Collins (1982a): Taba
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| Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| a- | a- | ‘1p(ex) verbal marker’ | |
| a- | a- | ‘numeral connector’ | |
| áda | ˈada | ‘mortar’ | |
| ádo | ˈado | ‘with (instrumental)’ | |
| ai | ˈai | ‘wood’ | |
| ai weo | ˈai ˈweo | ‘leaf’ | |
| áit | ˈait | ‘climb (hill)’ | |
| akmó | akˈmo | ‘mother-in-law, son or daughter-in-law’ | |
| ála | ˈala | ‘bait’ | |
| am | am | ‘we (exclusive)’ | |
| au | ˈau | ‘you’ | |
| awil | ˈawil | ‘hook’ | |
| bába | ˈbaba | ‘father’ | |
| baba lalo | ˈbaba ˈlalo | ‘eldest born paternal uncle’ | |
| babakoam | babaˈkoam | ‘dark’ | |
| bábas | ˈbabas | ‘fallow field’ | |
| bakóam | baˈkoam | ‘night’ | |
| baku | ˈbaku | ‘sago tree, bread made from sago pith’ | |
| balibin | baˈlibin | ‘belimbing, kind of fruit’ | |
| balisa | baˈlisa | ‘drunk’ | |
| bálit | ˈbalit | ‘left (hand)’ | |
| baráŋka | baˈraŋka | ‘pit trap’ | |
| basálaŋ | baˈsalaŋ | ‘k.o. palm used to make buckets’ | |
| batál | baˈtal | ‘star’ | |
| batalán | bataˈlan | ‘sit’ | |
| bataláŋ | bataˈlaŋ | ‘sit’ | |
| ba͡u | baw | ‘snake’ | |
| bébaŋ | ˈbebaŋ | ‘butterfly’ | |
| béit | ˈbeit | ‘string fish’ | |
| bélu | ˈbelu | ‘small crustacean’ | |
| bía | ˈbia | ‘kind of tuber’ | |
| bib˺ bála | bib ˈbala | ‘roller (for beaching boats)’ | |
| bib˺ bóka | bib ˈboka | ‘round’ | |
| bib˺ búyo | bib ˈbujo | ‘ear’ | |
| bilátu | biˈlatu | ‘spear trap’ | |
| bimmbáŋ | bimˈmbaŋ | ‘level’ | |
| bobia | boˈbia | ‘above’ | |
| bolit | ˈbolit | ‘sharpen a blade with water and stone’ | |
| bop˺ to | bop to | ‘stagnant water in bamboo vessel (?)’ | |
| bósok | ˈbosok | ‘sea crab’ | |
| búlaŋ | ˈbulaŋ | ‘white’ | |
| búlho | ˈbulho | ‘raw’ | |
| búna | ˈbuna | ‘grandchild’ | |
| ca | tʃa | ‘one’ | |
| ca | tʃa | ‘rise’ | |
| calan ca | ˈtʃalan tʃa | ‘1000’ | |
| ci | tʃi | ‘them’ | |
| ciccúdil | tʃitʃˈtʃudil | ‘adze (boat making)’ | |
| dába | ˈdaba | ‘cultivated field’ | |
| dábo | ˈdabo | ‘lot’ | |
| dádo | ˈdado | ‘maternal uncle’ | |
| dádo bái | ˈdado ˈbai | ‘paternal aunt's spouse’ | |
| damá | daˈma | ‘sibling of the opposite sex’ | |
| damána | daˈmana | ‘related, relation’ | |
| dat | dat | ‘raft’ | |
| dáyo | ˈdajo | ‘tip, cape’ | |
| ddaba | ˈddaba | ‘dirt’ | |
| ddewa | ˈddewa | ‘grass, weeds’ | |
| ddewaló | ddewaˈlo | ‘forest’ | |
| ddóbo | ˈddobo | ‘stomach’ | |
| ddu | ddu | ‘east’ | |
| ddúpilì | ˈddupili | ‘shoot a bow’ | |
| di | di | ‘their’ | |
| dia | ˈdia | ‘there, that’ | |
| dindiŋ | ˈdindiŋ | ‘wall’ | |
| díne | ˈdine | ‘here’ | |
| dla | dla | ‘seaward’ | |
| dle | dle | ‘landward’ | |
| dodoku | doˈdoku | ‘bridge’ | |
| dula | ˈdula | ‘merayap’ | |
| dulaŋ | ˈdulaŋ | ‘punt, pole’ | |
| dupil | ˈdupil | ‘bow’ | |
| em | em | ‘see’ | |
| éno | ˈeno | ‘plait’ | |
| étaˀ | ˈetaʔ | ‘find’ | |
| fakat | ˈfakat | ‘split (wood)’ | |
| faˀ | faʔ | ‘ray (stingray)’ | |
| gadum | ˈɡadum | ‘maize’ | |
| gag | ɡaɡ | ‘scratch’ | |
| gagam | ˈɡaɡam | ‘sea urchin’ | |
| gáji | ˈɡadʒi | ‘animal fat’ | |
| galál | ɡaˈlal | ‘areca nut’ | |
| gálegàle | ˈɡaleɡale | ‘guts’ | |
| gamas | ˈɡamas | ‘dry (of clothes)’ | |
| gamis | ˈɡamis | ‘dry (of a river bed)’ | |
| gamis | ˈɡamis | ‘sweet’ | |
| gamuna | ɡaˈmuna | ‘scraps, vegetable debris to be swept away’ | |
| gau | ˈɡau | ‘place’ | |
| gías | ˈɡias | ‘sireh leaf’ | |
| gígim | ˈɡiɡim | ‘Stomatopoda, seaside creature’ | |
| go | ɡo | ‘neck’ | |
| gógi | ˈɡoɡi | ‘ringworm’ | |
| gola | ˈɡola | ‘mantis shrimp’ | |
| golo | ˈɡolo | ‘snot, mucus’ | |
| gómo | ˈɡomo | ‘k.o. bread fruit’ | |
| gowo | ˈɡowo | ‘neck’ | |
| gulo | ˈɡulo | ‘unripe, immature’ | |
| ha- | ha- | ‘2p verbal marker’ | |
| ha pué | ha puˈe | ‘how’ | |
| habaku | haˈbaku | ‘harvest sago pith’ | |
| habbóan | habˈboan | ‘slash, burn and clear field’ | |
| habóba | haˈboba | ‘call’ | |
| hagáras | haˈɡaras | ‘weed’ | |
| haídis | haˈidis | ‘spit’ | |
| haísa | haˈisa | ‘when’ | |
| haisaki | haiˈsaki | ‘use a sago hoe’ | |
| haisáŋ | haiˈsaŋ | ‘burn a field’ | |
| haitún | haiˈtun | ‘give birth’ | |
| haiyóˀ | haiˈjoʔ | ‘tooth’ | |
| hakalílik | hakaˈlilik | ‘lie down’ | |
| háko | ˈhako | ‘wing’ | |
| halím | haˈlim | ‘bailing 'bucket', bail water from boat’ | |
| halómi | haˈlomi | ‘gather’ | |
| halúsa | haˈlusa | ‘say’ | |
| hamasik | haˈmasik | ‘rice (cooked and uncooked)’ | |
| hamúl | haˈmul | ‘rudder’ | |
| han | han | ‘go’ | |
| han | han | ‘skin fungus’ | |
| hanaŋ | ˈhanaŋ | ‘argue’ | |
| hapáŋlik˺ | haˈpaŋlik | ‘burn a second time (of swidden)’ | |
| hapún | haˈpun | ‘kill’ | |
| hasále | haˈsale | ‘all’ | |
| hasódas | haˈsodas | ‘suck at (cigarette)’ | |
| hasóp | haˈsop | ‘bathe’ | |
| hasúsu | haˈsusu | ‘suckle’ | |
| hat | hat | ‘four’ | |
| haték˺ lak | haˈtek lak | ‘weave’ | |
| hatetal | haˈtetal | ‘attach (each other) with machete’ | |
| hatótas | haˈtotas | ‘wash (clothes)’ | |
| hattulo | hatˈtulo | ‘body hair, feathers’ | |
| hatút˺ | haˈtut | ‘fight’ | |
| hawól | haˈwol | ‘call’ | |
| hebéit | heˈbeit | ‘sew’ | |
| hen | hen | ‘sea tortoise’ | |
| héto | ˈheto | ‘calf, shin’ | |
| hia | ˈhia | ‘alive’ | |
| hilho | ˈhilho | ‘navel cord’ | |
| hílik | ˈhilik | ‘slow’ | |
| hóas | ˈhoas | ‘boil’ | |
| hol˺ | hol | ‘fish trap’ | |
| hóol | ˈhool | ‘rap (head, door)’ | |
| huat | ˈhuat | ‘dragging net’ | |
| i | i | ‘he, she, it, 3s’ | |
| i:óna | iːˈona | ‘bone’ | |
| ia | ˈia | ‘yes’ | |
| ián | iˈan | ‘fish’ | |
| ího | ˈiho | ‘brother-in-law’ | |
| ila | ˈila | ‘lift’ | |
| in | in | ‘drink’ | |
| íne | ˈine | ‘this’ | |
| ipo | ˈipo | ‘saliva’ | |
| ip˺ iáp˺ | ip iˈap | ‘dust’ | |
| ja | dʒa | ‘up’ | |
| jàilóla | dʒaiˈlola | ‘north’ | |
| jojo | ˈdʒodʒo | ‘paternal aunt’ | |
| jojo | ˈdʒodʒo | ‘youngest maternal aunt (?)’ | |
| jou | ˈdʒou | ‘What did you say?', 'Me?', 'Huh?'’ | |
| kabát | kaˈbat | ‘dirty’ | |
| kábin | ˈkabin | ‘goat’ | |
| kabús | kaˈbus | ‘wet’ | |
| kaías | kaˈias | ‘dolphin’ | |
| kaióliŋ | kaiˈoliŋ | ‘spun about’ | |
| kaipaya | kaiˈpaja | ‘winnow rice’ | |
| kaka | ˈkaka | ‘open (of mouth)’ | |
| kalai | kaˈlai | ‘bird’ | |
| kaluáŋ | kaluˈaŋ | ‘fall from a height’ | |
| kammídiŋ | kamˈmidiŋ | ‘feel cold’ | |
| kámoˀ | ˈkamoʔ | ‘hand’ | |
| kápil | ˈkapil | ‘pillow’ | |
| katno | ˈkatno | ‘chest’ | |
| kat˺ | kat | ‘rafter’ | |
| kau | ˈkau | ‘seed, pit’ | |
| kawiwi | kaˈwiwi | ‘porridge (of maize)’ | |
| ka− | ka− | ‘1s verbal marker’ | |
| kíhis | ˈkihis | ‘flow’ | |
| kíit | ˈkiit | ‘octopus’ | |
| kina | ˈkina | ‘female genitals’ | |
| kit | kit | ‘we (inclusive)’ | |
| kít˺ no | ˈkit no | ‘caulk (a boat)’ | |
| kíu | ˈkiu | ‘fear’ | |
| kku | kku | ‘tail’ | |
| klál | ˈklal | ‘recognize’ | |
| kóbus | ˈkobus | ‘rotten’ | |
| kodo | ˈkodo | ‘bite’ | |
| kolano | koˈlano | ‘ruler, chief’ | |
| kolo | ˈkolo | ‘spider’ | |
| kpáya | ˈkpaja | ‘winnow rice’ | |
| kúda | ˈkuda | ‘black’ | |
| kúhin | ˈkuhin | ‘fold’ | |
| kúlan | ˈkulan | ‘water vessel’ | |
| kúl˺ | ˈkul | ‘bread fruit’ | |
| kúsok | ˈkusok | ‘phalanger’ | |
| kutu | ˈkutu | ‘small’ | |
| kut˺ | kut | ‘louse’ | |
| kuyo | ˈkujo | ‘finger nail’ | |
| kuyoˀ | ˈkujoʔ | ‘finger nail’ | |
| k− | k− | ‘1s verbal marker’ | |
| la- | la- | ‘3p verbal marker’ | |
| lahat | ˈlahat | ‘press, squeeze’ | |
| lai | ˈlai | ‘just now’ | |
| lái | ˈlai | ‘big’ | |
| lai ipe | ˈlai ˈipe | ‘just now’ | |
| lai kpe | ˈlai kpe | ‘I just did it'’ | |
| lak | lak | ‘I, 1s’ | |
| láko | ˈlako | ‘trunk’ | |
| lála | ˈlala | ‘blood’ | |
| lalái | laˈlai | ‘stone’ | |
| lalían | laˈlian | ‘hearth’ | |
| laŋa | ˈlaŋa | ‘large green parrot’ | |
| láŋit | ˈlaŋit | ‘sky’ | |
| lata lata | ˈlata ˈlata | ‘south’ | |
| laulaŋ | laˈulaŋ | ‘shrimp, lobster’ | |
| lekto | ˈlekto | ‘wicked’ | |
| lhían | lˈhian | ‘centipede’ | |
| li | li | ‘at, on’ | |
| lik | lik | ‘outside of’ | |
| líko | ˈliko | ‘skin’ | |
| likso | ˈlikso | ‘edge’ | |
| lipaŋ | ˈlipaŋ | ‘keep (ginger) in ground to keep it from drying out, bury’ | |
| lit | lit | ‘worm’ | |
| lli | lli | ‘pole’ | |
| llit˺ | llit | ‘earthworm’ | |
| lo | lo | ‘inside’ | |
| lo | lo | ‘with (accompaniment), numerical connector’ | |
| loan | ˈloan | ‘stairs, ladder’ | |
| lobi lobi | ˈlobi ˈlobi | ‘cloud’ | |
| loh | loh | ‘fathom’ | |
| lóka | ˈloka | ‘banana’ | |
| lómo | ˈlomo | ‘friend’ | |
| lu | lu | ‘two’ | |
| luhoar | luˈhoar | ‘garfish’ | |
| luói | luˈoi | ‘high tide’ | |
| lusiŋ | ˈlusiŋ | ‘pestle’ | |
| lútan | ˈlutan | ‘fire’ | |
| lutan muŋko | ˈlutan ˈmuŋko | ‘smoke’ | |
| ma- | ma- | ‘2s verbal marker’ | |
| maáp | maˈap | ‘yawn’ | |
| mabátim | maˈbatim | ‘Dugong dugon’ | |
| maddodaŋ | madˈdodaŋ | ‘straight’ | |
| madímal | maˈdimal | ‘yellow’ | |
| mag˺ lo | maɡ lo | ‘branch’ | |
| mai | ˈmai | ‘sky’ | |
| mái peáŋ | ˈmai peˈaŋ | ‘fly’ | |
| mai peaŋ mumin | ˈmai ˈpeaŋ ˈmumin | ‘kind of large fly’ | |
| mailiŋak | maiˈliŋak | ‘forget’ | |
| makát | maˈkat | ‘red’ | |
| makáwa | maˈkawa | ‘feverish, hot’ | |
| malá | maˈla | ‘village’ | |
| maléo | maˈleo | ‘different’ | |
| maleosi | maleˈosi | ‘foreigner, outsider’ | |
| malóŋo | maˈloŋo | ‘hear’ | |
| mam | mam | ‘our (exclusive), 1p excl’ | |
| máma | ˈmama | ‘mother’ | |
| mamaól | mamaˈol | ‘play’ | |
| mámo | ˈmamo | ‘mother’ | |
| man | man | ‘male, man, husband’ | |
| manáw | maˈnaw | ‘inhale’ | |
| maŋele˺ | maˈŋele | ‘laugh loud’ | |
| maŋíŋis | maˈŋiŋis | ‘smile’ | |
| máŋo | ˈmaŋo | ‘dry (of cocounts or maize)’ | |
| mánik | ˈmanik | ‘fowl’ | |
| maníl | maˈnil | ‘sour’ | |
| manitap | maˈnitap | ‘work’ | |
| mapín | maˈpin | ‘female, woman, wife’ | |
| marícaŋ | maˈritʃaŋ | ‘chile pepper’ | |
| masúre | maˈsure | ‘good’ | |
| mát | ˈmat | ‘dead’ | |
| matitélas | matiˈtelas | ‘brackish’ | |
| matua | maˈtua | ‘ripe’ | |
| matuo | maˈtuo | ‘ripe’ | |
| mat˺ | mat | ‘person (especially used in enumerating)’ | |
| mauka | maˈuka | ‘rat’ | |
| mawetis | maˈwetis | ‘sharply pointed’ | |
| máwi | ˈmawi | ‘hungry’ | |
| maɲi-maɲi | maɲi-ˈmaɲi | ‘bead necklace’ | |
| maˀ | maʔ | ‘tongue’ | |
| mbós | ˈmbos | ‘swollen’ | |
| me | me | ‘who’ | |
| megan | ˈmeɡan | ‘shattered (glass, plate)’ | |
| meu | ˈmeu | ‘you (plural), 2s, your, 2s poss’ | |
| mhánas | mˈhanas | ‘painful (from a bowl)’ | |
| mhón | mˈhon | ‘full’ | |
| mhúit | mˈhuit | ‘fish poison’ | |
| mialin | miˈalin | ‘drift’ | |
| mígno | ˈmiɡno | ‘chilled (of food and drink)’ | |
| mlálut | ˈmlalut | ‘greasy’ | |
| mláŋa | ˈmlaŋa | ‘long’ | |
| mlíh | ˈmlih | ‘laugh’ | |
| mména | ˈmmena | ‘sand’ | |
| mnamna | ˈmnamna | ‘hurry, quickly’ | |
| mnigis | ˈmniɡis | ‘thin’ | |
| mntét | mnˈtet | ‘fall on flat surface’ | |
| mnúnit | ˈmnunit | ‘scabies’ | |
| móda | ˈmoda | ‘wind’ | |
| mólo | ˈmolo | ‘empty’ | |
| mómas | ˈmomas | ‘rub, wipe off’ | |
| momoŋok | moˈmoŋok | ‘forget’ | |
| mpúdal | ˈmpudal | ‘float’ | |
| mtá | ˈmta | ‘eye’ | |
| mtuli | ˈmtuli | ‘sleep’ | |
| múmik | ˈmumik | ‘smoke (fish)’ | |
| n- | n- | ‘3s verbal marker’ | |
| na- | na- | ‘3s verbal marker’ | |
| nagón | naˈɡon | ‘correct’ | |
| nahabíto | nahaˈbito | ‘near’ | |
| náiko | ˈnaiko | ‘fin’ | |
| nalau | naˈlau | ‘far’ | |
| nalhúak | nalˈhuak | ‘seasick’ | |
| nan | nan | ‘sharp (of blade)’ | |
| naú | naˈu | ‘howl (dogs)’ | |
| ncál | nˈtʃal | ‘wrong’ | |
| ncepa | nˈtʃepa | ‘bear fruit’ | |
| ndadik | nˈdadik | ‘therefore, so’ | |
| nene | ˈnene | ‘grandmother’ | |
| ŋahin | ˈŋahin | ‘coil of cloth (to rest burdens on head)’ | |
| ŋan | ŋan | ‘day’ | |
| ŋan | ŋan | ‘sun’ | |
| ŋan haliam | ŋan haˈliam | ‘noon time’ | |
| ŋan la | ŋan la | ‘daytime’ | |
| ŋkihis | ŋˈkihis | ‘runny nose’ | |
| ŋŋela | ˈŋŋela | ‘hair’ | |
| nhik˺ | ˈnhik | ‘small bat’ | |
| ni | ni | ‘genetive marker’ | |
| niwi | ˈniwi | ‘coconut’ | |
| nkihis | nˈkihis | ‘leak (bowl, pot)’ | |
| nkiso | nˈkiso | ‘leak (boat, house)’ | |
| nmáda | nˈmada | ‘ripe’ | |
| nmálat | nˈmalat | ‘spicey (food)’ | |
| nmás | nˈmas | ‘low tide’ | |
| nnápa | ˈnnapa | ‘wide’ | |
| nóbat | ˈnobat | ‘plugged up’ | |
| nómi | ˈnomi | ‘dew’ | |
| nu | nu | ‘it’ | |
| oik | ˈoik | ‘put, want’ | |
| ópa | ˈopa | ‘fly’ | |
| ósal | ˈosal | ‘stand’ | |
| ótap | ˈotap | ‘whale’ | |
| otik | ˈotik | ‘give’ | |
| ótin | ˈotin | ‘tuna’ | |
| owái | oˈwai | ‘ginger’ | |
| pa | pa | ‘carry on shoulder’ | |
| pa | pa | ‘down’ | |
| páda | ˈpada | ‘strike, rap’ | |
| págil | ˈpaɡil | ‘hoist up (fish trap)’ | |
| pa͡it | pajt | ‘dig’ | |
| pa͡it | pajt | ‘moon’ | |
| páko | ˈpako | ‘coarse’ | |
| paku | ˈpaku | ‘nail’ | |
| pálo | ˈpalo | ‘some’ | |
| pancona | panˈtʃona | ‘torch of bamboo’ | |
| papa | ˈpapa | ‘father’ | |
| pápis | ˈpapis | ‘lice-crushing blade of bamboo’ | |
| pára paráu | ˈpara paˈrau | ‘smoking rack’ | |
| pát | ˈpat | ‘west’ | |
| pe | pe | ‘make’ | |
| peda | ˈpeda | ‘machete’ | |
| peda lúo | ˈpeda ˈluo | ‘machete hilt’ | |
| peda saruŋ | ˈpeda ˈsaruŋ | ‘machete sheathe’ | |
| peda sópak | ˈpeda ˈsopak | ‘ring of iron securing machete blade to hilt’ | |
| pelalóin | pelaˈloin | ‘cook’ | |
| peŋhá | peŋˈha | ‘cook’ | |
| pilai | piˈlai | ‘taro’ | |
| pilai lekto | piˈlai ˈlekto | ‘kind of tuber’ | |
| pìp pák | pip ˈpak | ‘small frog’ | |
| pip pid | pip pid | ‘spring trap (snare)’ | |
| pip˺ | pip | ‘chisel’ | |
| pis | pis | ‘lick, suck’ | |
| písaˀ | ˈpisaʔ | ‘how many’ | |
| pit | pit | ‘seven’ | |
| plim | plim | ‘five’ | |
| póas | ˈpoas | ‘paddle’ | |
| poenam | poˈenam | ‘six’ | |
| pókal | ˈpokal | ‘short’ | |
| poló | poˈlo | ‘if, where, which’ | |
| popáro | poˈparo | ‘Spanish mackerel’ | |
| pówo | ˈpowo | ‘new’ | |
| póyo | ˈpojo | ‘head’ | |
| ppoás | ppoˈas | ‘paddle’ | |
| psa | ˈpsa | ‘one’ | |
| psio | pˈsio | ‘nine’ | |
| ptóli | pˈtoli | ‘thick’ | |
| púduŋ | ˈpuduŋ | ‘blunt (of a spear tip)’ | |
| púe | ˈpue | ‘what’ | |
| púik | ˈpuik | ‘malodorous’ | |
| púko | ˈpuko | ‘knee’ | |
| púŋan | ˈpuŋan | ‘ridge cover’ | |
| pupi | ˈpupi | ‘sago porridge’ | |
| rébal | ˈrebal | ‘eagle ray (fish)’ | |
| sa | sa | ‘climb (tree)’ | |
| sada | ˈsada | ‘face’ | |
| sadúal | saˈdual | ‘rub on’ | |
| sadulak | saˈdulak | ‘rub on (something)’ | |
| ságu | ˈsaɡu | ‘stab’ | |
| sái | ˈsai | ‘sweep’ | |
| saléwai | saˈlewai | ‘whet blade without using water’ | |
| sámpan | ˈsampan | ‘dug-out’ | |
| sanáwat | saˈnawat | ‘narrow, tight’ | |
| saŋ | saŋ | ‘burn’ | |
| saŋo | ˈsaŋo | ‘answer’ | |
| sapá͡í ʸak | saˈpaj jak | ‘sniff’ | |
| sau | ˈsau | ‘wed’ | |
| sawáˀ | saˈwaʔ | ‘monitor lizard’ | |
| sélak | ˈselak | ‘tie’ | |
| sépo | ˈsepo | ‘fruit’ | |
| si | si | ‘they, 3p’ | |
| siróa | siˈroa | ‘inedible sea urchin’ | |
| sisáki | siˈsaki | ‘mattock-like tool to extract sago pith’ | |
| sobal | ˈsobal | ‘sail’ | |
| sódol | ˈsodol | ‘suck up’ | |
| sogíli | soˈɡili | ‘freshwater eel’ | |
| sóman | ˈsoman | ‘outrigger pontoon’ | |
| somo | ˈsomo | ‘needle’ | |
| sóna | ˈsona | ‘name’ | |
| sóri | ˈsori | ‘cross-eyed’ | |
| ssei | ˈssei | ‘comb’ | |
| ssiab | ˈssiab | ‘oyster’ | |
| su | su | ||
| su: | suː | ‘squid’ | |
| súa | ˈsua | ‘grasp’ | |
| súan | ˈsuan | ‘dibble stick’ | |
| súloˀ | ˈsuloʔ | ‘point out’ | |
| súmo | ˈsumo | ‘mouth’ | |
| súmo wilo | ˈsumo ˈwilo | ‘lips’ | |
| súsu | ˈsusu | ‘breast’ | |
| súwat | ˈsuwat | ‘sheel fish’ | |
| súyu | ˈsuju | ‘casting net’ | |
| ta- | ta- | ‘1p (inclusive) verbal marker’ | |
| tában | ˈtaban | ‘wait’ | |
| tádi | ˈtadi | ‘throw’ | |
| tadópas | taˈdopas | ‘snapped’ | |
| taggúlo | taɡˈɡulo | ‘back’ | |
| tahák | taˈhak | ‘push’ | |
| takis | ˈtakis | ‘seawater’ | |
| táko | ˈtako | ‘horn’ | |
| talúba | taˈluba | ‘torch of coconut fronds’ | |
| támnoˀ | ˈtamnoʔ | ‘elder sibling’ | |
| tánam | ˈtanam | ‘plant’ | |
| tanáwan | taˈnawan | ‘remember’ | |
| taŋepu | taˈŋepu | ‘flawed, chipped edge’ | |
| tapága | taˈpaɡa | ‘broken’ | |
| tápin | ˈtapin | ‘ash’ | |
| taplód | taˈplod | ‘exploded (balloon)’ | |
| taraca | taˈratʃa | ‘split (dry bamboo)’ | |
| tarúsi | taˈrusi | ‘barracuda’ | |
| tatámpa | taˈtampa | ‘winnowing basket (for rice)’ | |
| taúbu | taˈubu | ‘ritual conch’ | |
| taun | ˈtaun | ‘year’ | |
| te | te | ‘not’ | |
| te hu | te hu | ‘not yet’ | |
| te su | te su | ‘not yet’ | |
| tepul | ˈtepul | ‘taste with the tip of the tongue’ | |
| tetal | ˈtetal | ‘cut’ | |
| tete | ˈtete | ‘grandfather’ | |
| théna | tˈhena | ‘younger sibling’ | |
| timun | ˈtimun | ‘cucumber’ | |
| timur | ˈtimur | ‘east’ | |
| togál | toˈɡal | ‘pull’ | |
| tol | tol | ‘three’ | |
| tólo | ˈtolo | ‘egg’ | |
| tólo | ˈtolo | ‘male genitals’ | |
| top | top | ‘sugarcane’ | |
| tóp | ˈtop | ‘rap sharply’ | |
| túa | ˈtua | ‘old’ | |
| tubúku | tuˈbuku | ‘navel’ | |
| tukal | ˈtukal | ‘moult (snake)’ | |
| túli | ˈtuli | ‘sleep’ | |
| tulíem | tuˈliem | ‘dream’ | |
| tut | tut | ‘strike (with the hand)’ | |
| uas | ˈuas | ‘wash (plate, face)’ | |
| úho | ˈuho | ‘blow’ | |
| úlan | ˈulan | ‘rain’ | |
| um | um | ‘house’ | |
| ùmhó | umˈho | ‘nose’ | |
| únak | ˈunak | ‘know’ | |
| únco | ˈuntʃo | ‘scale’ | |
| up wále˺ | up ˈwale | ‘yam’ | |
| úp˺ | ˈup | ‘kind of tuber’ | |
| uru júbi | ˈuru ˈdʒubi | ‘coconut crab’ | |
| utin cá | ˈutin ˈtʃa | ‘100’ | |
| ùtusá | utuˈsa | ‘little’ | |
| úwet | ˈuwet | ‘mountain’ | |
| wág | ˈwaɡ | ‘sail boat’ | |
| wága͡u | ˈwaɡaw | ‘bamboo water vessel’ | |
| wáiŋu | ˈwaiŋu | ‘child’ | |
| wal | wal | ‘eight’ | |
| wála | ˈwala | ‘rope’ | |
| wam | wam | ‘come’ | |
| wáŋto | ˈwaŋto | ‘flesh’ | |
| wáo | ˈwao | ‘root’ | |
| wáya | ˈwaja | ‘water’ | |
| wáyan | ˈwajan | ‘right (hand)’ | |
| wéli | ˈweli | ‘rattan, rod made of rattan’ | |
| wélik | ˈwelik | ‘pig, boar’ | |
| wena | ˈwena | ‘leg, foot’ | |
| wet | wet | ‘strike with a rod’ | |
| wéˀ | ˈweʔ | ‘vomit’ | |
| wilwalo | wilˈwalo | ‘vein’ | |
| wói | ˈwoi | ‘shark’ | |
| wólat | ˈwolat | ‘sea’ | |
| wuloˀ | ˈwuloʔ | ‘liver’ |