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Language: Kilivila

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Kilivila
•  Ethnologue Information for kij
•  OLAC Information for kij
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for klv
•  Senft, Gunter. (1986). Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 14 entries

• Source: Gunter Senft (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-15 03:23:30)
• Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 02:02:32)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 50) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 130) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 190) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 203) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 205) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 206) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 208) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 209) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)
• Gunter Senft, from Senft, Gunter. 1986. Kilivila - the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Word 210) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:59:33)

Entries:

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

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Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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