      
1 hand kamma      
1 hand jowjow      
2 left kabali      
3 right fita      
4 leg/foot gow foot, leg    
4 leg/foot tarotaro leg    
5 to walk sagal      
6 road/path gopao path    
7 to come ay      
7 to come fi      
7 to come fia      
7 to come fo      
7 to come mo   1  
7 to come no      
7 to come podo      
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim galof      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
12 skin fi      
13 back word info gapu      
14 belly bodo      
15 bone subebi      
16 intestines      
17 liver amo      
18 breast susu Austronesian 1 L
19 shoulder fay      
20 to know, be knowledgeable liala      
20 to know, be knowledgeable tawado      
21 to think milinga      
21 to think bafikir Arabic 22 L
21 to think pikir Arabic 22 L
22 to fear      
23 blood uni      
24 head apota      
24 head tabia      
25 neck ru      
26 hair word info gigo      
26 hair word info onga      
27 nose mudefete      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell fatum      
30 mouth mada      
30 mouth pasul      
31 tooth wi      
32 tongue belo      
33 to laugh ae      
34 to cry ja      
35 to vomit kawe      
36 to spit ujuf      
37 to eat am      
37 to eat fiam      
37 to eat fajow      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info a cooked    
40 to drink bebe      
40 to drink jowbe      
41 to bite kiki      
42 to suck      
43 ear kameu      
44 to hear baso      
45 eye afe      
45 eye sado      
46 to see co      
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep tifi      
48 to sleep kadu      
49 to lie down word info bolabola      
49 to lie down word info karanga      
49 to lie down word info kailome      
50 to dream      
51 to sit toroso      
51 to sit cako taratip      
52 to stand siesu      
53 person/human being mancia Malay < Sanskrit   L
54 man/male at      
55 woman/female papa      
55 woman/female songa      
56 child oma      
57 husband at      
58 wife papa      
59 mother mama      
59 mother yaya      
60 father baba      
60 father fao      
61 house pala Austronesian 1 L
62 thatch/roof ato thatch    
63 name aym      
64 to say teng      
65 rope langalongi      
66 to tie up, fasten bali      
67 to sew word info falaaki      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info tebel      
71 to stab, pierce taji      
72 to hit word info wakis      
72 to hit word info paa      
72 to hit word info for      
73 to steal tedi      
74 to kill fagéy      
75 to die, be dead magey      
76 to live, be alive dadi alive    
77 to scratch word info fakaeri      
78 to cut, hack word info kuba      
78 to cut, hack word info tala      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info kida      
81 sharp mangot      
82 dull, blunt gegele      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant maki      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info bafo      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info maa      
89 to hold word info jajow      
90 to dig pay      
91 to buy poli Austronesian   L
92 to open, uncover tupe      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info wako noun    
94 to throw word info dupe to throw away    
95 to fall word info      
96 dog aso Austronesian 1 L
97 bird haywan      
98 egg esi      
99 feather gigo      
100 wing fay      
101 to fly tagar      
102 rat arufe      
103 meat/flesh gagi      
104 fat/grease gode      
105 tail biso      
106 snake abey      
107 worm (earthworm) lalati Austronesian   L
108 louse word info bene      
109 mosquito      
110 spider onu      
111 fish yao      
112 rotten word info sa      
113 branch word info saga      
114 leaf we      
115 root utu      
116 flower nama      
117 fruit sopo      
118 grass kusu      
118 grass ngeu      
118 grass pangan      
118 grass perepiri      
119 earth/soil afi      
120 stone may      
121 sand wom      
122 water word info be      
123 to flow      
124 sea wolot      
125 salt ase      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest dama      
128 sky tupam      
129 moon odo      
130 star mawi      
131 cloud word info maaru      
131 cloud word info kekey      
132 fog sawramu      
133 rain pongi      
134 thunder raring      
135 lightning rero      
136 wind udu      
137 to blow word info udu      
138 warm word info safo      
139 cold word info gagararo      
139 cold word info gamati      
140 dry word info loto      
141 wet kaban      
142 heavy      
143 fire ipi      
144 to burn word info saw      
145 smoke word info sowi      
146 ash ruru      
147 black kekey      
148 white bulo      
149 red lolupa      
150 yellow buréy      
151 green kafiti      
152 small alus      
152 small kaku      
152 small sinaot      
153 big lamo      
153 big magol      
154 short word info katoba      
155 long word info awo      
156 thin word info fenefine      
157 thick word info gode      
157 thick word info komudu      
158 narrow sinaot      
159 wide ofat      
160 painful, sick malawan pain, sick    
160 painful, sick kelida sick    
161 shy, ashamed maya Austronesian   L
162 old word info mato      
162 old word info golo      
162 old word info gono      
163 new topo      
164 good mia      
165 bad, evil sa      
166 correct, true fita correct    
166 correct, true degow true    
167 night      
168 day win      
168 day bulang      
169 year      
170 when? word info paruwia      
170 when? word info putuiwu      
170 when? word info waktu Arabic   L
171 to hide word info sodulo      
172 to climb word info aw      
173 at tV      
174 in, inside ciawa      
175 above ney      
176 below      
177 this ne      
177 this nemá      
177 this mené      
178 that ma      
178 that mema      
179 near      
180 far golo      
181 where? word info sesito      
182 I de me    
183 thou ni      
184 he/she me      
185 we word info ene      
185 we word info imi      
186 you ini      
187 they eme      
187 they je      
188 what? word info pama      
189 who? word info imu      
189 who? word info yang      
190 other      
191 all famasi      
191 all feberesi      
192 and lo      
193 if coba      
193 if kalaw      
194 how? word info apato      
195 no, not yo      
195 no, not wayo      
196 to count painge      
197 One word info minye      
197 One word info meminye      
197 One word info maminye      
197 One word info gominye      
198 Two word info medeng      
198 Two word info dimaede      
198 Two word info maedeng      
198 Two word info edeng      
198 Two word info je      
199 Three word info unge      
199 Three word info iunge      
199 Three word info dimaunge      
199 Three word info goiunge      
199 Three word info maunge      
200 Four word info fati      
200 Four word info ifati      
200 Four word info dimfati      
201 Five word info mafoy      
201 Five word info dimfoy      
202 Six word info dam      
202 Six word info idam      
202 Six word info dimdam      
203 Seven word info tepedingi      
203 Seven word info ditepedingi      
204 Eight word info tukubange      
204 Eight word info ditukbange      
205 Nine word info siwe   5 L
205 Nine word info isiwe   5 L
205 Nine word info dimsiwe   5 L
206 Ten word info ainye      
206 Ten word info diainye      
207 Twenty word info awedeng      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info atus Austronesian 4? L
210 One Thousand word info      

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