Language: Uma (Kantewu dialect)
Source/Author: | Martens, Michael |
Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:ppk Glottocode: umaa1242 |
Notes: | This is Kantewu (Central) dialect Uma. Other Uma dialects are Southern, Toleeʔ, Tobaku, and Winatu-Toriʔuntu. |
Problems: | I will use ʔ for glottal stop; β for bilabial fricative; č for alveo-palatal affricate (always prenasalized); j for voiced alveo-palatal affricate (i.e., like English j); ŋ for velar nasal; ñ for alveo-palatal nasal. |
Data Entry: | Typed By: Michael P. Martens Checked By: |
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Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Celebic:Kaili-Pamona:Southern |
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Loan: |
70 |
to shoot
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bow and arrow not used; but the term panaʔ is used of hurling something (rock, stick), and the term saku is used of hurling a spear |
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182 |
I |
akuʔ |
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56 |
child |
anaʔ |
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193 |
if |
ane |
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143 |
fire |
apu |
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62 |
thatch/roof |
ataʔ |
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17 |
liver |
ate |
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11 |
dust |
aβu |
same as #146 'ash' |
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146 |
ash |
aβu |
same as #11 'dust' |
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10 |
dirty |
baboʔ |
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81 |
sharp |
bakaʔ |
sharp edge |
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103 |
meat/flesh |
bauʔ |
meat/fish (as food) |
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111 |
fish |
bauʔ |
meat in general but often used for fish |
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140 |
dry
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baŋi |
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92 |
to open, uncover |
bea |
open a door |
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80 |
to split
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beho |
split wood for firewood |
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194 |
how?
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beiβa |
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41 |
to bite |
benčiʔ |
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130 |
star |
betueʔ |
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167 |
night |
beŋi |
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80 |
to split
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bikaʔ |
split something lengthwise |
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196 |
to count |
bilaʔ |
perhaps a borrowing from Malay |
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153 |
big |
bohe |
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104 |
fat/grease |
boko |
layer of fat under skin (especially of pigs) |
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163 |
new |
boʔu |
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110 |
spider |
bukaoʔ |
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148 |
white |
bula |
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165 |
bad, evil |
dadaʔa |
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97 |
bird |
danči |
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165 |
bad, evil |
daʔa |
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96 |
dog |
dikeʔ |
Obsolete form (ahu) still used as verb to hunt; cf. 69. |
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154 |
short
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diŋkiʔ |
(a.) |
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198 |
Two
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dua |
independent form |
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168 |
day |
eo |
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44 |
to hear |
epe |
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29 |
to sniff, smell |
eŋaʔ |
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132 |
fog |
gaβu |
fog or haze |
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34 |
to cry |
geoʔ |
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197 |
One
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ha- |
bound form |
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206 |
Ten
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hampuluʔ |
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210 |
One Thousand
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hančobu |
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63 |
name |
haŋaʔ |
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209 |
One Hundred
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haʔatu |
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191 |
all |
haβeʔea |
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189 |
who?
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hema |
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173 |
at |
hi |
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175 |
above |
hi lolo |
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174 |
in, inside |
hi rala |
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176 |
below |
hi uneʔ |
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181 |
where?
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hiapa |
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46 |
to see |
hilo |
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187 |
they |
hiraʔ |
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184 |
he/she |
hiʔa |
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92 |
to open, uncover |
huŋkaʔ |
open a lid |
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92 |
to open, uncover |
huŋke |
remove a soft cover (cloth, leaf) |
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84 |
to plant |
huʔa |
to plant a seed or seedling |
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103 |
meat/flesh |
ihi |
flesh as body part |
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183 |
thou |
iko |
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105 |
tail |
iku |
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20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
inča |
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197 |
One
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isaʔ |
independent form |
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71 |
to stab, pierce |
jalo |
stab with knife, spear |
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68 |
needle |
jaru |
probably a borrowing from Malay |
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32 |
tongue |
jilaʔ |
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42 |
to suck |
jomeʔ |
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158 |
narrow |
jopiʔ |
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90 |
to dig |
kae |
dig with hands |
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185 |
we
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kaiʔ |
excl. |
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38 |
to chew
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kajaʔ |
to chew food |
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79 |
stick/wood |
kaju |
No term for 'stick'; kaju = wood/tree; raʔa = branch |
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89 |
to hold
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kamu |
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77 |
to scratch
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kao |
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38 |
to chew
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kaŋiaʔ |
to make chewing motions |
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3 |
right |
kaʔana |
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1, 73 |
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152 |
small |
kediʔ |
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90 |
to dig |
keke |
dig with tool |
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13 |
back
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kelo |
lower back |
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135 |
lightning |
kilaʔ |
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107 |
worm (earthworm) |
kilinoro |
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185 |
we
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kitaʔ |
incl. |
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2 |
left |
kiʔii |
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1, 42 |
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186 |
you |
koiʔ |
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65 |
rope |
koloro |
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109 |
mosquito |
koromuʔ |
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118 |
grass |
koβoʔ |
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12 |
skin |
kuluma |
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134 |
thunder |
kuna |
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108 |
louse
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kutu |
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128 |
sky |
laŋiʔ |
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48 |
to sleep |
letaʔ |
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94 |
to throw
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libaʔ |
throw overhand |
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201 |
Five
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lima |
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208 |
Fifty
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limampuluʔ |
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131 |
cloud
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limuʔ |
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132 |
fog |
limuʔ ŋkuku |
low cloud |
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164 |
good |
lompeʔ |
Tolee', Winatu-Toriʔuntu dialects: beloʔ (of which lompeʔ is an irregular metathesis) |
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166 |
correct, true |
ma-kono |
ma- prefix |
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172 |
to climb
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ma-nakeʔ |
ma- prefix |
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73 |
to steal |
ma-nako |
ma- prefix |
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5 |
to walk |
makoʔ |
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45 |
eye |
mata |
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75 |
to die, be dead |
mate |
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36 |
to spit |
me-tiliku |
me- prefix |
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161 |
shy, ashamed |
me-ʔeaʔ |
me- prefix |
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22 |
to fear |
me-ʔekaʔ |
me- prefix |
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101 |
to fly |
meli-moko |
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83 |
to work
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mo-bago |
generic |
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67 |
to sew
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mo-dau |
mo- prefix |
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51 |
to sit |
mo-hura |
mo- prefix |
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52 |
to stand |
mo-kore |
mo - prefix |
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82 |
dull, blunt |
mo-kuluʔ |
mo- prefix |
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157 |
thick
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mo-kumpa |
precise term for 'thick' but rarely used. |
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150 |
yellow |
mo-kuni |
mo- prefix |
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180 |
far |
mo-laa |
mo- prefix |
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155 |
long
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mo-laŋa |
mo- prefix |
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149 |
red |
mo-lei |
mo- prefix |
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139 |
cold
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mo-leŋiʔ |
mo- prefix |
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151 |
green |
mo-leβue |
mo- prefix |
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83 |
to work
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mo-liaʔ |
agricultural work |
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93 |
to pound, beat
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mo-mañu |
mo- prefix. Protoform < *bayu |
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9 |
to swim |
mo-naŋu |
mo- prefix |
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95 |
to fall
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mo-naβuʔ |
mo- prefix |
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138 |
warm
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mo-raniʔ |
mo- prefix |
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156 |
thin
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mo-reniʔ |
mo- prefix |
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157 |
thick
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mo-roho |
'strong' but commonly used for 'thick' |
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141 |
wet |
mo-siiʔ |
mo- prefix |
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142 |
heavy |
mo-tomo |
mo- prefix |
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69 |
to hunt
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mo-ʔahu |
mo- prefix on archaic term for 'dog' |
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147 |
black |
mo-ʔeta |
mo- prefix |
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123 |
to flow |
mo-ʔili |
mo- prefix |
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28 |
to breathe |
mo-ʔinohaʔ |
mo- prefix; perhaps the root contains a frozen -in- infix |
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50 |
to dream |
mo-ʔompoʔ |
mo- prefix |
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159 |
wide |
mo-βelaʔ |
mo- prefix |
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87 |
to swell
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mo-βoto |
mo- prefix; βoto 'body' |
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179 |
near |
mohuʔ |
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47 |
to yawn |
moñaʔ |
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169 |
year |
mpae |
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66 |
to tie up, fasten |
mpo-hooʔ |
mpo- prefix. Note: there are MANY terms for tying; this is the most common response and is somewhat generic. |
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171 |
to hide
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mpo-βuni |
mpo- prefix |
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39 |
to cook
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mpoka-tahaʔ |
'cause to be cooked/ripe' |
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188 |
what?
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napa |
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101 |
to fly |
ngkali-moko |
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190 |
other |
ntaniʔ |
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98 |
egg |
ntolu |
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170 |
when?
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ntoʔuma |
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6 |
road/path |
ohea |
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91 |
to buy |
oli |
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127 |
woods/forest |
oma |
former garden regrown into forest |
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191 |
all |
omea |
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202 |
Six
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ono |
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200 |
Four
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opoʔ |
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27 |
nose |
oŋe |
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192 |
and |
paiʔ |
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1 |
hand |
pale |
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52 |
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100 |
wing |
paniʔ |
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72 |
to hit
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paoʔ |
There are several terms for hitting; this is the most common. |
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74 |
to kill |
patehi |
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88 |
to squeeze
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peaʔ |
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160 |
painful, sick |
pedaʔ |
hurt; painful; sick |
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21 |
to think |
pekiri |
borrowing from Malay |
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85 |
to choose |
pelihi |
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203 |
Seven
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pitu |
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125 |
salt |
poiʔ |
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127 |
woods/forest |
ponulu |
forest near village |
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112 |
rotten
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pope |
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78 |
to cut, hack
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puaʔ |
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23 |
blood |
raaʔ |
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115 |
root |
raliʔ |
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126 |
lake |
rano |
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1 |
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7 |
to come |
rata |
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114 |
leaf |
rau |
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145 |
smoke
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raŋahu |
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113 |
branch
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raʔa |
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154 |
short
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redeʔ |
(b.) |
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198 |
Two
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ro- |
bound form |
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207 |
Twenty
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rompuluʔ |
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42 |
to suck |
sihiʔ |
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205 |
Nine
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sio |
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5 |
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144 |
to burn
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suβe |
burn off a field |
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104 |
fat/grease |
tabaʔ |
fat around inner organs |
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124 |
sea |
tahiʔ |
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81 |
sharp |
taja |
pointy tip |
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119 |
earth/soil |
tanaʔ |
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53 |
person/human being |
tauna |
root is tau; 3rd sg possessive -na is almost always used with it |
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14 |
belly |
taʔi |
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16 |
intestines |
taʔi liko |
lit., 'coiled stomach' |
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33 |
to laugh |
taβa |
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35 |
to vomit |
te-luaʔ |
te- prefix |
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94 |
to throw
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teneʔ |
throw underhand (more generic) |
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178 |
that |
tetu |
proximal. |
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18 |
breast |
tiiʔ |
in Toleeʔ & Tobaku dialects: suhu |
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43 |
ear |
tiliŋa |
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59 |
mother |
tina |
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55 |
woman/female |
tobine |
to- means 'person' |
1, 41 |
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58 |
wife |
tobine |
same as 'woman' but a possessive is used if it means wife |
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178 |
that |
toe |
distal. |
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178 |
that |
toheʔe |
distal. |
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177 |
this |
toheʔi |
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71 |
to stab, pierce |
tohuʔ |
stab with pointy object like awl, needle |
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177 |
this |
toi |
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199 |
Three
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tolu |
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54 |
man/male |
tomane |
to- means 'person' |
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57 |
husband |
tomane |
same as 'man' but a possessive pronoun is used if it means husband |
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61 |
house |
tomi |
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13 |
back
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toŋoʔ |
generic |
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60 |
father |
tuama |
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84 |
to plant |
tujaʔ |
to plant seeds using a dibble stick |
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144 |
to burn
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tunu |
burn/roast |
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49 |
to lie down
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turu |
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162 |
old
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tuʔa |
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137 |
to blow
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tuβuiʔ |
blow (with the mouth) on a fire |
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76 |
to live, be alive |
tuβuʔ |
same as 86 'to grow' |
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86 |
to grow
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tuβuʔ |
same as 76 'to live' |
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133 |
rain |
uda |
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122 |
water
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ue |
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106 |
snake |
ule |
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64 |
to say |
uliʔ |
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195 |
no, not |
uma |
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111 |
fish |
uru |
specific of fish |
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40 |
to drink |
ŋ-inu |
ŋ- prefix |
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37 |
to eat |
ŋ-koniʔ |
ŋ- prefix |
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30 |
mouth |
ŋaŋa |
interior of mouth |
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31 |
tooth |
ŋihiʔ |
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136 |
wind |
ŋoluʔ |
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8 |
to turn
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βaleo |
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204 |
Eight
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βalu |
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127 |
woods/forest |
βanaʔ |
virgin forest |
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120 |
stone |
βatu |
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8 |
to turn
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βeo |
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4 |
leg/foot |
βitiʔ |
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5 |
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19 |
shoulder |
βiŋa |
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30 |
mouth |
βiβi |
outer, specifically the lips |
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24 |
head |
βooʔ |
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121 |
sand |
βoʔone |
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117 |
fruit |
βuaʔ |
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137 |
to blow
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βui |
blow (of wind) |
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15 |
bone |
βuku |
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129 |
moon |
βula |
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1 |
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102 |
rat |
βulehuʔ |
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99 |
feather |
βulu |
same term for furr, hair |
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26 |
hair
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βulu βooʔ |
'hair of head' |
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25 |
neck |
βurokoʔ |
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116 |
flower |
βuŋa |
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