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Language: Keapara (Kalo Dialect)

Source/Author:  Kiniravu Karomanu 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:khz  Glottocode: kalo1259 
Notes:  I wrote the words down in their most accurate pronounciation form. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Kini Karo  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Peripheral:Central Papuan:Sinagoro-Keapara  
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand gima   1, 58  
2 left qauli kauli    
3 right ripa   22  
4 leg/foot ʁage gage    
5 to walk laqa laka    
6 road/path raupara      
7 to come voʁomai vogomai    
8 to turn word info make      
9 to swim navu      
10 dirty milo   142  
11 dust kakavu      
12 skin qopi kopi    
13 back word info roge lower back including hips, although there is another word sprcifically for hips, which is "kepo".    
13 back word info kini general/overal back    
14 belly tsinage tinage    
15 bone tsiliga tiliga    
16 intestines tsinage-walowalora (stomach/belly-rope)    
17 liver      
18 breast lata   59  
19 shoulder paʁa paga    
20 to know, be knowledgeable ripa   66  
21 to think tugamagi      
22 to fear kali   86  
23 blood rala   1  
24 head repa      
25 neck ʁaʁo gago 30  
26 hair word info gui      
27 nose iru   1  
28 to breathe aʁarage agarage    
29 to sniff, smell ponanaa      
30 mouth poka      
31 tooth ruga      
32 tongue mae   7  
33 to laugh mamai   3  
34 to cry tagi      
35 to vomit vuaʁa vuaga    
36 to spit qainiu kainiu    
37 to eat      
38 to chew word info tamutamu      
39 to cook word info nanua from the noun "nanu"    
40 to drink niua noun="niu"    
41 to bite qolia noun="qoli"    
42 to suck romaa noun="roma"    
43 ear teʁa tega    
44 to hear qamonagi kamonagi    
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see gita      
47 to yawn ataka      
48 to sleep geno sleep, beddings(genogeno), camp out (genogeno).    
48 to sleep maitu sleep(general)    
49 to lie down word info maqo tali (lie down)    
49 to lie down word info maqo (lie/lay)    
50 to dream nivi   1, 60  
51 to sit tanu      
51 to sit talu      
52 to stand ruga      
53 person/human being talima person    
53 person/human being taunilimalima human being, people.    
54 man/male tau 1)tau as in man, male. 2)tau as in one(person) one as in "the evil/bad one(tau tsikana)", "the one who fights in a war/ a warrior(vetali tauna)", or in "the one who teaches/informs(veve?aripa tauna)" etc.. 22  
54 man/male maru maru is commonly used to refer to man or male 1, 69  
55 woman/female ʁare gare    
56 child melo   8  
56 child natu   5  
57 husband ʁarawa garawa(spouse)    
58 wife ʁarawa garawa(spouse)    
59 mother tsina tina    
60 father tama   1  
61 house numa   1, 49  
62 thatch/roof ʁato gato    
63 name ara   1, 18  
64 to say kila   160  
65 rope walo   2  
66 to tie up, fasten qapa kapa    
67 to sew word info tuli tuli(sew), tuituli(sewing) 13  
68 needle rina      
69 to hunt word info apana      
70 to shoot word info taraki taraki - shoot an arrow(specific use)    
70 to shoot word info pitsi piti - to shoot(general term, does not include arrows)    
71 to stab, pierce komu pierce(to make a hole)    
71 to stab, pierce kwanu stab 98  
72 to hit word info vale to hit with the hand only/bare hand    
72 to hit word info qwari kwari - to hit with an object    
73 to steal lema      
74 to kill vagi      
75 to die, be dead qwarega kwarega    
76 to live, be alive maguli      
77 to scratch word info qaqali kakali    
78 to cut, hack word info patsi pati    
79 stick/wood mara      
80 to split word info tovi tovi(specific use)-for splitting certain objects.    
80 to split word info tovi-qavaluga qavaluga - to break open into pieces or parts or halves    
81 sharp matana      
82 dull, blunt atsi matana ati matana(not sharp)    
83 to work word info ginaro ginaro - garden-related work    
83 to work word info araʁa araga    
83 to work word info inagulu work in general    
84 to plant varo      
85 to choose virigi      
86 to grow word info veʁa kalaa vega kalaa(make/let it grow)    
87 to swell word info olo      
88 to squeeze word info kiki      
89 to hold word info ʁapi gapi    
90 to dig kua   66  
90 to dig tavi      
91 to buy voi   1  
92 to open, uncover qalapaka kalapaka    
93 to pound, beat word info taki      
93 to pound, beat word info rara      
94 to throw word info pia      
95 to fall word info keto   125  
96 dog qwaeva kwaeva    
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg ʁatoi gatoi    
99 feather manumanu      
100 wing vane   2  
101 to fly rau "rau" is more of a bird flying while flapping its wings while lovo is more like gliding and soaring without flapping wings    
101 to fly lovo (soar,fly) 1  
102 rat kuruve      
103 meat/flesh virigo   10  
104 fat/grease mona animal fat 1, 65  
104 fat/grease riga grease,oil    
105 tail givu      
106 snake warowaro      
107 worm (earthworm) vuo worm, caterpillar    
107 worm (earthworm) guli earthworm    
107 worm (earthworm) rimo parasitic(intestinal) worm 48  
108 louse word info gutu      
109 mosquito nemo   1  
110 spider kaikai   90  
111 fish maʁani magani    
112 rotten word info poraʁa poraga 9, 74  
113 branch word info raʁa raga    
114 leaf ʁaulauna gaulauna    
115 root lamuna   3  
116 flower tsiare tiare 76  
117 fruit ʁauvuavua gauvuavua    
118 grass ʁawa gawa    
119 earth/soil tanopara (earth/world/planet),    
119 earth/soil qwano soil, ground    
120 stone vatu      
121 sand qone qwanona kone kwanona (beach soil)    
122 water word info nanu water 1, 43  
122 water word info nanu mami fresh water or drinking/drinkable water    
123 to flow ʁalu galu    
124 sea rawapara      
125 salt rama   25  
125 salt tamena   25  
126 lake qovu kovu    
127 woods/forest uraura      
128 sky kupa   17  
129 moon uve      
130 star mitsiu mitiu    
131 cloud word info iloa(general)      
132 fog ʁavukovu gavukovu    
133 rain gura      
134 thunder ʁaita gaita    
135 lightning rama      
136 wind agi      
137 to blow word info elavuana (wind blowing-"agi e?olena"    
137 to blow word info eʁolena (wind blowing-"agi e?olena"    
137 to blow word info vili (blow with mouth) 79  
138 warm word info tsiavutsiavu tiavutiavu    
139 cold word info nakula   108  
139 cold word info palapala      
140 dry word info laki   111  
140 dry word info lakilaki      
141 wet nupa      
142 heavy metau   48  
143 fire qalova kalova    
144 to burn word info kapua root words: kapu    
144 to burn word info veaʁalaa gala(?ala)    
145 smoke word info kovu   13  
146 ash qavu kavu 1  
147 black ruparupa (black, also used to describe dark/darker shade of a colour) 21  
148 white kulokulo   74  
149 red qalovaqalova kalovakalova - from the word for fire which is "kalova(qalova)". It does not strictly describe red but a color spectrum of fire from red to orange(excluding yellow).    
150 yellow polapola   41  
151 green      
152 small kei      
153 big kamu      
154 short word info kupa kupa 20  
154 short word info kupa-qotsi kupa-koti    
154 short word info qotsiqotsi kotikoti    
155 long word info moʁa moga    
155 long word info moʁaloki mogaloki    
156 thin word info magivi      
157 thick word info guruna      
158 narrow kokotsi kokoti    
159 wide ʁaʁava wide    
159 wide reva wide and flat, or just flat surface    
160 painful, sick vitsi viti    
161 shy, ashamed nugarage      
162 old word info qani kani - old    
162 old word info velepara old man    
162 old word info velepara qaniqani very old man    
162 old word info logeaparapara old woman    
162 old word info logeapara qaniqani very old woman    
163 new valigu      
164 good nama   27  
165 bad, evil raqava rakava    
166 correct, true e e! - correct    
166 correct, true taunatauna true - taunatauna    
167 night pogi      
168 day laʁani      
169 year rigolo      
170 when? word info arigi toma      
170 when? word info laʁani?      
171 to hide word info kumu      
172 to climb word info ragea (ladder) root word = rage(up)    
172 to climb word info paea (mountain) pae(climb)    
173 at ai   12  
174 in, inside aonai   1  
175 above atanai   1  
175 above kukunai      
175 above tairagenai      
176 below kapulenai   81  
176 below tairigonai      
177 this eia      
178 that neia that (close to the listener)    
178 that voia that (far from the listener)    
179 near veqavi vekavi    
180 far rau   1  
181 where? word info arigia      
181 where? word info ravai      
181 where? word info ravanai      
182 I au   1, 21  
183 thou ʁoi      
184 he/she ia   1  
185 we word info ita (incl.)    
185 we word info ai (excl.)    
186 you ʁoi      
187 they ira      
188 what? word info raqau rakau    
189 who? word info rai   1  
190 other ta      
190 other mataa      
191 all maparara      
192 and e   8  
193 if pere      
194 how? word info raqatsiwa rakatiwa    
195 no, not aikina (no, nothing) 1  
195 no, not atsi (not) 1  
196 to count veʁa-agi      
197 One word info qwapuna kwapuna    
198 Two word info ruala      
199 Three word info toitoi   1  
200 Four word info vatsivatsi vativati    
201 Five word info imaima   1  
202 Six word info taula toitoi      
203 Seven word info taulatoi qwapuna taulatoi kwapuna    
204 Eight word info taula vatsivatsi taula vativati    
205 Nine word info taulavatsi qwapuna taulavati kwapuna    
206 Ten word info ʁaʁalana gagalana    
207 Twenty word info ʁaʁala ruala gagala ruala    
208 Fifty word info ʁaʁala imaima gagala imaima    
209 One Hundred word info tsinavuna tinavuna    
210 One Thousand word info raʁana ragana    

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