Silzer (1983a): Ambai
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| Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| a-dafi | a-dafi | ‘pestle’ (eng) | |
| adai | adai | ‘tall’ (eng) | |
| adia | adia | ‘fire’ (eng) | |
| adiwa(r) | adiwa(r) | ‘hide (intr)’ (eng) | |
| ae | ae | ‘vein’ (eng) | |
| afai | afai | ‘bow (n.)’ (eng) | |
| afai | afai | ‘sail (v.)’ (eng) | |
| afai-sin | afai-sin | ‘bowstring’ (eng) | |
| afu | afu | ‘answer’ (eng) | |
| afuran | afuran | ‘pigeon’ (eng) | |
| ai | ai | ‘my mother’ (eng) | |
| ai | ai | ‘salt’ (eng) | |
| ai | ai | ‘say’ (eng) | |
| ai | ai | ‘tree’ (eng) | |
| ai-bon | ai-bon | ‘heart’ (eng) | |
| aifai | aifai | ‘crab’ (eng) | |
| ainau | ainau | ‘teach’ (eng) | |
| airai | airai | ‘gourd’ (eng) | |
| ai-rape | ai-rape | ‘beam’ (eng) | |
| ai-rau | ai-rau | ‘sea’ (eng) | |
| ai-rerawa | ai-rerawa | ‘bark (n.)’ (eng) | |
| ai-robon | ai-robon | ‘tree trunk’ (eng) | |
| ai-ron | ai-ron | ‘ironwood’ (eng) | |
| ai-roron | ai-roron | ‘jungle’ (eng) | |
| ai-sankin | ai-sankin | ‘nest’ (eng) | |
| ai-so | ai-so | ‘stick (digging)’ (eng) | |
| ai-sori | ai-sori | ‘mortar’ (eng) | |
| ai-subun | ai-subun | ‘peg’ (eng) | |
| ai-taba | ai-taba | ‘crossbeam’ (eng) | |
| aiyai | aijai | ‘above’ (eng) | |
| aiyaiyai | aijaijai | ‘light (weight)’ (eng) | |
| ai-yaru | ai-jaru | ‘casuarina’ (eng) | |
| aka | aka | ‘tomorrow’ (eng) | |
| akera | akera | ‘fast, quick’ (eng) | |
| ama-daun | ama-daun | ‘tail’ (eng) | |
| amafa | amafa | ‘yawn’ (eng) | |
| ami | ami | ‘command’ (eng) | |
| amiai | amiai | ‘dream’ (eng) | |
| amo | amo | ‘kangaroo, tree’ (eng) | |
| ampeki | ampeki | ‘sago frond rib’ (eng) | |
| ampi | ampi | ‘eat (intr)’ (eng) | |
| amu | amu | ‘bunch’ (eng) | |
| amumari | amumari | ‘fly (n.)’ (eng) | |
| an | an | ‘eat (tr)’ (eng) | |
| an | an | ‘scabies’ (eng) | |
| anan | anan | ‘sago pudding’ (eng) | |
| anana | anana | ‘ant’ (eng) | |
| anawi | anawi | ‘point to’ (eng) | |
| andari | andari | ‘mango’ (eng) | |
| andau | andau | ‘breadfruit’ (eng) | |
| andaun | andaun | ‘mat’ (eng) | |
| andeisa | andeisa | ‘wave (n.)’ (eng) | |
| andori | andori | ‘Eugenia’ (lat) | |
| aniai | aniai | ‘needle’ (eng) | |
| anika | anika | ‘dry (tr.)’ (eng) | |
| anita | anita | ‘breadfruit’ (eng) | |
| aniwa | aniwa | ‘bee’ (eng) | |
| ankadi | ankadi | ‘coconut’ (eng) | |
| ankadi kuru | ankadi kuru | ‘coconut juice’ (eng) | |
| anonai | anonai | ‘wait’ (eng) | |
| a(nsa)wai-bon | a(nsa)wai-bon | ‘papaya’ (eng) | |
| antaraun | antaraun | ‘roof’ (eng) | |
| anten | anten | ‘good’ (eng) | |
| antinui | antinui | ‘squid’ (eng) | |
| an-toru | an-toru | ‘we (ex tr.)’ (eng) | |
| antun | antun | ‘child’ (eng) | |
| anu(m) | anu(m) | ‘weave, plait’ (eng) | |
| aparandin | aparandin | ‘praise’ (eng) | |
| ara-bera | ara-bera | ‘turn’ (eng) | |
| ara-bera(k) | ara-bera(k) | ‘return home’ (eng) | |
| arahiai | arahiai | ‘dry (cloth)’ (eng) | |
| arai | arai | ‘dig’ (eng) | |
| arawan | arawan | ‘branch’ (eng) | |
| arawin | arawin | ‘sail (n.)’ (eng) | |
| areai | areai | ‘sash’ (eng) | |
| arikan | arikan | ‘child’ (eng) | |
| arikan | arikan | ‘curse’ (eng) | |
| arikan awata | arikan awata | ‘orphan’ (eng) | |
| arikan tatarui | arikan tatarui | ‘twins’ (eng) | |
| ariri | ariri | ‘crab’ (eng) | |
| aro- | aro- | ‘chest’ (eng) | |
| aro-o | aro-o | ‘remember’ (eng) | |
| aro-pora(k) | aro-pora(k) | ‘forget’ (eng) | |
| asui | asui | ‘sink’ (eng) | |
| ato | ato | ‘arrow’ (eng) | |
| ator | ator | ‘count’ (eng) | |
| aumpe | aumpe | ‘bamboo (small)’ (eng) | |
| aunai | aunai | ‘areca nut’ (eng) | |
| auta | auta | ‘climb’ (eng) | |
| awa | awa | ‘sew’ (eng) | |
| awaka | awaka | ‘star’ (eng) | |
| awayan | awajan | ‘sell’ (eng) | |
| awe-buka | awe-buka | ‘knee’ (eng) | |
| awe-didiu | awe-didiu | ‘heel’ (eng) | |
| awe-dun | awe-dun | ‘thigh’ (eng) | |
| awe-keka | awe-keka | ‘toe’ (eng) | |
| awe-rowawa | awe-rowawa | ‘calf’ (eng) | |
| awi(t) | awi(t) | ‘tie’ (eng) | |
| awoki | awoki | ‘float’ (eng) | |
| aya-diru | aja-diru | ‘bat’ (eng) | |
| baba | baba | ‘big’ (eng) | |
| babeu | babeu | ‘water jar’ (eng) | |
| bai(t) | bai(t) | ‘pay’ (eng) | |
| baki | baki | ‘carry on back’ (eng) | |
| barimu | barimu | ‘taro’ (eng) | |
| bau(r) | bau(r) | ‘split’ (eng) | |
| baya | baja | ‘basket’ (eng) | |
| baya(r) | baja(r) | ‘spin rope’ (eng) | |
| bia(r) | bia(r) | ‘go down’ (eng) | |
| bireri | bireri | ‘no’ (eng) | |
| biriaiyai | biriaijai | ‘fat (adj.)’ (eng) | |
| bo | bo | ‘oar’ (eng) | |
| boi | boi | ‘hit’ (eng) | |
| bominin | bominin | ‘yellow’ (eng) | |
| bon | bon | ‘fruit’ (eng) | |
| boro- | boro- | ‘mouth’ (eng) | |
| boro-rawa | boro-rawa | ‘lip’ (eng) | |
| bo-ru | bo-ru | ‘two’ (eng) | |
| botenan | botenan | ‘bird of paradise’ (eng) | |
| bo-toru | bo-toru | ‘three’ (eng) | |
| bo-yari | bo-jari | ‘one’ (eng) | |
| bui | bui | ‘blow (flute)’ (eng) | |
| bui | bui | ‘draw, carve’ (eng) | |
| coru | coru | ‘they 3’ (eng) | |
| dai | dai | ‘my father’ (eng) | |
| damirai | damirai | ‘painful’ (eng) | |
| dan(-kararu) | dan(-kararu) | ‘burn (intr)’ (eng) | |
| daran | daran | ‘live’ (eng) | |
| daru | daru | ‘sago stirrer’ (eng) | |
| deda | deda | ‘flow’ (eng) | |
| deda | deda | ‘leak’ (eng) | |
| dere- | dere- | ‘tooth’ (eng) | |
| dereun | dereun | ‘edge’ (eng) | |
| dere-wawu | dere-wawu | ‘jaw’ (eng) | |
| dewaroi | dewaroi | ‘long’ (eng) | |
| di- kamirei | di- kamirei | ‘vagina’ (eng) | |
| dian | dian | ‘fish (n.)’ (eng) | |
| diauroi | diauroi | ‘dugong’ (eng) | |
| diodi | diodi | ‘citrus’ (eng) | |
| dira | dira | ‘narrow’ (eng) | |
| diri | diri | ‘post’ (eng) | |
| diru | diru | ‘night’ (eng) | |
| dodoku | dodoku | ‘bridge’ (eng) | |
| dombau | dombau | ‘below’ (eng) | |
| do-moya | do-moja | ‘right side’ (eng) | |
| dore- | dore- | ‘tooth’ (eng) | |
| dore-wawa | dore-wawa | ‘chin’ (eng) | |
| do-tayan | do-tajan | ‘portside’ (eng) | |
| dotu | dotu | ‘sound (v.)’ (eng) | |
| do-wei | do-wei | ‘left side’ (eng) | |
| do-woman | do-woman | ‘side-outrigger’ (eng) | |
| ea | ea | ‘they (pl.)’ (eng) | |
| e(a)ka | e(a)ka | ‘again’ (eng) | |
| embai | embai | ‘moon’ (eng) | |
| ena | ena | ‘sleep’ (eng) | |
| ene- | ene- | ‘abdomen’ (eng) | |
| ene-kafu | ene-kafu | ‘navel’ (eng) | |
| ene-tituai(tai) | ene-tituai(tai) | ‘think’ (eng) | |
| eran | eran | ‘fishnet’ (eng) | |
| eriai | eriai | ‘swim’ (eng) | |
| evi | eβi | ‘rainbow’ (eng) | |
| fadai | fadai | ‘attic’ (eng) | |
| faemai | faemai | ‘bamboo (small)’ (eng) | |
| fafe(r) | fafe(r) | ‘extinguish’ (eng) | |
| fafi | fafi | ‘wash’ (eng) | |
| fafo | fafo | ‘grave(yard)’ (eng) | |
| fai(r) | fai(r) | ‘open (door)’ (eng) | |
| -fan | -fan | ‘palm, sole’ (eng) | |
| fanduki | fanduki | ‘gather’ (eng) | |
| faranden | faranden | ‘forget’ (eng) | |
| fata | fata | ‘bed’ (eng) | |
| fatamai | fatamai | ‘slow’ (eng) | |
| fatata | fatata | ‘mud’ (eng) | |
| fatin | fatin | ‘pull out’ (eng) | |
| fau | fau | ‘many’ (eng) | |
| feran | feran | ‘cut (grass)’ (eng) | |
| fiabai | fiabai | ‘big’ (eng) | |
| fi-an | fi-an | ‘food’ (eng) | |
| fi-ani | fi-ani | ‘what’ (eng) | |
| fiawera | fiawera | ‘dog’ (eng) | |
| fi-karari | fi-karari | ‘mosquito’ (eng) | |
| fi-memu | fi-memu | ‘poison’ (eng) | |
| finakan | finakan | ‘weak (wood)’ (eng) | |
| firaise | firaise | ‘happy’ (eng) | |
| fi-rotu | fi-rotu | ‘drum’ (eng) | |
| fo-abui | fo-abui | ‘tear (tr.)’ (eng) | |
| fon | fon | ‘front’ (eng) | |
| fo(t) | fo(t) | ‘pull’ (eng) | |
| fui | fui | ‘west’ (eng) | |
| fuina | fuina | ‘year’ (eng) | |
| i | i | ‘he’ (eng) | |
| i- | i- | ‘penis’ (eng) | |
| ina | ina | ‘bone’ (eng) | |
| ina- | ina- | ‘mother’ (eng) | |
| indeatan | indeatan | ‘nine’ (eng) | |
| indea-toru | indea-toru | ‘eight’ (eng) | |
| inon-kutun | inon-kutun | ‘old man’ (eng) | |
| inon-tarai | inon-tarai | ‘person’ (eng) | |
| iri | iri | ‘choose’ (eng) | |
| iri | iri | ‘sweep’ (eng) | |
| isan | isan | ‘stab’ (eng) | |
| isin | isin | ‘hand (of bananas)’ (eng) | |
| i-toru | i-toru | ‘they 3’ (eng) | |
| itu | itu | ‘seven’ (eng) | |
| ka | ka | ‘sperm’ (eng) | |
| kabi | kabi | ‘throw away’ (eng) | |
| kada-win | kada-win | ‘bachelor (female)’ (eng) | |
| kafafe | kafafe | ‘cloud’ (eng) | |
| kafafe | kafafe | ‘fog’ (eng) | |
| kafa(r) | kafa(r) | ‘fold’ (eng) | |
| kafa(r) | kafa(r) | ‘kick’ (eng) | |
| kafe | kafe | ‘close (door)’ (eng) | |
| kaina | kaina | ‘cucumber’ (eng) | |
| kaisun | kaisun | ‘son’ (eng) | |
| kaiwewa | kaiwewa | ‘lightning’ (eng) | |
| kakabiri | kakabiri | ‘naked’ (eng) | |
| kakai | kakai | ‘wound (n.)’ (eng) | |
| kakeri marareka | kakeri marareka | ‘urinate’ (eng) | |
| kakofa | kakofa | ‘earth, soil’ (eng) | |
| kakuban | kakuban | ‘thick’ (eng) | |
| kamambo | kamambo | ‘butterfly’ (eng) | |
| kamiai | kamiai | ‘stone’ (eng) | |
| kamiran | kamiran | ‘reef’ (eng) | |
| kamuki | kamuki | ‘friend’ (eng) | |
| kamutu | kamutu | ‘anchor’ (eng) | |
| kamutun | kamutun | ‘daughter’ (eng) | |
| kananata | kananata | ‘firefly’ (eng) | |
| kaniu | kaniu | ‘spit’ (eng) | |
| kankanan | kankanan | ‘ashes’ (eng) | |
| kantantini | kantantini | ‘cockroach’ (eng) | |
| kapetaini | kapetaini | ‘lizard’ (eng) | |
| karaifaki | karaifaki | ‘kinky (hair)’ (eng) | |
| karata | karata | ‘jellyfish’ (eng) | |
| karavurai | karaβurai | ‘cowrie’ (eng) | |
| kariri | kariri | ‘imitate’ (eng) | |
| karisen | karisen | ‘embers’ (eng) | |
| karu | karu | ‘rat’ (eng) | |
| kasamberei | kasamberei | ‘maize’ (eng) | |
| kase | kase | ‘tie’ (eng) | |
| kasina | kasina | ‘cucumber’ (eng) | |
| kasinai | kasinai | ‘glass’ (eng) | |
| kasou | kasou | ‘angry’ (eng) | |
| katai | katai | ‘place (n.)’ (eng) | |
| katiti | katiti | ‘water jar’ (eng) | |
| katu | katu | ‘soon’ (eng) | |
| katui | katui | ‘small’ (eng) | |
| kau | kau | ‘wall’ (eng) | |
| kauboi | kauboi | ‘worm’ (eng) | |
| kaun | kaun | ‘ginger’ (eng) | |
| kavui | kaβui | ‘loincloth’ (eng) | |
| kawankamu | kawankamu | ‘starfish’ (eng) | |
| kawari | kawari | ‘fog’ (eng) | |
| kaweini | kaweini | ‘prawn’ (eng) | |
| kefan | kefan | ‘near’ (eng) | |
| kefan | kefan | ‘pinch’ (eng) | |
| keke | keke | ‘green’ (eng) | |
| keri | keri | ‘bait’ (eng) | |
| ke(t) | ke(t) | ‘carry on shoulder’ (eng) | |
| keti | keti | ‘steps’ (eng) | |
| kewariroi(ni) | kewariroi(ni) | ‘skinny’ (eng) | |
| kibe | kibe | ‘blind’ (eng) | |
| kikairi | kikairi | ‘bridge’ (eng) | |
| kikairi | kikairi | ‘leech’ (eng) | |
| kikan | kikan | ‘Gnetum gnemon’ (lat) | |
| kika(r) | kika(r) | ‘grate (v.)’ (eng) | |
| kika(r) | kika(r) | ‘rub’ (eng) | |
| kipau | kipau | ‘crooked’ (eng) | |
| kiri | kiri | ‘bite’ (eng) | |
| kiwa(t) | kiwa(t) | ‘fight’ (eng) | |
| koan | koan | ‘custom’ (eng) | |
| kobu | kobu | ‘caulk (n.)’ (eng) | |
| koi | koi | ‘bed’ (eng) | |
| koi | koi | ‘intercourse’ (eng) | |
| koin | koin | ‘bed bug’ (eng) | |
| kontai | kontai | ‘also’ (eng) | |
| kontai | kontai | ‘with (Accomp.)’ (eng) | |
| kota | kota | ‘narrow’ (eng) | |
| kun | kun | ‘handle (n.)’ (eng) | |
| kuru- | kuru- | ‘back’ (eng) | |
| kuru-ina | kuru-ina | ‘backbone’ (eng) | |
| kutu | kutu | ‘cut through’ (eng) | |
| kuwa(r) | kuwa(r) | ‘squeeze’ (eng) | |
| madu | madu | ‘say’ (eng) | |
| mai | mai | ‘same’ (eng) | |
| maitata | maitata | ‘itch’ (eng) | |
| makai | makai | ‘dance’ (eng) | |
| makikai | makikai | ‘good’ (eng) | |
| mama | mama | ‘chew’ (eng) | |
| mamasa | mamasa | ‘dry (grass)’ (eng) | |
| mambiriu | mambiriu | ‘crowned pigeon’ (eng) | |
| mamosi | mamosi | ‘satiated’ (eng) | |
| mamu | mamu | ‘mucus’ (eng) | |
| mamuna | mamuna | ‘evil’ (eng) | |
| mamuta | mamuta | ‘vomit’ (eng) | |
| man | man | ‘man, male’ (eng) | |
| man- | man- | ‘bird’ (eng) | |
| manamo | manamo | ‘but’ (eng) | |
| mananu | mananu | ‘leader’ (eng) | |
| mandokai | mandokai | ‘shark’ (eng) | |
| man-doni | man-doni | ‘who’ (eng) | |
| man-du | man-du | ‘two’ (eng) | |
| maneiru | maneiru | ‘how many (animate)’ (eng) | |
| manin | manin | ‘oil’ (eng) | |
| maninkapoi | maninkapoi | ‘hot (water)’ (eng) | |
| manivovi | maniβoβi | ‘friend’ (eng) | |
| manken | manken | ‘sea bird’ (eng) | |
| man-kukei | man-kukei | ‘chicken’ (eng) | |
| man-sai-eran | man-sai-eran | ‘spider’ (eng) | |
| mansani | mansani | ‘widower’ (eng) | |
| man-siari | man-siari | ‘one’ (eng) | |
| man-soari | man-soari | ‘cassowary’ (eng) | |
| man-tei | man-tei | ‘who’ (eng) | |
| man-toru | man-toru | ‘three’ (eng) | |
| maraba | maraba | ‘heavy’ (eng) | |
| marain-deni | marain-deni | ‘fishhook’ (eng) | |
| marandin | marandin | ‘decorate’ (eng) | |
| marebanai | marebanai | ‘clean’ (eng) | |
| marin | marin | ‘calm (ocean)’ (eng) | |
| marirori | marirori | ‘calm (ocean)’ (eng) | |
| marisani | marisani | ‘pepper’ (eng) | |
| matai | matai | ‘fear’ (eng) | |
| mawa | mawa | ‘easy’ (eng) | |
| mawai | mawai | ‘sago pounder’ (eng) | |
| maya(r) | maja(r) | ‘like (v.)’ (eng) | |
| mea | mea | ‘ye’ (eng) | |
| mei | mei | ‘play’ (eng) | |
| meiri | meiri | ‘alone’ (eng) | |
| mereka | mereka | ‘water’ (eng) | |
| mesiri | mesiri | ‘alone’ (eng) | |
| mi | mi | ‘leak’ (eng) | |
| miain | miain | ‘sweet’ (eng) | |
| minoki | minoki | ‘sit’ (eng) | |
| mirai | mirai | ‘ripe’ (eng) | |
| mireka | mireka | ‘dead’ (eng) | |
| mireka | mireka | ‘die’ (eng) | |
| miri | miri | ‘laugh’ (eng) | |
| mirisin | mirisin | ‘happy’ (eng) | |
| mitu | mitu | ‘strong (wood)’ (eng) | |
| mun | mun | ‘kill’ (eng) | |
| mun tun | mun tun | ‘pigeon’ (eng) | |
| mundiai | mundiai | ‘earthquake’ (eng) | |
| munu | munu | ‘house’ (eng) | |
| munue | munue | ‘village’ (eng) | |
| muran | muran | ‘east’ (eng) | |
| na-doni | na-doni | ‘where’ (eng) | |
| nafa | nafa | ‘sand’ (eng) | |
| nai | nai | ‘lost’ (eng) | |
| naiyarora | naijarora | ‘naked’ (eng) | |
| nana | nana | ‘pus’ (eng) | |
| nari(r) | nari(r) | ‘make’ (eng) | |
| nawan | nawan | ‘basket’ (eng) | |
| ne-bu | ne-bu | ‘flower’ (eng) | |
| neki | neki | ‘cat’ (eng) | |
| ne-main | ne-main | ‘fat (n.)’ (eng) | |
| ne-man | ne-man | ‘husband’ (eng) | |
| ne-opi | ne-opi | ‘gall’ (eng) | |
| ne-una | ne-una | ‘scales’ (eng) | |
| ne-wa(sa) | ne-wa(sa) | ‘root’ (eng) | |
| ne-wasa | ne-wasa | ‘gills’ (eng) | |
| nin- | nin- | ‘here’ (eng) | |
| nio | nio | ‘parents-in-law’ (eng) | |
| noi | noi | ‘knife’ (eng) | |
| nu | nu | ‘island’ (eng) | |
| nu- | nu- | ‘head’ (eng) | |
| nuaninu | nuaninu | ‘shadow’ (eng) | |
| numbuain | numbuain | ‘sand’ (eng) | |
| numetan | numetan | ‘black’ (eng) | |
| nuna(k) | nuna(k) | ‘smell (tr.)’ (eng) | |
| nunun | nunun | ‘burn (tr.)’ (eng) | |
| nu-randaun | nu-randaun | ‘hair (head)’ (eng) | |
| nu-wavuru | nu-waβuru | ‘body hair’ (eng) | |
| oa | oa | ‘stand’ (eng) | |
| pa | pa | ‘rice’ (eng) | |
| padamara | padamara | ‘lamp’ (eng) | |
| pampan | pampan | ‘always’ (eng) | |
| panda | panda | ‘bald’ (eng) | |
| pari | pari | ‘miss’ (eng) | |
| paria | paria | ‘always’ (eng) | |
| patite | patite | ‘numb’ (eng) | |
| payai | pajai | ‘power’ (eng) | |
| pia-rei | pia-rei | ‘twenty’ (eng) | |
| pia-rin | pia-rin | ‘twenty-five’ (eng) | |
| pinan | pinan | ‘big’ (eng) | |
| pirakai | pirakai | ‘painful’ (eng) | |
| pirandima | pirandima | ‘bitter’ (eng) | |
| ra | ra | ‘walk’ (eng) | |
| raban | raban | ‘draw, carve’ (eng) | |
| rabi(t) | rabi(t) | ‘pull’ (eng) | |
| rabuan | rabuan | ‘between’ (eng) | |
| rabuan | rabuan | ‘middle’ (eng) | |
| rai | rai | ‘enemy’ (eng) | |
| rain | rain | ‘bay’ (eng) | |
| rakanai | rakanai | ‘between’ (eng) | |
| rakutu | rakutu | ‘door’ (eng) | |
| ra-ma | ra-ma | ‘come’ (eng) | |
| rami | rami | ‘squeeze’ (eng) | |
| ran | ran | ‘boil (tr.)’ (eng) | |
| ran | ran | ‘road, path’ (eng) | |
| randawai | randawai | ‘mast’ (eng) | |
| rando | rando | ‘banana’ (eng) | |
| raori | raori | ‘beads’ (eng) | |
| rao-tataka | rao-tataka | ‘thirsty’ (eng) | |
| rarika | rarika | ‘cloud’ (eng) | |
| rarika | rarika | ‘dirty’ (eng) | |
| rarun | rarun | ‘bailer’ (eng) | |
| raukai | raukai | ‘octopus’ (eng) | |
| rawanan | rawanan | ‘sea’ (eng) | |
| reantenan | reantenan | ‘first’ (eng) | |
| rei | rei | ‘land’ (eng) | |
| reirei | reirei | ‘land’ (eng) | |
| rei-sa | rei-sa | ‘sharp’ (eng) | |
| rekabu | rekabu | ‘dull’ (eng) | |
| rema | rema | ‘betel pepper’ (eng) | |
| reraun | reraun | ‘leaf’ (eng) | |
| rerawa | rerawa | ‘skin’ (eng) | |
| resaresa | resaresa | ‘plate’ (eng) | |
| reti | reti | ‘wire’ (eng) | |
| rewankuai | rewankuai | ‘plate’ (eng) | |
| rewo- | rewo- | ‘forehead’ (eng) | |
| rika | rika | ‘blood’ (eng) | |
| rin | rin | ‘five’ (eng) | |
| riraun | riraun | ‘smoke’ (eng) | |
| rirau(t) | rirau(t) | ‘marry’ (eng) | |
| riwan | riwan | ‘change’ (eng) | |
| roa | roa | ‘answer’ (eng) | |
| roa | roa | ‘lime’ (eng) | |
| roki | roki | ‘sing’ (eng) | |
| romi | romi | ‘garden’ (eng) | |
| romu | romu | ‘bird’ (eng) | |
| rora-(faisi) | rora-(faisi) | ‘sky’ (eng) | |
| roro-(man/win)-katui | roro-(man/win)-katui | ‘sibling (younger, different sex)’ (eng) | |
| roron | roron | ‘inside’ (eng) | |
| rotan | rotan | ‘bag’ (eng); ‘noken’ (ind) | |
| roya(r) | roja(r) | ‘roll’ (eng) | |
| ruai | ruai | ‘rack’ (eng) | |
| ruki | ruki | ‘gather’ (eng) | |
| ruramai | ruramai | ‘edge’ (eng) | |
| ruru adia | ruru adia | ‘light a fire’ (eng) | |
| ru(t) | ru(t) | ‘hold’ (eng) | |
| sai | sai | ‘weep’ (eng) | |
| sambewarai | sambewarai | ‘shine’ (eng) | |
| sansen | sansen | ‘breathe’ (eng) | |
| sara | sara | ‘pour’ (eng) | |
| sarawai | sarawai | ‘wrong’ (eng) | |
| saroi | saroi | ‘whale’ (eng) | |
| sawaya | sawaja | ‘crawl’ (eng) | |
| sea | sea | ‘cough’ (eng) | |
| sefa | sefa | ‘full’ (eng) | |
| sera | sera | ‘seek’ (eng) | |
| sifo | sifo | ‘fly (v.)’ (eng) | |
| simitoi | simitoi | ‘citrus’ (eng) | |
| sirahiai | sirahiai | ‘dry (cloth)’ (eng) | |
| sirai | sirai | ‘dig’ (eng) | |
| siru | siru | ‘steer’ (eng) | |
| sisasa | sisasa | ‘sour’ (eng) | |
| so | so | ‘throw’ (eng) | |
| sobu | sobu | ‘meet’ (eng) | |
| sodua(t) | sodua(t) | ‘carry on shoulder’ (eng) | |
| soi(r) | soi(r) | ‘jump’ (eng) | |
| somi | somi | ‘praise’ (eng) | |
| su | su | ‘comb (v.)’ (eng) | |
| su | su | ‘go backwards’ (eng) | |
| su | su | ‘tide, high’ (eng) | |
| suai | suai | ‘enter’ (eng) | |
| suan | suan | ‘carry on head’ (eng) | |
| su(f) | su(f) | ‘suck’ (eng) | |
| sumoi | sumoi | ‘aunt, father's sister’ (eng) | |
| sura | sura | ‘ten’ (eng) | |
| taba | taba | ‘wall’ (eng) | |
| taban | taban | ‘wrap’ (eng) | |
| tabun | tabun | ‘cover (v.)’ (eng) | |
| tabura | tabura | ‘conch’ (eng) | |
| tafuai | tafuai | ‘sibling (older, same sex)’ (eng) | |
| tafui | tafui | ‘grandparent’ (eng) | |
| tafu(r) | tafu(r) | ‘catch’ (eng) | |
| takatui | takatui | ‘sibling (younger, different sex)’ (eng) | |
| tama- | tama- | ‘father’ (eng) | |
| taman | taman | ‘axe’ (eng) | |
| tana(m) | tana(m) | ‘plant (v.)’ (eng) | |
| tanan | tanan | ‘short (vertical)’ (eng) | |
| tapapa | tapapa | ‘power’ (eng) | |
| tapere- | tapere- | ‘tongue’ (eng) | |
| tara | tara | ‘pound (sago)’ (eng) | |
| tara- | tara- | ‘ear’ (eng) | |
| tarai | tarai | ‘meat’ (eng) | |
| tara-o | tara-o | ‘hear’ (eng) | |
| tara-pararo | tara-pararo | ‘deaf’ (eng) | |
| tara-reai | tara-reai | ‘cheek’ (eng) | |
| tarera | tarera | ‘wide’ (eng) | |
| tata | tata | ‘we (in pl)’ (eng) | |
| taun | taun | ‘sago powder’ (eng) | |
| tawa | tawa | ‘fall’ (eng) | |
| tawa | tawa | ‘old (thing)’ (eng) | |
| tawai | tawai | ‘snake’ (eng) | |
| tawan | tawan | ‘Pometia’ (lat) | |
| tawan | tawan | ‘press’ (eng) | |
| tawera | tawera | ‘move (intr)’ (eng) | |
| tawin | tawin | ‘release’ (eng) | |
| tekende | tekende | ‘steps’ (eng) | |
| tewawa | tewawa | ‘short (vertical)’ (eng) | |
| tifu | tifu | ‘grow’ (eng) | |
| tikapa | tikapa | ‘crooked’ (eng) | |
| tinan | tinan | ‘short’ (eng) | |
| tita(k) | tita(k) | ‘peel (v.)’ (eng) | |
| to | to | ‘to’ (eng) | |
| to-doni | to-doni | ‘to where’ (eng) | |
| tofa | tofa | ‘deceive’ (eng) | |
| tofino | tofino | ‘how’ (eng) | |
| ton | ton | ‘swallow (v.)’ (eng) | |
| tota(k) | tota(k) | ‘dismantle’ (eng) | |
| tovu | toβu | ‘sugarcane’ (eng) | |
| towai | towai | ‘swamp’ (eng) | |
| toyari | tojari | ‘as’ (eng) | |
| tuai | tuai | ‘bunch’ (eng) | |
| tuba(r) | tuba(r) | ‘push’ (eng) | |
| tufa | tufa | ‘caulk (n.)’ (eng) | |
| tukai | tukai | ‘fish (v.)’ (eng) | |
| tu-ru | tu-ru | ‘we (in dl.)’ (eng) | |
| tuta(k) | tuta(k) | ‘pound (sago)’ (eng) | |
| tuti(r) | tuti(r) | ‘with (Accomp.)’ (eng) | |
| tuwa | tuwa | ‘follow’ (eng) | |
| tuwarai | tuwarai | ‘miss’ (eng) | |
| u | u | ‘comb (n.)’ (eng) | |
| uai | uai | ‘mountain’ (eng) | |
| u(f) | u(f) | ‘wipe’ (eng) | |
| ui | ui | ‘breast’ (eng) | |
| umbe | umbe | ‘bushknife’ (eng) | |
| unumi | unumi | ‘drink’ (eng) | |
| unun | unun | ‘drink’ (eng) | |
| ure- | ure- | ‘eye’ (eng) | |
| ure-babukiri | ure-babukiri | ‘eyelash’ (eng) | |
| ure-fafa | ure-fafa | ‘blind’ (eng) | |
| urefan | urefan | ‘cape (land)’ (eng) | |
| ure-mamon | ure-mamon | ‘sleepy’ (eng) | |
| u-ru | u-ru | ‘they 2’ (eng) | |
| utan | utan | ‘ask’ (eng) | |
| uvi | uβi | ‘yam’ (eng) | |
| vioai | βioai | ‘lory’ (eng) | |
| vivin | βiβin | ‘woman’ (eng) | |
| vivintankin | βiβintankin | ‘frog’ (eng) | |
| vivu | βiβu | ‘boil (intr)’ (eng) | |
| wa | wa | ‘canoe’ (eng) | |
| wai | wai | ‘rope’ (eng) | |
| wairi | wairi | ‘stalk (bananas)’ (eng) | |
| waitawan(ai) | waitawan(ai) | ‘know’ (eng) | |
| wama | wama | ‘hornbill’ (eng) | |
| wankori | wankori | ‘crocodile’ (eng) | |
| wape | wape | ‘but’ (eng) | |
| wara- | wara- | ‘arm’ (eng) | |
| wara-boiyawa | wara-boijawa | ‘shoulder’ (eng) | |
| wara-diu | wara-diu | ‘fingernail’ (eng) | |
| wara-keka | wara-keka | ‘finger’ (eng) | |
| wara-peman | wara-peman | ‘wing’ (eng) | |
| wara-raon | wara-raon | ‘wrist’ (eng) | |
| wariboai | wariboai | ‘bachelor (male)’ (eng) | |
| waroi | waroi | ‘far’ (eng) | |
| warumai | warumai | ‘hut’ (eng) | |
| watai | watai | ‘lie down’ (eng) | |
| wati | wati | ‘see’ (eng) | |
| wawasa | wawasa | ‘wet (cloth)’ (eng) | |
| wawisi | wawisi | ‘hungry’ (eng) | |
| waworu | waworu | ‘new’ (eng) | |
| waya | waja | ‘river’ (eng) | |
| we | we | ‘for’ (eng) | |
| we-dobarai | we-dobarai | ‘storm’ (eng) | |
| wedua(r) | wedua(r) | ‘obstruct’ (eng) | |
| we-fiaiwo | we-fiaiwo | ‘insane’ (eng) | |
| we-fiani | we-fiani | ‘why’ (eng) | |
| we-robong | we-roboŋ | ‘round’ (eng) | |
| -weu | -weu | ‘below’ (eng) | |
| wo | wo | ‘paddle (v.)’ (eng) | |
| wo | wo | ‘sun’ (eng) | |
| woman | woman | ‘outrigger’ (eng) | |
| wombua | wombua | ‘spear (n.)’ (eng) | |
| womin | womin | ‘servant, captive’ (eng) | |
| wona | wona | ‘dog’ (eng) | |
| wonan | wonan | ‘six’ (eng) | |
| wonkan | wonkan | ‘plank’ (eng) | |
| wono- | wono- | ‘name’ (eng) | |
| wora | wora | ‘straits’ (eng) | |
| wore | wore | ‘fence’ (eng) | |
| wori | wori | ‘sea spirit’ (eng) | |
| woriai | woriai | ‘outside’ (eng) | |
| wori(r) | wori(r) | ‘buy’ (eng) | |
| woro | woro | ‘baking dish’ (eng) | |
| woro-kamiai | woro-kamiai | ‘testicles’ (eng) | |
| yawa | jawa | ‘hut’ (eng) | |
| yawa | jawa | ‘reef’ (eng) | |
| ye | je | ‘fishtrap’ (eng) | |
| ye | je | ‘palm wine’ (eng) |