Blust & Trussel (2019f): Proto-Oceanic
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| Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| *<in> | ‘perfective marker’ (eng) | ||
| *-a | ‘3sg. object’ (eng) | ||
| *-a | ‘imperative suffix’ (eng) | ||
| *a | ‘article’ (eng) | ||
| *a | ‘conjunction: and’ (eng) | ||
| *a | ‘exclamation, interjection’ (eng) | ||
| *a | ‘hesitation particle’ (eng) | ||
| *a | ‘ligature’ (eng) | ||
| *a- | ‘adjectival prefix’ (eng) | ||
| *abi | ‘take hold of, grasp’ (eng) | ||
| *abit | ‘hold, get, take’ (eng) | ||
| *abu | ‘grandparent’ (eng) | ||
| *abut | ‘pull up, root up’ (eng) | ||
| *acan | ‘name’ (eng) | ||
| *acok | ‘sniff, kiss’ (eng) | ||
| *adom | ‘think, understand’ (eng) | ||
| *agup | ‘pick up with both hands’ (eng) | ||
| *ai | ‘anaphoric or relative particle: there, previously mentioned place’ (eng) | ||
| *ai | ‘interjection, exclamation of surprise, incredulity, etc.’ (eng) | ||
| *akaR | ‘root’ (eng) | ||
| *ake | ‘tree sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *akot | ‘point out, show, teach’ (eng) | ||
| *aku | ‘1sg nominative, I’ (eng) | ||
| *akup | ‘cover’ (eng) | ||
| *ala | ‘take, get, fetch, obtain, marry’ (eng) | ||
| *alali | ‘halibut, sole, flounder’ (eng) | ||
| *alap | ‘fetch, get, take’ (eng) | ||
| *alaq | ‘fetch, get, take’ (eng) | ||
| *aliq | ‘move, change place’ (eng) | ||
| *aluca | ‘paddle’ (eng) | ||
| *aluluŋ | ‘howl (of dogs)’ (eng) | ||
| *aluŋ | ‘shade, shadow’ (eng) | ||
| *aluton | ‘firewood’ (eng) | ||
| *amatu | ‘double-headed parrotfish’ (eng) | ||
| *amax | ‘father’ (eng) | ||
| *ami | ‘1pl. excl. nominative pronoun, we (exclusive)’ (eng) | ||
| *-an | ‘verbal suffix marking locative voice, nominal suffix marking location’ (eng) | ||
| *-ana | ‘attributive suffix’ (eng) | ||
| *ana<ŋa>ican | ‘when? (past)’ (eng) | ||
| *añam | ‘plait (mats, baskets, etc.)’ (eng) | ||
| *ane | ‘insect of the order Isoptera: termite, white ant’ (eng) | ||
| *aŋak | ‘out of breath, gasping’ (eng) | ||
| *aŋi | ‘sharp’ (eng) | ||
| *aŋin | ‘wind’ (eng) | ||
| *aŋin-aŋin | ‘gust, draft, current of air’ (eng) | ||
| *aŋit | ‘anger’ (eng) | ||
| *aŋo | ‘turmeric’ (eng); ‘Curcuma longa’ (lat) | ||
| *aŋo-aŋo-ana | ‘yellow’ (eng) | ||
| *aŋom | ‘stench’ (eng) | ||
| *aŋusu | ‘spit, spittle’ (eng) | ||
| *anu | ‘thing whose name is unknown’ (eng) | ||
| *a-nu-ku | ‘my unnamed thing: mine’ (eng) | ||
| *añuliŋ | ‘fruit-bearing plant’ (eng); ‘Pisonia umbellifera’ (lat) | ||
| *a-nu-mu | ‘your unnamed thing: yours’ (eng) | ||
| *anu-ña | ‘his/her unnamed thing: his/hers’ (eng) | ||
| *a-nusa | ‘small island, islet’ (eng) | ||
| *apa | ‘what?’ (eng) | ||
| *apa apa | ‘something, anything, everything’ (eng) | ||
| *api | ‘fire’ (eng) | ||
| *apic | ‘twins of the same sex’ (eng) | ||
| *apit | ‘pinch, squeeze’ (eng) | ||
| *apo | ‘high, lofty’ (eng) | ||
| *apon | ‘fishing line’ (eng) | ||
| *apuk | ‘dust’ (eng) | ||
| *apuŋ apuŋ | ‘floating’ (eng) | ||
| *ari | ‘demonstrative: this (?)’ (eng) | ||
| *ariRi | ‘housepost’ (eng) | ||
| *aRu | ‘shore tree’ (eng); ‘Casuarina equisetifolia’ (lat) | ||
| *aru | ‘many, much’ (eng) | ||
| *asam | ‘kind of fern’ (eng) | ||
| *asaŋ | ‘gills’ (eng) | ||
| *asaŋ-i | ‘gills of’ (eng) | ||
| *asaq | ‘sharpen, rub, grate’ (eng) | ||
| *asaq-i | transitive. ‘sharpen’ (eng) | ||
| *asio | ‘sneeze’ (eng) | ||
| *asok | ‘plant in holes in the ground’ (eng) | ||
| *asu | ‘fetch water, scoop up water’ (eng) | ||
| *ata | ‘1pl. incl. possessive pronoun: our’ (eng) | ||
| *atas | ‘high, tall’ (eng) | ||
| *atas-ña | ‘its top’ (eng) | ||
| *atay | ‘death’ (eng) | ||
| *ati | ‘negative marker’ (eng) | ||
| *a-tu | ‘away, outward, forward, onward, towards the hearer’ (eng) | ||
| *atu | ‘away from speaker’ (eng) | ||
| *au | ‘dew’ (eng) | ||
| *au | ‘yes’ (eng) | ||
| *aura | ‘type of wind’ (eng) | ||
| *awa | ‘exclamation of surprise’ (eng) | ||
| *awe | ‘wave’ (eng) | ||
| *aya | ‘exclamation of annoyance, surprise, etc.’ (eng) | ||
| *aya | ‘father’s sister, father’s sister’s husband’ (eng) | ||
| *ba | ‘down, under’ (eng) | ||
| *ba | ‘or, because, but, perhaps’ (eng) | ||
| *baba | ‘father’ (eng) | ||
| *babak | ‘break, chip off’ (eng) | ||
| *babak | ‘peel off bark’ (eng) | ||
| *babak | ‘strike, chip stone’ (eng) | ||
| *baban | ‘board, plank, side of canoe’ (eng) | ||
| *babaŋ | ‘fish sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *babaŋ | ‘hole, cavern’ (eng) | ||
| *babaR | ‘side of the face, cheek, side planks of a canoe’ (eng) | ||
| *bak | ‘strike against’ (eng) | ||
| *baka | ‘conjunction: despite, nonetheless’ (eng) | ||
| *baka | ‘kind of banyan tree’ (eng); ‘Ficus sp.’ (lat) | ||
| *bakewak | ‘shark’ (eng) | ||
| *baki | ‘break off with the hand’ (eng) | ||
| *baku | ‘scab, crust’ (eng) | ||
| *bakul | ‘fish: triggerfish sp.(?)’ (eng) | ||
| *bala | ‘fence, animal pen, fortification’ (eng) | ||
| *balai | ‘fish sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *balai | ‘wild yam’ (eng); ‘Dioscorea sp.’ (lat) | ||
| *balalan | ‘slant, lean over (as a tree)’ (eng) | ||
| *balaŋ | ‘side, part’ (eng) | ||
| *balaŋi | ‘fish sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *balapaq | ‘mid-rib of coconut leaf’ (eng) | ||
| *balaR | ‘pale, albino’ (eng) | ||
| *bali | ‘answer, oppose, opposite side or part, partner, friend, enemy’ (eng) | ||
| *bali | ‘fish sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *bali | ‘repay, replace, take revenge’ (eng) | ||
| *baliw | ‘cluster (c) == don mourning apparel, mourn for a deceased spouse’ (eng) | ||
| *baluc | ‘dove sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *balun | ‘mix’ (eng) | ||
| *balut | ‘mix’ (eng) | ||
| *banaRu | ‘Indian tulip tree’ (eng); ‘Thespesia populnea’ (lat) | ||
| *baŋi | ‘bait’ (eng) | ||
| *banic | ‘wing’ (eng) | ||
| *baniŋ | ‘bait’ (eng) | ||
| *baqoRu | ‘new, recent, young, fresh’ (eng) | ||
| *baRa | ‘fence, animal pen, fortification’ (eng) | ||
| *baRa | ‘storage shelf above the hearth’ (eng) | ||
| *bara | ‘fence, animal pen, fortification’ (eng) | ||
| *baRa baRa | ‘crosswise’ (eng) | ||
| *barabara | ‘crosspiece’ (eng) | ||
| *baraŋ | ‘marker of indefiniteness: if, perhaps, hopefully, or, any’ (eng) | ||
| *baRat | ‘crosswise beam or shelf’ (eng) | ||
| *barat | ‘crosswise beam or shelf’ (eng) | ||
| *bari | ‘nibble at, gnaw at something hard’ (eng) | ||
| *baRoq | ‘boil’ (eng) | ||
| *basu | ‘anger, angry’ (eng) | ||
| *bataŋ | ‘tree trunk, fallen tree, fallen log, stem of a plant, body, corpse, self, bridge of the nose, most important or preeminent thing, main course of a river, mushroom or bracket fungus that grows on tree trunks or decaying logs’ (eng) | ||
| *bati | ‘canine tooth (?)’ (eng) | ||
| *batu | ‘kidney’ (eng) | ||
| *batu | ‘throw’ (eng) | ||
| *batu-batu | ‘stony, gravel’ (eng) | ||
| *batuk | ‘head’ (eng) | ||
| *bayan | ‘bait’ (eng) | ||
| *bebe | ‘butterfly, butterfly fish’ (eng); ‘Chaetodon spp.’ (lat) | ||
| *beka | ‘split, crack open’ (eng) | ||
| *bekas | ‘defecate’ (eng) | ||
| *bekeR | ‘defecate’ (eng) | ||
| *bele | ‘shrub sp., kind of shrub’ (eng) | ||
| *belu | ‘bend, curve’ (eng) | ||
| *beŋaŋ | ‘disconcert, confuse’ (eng) | ||
| *benu | ‘coconut husk’ (eng) | ||
| *beRŋi-na | ‘(gloss uncertain)’ (eng) | ||
| *beta | ‘breadfruit’ (eng) | ||
| *bia | ‘sandy soil (?)’ (eng) | ||
| *bia-bia | ‘limestone sediment (?)’ (eng) | ||
| *bibi | ‘bivalve mollusk sp., lucine clam’ (eng) | ||
| *bibit | ‘pinch, squeeze’ (eng) | ||
| *bikit | ‘attached to’ (eng) | ||
| *biko | ‘bent, twisted’ (eng) | ||
| *bila | ‘lightning’ (eng) | ||
| *bilac | ‘exposed to the sun’ (eng) | ||
| *bilak | ‘special talent’ (eng) | ||
| *bilu-bilu | ‘large marine fish, jackfish or trevally’ (eng) | ||
| *binam | ‘bird, hornbill’ (eng) | ||
| *binaR | ‘flash of light’ (eng) | ||
| *biŋa | ‘kind of shellfish’ (eng) | ||
| *binit | ‘carry’ (eng) | ||
| *binu | ‘fold over, fold up’ (eng) | ||
| *bio | ‘type of shell, possibly nautilus’ (eng) | ||
| *biRa | ‘roe, eggs of fish or crustacean’ (eng) | ||
| *biRaq | ‘semen, smegma, grease’ (eng) | ||
| *biRas | ‘semen, smegma, grease’ (eng) | ||
| *birat | ‘scar’ (eng) | ||
| *bisik | ‘splash, spatter, splatter’ (eng) | ||
| *bitak | ‘mud’ (eng) | ||
| *bitiq | ‘small, few’ (eng) | ||
| *bito | ‘navel’ (eng) | ||
| *bituŋ | ‘bamboo sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *bobo | ‘foolish, fool’ (eng) | ||
| *boboc | ‘bundle (of firewood, etc.)’ (eng) | ||
| *boboŋ | ‘butterfly’ (eng) | ||
| *boboŋ | ‘overcrowd’ (eng) | ||
| *boboŋ | ‘shut off’ (eng) | ||
| *boi | ‘call, summon’ (eng) | ||
| *boi | ‘divide, share, portion (as of food)’ (eng) | ||
| *boi | ‘smell, odor’ (eng) | ||
| *bolo bolo | ‘small dark surgeonfish’ (eng); ‘possibly Ctenochaetus’ (lat) | ||
| *boma | ‘kind of seaweed used to paint canoes’ (eng) | ||
| *bona | ‘pigeon sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *bona | ‘smell, odor, scent’ (eng) | ||
| *boŋa | ‘speak sharply or in anger’ (eng) | ||
| *boŋi | ‘night’ (eng) | ||
| *boŋi-a | ‘overcome by night, benighted’ (eng) | ||
| *boŋol | ‘mute, unable to speak’ (eng) | ||
| *bonor | ‘stopped up, plugged’ (eng) | ||
| *bonor | ‘true, correct, upright’ (eng) | ||
| *bonot | ‘closed, dammed up’ (eng) | ||
| *boñu | ‘hidden from view’ (eng) | ||
| *boRok | ‘pig’ (eng) | ||
| *bosuR | ‘satisfied from having eaten enough, satiated’ (eng) | ||
| *boto | ‘short’ (eng) | ||
| *botu | ‘explode’ (eng) | ||
| *bou | ‘smell, odor’ (eng) | ||
| *bou roŋoR | ‘smell’ (eng) | ||
| *(bp)ala | ‘dried out’ (eng) | ||
| *(bp)ala | ‘fight’ (eng) | ||
| *(bp)ala(bp)ala | ‘fish sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *(bp)alu | ‘tree sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *(bp)una | ‘plant used as fish poison’ (eng) | ||
| *bua | ‘flower, blossom’ (eng) | ||
| *bua | ‘foam, bubbles, froth’ (eng) | ||
| *bua bua | ‘species of climber used for decorative purposes’ (eng) | ||
| *bual bual | ‘species of palm used for making spears and bows, palm-wood spear or bow’ (eng) | ||
| *buaq | ‘areca nut and palm, heart’ (eng) | ||
| *buaq na batu | ‘round stone (?)’ (eng) | ||
| *buaq ni bities | ‘calf of the leg’ (eng) | ||
| *buat | ‘make, create, invent’ (eng) | ||
| *buat-an | ‘made, created’ (eng) | ||
| *bubu | ‘constellation: The Southern Cross’ (eng) | ||
| *bubu | ‘grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal term of address)’ (eng) | ||
| *bubu | ‘plant used for perfuming the body’ (eng) | ||
| *bubu | ‘rub on’ (eng) | ||
| *bubu | ‘trigger fish’ (eng); ‘Balistes sp.’ (lat) | ||
| *bubuni | ‘smear, paint over’ (eng) | ||
| *bubuR | ‘drive pigs into a net’ (eng) | ||
| *buburu | ‘grass, grow densely (as grass)’ (eng) | ||
| *bubu₈ | ‘sing, song’ (eng) | ||
| *bukal | ‘bubble up (as spring water)’ (eng) | ||
| *bukbuk-an | ‘attacked by wood worms’ (eng) | ||
| *buku | ‘node (as in bamboo or sugarcane), joint, knuckle, knot in wood, knot in string or rope’ (eng); ‘Mons veneris’ (lat) | ||
| *buku ni lima | ‘wrist bone’ (eng) | ||
| *buku ni waqay | ‘ankle bone’ (eng) | ||
| *buku-an | ‘have joints, have protuberances’ (eng) | ||
| *buku-buku | ‘node, joint, knuckle, swelling under the skin’ (eng) | ||
| *bula | ‘kindle, light a fire, set ablaze’ (eng) | ||
| *bulat | ‘open the eyes wide, stare with round eyes’ (eng) | ||
| *buli buli | ‘fish sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *buliŋ | ‘turn over, roll over, transform, upside down’ (eng) | ||
| *buliq | ‘cowrie shell’ (eng); ‘Cypraea mauritiana’ (lat) | ||
| *bulit | ‘caulk, fill up a hole or crack with viscous material’ (eng) | ||
| *bulos | ‘turn around, turn back’ (eng) | ||
| *bu(lR)i | ‘roll on the ground, wallow’ (eng) | ||
| *bulu ni babuy | ‘pig bristles, type of sea urchin with thin black spines’ (eng) | ||
| *buluŋ | ‘dark green, dark blue’ (eng) | ||
| *buluq | ‘type of slender bamboo’ (eng); ‘Schizostachyum spp.’ (lat) | ||
| *bulut | ‘birdlime’ (eng) | ||
| *bulut | ‘hairy filaments of certain plants, husk’ (eng) | ||
| *buna | ‘fish sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *bunaR | ‘batfish’ (eng); ‘Platax spp.’ (lat) | ||
| *bune | ‘fruit dove’ (eng); ‘probably Treron spp.’ (lat) | ||
| *bune bune | ‘greenish fruit dove’ (eng) | ||
| *buŋa | ‘kind of porous, white, round and flat coral growth’ (eng) | ||
| *buŋi | ‘night, darkness’ (eng) | ||
| *buntu buntu | ‘small hill, knoll’ (eng) | ||
| *buntut | ‘rear end of an animal’ (eng) | ||
| *bunut | ‘coconut husk, coir’ (eng) | ||
| *buqi | ‘pour water on, douse (as a fire)’ (eng) | ||
| *bura | ‘discharge of pus’ (eng) | ||
| *buraq | ‘foam, bubbles, bubble up’ (eng) | ||
| *buRat | ‘tree with sweet-smelling flowers’ (eng); ‘Fagraea berteroana’ (lat) | ||
| *buRiq | ‘wash (as the hands)’ (eng) | ||
| *buRit | ‘hind part, rear, back’ (eng) | ||
| *burit | ‘hind part, rear, back’ (eng) | ||
| *buRu | ‘blow’ (eng) | ||
| *burul | ‘blunt, dull’ (eng) | ||
| *busa | ‘container for solid objects, package’ (eng) | ||
| *busa | ‘foam, suds’ (eng) | ||
| *buta | ‘affliction of the eyes’ (eng) | ||
| *buta | ‘hole, opening, vagina’ (eng) | ||
| *butaq | ‘earth, soil’ (eng) | ||
| *buto | ‘navel’ (eng) | ||
| *butu | ‘group, crowd, flock, school, bunch, cluster’ (eng) | ||
| *butul | ‘break, cut’ (eng) | ||
| *buu | ‘conch shell trumpet’ (eng) | ||
| *buu | ‘corner’ (eng) | ||
| *buu | ‘cough’ (eng) | ||
| *bwala | ‘shell, peeling, skin’ (eng) | ||
| *bwara | ‘shell, peeling, skin’ (eng) | ||
| *bweka | ‘fruit bat, flying fox’ (eng) | ||
| *bwisi | ‘finger (?)’ (eng) | ||
| *Cenek | ‘thorn’ (eng) | ||
| *cupcup | ‘sip, suck’ (eng) | ||
| *-da | ‘1pl. incl. nominative and hortative pronoun’ (eng) | ||
| *-da | ‘1pl. incl. possessive suffix’ (eng) | ||
| *da | ‘1pl. incl. subject prefix and possessive suffix, we (incl.), our (incl.)’ (eng) | ||
| *dabuk | ‘pound, beat’ (eng) | ||
| *damwa | ‘forehead’ (eng) | ||
| *daŋdaŋ | ‘warm oneself or something near a fire, heat or dry near a fire’ (eng) | ||
| *daŋkeq | ‘branch, twig’ (eng) | ||
| *daReq | ‘soil, probably clay’ (eng) | ||
| *daRi | ‘fish’ (eng); ‘Scomberoides sp.’ (lat) | ||
| *datu | ‘lineage priest (?)’ (eng) | ||
| *daula | ‘frigate bird’ (eng) | ||
| *diqaq | ‘good’ (eng) | ||
| *drali | ‘slitgong’ (eng) | ||
| *d(r)amut | ‘lime spatula’ (eng) | ||
| *draŋi | ‘day’ (eng) | ||
| *draRaq | ‘blood’ (eng) | ||
| *draula | ‘frigate bird’ (eng) | ||
| *drolom | ‘dark’ (eng) | ||
| *droŋan | ‘with, in conjunction with, companion’ (eng) | ||
| *drulas | ‘slip or slide’ (eng) | ||
| *druru | ‘owl’ (eng) | ||
| *e | ‘numeral prefix, cardinal numeral marker’ (eng) | ||
| *e boŋi | ‘it is getting dark, night is coming on’ (eng) | ||
| *eŋap | ‘gasp for breath’ (eng) | ||
| *esa | ‘one’ (eng) | ||
| *galu | ‘stir, mix’ (eng) | ||
| *gama | ‘morning star?’ (eng) | ||
| *ga-pica | ‘how much?, how many?’ (eng) | ||
| *garus | ‘scratch’ (eng) | ||
| *gem | ‘hold in the fist’ (eng) | ||
| *gerit | ‘sound of scraping or scratching’ (eng) | ||
| *gomol | ‘squeeze, hold tight, clutch’ (eng) | ||
| *gomuR | ‘hold liquid in the mouth, gargle’ (eng) | ||
| *-gu | ‘1sg possessive pronoun, my’ (eng) | ||
| *gurat | ‘tree with roots that furnish a red dye’ (eng); ‘Morinda citrifolia’ (lat) | ||
| *guru | ‘noise, tumult’ (eng) | ||
| *guRuŋ | ‘deep rumbling sound, thunder’ (eng) | ||
| *h<um>una | ‘do or go first’ (eng) | ||
| *ha | ‘locative particle’ (eng) | ||
| *habaRat | ‘southwest monsoon’ (eng) | ||
| *hawak | ‘waist, back of the waist’ (eng) | ||
| *hebun | ‘group, pile’ (eng) | ||
| *hedaw | ‘stop, cease (of rain)’ (eng) | ||
| *heŋak | ‘out of breath’ (eng) | ||
| *hesi | ‘flesh, meat’ (eng) | ||
| *hi- | ‘originate from, come from’ (eng) | ||
| *-i | ‘local transitive suffix’ (eng) | ||
| *i | ‘exclamation of wonder, disgust, etc.’ (eng) | ||
| *i | ‘generic marker of location in space or time’ (eng) | ||
| *i | ‘numeral prefix’ (eng) | ||
| *i | ‘personal article’ (eng) | ||
| *i- | ‘verbal prefix marking instrumental or benefactive voice’ (eng) | ||
| *i papo | ‘above, on the top’ (eng) | ||
| *i rarom | ‘below, beneath, inside’ (eng) | ||
| *-ia | ‘transitive and imperative suffix’ (eng) | ||
| *ia | ‘3sg. personal pronoun: he, she, him, her, it’ (eng) | ||
| *ia | ‘this, here, that, there’ (eng) | ||
| *i-aku | ‘1sg., I, me’ (eng) | ||
| *ia-ni | ‘this, here’ (eng) | ||
| *iaqi | ‘demonstrative marker of uncertain meaning’ (eng) | ||
| *ias | ‘particle of doubt or interrogation’ (eng) | ||
| *iba iba | ‘remainder, surplus’ (eng) | ||
| *ibe | ‘mat’ (eng) | ||
| *ibo | ‘edible sea worm’ (eng); ‘Sipunculus spp.’ (lat) | ||
| *ibu | ‘container for liquids’ (eng) | ||
| *ican | ‘when?’ (eng) | ||
| *icud | ‘budge, shift, move aside’ (eng) | ||
| *icuŋ | ‘nose’ (eng) | ||
| *ihi | ‘exclamation of surprise, etc.’ (eng) | ||
| *ika-lima | ‘fifth (ordinal numeral)’ (eng) | ||
| *ikan | ‘fish’ (eng) | ||
| *ika-onom | ‘sixth’ (eng) | ||
| *ika-pitu | ‘seventh’ (eng) | ||
| *ika-siwa | ‘ninth’ (eng) | ||
| *ika-tolu | ‘third’ (eng) | ||
| *ika-walu | ‘eighth (ordinal)’ (eng) | ||
| *ike | ‘mallet for beating bark into bark cloth’ (eng) | ||
| *iko | ‘2sg., you’ (eng) | ||
| *ikuR | ‘tail’ (eng) | ||
| *ikuR ikuR | ‘trailing behind’ (eng) | ||
| *ila | ‘wild, timorous, shy’ (eng) | ||
| *ilap | ‘flicker (of flames)’ (eng) | ||
| *i-laur | ‘(gloss uncertain)’ (eng) | ||
| *ili | ‘thwarts of a canoe’ (eng) | ||
| *i-lima | ‘five’ (eng) | ||
| *iliŋ | ‘pour’ (eng) | ||
| *ilo | ‘inside, interior, thoughts, emotions, memories’ (eng) | ||
| *ilo | ‘look at’ (eng) | ||
| *ima | ‘kind of pandanus with leaves useful for plaiting’ (eng) | ||
| *imi | ‘2p. pl. pronoun: you’ (eng) | ||
| *i-na | ‘that, there’ (eng) | ||
| *ina | ‘mother, mother's sister, female animal, largest member of a set’ (eng) | ||
| *ina ama | ‘parents’ (eng) | ||
| *inap | ‘sneer, laugh in derision’ (eng) | ||
| *iŋaR | ‘loud (of the voice), voice’ (eng) | ||
| *i-ni | ‘this, here’ (eng) | ||
| *inum | ‘act of drinking’ (eng) | ||
| *inum-ia | ‘drink it! (imper.)’ (eng) | ||
| *inum-inum | ‘drink (repetitive, frequentative, etc.)’ (eng) | ||
| *io | ‘spear’ (eng) | ||
| *i-palu | ‘make war on’ (eng) | ||
| *ipaR- | ‘sibling-in-law of the same sex’ (eng) | ||
| *ipi | ‘blow’ (eng) | ||
| *ipi | ‘the ‘Tahitian chestnut’’ (eng); ‘Inocarpus fagiferus or I. edulis’ (lat) | ||
| *ipon | ‘tooth’ (eng) | ||
| *ipoR | ‘saliva in the mouth, drool, desire, crave, lust for’ (eng) | ||
| *ipos | ‘cockroach’ (eng) | ||
| *ipu- | ‘hair, feather’ (eng) | ||
| *ipun | ‘cover with earth’ (eng) | ||
| *iput | ‘pull out, uproot’ (eng) | ||
| *iqi | ‘exclamation of surprise, pain, etc.’ (eng) | ||
| *ira | ‘they, them’ (eng) | ||
| *iri | ‘that, there’ (eng) | ||
| *iRimo | ‘tree’ (eng); ‘probably Octomeles spp.’ (lat) | ||
| *iriŋ | ‘follow, accompany’ (eng) | ||
| *irir | ‘fan’ (eng) | ||
| *iro iro | ‘reflect, shine’ (eng) | ||
| *iRup | ‘sip (as soup)’ (eng) | ||
| *isa | ‘name’ (eng) | ||
| *isa | ‘one’ (eng) | ||
| *i-sai | ‘who?’ (eng) | ||
| *isi | ‘hiss’ (eng) | ||
| *isi | ‘peel, strip off’ (eng) | ||
| *isi | ‘scrape (as coconut meat from a shell), grate (as coconut meat)’ (eng) | ||
| *isop | ‘suck, inhale’ (eng) | ||
| *isud | ‘budge, shift, move’ (eng) | ||
| *isug | ‘clean oneself by scrubbing’ (eng) | ||
| *ita | ‘we (incl.)’ (eng) | ||
| *iti | ‘there, that’ (eng) | ||
| *iu | ‘bathe’ (eng) | ||
| *iu | ‘spear’ (eng) | ||
| *jalan | ‘path, road, way’ (eng) | ||
| *jama | ‘mate, companion, like, similar to’ (eng) | ||
| *jaot | ‘spear, harpoon’ (eng) | ||
| *jaRu | ‘choral singing, blend voices in song’ (eng) | ||
| *jila | ‘yardarm, sheet of a sail, sticks used to turn the sail’ (eng) | ||
| *jiŋana | ‘whitebait’ (eng) | ||
| *jiwaŋ | ‘gap, open space’ (eng) | ||
| *joŋjoŋ | ‘cork, stopper, plug’ (eng) | ||
| *jukul | ‘cornered, unable to escape’ (eng) | ||
| *jukul | ‘measure vertically’ (eng) | ||
| *k<in>an | ‘food, meat’ (eng) | ||
| *ka | ‘(human) member of a category’ (eng) | ||
| *ka | ‘2sg. subject pronoun’ (eng) | ||
| *ka | conjunctive particle. ‘and’ (eng) | ||
| *ka | ‘conditional, if’ (eng) | ||
| *ka- | ‘past participle/achieved state’ (eng) | ||
| *ka- | ‘prefix for ordinal numerals’ (eng) | ||
| *kabak | ‘beat, flap the wings’ (eng) | ||
| *kaba-kabak | ‘flap the wings repeatedly’ (eng) | ||
| *kabat | ‘canoes joined together lengthwise (?)’ (eng) | ||
| *kabe | ‘jointed creeper which yields fiber used to make cordage and fishnets’ (eng) | ||
| *kabe | ‘wing’ (eng) | ||
| *kabi | ‘catch (as in a trap)’ (eng) | ||
| *kabit | ‘adhere, stick to’ (eng) | ||
| *kaboRa | ‘catfish’ (eng) | ||
| *kabuŋ | ‘stomach of an animal’ (eng) | ||
| *kada | ‘stalk or cluster of fruit’ (eng) | ||
| *kadapuR | ‘rain cloud’ (eng) | ||
| *kadik | ‘large black ant with painful sting, probably bulldog ant’ (eng) | ||
| *kadoRa | ‘cuscus, phalanger’ (eng) | ||
| *kadro | ‘neck’ (eng) | ||
| *kadrut | ‘scratch an itch’ (eng) | ||
| *kaen | ‘eat’ (eng) | ||
| *ka-epat | ‘fourth’ (eng) | ||
| *kai | ‘(human) member of a category’ (eng) | ||
| *ka-ica | ‘when?’ (eng) | ||
| *kak | ‘sound of a cackle, loud laugh, etc.’ (eng) | ||
| *kaka | ‘elder sibling of the same sex’ (eng) | ||
| *kaka | ‘fibrous integument at the base of coconut fronds’ (eng) | ||
| *kaka | ‘flaky skin disease’ (eng) | ||
| *kakakₐ | ‘cackle’ (eng) | ||
| *kakap | ‘stammer, stutter’ (eng) | ||
| *kakaq | ‘split’ (eng) | ||
| *kakar-i | ‘scratch up the earth (as a fowl)’ (eng) | ||
| *kakas | ‘scrape, scratch’ (eng) | ||
| *kakas(-i) | ‘split’ (eng) | ||
| *kakas-i | ‘scrape, abrade’ (eng) | ||
| *kakat-i | ‘chew or bite off’ (eng) | ||
| *kakawa | ‘goby, blenny’ (eng) | ||
| *kalapo | ‘rat, mouse’ (eng) | ||
| *kalaqabusi | ‘shrub’ (eng); ‘Acalypha sp.’ (lat) | ||
| *kali ~ keli | ‘dig’ (eng) | ||
| *kalia | ‘large fish, probably grouper’ (eng) | ||
| *kalik | ‘wooden headrest’ (eng) | ||
| *kalika | ‘rock cod, grouper’ (eng) | ||
| *kalo | ‘neck’ (eng) | ||
| *kalu | ‘stir, mix’ (eng) | ||
| *kamaliR | ‘bachelor’s house, men’s house’ (eng) | ||
| *kamami | ‘1p. excl., we’ (eng) | ||
| *kamaRi | ‘fish, rainbow runner’ (eng); ‘Elagatis bipinnulata’ (lat) | ||
| *kamatu | ‘double-headed parrotfish’ (eng) | ||
| *kamay | ‘hand’ (eng) | ||
| *kambuR | ‘sprinkle, scatter (seed, etc.)’ (eng) | ||
| *k-ami | ‘1pl. excl. nominative pronoun, we (exclusive)’ (eng) | ||
| *kamisu | ‘spittle, spit’ (eng) | ||
| *kamit | ‘scratch’ (eng) | ||
| *kamiu | ‘2pl. nominate and genitive, you all, your’ (eng) | ||
| *ka(m)pet | ‘plugged, stopped, blocked’ (eng) | ||
| *kamu | ‘2pl. nominative, you all’ (eng) | ||
| *kamu | ‘chew, move to and fro in the mouth’ (eng) | ||
| *kamu | ‘sheath of a coconut?’ (eng) | ||
| *kamwa-kamwa | ‘Ficus sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *kana | ‘enemy’ (eng) | ||
| *kana | ‘food’ (eng) | ||
| *kana- | ‘classifier for edible possession’ (eng) | ||
| *kana-kana | ‘think, ponder’ (eng) | ||
| *kanam | ‘sing, song’ (eng) | ||
| *kanan | ‘food’ (eng) | ||
| *kanap | ‘creep, crawl’ (eng) | ||
| *kanari | ‘tree with edible nut, Canarium almond’ (eng); ‘Canarium commune’ (lat) | ||
| *kanarum | ‘tree sp.’ (eng) | ||
| *kanase | ‘fish, mullet’ (eng) | ||
| *kanawa | ‘tree’ (eng); ‘Cordia spp.’ (lat) | ||
| *kanawe | ‘kind of white sea bird, probably gull sp.’ (eng) |