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Language: Kuanua

Source/Author:  Lawrence Vue, Malcolm Ross 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic:Patpatar-Tolai 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
21 to think      
49 to lie down word info      
53 person/human being      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
82 dull, blunt      
93 to pound, beat word info      
117 fruit      
137 to blow word info      
157 thick word info      
161 shy, ashamed      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
175 above      
176 below      
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info      
183 thou      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
8 to turn word info i vilalikun      
11 dust tobon      
18 breast a libongaina      
25 neck a ingoana      
28 to breathe i mama dang      
30 mouth a ngiene      
35 to vomit kaongo      
36 to spit a tekena gagami      
39 to cook word info i kuk na tava 'he/she boiled water (or a liquid)'. Tok Pisin loan? <kuk na tava> is arguably a noun-incorporation construction   L?
39 to cook word info kuk general term, but probably Tok Pisin loan   L
46 to see i bo bo      
48 to sleep i va = he sleeps    
64 to say i ta ta = he speaks    
73 to steal i long      
80 to split word info i kulit      
81 sharp mangi      
87 to swell word info i ung      
88 to squeeze word info i liu      
91 to buy i kulia      
92 to open, uncover i pa pa ra banbanu = he opens (a door)    
92 to open, uncover papa to open    
94 to throw word info i vue      
95 to fall word info i bura      
97 bird beo      
100 wing be be ei ra beo wing of the bird/bird's wing    
102 rat galang      
104 fat/grease a monoina      
105 tail tauk      
107 worm (earthworm) go go ulom      
108 louse word info pal      
109 mosquito a ngatingat      
110 spider kailoko      
113 branch word info ingara da vai      
114 leaf mapinadavai      
115 root okoradavai      
121 sand a veu could be aveu    
122 water word info tava      
123 to flow i alir      
125 salt a bil could be abil    
126 lake tavakikil      
129 moon vagam      
132 fog oala      
135 lightning pi pi      
140 dry word info matetek      
140 dry word info ige      
141 wet pu puk      
142 heavy i mamat      
144 to burn word info a iap i io "fire is burning"    
149 red birau      
150 yellow viau      
151 green launa      
153 big ngala na boroi big pig    
153 big nagla      
155 long word info lo lo vina      
156 thin word info pala ur      
160 painful, sick i kale ra pidian Sheena Van Der Mark: meaning of 'pidian' unknown    
160 painful, sick kadik to be painful    
160 painful, sick mait to be sick    
163 new kalamana      
164 good bona pal      
165 bad, evil kaina      
168 day maup      
170 when? word info vingaia?      
171 to hide word info i parau      
174 in, inside olo to enter, go through    
178 that nam ra pal i vailik      
178 that nam ra pal i mara vai      
184 he/she to      
185 we word info a mital va utul      
185 we word info amirkaka      
185 we word info amirikani      
185 we word info amirika      
186 you a mutal va utul could be vautul    
186 you avat      
186 you u-ulu      
188 what? word info dave      
189 who? word info i ia      
190 other diat      
199 Three word info tamapu      
199 Three word info autul      
203 Seven word info lavurua      
207 Twenty word info a uravinun      
208 Fifty word info a ilima na vinun      
1 hand limana   1  
1 hand a limana   1  
2 left lima maira   1  
4 leg/foot a ka una   1  
4 leg/foot a kauna   1  
17 liver a katina   1  
18 breast luuna   1  
19 shoulder a ula va ra na   1  
24 head a uluna   1  
34 to cry i tangi   1  
37 to eat i ian   1  
38 to chew word info i mamai b. used exclusively for chewing betelnut and not used with food or anything else. 1  
41 to bite a pap i kakakarat 'a/the pup bites'. <pap> = 'dog'; <i> = 3sg subject marker; <kakakarat> = 'biting' (one reduplication could be detransitivising/progressive, the other is perhaps intensity.) 1  
41 to bite karat   1  
43 ear a talingana   1  
45 eye a matana   1  
47 to yawn mauviap   1  
60 father tama- bound form, requiring possessor suffix 1  
70 to shoot word info i ponok   1  
75 to die, be dead i mat   1  
79 stick/wood a pakana davai   1  
85 to choose i pilak   1  
90 to dig i kakal   1  
99 feather ivuna   1  
108 louse word info a'ut   1  
109 mosquito mu mu   1  
111 fish en   1  
120 stone a vat could be avat 1  
124 sea a ta   1  
143 fire iap   1  
144 to burn word info tun to burn 1  
146 ash kabu   1  
152 small ik   1  
152 small ikilik   1  
182 I iau   1  
184 he/she ia   1  
187 they dital vautul vautul written as one word this time 1  
187 they dir waurua   1  
198 Two word info urade   1  
198 Two word info aurua   1  
200 Four word info kaiti   1  
200 Four word info aiwat   1  
201 Five word info kaita   1  
201 Five word info ailima   1  
44 to hear i valongor   1, 36  
187 they diat   1, 27  
55 woman/female avavina   1, 41  
77 to scratch word info i kara ik   10  
103 meat/flesh viono   10  
29 to sniff, smell i angi ne   11  
116 flower pur pur   13  
166 correct, true i kodo   13  
61 house pal   14  
60 father kana tete 'his/her father' 15  
177 this a pal nin   15  
205 Nine word info lavuvat   15  
205 Nine word info lavuwat   15  
33 to laugh i no ng on   16  
119 earth/soil a pi could be api 16  
106 snake a ui   17  
14 belly a balana   18  
86 to grow word info lubang   19  
15 bone a uruna   2  
185 we word info amir   2  
5 to walk i vana   2, 64  
5 to walk i vana vana   2, 64  
52 to stand tur   2, 69  
6 road/path nga   20  
51 to sit i ki ki ka   20  
63 name a iangina 0r 1? 20  
167 night marum   20  
206 Ten word info avinun   20  
206 Ten word info avinun   20  
3 right liman tuna   24  
31 tooth a palangiene   24  
31 tooth a gorop na ngiene   24  
42 to suck i-u   25  
40 to drink i mo mo   27  
22 to fear a bul i burut a/the child is afraid 28  
22 to fear burut to be afraid 28  
16 intestines a vivilau na balana   28, 37  
101 to fly pururung   29  
148 white pua   29  
158 narrow nga tur   29  
13 back word info a muru na   3  
26 hair word info a kat kat na uluna   3  
12 skin a palina   30  
128 sky bakut   30  
196 to count i luluk could be i lu luk 30  
76 to live, be alive la un   31  
98 egg kiau   31  
197 One word info tike   31  
197 One word info tikai   31  
7 to come i po ot   32  
138 warm word info i malapang   32  
27 nose a bilauna   33  
136 wind vuvu the wind blew/is blowing 33  
136 wind avuvu i vuvu means both 'wind' and 'to blow' 33  
159 wide palar   33  
147 black korong   34  
50 to dream i ri rivon could be i ririvon 35  
169 year kilala   35  
130 star tagul   36  
56 child bul child 37  
69 to hunt word info i rovoi   37  
96 dog pap   37  
58 wife taulai spouse 39  
65 rope vinau   39  
74 to kill doko to kill (transitive) 39  
112 rotten word info marapup   39  
145 smoke word info a mi could be ami 39  
139 cold word info i mudian   40  
84 to plant i ing ra kau kau <i ing ra kau kau> is a full sentence - not just a lexeme for 'to plant'. I would guess that the lexeme for 'to plant' is <ing>, although I'm not familiar with this word. <i> = 3sg subject marker; <ra> = noun marker/article; <kaukau> = sweet potato 41  
152 small nat   41  
67 to sew word info i ingit   43  
100 wing bebe   43  
118 grass kunai   43  
9 to swim i alir   44  
54 man/male tutana   44  
72 to hit word info i varu bu   44  
134 thunder vaul   44  
83 to work word info papalum   45  
127 woods/forest lokor   46  
191 all diat par   46  
162 old word info maulana   47  
131 cloud word info gavul   48  
101 to fly beo i pururung means 'the/a bird is flying' 49  
160 painful, sick i kale ra manua he/she has a cut/sore 49  
23 blood a gapuna   5  
58 wife kana vavina his/her wife 5  
59 mother kana mama his/her mother 5  
59 mother mama Tok Pisin loan? 5 L?
77 to scratch word info i ka ka   5  
71 to stab, pierce i goa   50  
118 grass vura   50  
57 husband kana tutana his/her husband 51  
66 to tie up, fasten i kukubu I don't know this form, but based on the structure <kubu> is probably the lexeme. <i kukubu> probably means 'he/she ties up/fastens' and <kubu ra kukubu> probably means 'tie/fasten the fastenings'. 51  
66 to tie up, fasten kubu ra kukubu   51  
89 to hold word info i vaturia <i vaturia> means 'he/she holds it'. <i> = 3sg subject marker; <va-> = causative prefix; <tur> = 'to stand'; <-ia> = 3sg object enclitic 51  
195 no, not pata   51  
39 to cook word info i papara ta ra ubu 'he/she "mumued" (cooked) with an earth oven' 52  
39 to cook word info papara a specific type of cooking 52  
20 to know, be knowledgeable i nunure   53  
57 husband taulai spouse: < *tau + *laki 55, 28  
78 to cut, hack word info i poko   56  
185 we word info u datal va utul could be vautul 6  
202 Six word info laptikai   6  
202 Six word info laptikai   6  
209 One Hundred word info a mar   6  
154 short word info tutukan could be tu tu kan 66  
10 dirty dur   68  
204 Eight word info lavutul   7  
210 One Thousand word info tikana arip   7  
32 tongue a karameana   7, 14  
133 rain a bata   8  
39 to cook word info i tu tun ta ra iap 'he/she cooked it on a/the fire' 9  
39 to cook word info tutun a specific type of cooking 9  

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