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Language: Uvea, West

Source/Author:  Hollyman 1987 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:uve  Glottocode: west2516 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill/Mary Walworth  Checked By: Simon Greenhill/Mary Walworth 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:Samoic-Outlier:Futunic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand lima Five; hand-arm 1, 64  
2 left sema Gauche (Hmn) 11  
3 right matau Right-handed, skilful (Hmn) 5, 13  
4 leg/foot vae Foot, leg (Hmn) 1, 100  
5 to walk haele L from EUvea or Tongan 6 L
6 road/path ala Road 1  
7 to come 'au mai   1, 44  
8 to turn word info faliu   2  
9 to swim kakau Swim 5  
9 to swim kaua Swim (Hmn) 5  
10 dirty kele   10  
11 dust sasa L from NC lgs - likely Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
12 skin kili   1  
13 back word info tua   11  
14 belly tinae Belly 19, 34  
15 bone ivi   52, 5  
16 intestines tinae   1  
17 liver ate Liver 1  
18 breast ū Sein (Hmn) 1  
19 shoulder pakakau   22  
20 to know, be knowledgeable iloa   13  
21 to think loto      
22 to fear mataku Afraid, fear 1  
23 blood toto Blood 4  
24 head ulu Head 1  
25 neck ua   18  
26 hair word info lauulu   40  
27 nose isu Nose 1  
28 to breathe homena Loan from Iaai   L
29 to sniff, smell soŋi Pollex 06: Smell (sth.) (Hmn). 9  
29 to sniff, smell soŋia Pollex 06: Smell (sth.) (Hmn). 9  
30 mouth ŋutu Pollex 06: Ngutu. :Mouth, beak, muzzle (Hmn). 2  
31 tooth nifo   1  
32 tongue fagalelo   15  
33 to laugh kata Laugh 7  
34 to cry taŋi Cry 1  
35 to vomit lulua Vomit 8  
36 to spit anusi   14, 84  
37 to eat kai Food, eat 1, 47  
38 to chew word info ŋaua Chew (cane, purau etc.) (Hmn) 8  
39 to cook word info taona Cook in earth oven 10  
40 to drink inu Drink 1  
41 to bite ū   8  
42 to suck cemi ina   7  
43 ear taliŋa   1  
44 to hear loŋona Hear, listen 1  
45 eye faimata   1  
46 to see kitea   1  
47 to yawn ohaem L from NC lgs - likely Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
48 to sleep moe Sleep 10, 109  
49 to lie down word info moe   6  
50 to dream miti Dream 36  
51 to sit nō Var. hnō, noho 16  
52 to stand tū Stand 2  
53 person/human being taŋata Man 1, 66, 97  
54 man/male taŋata Man 12, 14  
55 woman/female fafine Woman 1, 106  
55 woman/female fine Woman, girl, female, wife (Dty) 1, 41  
56 child tama   6  
57 husband      
58 wife fafine Woman 5, 68  
58 wife fine Woman, girl, female, wife (Dty) 5, 89  
59 mother tinana Mother 1  
60 father tamana Pollex 06: Tamana. :Father (Hmn). 1  
61 house fale House 14  
62 thatch/roof hagoe L from NC lgs - likely Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
63 name iŋoa Pollex 06: Ingoa. :Name. 6  
64 to say muna   129  
65 rope umaea Pollex 06: U/maea/. :Rope (U 1888) (Hmn). 10  
65 rope tukutuku Pollex 06: Tuku/tuku. :Rope (slack) (Hmn).    
66 to tie up, fasten lītia Tie up 14  
67 to sew word info tuia Sew 13, 16  
68 needle sau   1  
68 needle sika Netting needle 9  
69 to hunt word info bosi possible loan from Iaai    
70 to shoot word info fana Arc, tirer ... l'arc (Hmn) 1  
71 to stab, pierce suki Pollex 06: Suki. :Spear, stab, pierce. 1, 8  
72 to hit word info tā also: tāia 10  
73 to steal kaia Steal 7  
74 to kill hliŋeina L from Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
75 to die, be dead mate Dead, ill 1  
76 to live, be alive māuli Pollex 06: Maauli. :Life, living, to live (Hmn). 1, 76  
77 to scratch word info alatia Gratter (quelque partie du corps) (Hmn) 10  
78 to cut, hack word info tūtia Couper 17  
79 stick/wood lākau   1, 26  
80 to split word info isia   7  
81 sharp mata kakai   14, 16  
82 dull, blunt petu   1  
83 to work word info gaobi L from Iaai   L
84 to plant tokia Semer, planter (Hmn) 4, 5  
85 to choose itra ina      
86 to grow word info somo (Coco) germant; germer (Hmn) 7  
87 to swell word info fufula   7  
88 to squeeze word info lomia Press down with hand 10  
89 to hold word info kumia   1  
89 to hold word info kukumi   1  
90 to dig kelia Dig (a hole) 1  
91 to buy taui Payment; pay (Hmn) 9, 13  
91 to buy tauia Payment; pay (Hmn) 9, 13  
92 to open, uncover fukea   1, 63  
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info titī Also tīa 9  
95 to fall word info siŋa Fall 44  
96 dog kuli   7  
97 bird manu Animal, bird. (WUH) insect (Hmn) 1  
98 egg wākuny L from Iaai   L
99 feather fulu Pollex 06: Fulu. :Feathers. 1  
100 wing pakakau Epaule, aile, nageoire de tortue (Hmn) 1, 59, 88  
101 to fly lele Fly 11  
102 rat kimoa   14  
103 meat/flesh io   10  
104 fat/grease giris L from Eng   L
105 tail mokunen L from Iaai   L
106 snake fei Pollex 06: <Fei. :Snake (1888)>.; This may very well be a Greek loan?    
107 worm (earthworm) biget L from Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
108 louse word info kutu   1, 6  
109 mosquito namu   1  
110 spider wale lemo L from Iaai   L
111 fish ika   1  
112 rotten word info popo Rotten 14  
113 branch word info lālā Branch 1  
114 leaf lau Leaf 1  
115 root aka Root 2  
116 flower sei Pollex 06: Sei. :Flower (Hmn). 9  
117 fruit fua Fruit 1  
118 grass      
119 earth/soil kele Earth 10  
120 stone fatu Pierre, caillou 1  
120 stone kōfatu Hard, light-brown stone [<] 1, 39  
121 sand one Sand 1  
122 water word info tai Pollex 06: Tai. :Water (kind of water is marked by adjectives) (Hmn). 2  
123 to flow tafe   10  
124 sea tai   1  
125 salt      
126 lake mātai      
127 woods/forest ūlakau Grove 15, 13  
127 woods/forest vao Forest 14  
128 sky laŋi Sky 1  
129 moon masina Lune, mois (Hmn) 37, 5  
130 star fetū   1  
131 cloud word info ao   12  
132 fog sahot L from NC lgs -likely Iaai (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994)   L
133 rain ua   1  
134 thunder fatutuli   14  
135 lightning wīla Lightning 2  
136 wind mataŋi Wind 1, 66  
137 to blow word info aŋiaŋi Blow 8  
138 warm word info mafana Lukewarm 1, 72  
139 cold word info makalili Cold 1, 52  
140 dry word info masa Dried up (of a well) 11  
140 dry word info malō Sec (Hmn) 13  
141 wet      
142 heavy momafa Heavy, pregnancy 46  
142 heavy mumaha   46  
143 fire afi Feu (Hmn) 1  
144 to burn word info tafuna Light a fire. (WUH) cook over fire (Hmn) 8  
145 smoke word info au Smoke 2  
146 ash lefu   67  
147 black uli Black 7  
148 white sina Pollex 06: Sina. :White. 66  
149 red melo Red 1, 16  
150 yellow melo Yellow 11?  
151 green mata   1  
152 small tokoisi   141  
153 big efa   13  
154 short word info totoe      
155 long word info loa Long 12, 105  
156 thin word info manifi Thin 1  
157 thick word info mātolu   3  
158 narrow lauliki Pollex 06: Lauliki. :Narrow (Leverd). 84  
159 wide lauefa   73, 48  
160 painful, sick momae Pain (1880 WUM) (Hmn) 10  
160 painful, sick mumae Distress, pain, toil (Hmn) 10  
161 shy, ashamed mā Be ashamed (Hmn) 1  
162 old word info matua   1  
163 new fōu New 1  
164 good mārie Good 16  
165 bad, evil ŋaio      
165 bad, evil kakino   9  
166 correct, true tonu Correct 8  
167 night pō Night 1  
168 day ao Day (not night) 1, 54  
169 year tau Year 1  
170 when? word info afea Quand? (Hmn) 5  
171 to hide word info mumuni   1, 67  
172 to climb word info kake Climb 32  
173 at i At 1  
174 in, inside loto Interior, inside of anything; deep (Hmn) 5  
175 above aluŋa Au-dessus; vers le haut; surface; partie sup√©rieure (Hmn) 9  
176 below lalo   8  
177 this denei Pollex 06: Denei. :This. 7, 1  
178 that dela   65  
178 that dena   1  
179 near taiaki   43  
180 far mumao Far off, distant 13  
181 where? word info i fea Where? 3, 35  
182 I au I, me 1, 21  
183 thou ge (Ply) 5  
183 thou goe You (Sing.) 1  
183 thou goe You (Sing.) 1  
184 he/she ia Third person singular personal pronoun 1  
185 we word info kita First person inclusive marker (Ply) 1  
185 we word info gima L from Iaai 2 L
186 you ge (Ply) 1  
186 you godou (Ply) 16  
187 they latou   1, 72  
188 what? word info hea   83  
189 who? word info ai Pollex 06: Who? (Hmn). 1  
189 who? word info wai Pollex 06: Who? (Hmn). 1, 19  
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info nafea   11, 51  
195 no, not hee L from Euvean or Tongan (Ozanne-Rivierre 1994) 13 L
196 to count tau Also: taua 8  
197 One word info tahi L from EUvea 41 L
198 Two word info lua Two 1  
199 Three word info tolu Three 1  
200 Four word info fa Four 1, 66  
201 Five word info lima Five, hand-arm.(Source: Pollex) 1  
202 Six word info tahi hona tupu      
203 Seven word info lua honu tupu      
204 Eight word info tolu honu tupu      
205 Nine word info fā honu tupu      
206 Ten word info lua a lima      
207 Twenty word info tēnua      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info lima a tēnua      
210 One Thousand word info      

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