Language: Kubokota

Source/Author:	Mary Raymond
Identifiers:	ISO-639-3:ghn Glottocode: kubo1244
Notes:	Kubokota and Luqa are very closely related although there are some grammatical differences and, I feel, more lexical differences than this word list suggests (Kubokota has a lot of borrowings from Bilua, a neighbouring Papuan language). Orthography: q = voiced velar stop, v = voiced bilabial fricative, ng = velar nasal, ny = palatal nasal, g = voiced velar fricative, j = voiced palatal affricate. All voiced stops and affricates are prenasalized.
Data Entry:	Typed By: Mary Raymond Checked By:
Statistics:	Total Data: 251 Number of Retentions: Proto Malayo-Polynesian:42 Proto-Oceanic:63 Number of Loans: 1
Classification:	Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic:New Georgia:West
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Changed from "lotu" (Word 95) - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-30 08:14:46)
Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-17 19:40:17)
Changed from "havoro" (Word 116) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:21:06)
Changed "silcode" from "" - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed "notes" from "Kubokota and Luqa are very closely related although there are some grammatical differences and, I feel, mo - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed "classification" from "" - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed #134336 from "rerege/lekoleko", "rerege is a general verb meaning walk; lekoleko is to wander or t (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed #134338 from "lame/mae", "mae = come to speaker", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed #134367 from "tue", "odolo = spit betelnut", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed #134368 from "gani/teku", "gani = eat, teku = take (polite way of saying eat)", "", (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed #134388 from "marene-na", "also means man; kale-na = spouse (lit. side/partner-3sg.pos)", "", (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed #134395 from "gu/paranga", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed #134455 from "ivere/kolo", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed #134520 from "i zei,i = personal article", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)
Changed #134523 from "beto / betoko / ko", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-11 22:12:43)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	lima		1, 64
2	left	meri		1, 59
3	right	matua		5, 37
4	leg/foot	nene		19
5	to walk	rerege	a general verb meaning walk	66
5	to walk	lekoleko	to wander or to go for a walk
6	road/path	zona		35
7	to come	lame		1, 85
7	to come	mae	come to speaker	1
8	to turn	vidulu		82
9	to swim	ponyu	iu = wash	53
10	dirty	paji		70
11	dust	kavuru	opopu = dirt in house	72
12	skin	vuliti		1
13	back	pokoto		58
14	belly	iapa		65
15	bone	pudapuda		8
16	intestines
17	liver	kola		8
18	breast	susu		1
19	shoulder	vara		1
20	to know, be knowledgeable	gilagila(i)	to know it	18
20	to know, be knowledgeable	gigalai	knowledgeable	18
21	to think	roquroqu		50
22	to fear	matagutu		1
23	blood	orungu		30
24	head	batu		9
25	neck	rua		18
26	hair	vurungu		43
27	nose	izu		1
28	to breathe	singo		20
29	to sniff, smell	omanga		15
30	mouth	nguju		2
31	tooth	livo		1, 35
32	tongue	mea		7
33	to laugh	au		61
34	to cry	lukana		43
35	to vomit	lua		8
36	to spit	odolo	spit betelnut	63
36	to spit	tue		64
37	to eat	gani	eat	1
37	to eat	teku	take (polite way of saying eat)	42
38	to chew	nyapulu	a.	31
38	to chew	nyapunyapulu	a.	31
38	to chew	piala	b.	32
39	to cook	vavatunu		9
39	to cook	raro		56
40	to drink	buku		31
40	to drink	apo		9
41	to bite	garata		1
42	to suck	nyonyopo		1, 22
43	ear	talinga		1
44	to hear	nongoro		1, 37
45	eye	mata		1
46	to see	bata	(intr)	58
46	to see	bati	(tr)	58
46	to see	dogoro	(tr)	57
47	to yawn	mamava		19
48	to sleep	puta		15
49	to lie down	kole		42
50	to dream	putagita		34, 38
51	to sit	nyumu
52	to stand	turu		2, 69
53	person/human being	tio/tinoni		10
54	man/male	marene		1, 69
55	woman/female	reko		40
56	child	koburu		12
57	husband	marene-na	also means man	26, 53
57	husband	kale-na	spouse (lit. side/partner-3sg.pos)	58
58	wife	maqota-na	also means woman	38
59	mother	tina		1
60	father	tama		1
61	house	ruma		1
62	thatch/roof	izu	lit. nose	42
63	name	izongo	also a verb meaning to own	26
64	to say	gu		95
64	to say	paranga		78
65	rope	gazoro	g- non-etymological	2, 53
66	to tie up, fasten	piko		58
67	to sew	piti		19
68	needle
69	to hunt	ropa		46
70	to shoot	midi
71	to stab, pierce	qete		51
72	to hit	maja		56
73	to steal	iko		13
74	to kill	vai		52
75	to die, be dead	uke		23
76	to live, be alive	toa		8
77	to scratch	garo	I scratch the itch	1
77	to scratch	kikama	the itch scratches	47
78	to cut, hack	lomoto		120
78	to cut, hack	rio	also means axe	80
79	stick/wood	suvege
80	to split	paqala		13
80	to split	soko
81	sharp	gani	eat	14
82	dull, blunt	tupe	a coconut crab, whose claws are not sharp	x
82	dull, blunt	zake gani	"it doesn't eat"	x
83	to work	roiti		49
84	to plant	uma		8
85	to choose	mijata
86	to grow	toa	also means live	4
87	to swell	bongo		24
88	to squeeze	monyo		23
89	to hold	aru		59
90	to dig	geli		1
91	to buy	vai		29
92	to open, uncover	revanga		41
93	to pound, beat	kija		18
94	to throw	gona		55
95	to fall	lotu		63
96	dog	sie		52
97	bird	manugu		1
98	egg	toruru		1
99	feather	vurungu		43
100	wing	babana		42
101	to fly	tatava		48
102	rat	mesu		54
103	meat/flesh	masa		43
104	fat/grease	jongai		47
105	tail	pikutu		37
106	snake	dole		16
107	worm (earthworm)	kurege	not sure if this is an earthworm or some other kind of worm
108	louse	gutu	humans and dogs	1
109	mosquito	roqo		50
110	spider	kolobai	spider species - no general term (kolobai = tarantula)	42
110	spider	okakavere
111	fish	igana		1
112	rotten	nyabo		37
113	branch	kae		24
114	leaf	equru		32
115	root	bagere		19
116	flower	havoro	Roviana borrowing - possibly avoro or gavoro; aruru = to blossom	15	L
117	fruit	vua		1
118	grass	buruburu		19
119	earth/soil	pezo	also means ground	16
120	stone	patu		1
121	sand	nagaza		54
122	water	pie		36
123	to flow	nyoro	also used of current	49
124	sea	ivere		14
124	sea	kolo		45
125	salt	kavi	salt water for flavouring food	11
126	lake	kopi		27
126	lake	lopi		27
127	woods/forest	zolozo	deep bush	54
127	woods/forest	tokutoku	forested area	62
128	sky	oka		42
129	moon	popu		35
130	star	seru		38
131	cloud	lei		56
132	fog	gavu		1, 55
133	rain	okoro		33
134	thunder	paka		65
135	lightning	kapi		13
136	wind	gava		51
137	to blow	ivu	b	5
137	to blow	iru	a	71
138	warm	mangini		16
139	cold	lomozo		59
140	dry	pidili		65
141	wet	tubulu		53
142	heavy	mamata		46, 35
143	fire	iku		28
144	to burn	vurungu	e.g. vurungia na buruburu (burn grass)	48
145	smoke	tula		52
146	ash	kau		68
147	black	kudekude		48
148	white	keka		53
148	white	keala		52
149	red	jemere		49
150	yellow	boe		51
151	green	bu	green or blue	19
152	small	peki		51
153	big	lavata		10
154	short	papaka	a & b	50
155	long	kakaza		61
156	thin	liqiri		28
156	thin	peki	esp of people
157	thick	mota		15
158	narrow	ngijupu		38
159	wide	revata		10
160	painful, sick	vitigi		95
160	painful, sick	mo		17
161	shy, ashamed	kea		37
162	old	baragozo	(man)	60
162	old	qoqoele	(woman)	68
162	old	moana	(from before)	x
162	old	leluna	(old thing)	x
163	new	korega		32
164	good	lea(na)	rarely occurs without nominalization suffix na, even when acting as a verb	22
165	bad, evil	ikere		48
166	correct, true	tuvizi(na)	lit. straight	32
166	correct, true	zozoto		50
167	night	bongi		1
168	day	rane		6
169	year	aoro		47
170	when?	pa viza		35
171	to hide	ovo		27
171	to hide	golomo	(tr)	21
172	to climb	keza	a. = climb slope	24
172	to climb	zagere	b. = ascend to the top	2
172	to climb	paja	a. = climb slope	25
173	at	pa	general preposition for inanimates; ta is for animates	8
174	in, inside	leo		28
175	above	are	(on top)	23
175	above	nulu	(above)	29
176	below	kauru		13
177	this	ani/ari	prox sg/pl
178	that	zana	med sg	19
178	that	zara	med pl
178	that	nari	dist sg
178	that	rari	dist pl
179	near	tata		9
180	far	zou		1
181	where?	ae		37
181	where?	pae		3
182	I	ara		1, 24
183	thou	ao		1
184	he/she	aza		13
185	we	gami		2
185	we	gita		2
186	you	gamu		1
187	they	ria		25
188	what?	(na) za	na = definite article	1
189	who?	i zei	i = personal article	1
190	other	kaki	also means some	21
190	other	mutu	means more or again
191	all	doru		47
192	and	betoko		24, 36
192	and	beto		24, 36
192	and	ko		1
193	if	vei	also means how/like	30
194	how?	vei		47
195	no, not	dai		59
195	no, not	=ke	in clausal negation the clitic =ke attaches to subject markers	19, 85
196	to count	nguti		45
197	One	maka		31, 33
198	Two	kori		8
199	Three	kue		11
200	Four	made		3
201	Five	lima		1
202	Six	vonomo		1, 55
203	Seven	vitu		1
204	Eight	vesu		15
205	Nine	sia		5
206	Ten	manoga (puta)	puta 'sleep' is added to the decades but omitted when counting	18, 25
207	Twenty	rabete (puta)		16
208	Fifty	limangavulu (puta)		1
209	One Hundred	gogoto		10
210	One Thousand	tina		20
210	One Thousand	vuro		36

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