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Language: Tawala

Source/Author:  Textfile for Tawala Dictionary, by Brian Ezard; provided by Malcolm Ross (Nov 3, 2009) 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Ger Reesink  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Nuclear:North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux:Are-Taupota:Taupota 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand nima   1  
2 left keha left side 15  
3 right hinebawa awala hinebawa = right side    
4 leg/foot ae-   1  
5 to walk nae   11  
6 road/path tahaya road, path, way    
7 to come nei   22  
8 to turn word info bui turnover (change course or direction)    
9 to swim tuba   17  
10 dirty gobugobuna      
11 dust dubudubu dust, like cement    
12 skin hini- skin, body 31  
13 back word info muli back, behind, later 3  
14 belly manago-   9  
15 bone geyama- bone, meaning of parable 29  
16 intestines amamo-   30  
17 liver ate-   1  
18 breast gugu-   1  
19 shoulder awala-   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think nugotuhu think, wonder    
22 to fear hiyo      
23 blood tala-   1  
24 head ununu-   1  
25 neck etetu- (back of) neck    
26 hair word info apala-   46  
27 nose niu-      
28 to breathe agohiweyana sigh, breathe out    
29 to sniff, smell puguna Don't know if it is a verb    
30 mouth gamo-   58  
31 tooth niwo-   1  
32 tongue mena-   7  
33 to laugh (wi)nama      
34 to cry tou cry, weep, call of birds 8  
35 to vomit meda   19  
36 to spit howa   19, 57  
37 to eat am   1  
38 to chew word info ani bite, chew, eat    
39 to cook word info ulona   57  
40 to drink uma   34  
41 to bite una      
42 to suck hanalema suck, taste    
43 ear taniga-   1  
44 to hear nonola hear, smell 1, 36  
45 eye mata-   1  
46 to see gale      
47 to yawn lumowa   1  
48 to sleep eno   8  
49 to lie down word info eno   1  
50 to dream luboni   41  
51 to sit tugula   15  
52 to stand towolo stand, wake, become leader 2  
53 person/human being tu   1  
54 man/male bada mature man < bada 'big'    
55 woman/female kaihale East Cape dial; pl wiwine    
56 child natu-   5  
57 husband ago- husband, wife, spouse 2  
58 wife ago- husband, wife, spouse 1  
59 mother hina- also MZ 1  
60 father ama- also members of F's clan 1, 20  
61 house numa house, building 1  
62 thatch/roof gatowa roof, (sago leaf) thatch 1  
63 name gowa-   1  
64 to say pa part of quote formula 13  
65 rope tali rope to hold pig net up 1  
66 to tie up, fasten luduli tie, fasten    
67 to sew word info hilama sew (e.g. sago roofing)    
68 needle heyau needle to sew copra bags    
69 to hunt word info halo   30  
70 to shoot word info launi hit, shoot    
71 to stab, pierce lunagili pierce a hole in    
72 to hit word info kwapu hit with stick    
73 to steal danene   44  
74 to kill wilawihi hit, kill    
75 to die, be dead hilage finish, die    
76 to live, be alive lauyagohana be alive, living 10  
77 to scratch word info kila      
78 to cut, hack word info hapi chop, cut 69  
79 stick/wood digona walking stick    
80 to split word info luhaya split wood    
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt tutuma      
83 to work word info dewa work, make    
84 to plant nugohi      
85 to choose winagana chose, select    
86 to grow word info lata grow, increase in size    
87 to swell word info hahana fatten, swell (intrans. Verb)    
88 to squeeze word info ombuyobuyo squeeze (coconut, clothes)    
89 to hold word info wogo hold in hand    
90 to dig hala   7  
91 to buy gimala trade, buy, sell    
92 to open, uncover hoe open, untie    
93 to pound, beat word info pihaga pestle and mortar for betelnut    
94 to throw word info wihulu divorce, throw    
95 to fall word info peu      
96 dog kedewa   18  
97 bird kiu bird (generic), totem 16  
98 egg pou   15  
99 feather dagula   13  
100 wing apape-      
101 to fly lupa      
102 rat itala      
103 meat/flesh muhala any edible animal, fish    
104 fat/grease monamona      
105 tail giu-      
106 snake mota   12  
107 worm (earthworm) kweilolo      
108 louse word info utu   1  
109 mosquito himokiki      
110 spider wagogo spider(web)    
111 fish iyana fish (generic) 1  
112 rotten word info gouda to rot    
113 branch word info laga-   1  
114 leaf lugu   16  
115 root dede-      
116 flower halihali flower or feather as decoration    
117 fruit ugo fruit, bear fruit    
118 grass hiyamoni      
119 earth/soil naginagila (soft) earth    
120 stone gaima   13  
121 sand bubu      
122 water word info goila water,river, current 10  
123 to flow dididi fast flowing water between pools in river    
124 sea niha salt, beach, sea    
125 salt niha salt, beach, sea    
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky yada      
129 moon wamahiya moon, month    
130 star kipola      
131 cloud word info yaloi   23  
132 fog huma fog; wrap, cover, parcel    
133 rain gadiwewe      
134 thunder palele      
135 lightning namanamala lightning, bright, glitter    
136 wind lotalu wind, strong or violent    
137 to blow word info huwe      
138 warm word info wipoya hot, warm, power, authority    
139 cold word info wayau      
140 dry word info hayahaya dry, empty (container); dry land, beach    
141 wet niginigi      
142 heavy witai heavy, difficult    
143 fire mayau tree, fire, wood    
144 to burn word info alahi burn something 17  
145 smoke word info bogahu      
146 ash gahuwei      
147 black waididibalena didibala = black,night    
148 white wakewakekena      
149 red kayakayana      
150 yellow waikanikaniyogana      
151 green waigomigomidana      
152 small habaluna      
153 big baneina      
154 short word info kukuna      
155 long word info dao daodaona = lengthy    
156 thin word info dinadinana      
157 thick word info potopotona      
158 narrow gado valley, narrow area    
159 wide yawata broad, wide    
160 painful, sick wiyuwa      
161 shy, ashamed wihinimaya nervous, shy, ashamed    
162 old word info bada wibada = to age, grow old; babada = mature, old men    
163 new wouna new, fresh    
164 good damina (it is) good    
165 bad, evil apapoe      
166 correct, true moina true (adj)    
167 night malatom (all) night until morning    
168 day iyeta day, daytime    
169 year bolima year, garden period    
170 when? word info meyanai      
171 to hide word info lugowadeya hide oneself, (become) lost    
172 to climb word info geini don't know which is specific for a) or b)    
172 to climb word info omgeina don't know which is specific for a) or b)    
173 at ugolina with, to, at    
174 in, inside hinena inside (adj)    
175 above      
176 below      
177 this (ge)geka this, here    
178 that (na)naka that, there    
178 that (no)noka that, there    
179 near hadana near, close (adj)    
180 far      
181 where? word info meka      
182 I tau I, myself 1  
183 thou tam you, yourself    
184 he/she tauna he, himself; she, herself 9  
185 we word info tauta we, ourselves (incl) 67  
186 you taumi you, yourselves    
187 they tauhi they, themselves    
188 what? word info awai      
189 who? word info iyai      
190 other      
191 all atapuna all, (the) whole    
192 and po and (conj)    
193 if ipa      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not eega ega = negative    
196 to count hiyawa read, count, list    
197 One word info emosi      
197 One word info emoti      
198 Two word info luwaga      
199 Three word info tonuga   1  
200 Four word info wohepali      
201 Five word info nim(a) i tutu lit. one hand joined    
202 Six word info nim i tutu po emosi      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info nima luwaga hi tutu lit. two hands joined    
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      

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