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Veloso (2016a): Naueti Uatolari

Original citation: Veloso, Alexandre. 2016. A grammar sketch of Naueti, a language of East Timor. MA thesis, Leiden University.

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Headword IPA Glosses
'labaˀlaba

vt. ‘burn forest or field’

'ladaˀlada

n. ‘ginger’

'laeˀlae

vi. ‘lazy’

'lahaˀlaha

vi. ‘live’

'laina-hiraˀlaina-hira

int. ‘when (in the past)’

'laina-ruaˀlaina-rua

n. ‘two days ago’

'lai-seiˀlai-sei

adv. ‘yesterday’

'laraˀlara

1. n. ‘sun’

2. n. ‘day’

'lara di 'lara maiˀlara di ˀlara mai

adv. ‘usually’

'lara khai diaˀlara kʰai dia

adv. ‘long ago’

'lara-'laranˀlara-ˀlaran

adv. ‘everyday’

'lara-'mutuˀlara-ˀmutu

n. ‘noon’

'lara-duuˀlara-duu

n. ‘sunset, West’

'lara-nhutaˀlara-n̥uta

n. ‘sunrise, East’

'lara-riaˀlara-ria

n. ‘afternoon’

'leaˀlea

vt. ‘mark, carve’

'lero-kaiˀlero-kai

n. ‘throat’

'lero-kai-wuaˀlero-kai-wua

n. ‘Adam's apple’

'leruˀleru

vt. ‘move’

'lidiˀlidi

n. ‘cockroach’

'loiˀloi

vi. ‘pray’

'lokeˀloke

vt. ‘open, uncover’

'luraˀlura

vt. ‘carry on shoulder’

'lutuˀlutu

n. ‘fence’

'malakaiˀmalakai

n. ‘grasshopper’

'masaˀmasa

vt. ‘taste’

'masiˀmasi

vt. ‘try, attempt’

'mimiˀmimi

vt. ‘mention’

'mokoˀmoko

vt. ‘suck, smoke’

'moluˀmolu

vi. ‘crazy’

'momaˀmoma

vt. ‘chew betelnut’

'moriˀmori

vt. ‘cultivate grain’

'motaˀmota

vi. ‘crush’

'mumuˀmumu

vt. ‘hold between teeth’

'musiˀmusi

vi. ‘same’

'mutuˀmutu

vi. ‘hot’

'naiˀnai

vi. ‘climb’

'nakeˀnake

vt. ‘remove from fire’

'naneˀnane

vt. ‘bend’

'naraˀnara

vi. ‘long’

'nasuˀnasu

n. ‘smoke’

'nateˀnate

vi. ‘itch’

'nauˀnau

vt. ‘leave behind’

'neiˀnei

v. ‘cry’

'nei-tasaˀnei-tasa

n. ‘crybaby’

'neoˀneo

n. ‘neck’

'neokaiˀneokai

n. ‘neck’

'neokai-wuaˀneokai-wua

n. ‘Adam’s apple’

'neroˀnero

vi. ‘sleep, lie down’

'neteˀnete

vi. ‘break off’

'nihaˀniha

vt. ‘count’

'nihiˀnihi

vt. ‘request’

'nilaˀnila

vt. ‘steal’

'nila-buluˀnila-bulu

n. ‘thief’

'niniˀnini

vi. ‘cold’

'noeˀnoe

vi. ‘long ago’

'nokaˀnoka

vi. ‘dig a large hole (especially to bury corpses)’

'nokaˀnoka

vt. ‘hit with crowbar’

'noroˀnoro

vi. ‘noisy, make noise’

'nukuˀnuku

vi. ‘kneel’

'nuuˀnuu

n. ‘mucus’

'raaˀraa

vt. ‘open one's mouth’

'reoˀreo

vt. ‘brush against someone’

'rigaˀriga

vi. ‘swear with dirty words’

'riiˀrii

vi. ‘copulate’

'waiˀwai

vt. ‘dry in sun’

aaaa

n. ‘reflexive noun’

abaaba

asp. ‘prospective aspect marker’

abiauabiau

n. ‘airplane’

ada-huuada-huu

n. ‘window’

aeae

n. ‘bamboo’; ‘Bambusoidae spp.’

ae-itaae-ita

n. ‘Timor black bamboo’; ‘Bambusa lako’

agadiruagadiru

n. ‘Asian palmyra palm’; ‘Borassus flabellifer’

agaraeagarae

n. ‘palm sp.’

aiai

conj. ‘if’

akuaku

pro. ‘1SG, I, first person singular pronoun’

alaala

n. ‘forest’

alaala

vt. ‘take’

ala-oliala-oli

n. ‘jungle’

alo-kaialo-kai

n. ‘big pestle’

amaama

n. ‘father’

ama-bo'oama-boʔo

n. ‘father’s older (classificatory) male sibling’

ama-daeama-dae

n. ‘father’s sister’s husband’

ama-raiama-rai

n. ‘father’s younger (classificatory) male sibling’

amauamau

n. ‘honorific address term for a man, usually old’

amuamu

n. ‘master’

anaana

adv. ‘little, diminutive adverb’

anaana

n. ‘offspring’

ana-dauana-dau

n. ‘sibling's child’

ana-nuraana-nura

n. ‘woman that just delivered a baby’

anaulu-anaikuanaulu-anaiku

n. ‘descendants’

ana-waluana-walu

n. ‘orphan’

ana-whatiana-w̥ati

n. ‘womb’

aniani

vt. ‘bring’

animálanimal

n. ‘animal’

aramearame

n. ‘wire’

áreaarea

n. ‘area’

arependearepende

vi. ‘regret’

asalaeasalae

n. ‘sand’

asiasi

n. ‘salt’

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