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Language: Wedau

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Wedau
•  Ethnologue Information for wed
•  OLAC Information for wed
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for wed
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 11 entries

• Changed "author" from "Sheila Tauno/Florence Tereakina/Malcolm Ross" - Malcolm Ross (2016-10-07 15:02:01)
• Changed "notes" from "" - Malcolm Ross (2016-10-07 15:02:01)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 85) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:41)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 95) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:34)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 170) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:27)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 181) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:20)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 183) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:12)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 190) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:07:05)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 192) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:06:58)
• Source: Stephen Emerton (Word 194) - Simon Greenhill (2013-03-14 22:06:51)
• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux, Are-Taupota, Taupota To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Are-Taupota, Taupota - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:32:19)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	urana
2	left	aukelakela
3	right	auoiou
4	leg/foot	aena	sole = ailapalapana	1
5	to walk	ebababara		51
5	to walk	enenai		11
6	road/path	eta-na-i		12
6	road/path	eta		12
7	to come	enenei		22
8	to turn	emainaitavirei		66
9	to swim	etoatoa		57
10	dirty	miramirana		97
11	dust	pokau
12	skin	opina		15
13	back	oporana		101
14	belly	manawana		9
15	bone	gelamina		55
16	intestines	amoamona		30
17	liver	ganiganina		61
18	breast	guguna		1
18	breast	nuanuana	of man
19	shoulder	avarana		1
20	to know, be knowledgeable	iaramani		43
21	to think
22	to fear	erovorovoi		84
23	blood	tarana		1
24	head	kolana		44
25	neck	uana		88
26	hair	aparana		46
27	nose	giana		30
28	to breathe	elavulavutu		92
29	to sniff, smell	ilahoni		27
30	mouth	gamona		58
31	tooth	ivona		1, 35
32	tongue	menana		7, 40
33	to laugh	ekakaka		68
34	to cry	etoutou		8
35	to vomit	emedameda		19
36	to spit	ovana		19, 88
37	to eat	eamam		1, 43
38	to chew
39	to cook	eamamapu
39	to cook	evivitava		27
40	to drink	eumauma		64
41	to bite	auou tuanim
42	to suck	eǥuǥuǥuǥu		25
43	ear	tani(h)ana		1
44	to hear	enononori		1, 36
45	eye	matana		1
46	to see	eneinana
47	to yawn	erauraumova		19
48	to sleep	i matave		46
49	to lie down
50	to dream	irauboni		41
51	to sit	ekiakiala		156
52	to stand	emaimairi		1, 105
53	person/human being	rava		89
54	man/male	oroto		21
55	woman/female	wavine		1, 106
56	child	natuna		5
57	husband	awana orotona		2
58	wife	awana wavinena	the v could be an r	1
59	mother	alona		30
60	father	amana		1, 20
61	house	numa		1, 49
62	thatch/roof
63	name	wavana		9
64	to say	ebababani	3s-speaks-TR	13
65	rope	ǥurava		19
66	to tie up, fasten	eraǥinaǥim
67	to sew	eamampopo		77
68	needle
69	to hunt	earoaro		30
70	to shoot	evipidu	v could be an r	45
71	to stab, pierce	itonai		32
72	to hit	eamvunua	= fight with fist	23
73	to steal	edanedanene		44
74	to kill	pora iviraheni		99
75	to die, be dead	evairahi		11
76	to live, be alive	poro lawalawaina		10
77	to scratch	ikakaroi		1
78	to cut, hack	ibori		51
79	stick/wood	kwapu		35
80	to split	iwamai
81	sharp	gamgamna		49
82	dull, blunt
83	to work	enolanola		97
84	to plant	epaepaewa		64
85	to choose	vinei		1, 24
86	to grow	egogogo		57
87	to swell	idodo		82
88	to squeeze	ebulobuloi		59
89	to hold	evovojijini	last n could be a u	38
90	to dig	iǥarai		10
91	to buy
92	to open, uncover
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	etawatawanėi		74
94	to throw	gaima
95	to fall	peu		25
96	dog	auou		17
97	bird	kiu		16
98	egg	pou		15
99	feather	tawara		26
100	wing	papena		21
101	to fly	elavelave	or perhaps e lave lave	44
102	rat	kaitom
103	meat/flesh	sia		31, 101
104	fat/grease	dodona
105	tail	hinna	metathesis	1
106	snake	mota		12
107	worm (earthworm)	kwairoro		47
108	louse	utu		1
109	mosquito	imokini		47
110	spider	wagogo		86
111	fish	iana		1
112	rotten
113	branch
114	leaf	rugurugu		16
115	root	waranina		2
116	flower	berana		17
117	fruit
118	grass	gidagida
118	grass	erei	first e has a diagonal (from right to left) line through it	14
119	earth/soil	dowa		12
120	stone	ǥaima		13, 53
121	sand	bubu		66
122	water	waira		2
123	to flow
124	sea	boga		13, 66
125	salt	boga		34
126	lake
127	woods/forest	gunuara	last r could be an n	118
128	sky	mara		80
129	moon	nawaravi		13
130	star	ubona		56
131	cloud	apau
132	fog
133	rain	garewa		17
134	thunder	waiparara	wai- < *waiR 'water'	15, 45
135	lightning	namanamara		18
136	wind	ive
137	to blow	eiveivei		78
138	warm	ivibola		49
139	cold	iubauba		105
140	dry	paipaiana		104
141	wet	budabudena		20
142	heavy
143	fire	ai		35
144	to burn	eararata		17
144	to burn	eapuapui		16
145	smoke	bau		23
146	ash	lapukare		67
147	black	gawagawarina		37
148	white	ararapoirina		67
149	red	lebalebarina		26
150	yellow	logana	query this. Some crossings out.	86
151	green
152	small	aburuna	of pig; maybe abuvuna	69
153	big	gaigaina	of pig	64
154	short	tupona		31
155	long	manamanaina		12
156	thin
157	thick
158	narrow	jinajinana
159	wide	dabadabana		51
159	wide	dabadabai		51
160	painful, sick
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	wadubona	of house	x
162	old	magurina	of person	31
163	new	vouna	of house	1, 26
164	good	aiaina	of house	131
165	bad, evil	apoapoena		59
166	correct, true
167	night	auguvarai
168	day	aumarai		73
169	year	madea		82
170	when?	melanai		8
171	to hide
172	to climb
173	at
174	in, inside
175	above
176	below
177	this	wei
178	that	lana		1
179	near
180	far
181	where?	mepa		13
182	I	tau		25
183	thou	tam		22
184	he/she	tauna		9
185	we	tauai		67
185	we	tauai		67
185	we	tauta		67
185	we	tauma		67
186	you	tam		12
186	you	taumi		12
187	they	taui		21
188	what?	ai wai		1, 38
189	who?	aiai		1
190	other	ɣelau-na		66
191	all	anataputa		45
192	and	ma		2
193	if
194	how?	menanare
195	no, not	eǥa		23
196	to count	eyeyava		67
197	One	tagogi		14
198	Two	ruaha		1
199	Three	tonuha		1
200	Four	ruahamaruaha	< 'two and two'
201	Five	ruahamatonuha
202	Six
203	Seven
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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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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