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Language: Kilivila

Source/Author:  Eprem T. Moguna 
Notes:  Trobriand Isl. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Debasish Roy  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Peripheral:Kilivila-Louisiades:Kilivila 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand yami|la   1  
2 left kikiwama      
3 right kakata   16  
4 leg/foot keki|la   1  
5 to walk lola   1  
6 road/path keda   12  
7 to come ma   1  
7 to come wa   72  
8 to turn word info tovila   66  
9 to swim kakaya   5  
10 dirty pupagatu      
11 dust tubumyou      
12 skin kanaina   53  
13 back word info tapu|la      
14 belly lula      
15 bone totuwana   10  
16 intestines sileu   1  
17 liver kata [cf. 19,55,57] 1  
18 breast nunu   1, 3  
19 shoulder ilara      
20 to know, be knowledgeable nukwali      
21 to think nanamsa      
22 to fear kokola      
23 blood buyai   33  
24 head pwaneta      
25 neck keyona   90  
26 hair word info kulu   3  
27 nose kabulu   17  
28 to breathe yagisa      
29 to sniff, smell sukwani      
30 mouth wadona   60  
30 mouth wodlia   60  
31 tooth kudu      
32 tongue maena   7  
32 tongue meliya   7  
33 to laugh gigila      
34 to cry valam   47  
35 to vomit lagoba   20  
36 to spit giu   65  
37 to eat kam [cf. 168] 1  
38 to chew word info kaui (chew betel) 67  
39 to cook word info sulu (boil food) 71  
40 to drink mom   27  
41 to bite geda   46  
42 to suck nunu   25, 28  
43 ear tegila [< m] 1  
44 to hear lagi   1, 36  
45 eye mati|la   1  
46 to see gisi   1  
47 to yawn kayawasi   15  
48 to sleep masisi   56  
49 to lie down word info kenu   1  
50 to dream -mimi-   1, 37  
51 to sit sisu      
52 to stand tota   2  
53 person/human being tomota   1, 66  
54 man/male tomwaya   17  
54 man/male tau   22  
55 woman/female numwaya      
55 woman/female vivila   1, 41  
56 child gwadi   39  
57 husband mwala   26  
58 wife kwava   1  
59 mother ina   1  
60 father tama   1  
61 house bwala   43  
62 thatch/roof kulumwala      
63 name yegila   20  
64 to say livale      
65 rope yuwayoula      
66 to tie up, fasten yuwali      
67 to sew word info basi   53  
68 needle vasiya   23  
69 to hunt word info wega      
70 to shoot word info lova   7  
71 to stab, pierce ginibabi      
72 to hit word info weya   61  
73 to steal velau   21  
74 to kill kata|mati   2  
74 to kill katumati   2  
75 to die, be dead kaliga   11  
76 to live, be alive mwamova      
77 to scratch word info kwari   12  
78 to cut, hack word info teya   1  
79 stick/wood kai   1  
80 to split word info wavi      
81 sharp kakata   69  
82 dull, blunt nanaka      
83 to work word info bagula   19  
84 to plant vaula   17  
85 to choose kila   13  
86 to grow word info kei|tubu   1  
87 to swell word info ulela      
88 to squeeze word info kipuneni      
89 to hold word info kipatu      
90 to dig keri   1  
91 to buy gimwala   17  
92 to open, uncover ulemwa      
93 to pound, beat word info mku      
94 to throw word info lai      
94 to throw word info lova      
95 to fall word info debwali      
96 dog kaukwa   17  
97 bird mauna [< m?] 1  
98 egg pou   15  
99 feather dagula   13  
100 wing pini   2  
100 wing pane   2  
100 wing na      
101 to fly yowa   1  
102 rat kikoni      
103 meat/flesh viriyona   37  
104 fat/grease posa   61  
105 tail yeyuna   1  
106 snake keuna      
107 worm (earthworm) silimwamwata   10  
108 louse word info kutu   1  
109 mosquito nim   1  
110 spider kapiwa      
111 fish inya   1  
111 fish inia   1  
112 rotten word info tomkumwaku      
113 branch word info sisi      
114 leaf yokwesi   28  
114 leaf yekwesi   28  
115 root qaina      
115 root wari      
116 flower lala   20  
117 fruit kawelu      
118 grass mnumonu      
118 grass munumonu      
119 earth/soil pwepwaya   47  
120 stone dakuna      
121 sand qenakenuva   1?  
122 water word info sopi-momon      
123 to flow saqaula   26  
124 sea bwarilā      
124 sea bwalita      
125 salt yona      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest ɬawodila      
128 sky labuma   18  
128 sky lowalowa   18  
129 moon tubukona      
129 moon tubukola      
130 star utuyam      
131 cloud word info pupwakau      
131 cloud word info lowalowa      
132 fog guugwau      
133 rain kuna      
134 thunder pilapala   28  
135 lightning qaikaila   44  
135 lightning qavikavila   44  
136 wind yagila   20  
137 to blow word info yuvi   1  
138 warm word info pikekita yuviya...      
139 cold word info tula      
140 dry word info lubulabu      
141 wet pwatutu      
142 heavy mwau   20  
143 fire kova      
144 to burn word info kata      
145 smoke word info mseu   2?  
146 ash tubwaga      
147 black bwabwau      
148 white pupwakau      
149 red bweyani   26  
150 yellow degila      
151 green siligoyata      
152 small kekita   38  
153 big veka      
154 short word info kukupi   20  
155 long word info wanaku      
156 thin word info pwasisikwa      
157 thick word info popou   18  
158 narrow kaduyakekita      
159 wide kaduyaveka      
160 painful, sick mmayuyu      
160 painful, sick katoula      
161 shy, ashamed mmwasila      
162 old word info nunumwaya   67  
162 old word info tommwaya   67  
162 old word info tob-boma      
163 new vau female, male, general 1  
164 good bwena   37  
165 bad, evil gaga   1?  
166 correct, true mokwita      
167 night bogi   1  
168 day yam      
169 year tetu [d>y of 198, -n>m of 37] 1  
170 when? word info avetuta      
171 to hide word info sikupweni      
171 to hide word info katupwana      
172 to climb word info mwena   66  
173 at o      
173 at wa   12  
174 in, inside olumolela      
175 above orakewa      
176 below osikwawa      
177 this matona      
177 this manana      
178 that matona masculine 1  
178 that manana feminine 1  
179 near otali same as 'this' but point to things to differentiate    
180 far kaduwanaku      
181 where? word info ambesa      
182 I yegu   1  
183 thou yokwa      
184 he/she matona [sg] 67  
184 he/she manana [sg] 67  
185 we word info yakama   2  
185 we word info yakamesa   2  
185 we word info yakida   1  
185 we word info yakidasi   1  
186 you yokwami      
187 they mtosi [plural] 66  
187 they matosina [plural] 66  
187 they matosi [plural] 66  
188 what? word info avaka   1  
189 who? word info avela      
190 other ituali      
191 all komwedona      
192 and ei   1  
192 and deli      
193 if kidamwa   3  
194 how? word info amakala      
195 no, not gala      
196 to count kalawa      
197 One word info tala   1?  
198 Two word info yu   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
200 Four word info vasi   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info -lima -tala      
203 Seven word info -lima -yu   5, 2  
204 Eight word info -lima -tolu   5, 7  
205 Nine word info -lima -vasi   11, 17  
206 Ten word info -luwatala      
207 Twenty word info -luwayu      
208 Fifty word info -luwalima   1  
209 One Hundred word info -lakatutala      
210 One Thousand word info -lakatuluwatala      

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