Veloso (2016a): Naueti Uatolari
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Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
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'laba | ˀlaba | vt. ‘burn forest or field’ (eng) | |
'lada | ˀlada | n. ‘ginger’ (eng) | |
'lae | ˀlae | vi. ‘lazy’ (eng) | |
'laha | ˀlaha | vi. ‘live’ (eng) | |
'laina-hira | ˀlaina-hira | int. ‘when (in the past)’ (eng) | |
'laina-rua | ˀlaina-rua | n. ‘two days ago’ (eng) | |
'lai-sei | ˀlai-sei | adv. ‘yesterday’ (eng) | |
'lara | ˀlara | 1. n. ‘sun’ (eng) 2. n. ‘day’ (eng) | |
'lara di 'lara mai | ˀlara di ˀlara mai | adv. ‘usually’ (eng) | |
'lara khai dia | ˀlara kʰai dia | adv. ‘long ago’ (eng) | |
'lara-'laran | ˀlara-ˀlaran | adv. ‘everyday’ (eng) | |
'lara-'mutu | ˀlara-ˀmutu | n. ‘noon’ (eng) | |
'lara-duu | ˀlara-duu | n. ‘sunset, West’ (eng) | |
'lara-nhuta | ˀlara-n̥uta | n. ‘sunrise, East’ (eng) | |
'lara-ria | ˀlara-ria | n. ‘afternoon’ (eng) | |
'lea | ˀlea | vt. ‘mark, carve’ (eng) | |
'lero-kai | ˀlero-kai | n. ‘throat’ (eng) | |
'lero-kai-wua | ˀlero-kai-wua | n. ‘Adam's apple’ (eng) | |
'leru | ˀleru | vt. ‘move’ (eng) | |
'lidi | ˀlidi | n. ‘cockroach’ (eng) | |
'loi | ˀloi | vi. ‘pray’ (eng) | |
'loke | ˀloke | vt. ‘open, uncover’ (eng) | |
'lura | ˀlura | vt. ‘carry on shoulder’ (eng) | |
'lutu | ˀlutu | n. ‘fence’ (eng) | |
'malakai | ˀmalakai | n. ‘grasshopper’ (eng) | |
'masa | ˀmasa | vt. ‘taste’ (eng) | |
'masi | ˀmasi | vt. ‘try, attempt’ (eng) | |
'mimi | ˀmimi | vt. ‘mention’ (eng) | |
'moko | ˀmoko | vt. ‘suck, smoke’ (eng) | |
'molu | ˀmolu | vi. ‘crazy’ (eng) | |
'moma | ˀmoma | vt. ‘chew betelnut’ (eng) | |
'mori | ˀmori | vt. ‘cultivate grain’ (eng) | |
'mota | ˀmota | vi. ‘crush’ (eng) | |
'mumu | ˀmumu | vt. ‘hold between teeth’ (eng) | |
'musi | ˀmusi | vi. ‘same’ (eng) | |
'mutu | ˀmutu | vi. ‘hot’ (eng) | |
'nai | ˀnai | vi. ‘climb’ (eng) | |
'nake | ˀnake | vt. ‘remove from fire’ (eng) | |
'nane | ˀnane | vt. ‘bend’ (eng) | |
'nara | ˀnara | vi. ‘long’ (eng) | |
'nasu | ˀnasu | n. ‘smoke’ (eng) | |
'nate | ˀnate | vi. ‘itch’ (eng) | |
'nau | ˀnau | vt. ‘leave behind’ (eng) | |
'nei | ˀnei | v. ‘cry’ (eng) | |
'nei-tasa | ˀnei-tasa | n. ‘crybaby’ (eng) | |
'neo | ˀneo | n. ‘neck’ (eng) | |
'neokai | ˀneokai | n. ‘neck’ (eng) | |
'neokai-wua | ˀneokai-wua | n. ‘Adam’s apple’ (eng) | |
'nero | ˀnero | vi. ‘sleep, lie down’ (eng) | |
'nete | ˀnete | vi. ‘break off’ (eng) | |
'niha | ˀniha | vt. ‘count’ (eng) | |
'nihi | ˀnihi | vt. ‘request’ (eng) | |
'nila | ˀnila | vt. ‘steal’ (eng) | |
'nila-bulu | ˀnila-bulu | n. ‘thief’ (eng) | |
'nini | ˀnini | vi. ‘cold’ (eng) | |
'noe | ˀnoe | vi. ‘long ago’ (eng) | |
'noka | ˀnoka | vi. ‘dig a large hole (especially to bury corpses)’ (eng) | |
'noka | ˀnoka | vt. ‘hit with crowbar’ (eng) | |
'noro | ˀnoro | vi. ‘noisy, make noise’ (eng) | |
'nuku | ˀnuku | vi. ‘kneel’ (eng) | |
'nuu | ˀnuu | n. ‘mucus’ (eng) | |
'raa | ˀraa | vt. ‘open one's mouth’ (eng) | |
'reo | ˀreo | vt. ‘brush against someone’ (eng) | |
'riga | ˀriga | vi. ‘swear with dirty words’ (eng) | |
'rii | ˀrii | vi. ‘copulate’ (eng) | |
'wai | ˀwai | vt. ‘dry in sun’ (eng) | |
aa | aa | n. ‘reflexive noun’ (eng) | |
aba | aba | asp. ‘prospective aspect marker’ (eng) | |
abiau | abiau | n. ‘airplane’ (eng) | |
ada-huu | ada-huu | n. ‘window’ (eng) | |
ae | ae | n. ‘bamboo’ (eng); ‘Bambusoidae spp.’ (lat) | |
ae-ita | ae-ita | n. ‘Timor black bamboo’ (eng); ‘Bambusa lako’ (lat) | |
agadiru | agadiru | n. ‘Asian palmyra palm’ (eng); ‘Borassus flabellifer’ (lat) | |
agarae | agarae | n. ‘palm sp.’ (eng) | |
ai | ai | conj. ‘if’ (eng) | |
aku | aku | pro. ‘1SG, I, first person singular pronoun’ (eng) | |
ala | ala | n. ‘forest’ (eng) | |
ala | ala | vt. ‘take’ (eng) | |
ala-oli | ala-oli | n. ‘jungle’ (eng) | |
alo-kai | alo-kai | n. ‘big pestle’ (eng) | |
ama | ama | n. ‘father’ (eng) | |
ama-bo'o | ama-boʔo | n. ‘father’s older (classificatory) male sibling’ (eng) | |
ama-dae | ama-dae | n. ‘father’s sister’s husband’ (eng) | |
ama-rai | ama-rai | n. ‘father’s younger (classificatory) male sibling’ (eng) | |
amau | amau | n. ‘honorific address term for a man, usually old’ (eng) | |
amu | amu | n. ‘master’ (eng) | |
ana | ana | adv. ‘little, diminutive adverb’ (eng) | |
ana | ana | n. ‘offspring’ (eng) | |
ana-dau | ana-dau | n. ‘sibling's child’ (eng) | |
ana-nura | ana-nura | n. ‘woman that just delivered a baby’ (eng) | |
anaulu-anaiku | anaulu-anaiku | n. ‘descendants’ (eng) | |
ana-walu | ana-walu | n. ‘orphan’ (eng) | |
ana-whati | ana-w̥ati | n. ‘womb’ (eng) | |
ani | ani | vt. ‘bring’ (eng) | |
animál | animal | n. ‘animal’ (eng) | |
arame | arame | n. ‘wire’ (eng) | |
área | area | n. ‘area’ (eng) | |
arepende | arepende | vi. ‘regret’ (eng) | |
asalae | asalae | n. ‘sand’ (eng) | |
asi | asi | n. ‘salt’ (eng) | |
asi-masi | asi-masi | n. ‘sugar’ (eng) | |
asukai | asukai | n. ‘man’ (eng) | |
ata | ata | n. ‘liver’ (eng) | |
ata | ata | n. ‘slave’ (eng) | |
ata-mata | ata-mata | n. ‘ancestor’ (eng) | |
au | au | poss. ‘1SG POSS, my, first person singular possessive pronoun’ (eng) | |
azuda | azuda | vt. ‘help’ (eng) | |
ba'e | baʔe | vi. ‘sneeze’ (eng) | |
ba'i | baʔi | vi. ‘bitter’ (eng) | |
babora | babora | n. ‘crab’ (eng) | |
bada | bada | n. ‘friend’ (eng) | |
badu | badu | n. ‘candlenut’ (eng); ‘Aleurites moluccana’ (lat) | |
badu-malae | badu-malae | n. ‘purging nut’ (eng); ‘Jatropha curcas’ (lat) | |
bagi | bagi | vt. ‘split’ (eng) | |
Bagia | bagia | n. ‘Baguia’ (eng) | |
baha | baha | n. ‘hamlet, village’ (eng) | |
bai | bai | vt. ‘check’ (eng) | |
bai | bai | vt. ‘open with force’ (eng) | |
baki | baki | n. ‘concrete wall’ (eng) | |
bale | bale | vi. ‘become’ (eng) | |
balidi-wua | balidi-wua | n. ‘starfruit’ (eng); ‘Averrhoa carambola’ (lat) | |
bani-wua | bani-wua | n. ‘Java olive’ (eng); ‘Sterculia foetida’ (lat) | |
bara | bara | n. ‘collective noun’ (eng) | |
baru | baru | vt. ‘not want, refuse’ (eng) | |
baru ini | baru ini | ‘get divorced’ (eng) | |
baru ini | baru ini | vi. ‘get divorced’ (eng) | |
basa | basa | vi. ‘applause’ (eng) | |
basi | basi | n. ‘co-wife’ (eng) | |
bata ini | bata ini | vi. ‘share’ (eng) | |
bati | bati | v. ‘divide’ (eng) | |
bau | bau | n. ‘elephant foot yam’ (eng); ‘Amorphophallus paeoniifolius’ (lat) | |
behu | behu | vt. ‘shell (corn)’ (eng) | |
bei-bulu | bei-bulu | n. ‘grasping person’ (eng) | |
beki | beki | adv. ‘can’ (eng) | |
benu | benu | vi. ‘full’ (eng) | |
bera | bera | 1. vi. ‘ill’ (eng) 2. vi. ‘sore, hurt’ (eng) | |
besa | besa | vi. ‘blossom (of rice flower)’ (eng) | |
besu | besu | vi. ‘sated, satisfied, full’ (eng) | |
beta | beta | vi. ‘pointed’ (eng) | |
betu | betu | n. ‘giant bamboo’ (eng); ‘Dendrocalamus asper’ (lat) | |
bia | bia | n. ‘term for a taxon including several kinds of tuber, such as yiu and biawulu’ (eng) | |
bia-wulu | bia-wulu | n. ‘tuber characterized by a hairy skin’ (eng) | |
bibi | bibi | n. ‘goat’ (eng) | |
bibi-ata | bibi-ata | n. ‘goatherd’ (eng) | |
bibi-malae | bibi-malae | n. ‘sheep’ (eng) | |
bibirusa | bibirusa | n. ‘deer’ (eng) | |
bika-wua | bika-wua | ‘wax apple’ (eng); ‘Syzygium spp., Syzigium malaccense, Syzigium samarangense’ (lat) | |
bilimbi | bilimbi | n. ‘cucumber tree’ (eng); ‘Averrhoa bilimbi’ (lat) | |
biru | biru | vt. ‘leave, abandon’ (eng) | |
bisa | bisa | vt. ‘tear with hands’ (eng) | |
bisu | bisu | vt. ‘murmur’ (eng) | |
bizinu | bizinu | n. ‘neighbor’ (eng) | |
bo'o | boʔo | n. ‘term used for any respected person because of their age, knowledge or social status’ (eng) | |
boakoa | boakoa | n. ‘crow’ (eng) | |
boboraka | boboraka | n. ‘kind of house spider sp.’ (eng) | |
boé | boe | vi. ‘spin’ (eng) | |
bohorai | bohorai | n. ‘python’ (eng) | |
boko | boko | vi. ‘lay down’ (eng) | |
boku | boku | vi. ‘fat, round’ (eng) | |
bolu | bolu | vt. ‘call’ (eng) | |
borogoé | borogoe | vt. ‘surround’ (eng) | |
bosa | bosa | n. ‘orchard’ (eng) | |
botili | botili | n. ‘bottle’ (eng) | |
botu | botu | adv. ‘too, alike, likewise’ (eng) | |
bou | bou | adv. ‘certainly, definitely’ (eng) | |
bua | bua | n. ‘betel nut (nut of)’ (eng); ‘Areca catechu’ (lat) | |
buahona | buahona | n. ‘wasp’ (eng) | |
buamara-wua | buamara-wua | n. ‘aubergine’ (eng) | |
bubu | bubu | vi. ‘swell’ (eng) | |
buga | buga | n. ‘buttocks’ (eng) | |
buga kuu | buga kuu | vi. ‘fart’ (eng) | |
buga-daga | buga-daga | n. ‘butt crack’ (eng) | |
buga-huu | buga-huu | n. ‘anus’ (eng) | |
bui | bui | n. ‘cat’ (eng) | |
buidiki | buidiki | n. ‘stupid person’ (eng) | |
buititi | buititi | n. ‘swallow’ (eng); ‘Hirundininae sp.’ (lat) | |
buku | buku | vt. ‘hit with stick’ (eng) | |
buni | buni | vt. ‘see’ (eng) | |
buru | buru | n. ‘monkey’ (eng) | |
busu | busu | n. ‘kidney’ (eng) | |
buta | buta | asp. ‘complete aspect marker in SVCs’ (eng) | |
buta | buta | n. ‘sago’ (eng); ‘Metroxylon sagu’ (lat) | |
buta | buta | 1. vi. ‘white’ (eng) 2. vi. ‘blank’ (eng) | |
buti | buti | vt. ‘squash’ (eng) | |
buu | buu | n. ‘grandparent, 2nd generation’ (eng) | |
da | da | adv. ‘not, general pre-predicate negator’ (eng) | |
da ha'o | da haʔo | adv. ‘no, negative answer’ (eng) | |
da'e | daʔe | vi. ‘bad’ (eng) | |
dabe | dabe | vi. ‘fall’ (eng) | |
dadau | dadau | adv. ‘must’ (eng) | |
daha | daha | n. ‘fire’ (eng) | |
daha | daha | adv. ‘not yet’ (eng) | |
daha-mata | daha-mata | n. ‘fireplace’ (eng) | |
daha-ou | daha-ou | n. ‘ash’ (eng) | |
dala | dala | n. ‘road’ (eng) | |
dala-wata | dala-wata | n. ‘pavement’ (eng) | |
dambua | dambua | n. ‘pomelo’ (eng); ‘Citrus maxima’ (lat) | |
damu | damu | vt. ‘chew’ (eng) | |
daraha | daraha | adv. ‘otherwise’ (eng) | |
dare-kai | dare-kai | n. ‘corncob flower’ (eng) | |
dasa | dasa | vt. ‘sweep’ (eng) | |
dase | dase | vi. ‘near’ (eng) | |
dasu | dasu | n. ‘dog’ (eng) | |
dasutiti | dasutiti | n. ‘cricket’ (eng); ‘Gryllidae sp.’ (lat) | |
dateni | dateni | adv. ‘need not’ (eng) | |
dau | dau | vi. ‘far’ (eng) | |
dau | dau | n. ‘needle’ (eng) | |
de'e-nau | deʔe-nau | vi. ‘stay’ (eng) | |
deba | deba | asp. ‘INCEP, TERM, inceptive or terminative aspectual marker’ (eng) | |
debe | debe | n. ‘debt’ (eng) | |
degu | degu | n. ‘night’ (eng) | |
degu-sei dia | degu-sei dia | adv. ‘long ago but still recent enough for people to remember’ (eng) | |
dei | dei | vt. ‘plough’ (eng) | |
deka | deka | vi. ‘abort a baby’ (eng) | |
dene | dene | vt. ‘hear’ (eng) | |
deni | deni | n. ‘great morinda tree’ (eng); ‘Morinda citrifolia’ (lat) | |
deo | deo | adv. ‘even if, even though, although’ (eng) | |
depois | depois | adv. ‘afterwards’ (eng) | |
dere | dere | vi. ‘flat (of surfaces)’ (eng) | |
derepente | derepente | adv. ‘suddenly’ (eng) | |
dero | dero | n. ‘lime’ (eng) | |
desa | desa | vt. ‘cut with machete’ (eng) | |
di | di | adv. ‘ALL, allative directional’ (eng) | |
di | di | part. ‘imperative marker’ (eng) | |
di khata | di kʰata | adv. ‘always’ (eng) | |
di naga | di naga | adv. ‘always’ (eng) | |
diha | diha | vi. ‘lose’ (eng) | |
dihaana | dihaana | n. ‘child’ (eng) | |
dii | dii | vi. ‘there be, have, exist’ (eng) | |
diri | diri | vi. ‘yellow’ (eng) | |
diribua | diribua | n. ‘kind of green cricket’ (eng); ‘Tettigonia sp.’ (lat) | |
distritu | distritu | n. ‘district’ (eng) | |
ditu | ditu | vi. ‘stand up’ (eng) | |
dobe | dobe | n. ‘big rice container’ (eng) | |
dohu-kuli | dohu-kuli | n. ‘fresh water fish sp.’ (eng) | |
doki | doki | vt. ‘tease’ (eng) | |
doko | doko | vt. ‘shake’ (eng) | |
doku | doku | vt. ‘flip’ (eng) | |
dolar | dolar | n. ‘dollar’ (eng) | |
dora | dora | n. ‘bamboo tool to store water’ (eng) | |
dora | dora | vt. ‘show off power’ (eng) | |
dotu | dotu | 1. n. ‘meat’ (eng) 2. n. ‘fish (only in certain compounds)’ (eng) | |
dotu-ita | dotu-ita | n. ‘black fish sp.’ (eng) | |
dotu-kaibela | dotu-kaibela | n. ‘sand-coloured, flat fish sp.’ (eng) | |
dotu-mee | dotu-mee | n. ‘red fish sp.’ (eng) | |
dotu-sa'ukira | dotu-saʔukira | n. ‘scorpionfish’ (eng); ‘Scorpaenidae sp.’ (lat) | |
dotu-wai | dotu-wai | n. ‘fish’ (eng) | |
dudu | dudu | vt. ‘push’ (eng) | |
duhu | duhu | vt. ‘pierce’ (eng) | |
duma | duma | n. ‘possession, belonging’ (eng) | |
dumigu | dumigu | n. ‘Sunday’ (eng) | |
dura | dura | vt. ‘promise’ (eng) | |
durubasa | durubasa | n. ‘interpreter’ (eng) | |
eda | eda | n. ‘traditional short ladder to enter house’ (eng) | |
ede | ede | vi. ‘bend down (of a dry plant)’ (eng) | |
ehe | ehe | vt. ‘say’ (eng) | |
ehe | ehe | conj. ‘that, complementizer’ (eng) | |
ehe hila | ehe hila | vt. ‘repeat, aware of what one is saying’ (eng) | |
ehe osi | ehe osi | vt. ‘reproduce someone's words’ (eng) | |
ei | ei | vt. ‘see’ (eng) | |
eka | eka | vt. ‘untie’ (eng) | |
ekarae | ekarae | n. ‘maize’ (eng) | |
ekarae-wua | ekarae-wua | n. ‘foxtail millet’ (eng); ‘Setaria italica’ (lat) | |
ekarae-wuli | ekarae-wuli | n. ‘sorghum’ (eng); ‘Sorghum sp.’ (lat) | |
ele-wai | ele-wai | n. ‘wave’ (eng) | |
emo | emo | dem. ‘NONFAM, that still unknown or non-visible, nonfamiliar demonstrative’ (eng) | |
ene | ene | 1. vi. ‘first’ (eng) | |
engineiru | engineiru | n. ‘engineer’ (eng) | |
enkuantu | enkuantu | conj. ‘while’ (eng) | |
entau | entau | conj. ‘then’ (eng) | |
entaun | entaun | conj. ‘then’ (eng) | |
entre | entre | prep. ‘between’ (eng) | |
enzineiru | enzineiru | n. ‘engineer’ (eng) | |
estrada | estrada | n. ‘highway’ (eng) | |
estraga | estraga | vt. ‘destroy’ (eng) | |
estrondu | estrondu | n. ‘tumult’ (eng) | |
estuda | estuda | vt. ‘study’ (eng) | |
estudante | estudante | n. ‘student’ (eng) | |
esu | esu | 1. vt. ‘steam’ (eng) 2. vt. ‘make soup’ (eng) | |
eti | eti | dem. ‘this close to the speaker, proximal demonstrative’ (eng) | |
eto | eto | pro. ‘3SG, he, she, it, third person singular pronoun’ (eng) | |
eto | eto | dem. ‘DIST, yonder far from speaker and addressee, distal demonstrative’ (eng) | |
ga | ga | poss. ‘2SG POSS, your, second person singular possessive pronoun’ (eng) | |
ga'a | gaʔa | vi. ‘sour’ (eng) | |
gaa | gaa | n. ‘branch’ (eng) | |
gaba | gaba | vi. ‘boast’ (eng) | |
gaga-busu | gaga-busu | vi. ‘a gluttonous eater of meat’ (eng) | |
gai | gai | vt. ‘harvest’ (eng) | |
gali hila | gali hila | vt. ‘look back’ (eng) | |
gami | gami | poss. ‘2PL POSS, your, second person plural possessive pronoun’ (eng) | |
gana | gana | vi. ‘crawl’ (eng) | |
gara | gara | n. ‘ear’ (eng) | |
gara-da'e | gara-daʔe | vi. ‘naughty’ (eng) | |
gara-kai | gara-kai | n. ‘ear’ (eng) | |
garu | garu | vi. ‘skinny’ (eng) | |
gasarai | gasarai | vi. ‘lean’ (eng) | |
gata | gata | vt. ‘tease verbally’ (eng) | |
gatekai | gatekai | n. ‘(leg) calf’ (eng) | |
gea | gea | n. ‘frog’ (eng) | |
gea-nahamau | gea-nahamau | n. ‘common tree frog’ (eng); ‘Polypedates leucomystax’ (lat) | |
gene-la | gene-la | prep. ‘about’ (eng) | |
gere | gere | vt. ‘write, make stripes’ (eng) | |
gese | gese | vt. ‘bump into’ (eng) | |
godi | godi | 1. vi. ‘correct (of an assertion)’ (eng) 2. vi. ‘right (of a person)’ (eng) | |
gohe | gohe | vi. ‘row’ (eng) | |
gua | gua | n. ‘fruit’ (eng) | |
gua | gua | vt. ‘sow’ (eng) | |
guahira | guahira | int. ‘how many people’ (eng) | |
gugu | gugu | vi. ‘quiet (of a person)’ (eng) | |
ha'akai | haʔakai | n. ‘(leg) calf’ (eng) | |
ha'o | haʔo | adv. ‘expletive post-predicate negator always accompanied by pre-predicate da’ (eng) | |
habu | habu | vi. ‘lie, tell lies’ (eng) | |
habu-bulu | habu-bulu | n. ‘liar’ (eng) | |
hae | hae | n. ‘grass’ (eng) | |
hae-tii | hae-tii | n. ‘plant fibers hanging from both sides of a traditional Naueti house roof’ (eng) | |
hae-whoumuni | hae-w̥oumuni | n. ‘lemongrass’ (eng); ‘Cymbopogon sp.’ (lat) | |
hagu | hagu | n. ‘corncob leaf’ (eng) | |
hai | hai | 1. prep. ‘INSTR, with, instrumental prepositional verb’ (eng) 2. prep. ‘in order to, instrumental prepositional verb’ (eng) | |
hai | hai | n. ‘stingray’ (eng); ‘Myliobatidae sp.’ (lat) | |
haka | haka | vt. ‘feed animals’ (eng) | |
haku | haku | n. ‘plate’ (eng) | |
hama'a | hamaʔa | 1. vt. ‘want’ (eng) 2. vt. ‘like, love’ (eng) | |
hamae | hamae | n. ‘breath’ (eng) | |
hare | hare | n. ‘uncooked rice’ (eng) | |
hare-behe | hare-behe | n. ‘husked rice’ (eng) | |
hare-wai | hare-wai | n. ‘paddy field’ (eng) | |
hati | hati | adv. ‘still’ (eng) | |
he'a | heʔa | vt. ‘milk an animal’ (eng) | |
he'e | heʔe | adv. ‘yes’ (eng) | |
heba | heba | vi. ‘big, strong, robust’ (eng) | |
hede | hede | n. ‘screwpine’ (eng); ‘Pandanus sp.’ (lat) | |
hede-malae | hede-malae | n. ‘pineapple’ (eng) | |
heki | heki | vt. ‘remove with effort’ (eng) | |
heta | heta | vt. ‘cut with axe’ (eng) | |
heta | heta | vt. ‘find’ (eng) | |
hia | hia | vi. ‘good’ (eng) | |
hida | hida | vt. ‘kill’ (eng) | |
hika rua | hika rua | vt. ‘bring’ (eng) | |
hila | hila | adv. ‘back’ (eng) | |
hili | hili | vt. ‘encounter’ (eng) | |
hira | hira | 1. pro. ‘1PL INCL, we and you, first person plural inclusive pronoun’ (eng) 2. pro. ‘you, second person singular polite pronoun’ (eng) | |
hira-ata | hira-ata | pro. ‘I, first person singular polite pronominal expression’ (eng) | |
hira-ata sira | hira-ata sira | pro. ‘we, first person plural polite pronominal expression’ (eng) | |
hira-rua | hira-rua | pro. ‘1DU INCL, you and me two, first person dual inclusive pronoun’ (eng) | |
hita | hita | vt. ‘go over’ (eng) | |
hiu | hiu | n. ‘shark’ (eng) | |
ho'u | hoʔu | vi. ‘agree’ (eng) | |
hoka | hoka | vt. ‘sell’ (eng) | |
horo | horo | vi. ‘hide’ (eng) | |
hoti | hoti | vt. ‘feed people’ (eng) | |
hua | hua | 1. vi. ‘fly, soar, floar’ (eng) 2. vi. ‘above, over (a place) in directionals SVCs’ (eng) | |
hudi | hudi | n. ‘banana’ (eng); ‘Musa sp.’ (lat) | |
hudi-gada | hudi-gada | n. ‘probably Saba banana’ (eng); ‘Musa acuminata x balbisiana’ (lat) | |
hudi-mandar | hudi-mandar | n. ‘probably Gros Michel banana’ (eng); ‘Musa acuminata (AAA)’ (lat) | |
hudi-mee | hudi-mee | n. ‘probably Red Dacca banana’ (eng); ‘Musa acuminata (AAA)’ (lat) | |
hudi-na'i | hudi-naʔi | n. ‘banana flower’ (eng) | |
hudi-Sigapura | hudi-sigapura | n. ‘most common kind of cooking banana, typically served fried, probably Latundan banana’ (eng); ‘Musa acuminata x balbisiana’ (lat) | |
huu | huu | n. ‘hole’ (eng) | |
ia | ia | vt. ‘give’ (eng) | |
ida | ida | vi. ‘expand’ (eng) | |
igi | igi | n. ‘edge’ (eng) | |
igreza | igreza | n. ‘church’ (eng) | |
iku | iku | n. ‘tail’ (eng) | |
ili-wai | ili-wai | n. ‘saliva’ (eng) | |
ilu | ilu | n. ‘greater yam’ (eng); ‘Dioscorea alata’ (lat) | |
ilu-wai | ilu-wai | n. ‘saliva’ (eng) | |
ina | ina | n. ‘mother’ (eng) | |
ina-ama | ina-ama | n. ‘parents’ (eng) | |
ina-bo'o | ina-boʔo | n. ‘mother’s older (classificatory) male sibling’ (eng) | |
ina-rai | ina-rai | n. ‘mother’s younger (classificatory) male sibling’ (eng) | |
ina-tua | ina-tua | n. ‘father’s (classificatory) female sibling’ (eng) | |
inau | inau | n. ‘honorific address term for a woman’ (eng) | |
ini | ini | pro. ‘RECP, each other, reciprocal pronoun’ (eng) | |
ini | ini | dem. ‘that close to the addresse, medial demonstrative’ (eng) | |
inihu | inihu | n. ‘earlobe’ (eng) | |
inihu-'molu | inihu-ˀmolu | vi. ‘deaf’ (eng) | |
inihu-ta'i | inihu-taʔi | n. ‘earwax’ (eng) | |
iri | iri | n. ‘wind’ (eng) | |
iru | iru | n. ‘bow’ (eng) | |
iru | iru | n. ‘nose’ (eng) | |
iru-ana | iru-ana | n. ‘arrow’ (eng) | |
iru-kai | iru-kai | n. ‘nose’ (eng) | |
isi | isi | clf. ‘classifier for tuber crops’ (eng) | |
isi | isi | n. ‘flesh’ (eng) | |
isi-hia | isi-hia | vi. ‘healthy’ (eng) | |
isikeru | isikeru | n. ‘lighter’ (eng) | |
isikola | isikola | n. ‘school’ (eng) | |
isi-loloona | isi-loloona | n. ‘body’ (eng) | |
ita | ita | vi. ‘black, dark’ (eng) | |
ita-mata | ita-mata | n. ‘door’ (eng) | |
iti | iti | vt. ‘hold a baby’ (eng) | |
izemplu | izemplu | n. ‘example’ (eng) | |
ka | ka | pro. ‘2SG, you, second person singular pronoun’ (eng) | |
kaba | kaba | n. ‘thread’ (eng) | |
kaba-limu | kaba-limu | n. ‘cotton’ (eng) | |
kaben | kaben | vt. ‘marry’ (eng) | |
kabu | kabu | vt. ‘tear up’ (eng) | |
kaburea | kaburea | n. ‘palm tree sp.’ (eng) | |
kada | kada | det. ‘each’ (eng) | |
kadeira | kadeira | n. ‘chair’ (eng) | |
kadera | kadera | n. ‘chair’ (eng) | |
kaha | kaha | vi. ‘thick’ (eng) | |
kaha | kaha | 1. vi. ‘wild’ (eng) | |
kahu | kahu | 1. vt. ‘mix’ (eng) 2. vt. ‘disturb’ (eng) | |
kai | kai | n. ‘wood, tree’ (eng) | |
kai rui | kai rui | n. ‘thorn’ (eng) | |
kai-bara | kai-bara | n. ‘thatch’ (eng) | |
kai-bira | kai-bira | n. ‘traditional totem pole used in ritual ceremonies with two curved branches, one on each side, where certain objects are hung’ (eng) | |
kai-boe | kai-boe | n. ‘peg-top’ (eng) | |
kai-dawa | kai-dawa | n. ‘Macassar oil tree’ (eng); ‘Schleichera oleosa’ (lat) | |
kai-dila | kai-dila | n. ‘papaya tree’ (eng); ‘Carica papaya’ (lat) | |
kaidila-watu | kaidila-watu | n. ‘Indian bael’ (eng); ‘Aegle marmelos’ (lat) | |
kaihaa | kaihaa | num. ‘four’ (eng) | |
kai-haku | kai-haku | n. ‘quinine tree’ (eng); ‘Cinchona sp.)’ (lat) | |
kaihira | kaihira | int. ‘how many, how much’ (eng) | |
kai-ho'o | kai-hoʔo | n. ‘tree, tree trunk’ (eng) | |
kai-kaphé | kai-kapʰe | n. ‘white leadtree’ (eng); ‘Leucaena leucocephala’ (lat) | |
kai-kata | kai-kata | n. ‘parallel wooden sticks used as a flat surface’ (eng) | |
kai-kia | kai-kia | n. ‘canarium tree’ (eng); ‘Canarium indicum’ (lat) | |
kai-kobi | kai-kobi | n. ‘Indian jujube’ (eng); ‘Ziziphus mauritiana’ (lat) | |
kai-kulu | kai-kulu | n. ‘soursop’ (eng); ‘Annona muricata’ (lat) | |
kai-kuri | kai-kuri | n. ‘poison’ (eng) | |
kai-laha | kai-laha | n. ‘plant’ (eng) | |
kai-leba | kai-leba | n. ‘wooden structure joining the pillars, rafter’ (eng) | |
kai-lelete | kai-lelete | n. ‘bridge’ (eng) | |
kailima | kailima | num. ‘five’ (eng) | |
kailima resi kaihaa | kailima resi kaihaa | num. ‘nine’ (eng) | |
kailima resi kairua | kailima resi kairua | num. ‘seven’ (eng) | |
kailima resi kaitelu | kailima resi kaitelu | num. ‘eight’ (eng) | |
kailima resin | kailima resin | num. ‘six’ (eng) | |
kai-lolo | kai-lolo | n. ‘log’ (eng) | |
kai-malae | kai-malae | n. ‘manioc’ (eng); ‘Manihot esculenta’ (lat) | |
kai-mali | kai-mali | n. ‘tamarind tree’ (eng); ‘Tamarindus indica’ (lat) | |
kaimaliwua-kroki | kaimaliwua-kroki | n. ‘sweetsop’ (eng); ‘Annona squamosa’ (lat) | |
kai-oka | kai-oka | n. ‘root’ (eng) | |
kai-rae | kai-rae | 1. n. ‘leaf’ (eng) 2. n. ‘medicine’ (eng) | |
kai-ria | kai-ria | n. ‘tree shade’ (eng) | |
kairua | kairua | num. ‘two’ (eng) | |
kai-satu | kai-satu | n. ‘frangipani tree’ (eng); ‘Plumeria sp.’ (lat) | |
kai-tae | kai-tae | n. ‘bush’ (eng) | |
kaitelu | kaitelu | num. ‘three’ (eng) | |
kai-whoumuni | kai-w̥oumuni | n. ‘sandalwood’ (eng); ‘Santalum sp.’ (lat) | |
kai-wua | kai-wua | n. ‘fruit’ (eng) | |
kaka | kaka | n. ‘elder (classificatory) male sibling’ (eng) | |
kakoraka | kakoraka | n. ‘Asian tiger shrimp’ (eng); ‘Penaeus monodon’ (lat) | |
kalsa | kalsa | n. ‘trousers’ (eng) | |
kama | kama | n. ‘bed’ (eng) | |
kami | kami | pro. ‘2PL, you (plural), second person plural pronoun’ (eng) | |
kami-rua | kami-rua | pro. ‘you two, you and someone else, second person dual pronoun’ (eng) | |
kantor | kantor | n. ‘office’ (eng) | |
kaphé | kapʰe | n. ‘coffee’ (eng) | |
karabou | karabou | n. ‘water buffalo’ (eng) | |
karabou-ata | karabou-ata | n. ‘cattleherd’ (eng) | |
karabou-waka | karabou-waka | n. ‘cow, typically banteng’ (eng); ‘Bos javanicus’ (lat) | |
kareta | kareta | n. ‘car’ (eng) | |
karu | karu | vt. ‘make a hole with teeth’ (eng) | |
kasa | kasa | vt. ‘send’ (eng) | |
kastigu | kastigu | n. ‘punishment’ (eng) | |
kata | kata | vt. ‘lay something on two parallel sticks’ (eng) | |
kata | kata | vt. ‘sew’ (eng) | |
kataloi | kataloi | n. ‘air potato’ (eng); ‘Dioscorea bulbifera’ (lat) | |
kateri | kateri | n. ‘scissors’ (eng) | |
katolika | katolika | n. ‘catholic religion’ (eng) | |
kau | kau | vi. ‘crunchy’ (eng) | |
keke | keke | n. ‘bracelet’ (eng) | |
kekehu | kekehu | vi. ‘random’ (eng) | |
keku | keku | vi. ‘crooked’ (eng) | |
kele | kele | n. ‘leg, foot’ (eng) | |
kele-lhari | kele-l̥ari | n. ‘shin’ (eng) | |
kele-matauku | kele-matauku | n. ‘patella, kneecap’ (eng) | |
kele-na'i | kele-naʔi | n. ‘leg calf’ (eng) | |
kele-siku | kele-siku | n. ‘knee hock’ (eng) | |
kele-timu | kele-timu | n. ‘heel’ (eng) | |
kele-uku | kele-uku | n. ‘knee’ (eng) | |
kele-una | kele-una | n. ‘toe’ (eng) | |
kele-wala | kele-wala | n. ‘foot instep’ (eng) | |
kesi | kesi | vt. ‘tie’ (eng) | |
kete-di | kete-di | vi. ‘pass’ (eng) | |
khaa | kʰaa | vt. ‘eat’ (eng) | |
khaana | kʰaana | n. ‘cooked rice’ (eng) | |
khai | kʰai | vi. ‘hard’ (eng) | |
khai | kʰai | asp. ‘PROG, progressive aspectual marker’ (eng) | |
khakhaana | kʰakʰaana | n. ‘food’ (eng) | |
khakhi | kʰakʰi | vi. ‘obstruct’ (eng) | |
khali | kʰali | vt. ‘dig a hole to plant’ (eng) | |
kheba | kʰeba | vt. ‘slip into a place’ (eng) | |
khee | kʰee | vt. ‘cut with knife’ (eng) | |
kheu | kʰeu | vt. ‘scrape’ (eng) | |
kho | kʰo | n. ‘COLL’ (eng) | |
kholai-mee | kʰolai-mee | n. ‘olive tree skink’ (eng); ‘Dasia olivacea’ (lat) | |
khole | kʰole | vi. ‘tired’ (eng) | |
kholi | kʰoli | vt. ‘choose’ (eng) | |
khoo | kʰoo | vi. ‘narrow’ (eng) | |
khoo-khai | kʰoo-kʰai | vt. ‘hug’ (eng) | |
khose | kʰose | vt. ‘rub on body’ (eng) | |
khutu | kʰutu | n. ‘louse’ (eng) | |
khuu-wua | kʰuu-wua | n. ‘chilli pepper’ (eng) | |
kidakai | kidakai | n. ‘dragonfly’ (eng) | |
kii | kii | n. ‘person’ (eng) | |
kilibí | kilibi | vt. ‘trickle’ (eng) | |
kina | kina | vt. ‘show’ (eng) | |
kiri | kiri | vi. ‘urinate’ (eng) | |
kita | kita | pro. ‘1PL EXCL, we but not you, first person plural exclusive pronoun’ (eng) | |
kita-rua | kita-rua | pro. ‘1DU EXCL, me and someone else but not you, first person dual pronoun’ (eng) | |
klae | klae | vi. ‘painful’ (eng) | |
klale | klale | vi. ‘look a bigger amount than there really is’ (eng) | |
klata | klata | vt. ‘strongly stick to something’ (eng) | |
klema | klema | vi. ‘fat-flavored’ (eng) | |
kloi | kloi | vt. ‘tear a rope’ (eng) | |
klua | klua | vi. ‘wide’ (eng) | |
ko | ko | n. ‘COLL, collective noun’ (eng) | |
koba | koba | n. ‘small container of sacred objects, for instance, betel nuts’ (eng) | |
koha | koha | n. ‘cloud’ (eng) | |
kohudawa | kohudawa | n. ‘Timor blindsnake’ (eng); ‘Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus’ (lat) | |
koi | koi | vt. ‘hide’ (eng) | |
koibasa | koibasa | n. ‘guava’ (eng); ‘Psidium guajava’ (lat) | |
komesa | komesa | vi. ‘begin’ (eng) | |
konekai | konekai | n. ‘turmeric’ (eng) | |
kophu | kopʰu | n. ‘glass’ (eng) | |
kora-kora | kora-kora | n. ‘canoe’ (eng) | |
koro | koro | vt. ‘saw’ (eng) | |
kotasa | kotasa | n. ‘Queensland arrowroot’ (eng); ‘Canna edulis’ (lat) | |
kotu | kotu | 1. vt. ‘chase’ (eng) 2. vt. ‘valency increaser occurring after certain verbs in SVCs’ (eng) | |
kra'a | kraʔa | vi. ‘ticklish’ (eng) | |
krabi | krabi | n. ‘women’s traditional cloth used like a sarong, Naueti tais for women’ (eng) | |
kreko | kreko | vt. ‘beat severely’ (eng) | |
kreta-wua | kreta-wua | n. ‘tuber of Myrmecodia sp. in symbiotic association with an ant colony’ (eng) | |
krete | krete | vi. ‘loud’ (eng) | |
kria | kria | n. ‘male (classificatory) sibling-in-law’ (eng) | |
krii | krii | n. ‘flame’ (eng) | |
krii | krii | vt. ‘open one's eyes’ (eng) | |
kroki | kroki | vi. ‘rough, not smooth (of a surface)’ (eng) | |
kroo | kroo | vt. ‘prick’ (eng) | |
krou | krou | vi. ‘fall down’ (eng) | |
krutu | krutu | vt. ‘discuss’ (eng) | |
kuandu | kuandu | conj. ‘when’ (eng) | |
kuartu | kuartu | n. ‘room’ (eng) | |
kuaze | kuaze | adv. ‘almost’ (eng) | |
kuda | kuda | n. ‘horse’ (eng) | |
kuda | kuda | vt. ‘sow’ (eng) | |
kuitsarin | kuitsarin | n. ‘octopus’ (eng) | |
kukusu | kukusu | vt. ‘steam’ (eng) | |
kuli | kuli | 1. n. ‘skin’ (eng) 2. n. ‘fruit peel or shell’ (eng) | |
kulu | kulu | n. ‘fruit of Artocarpus sp.’ (eng) | |
kulu-kau | kulu-kau | n. ‘chempedak’ (eng); ‘Artocarpus integer’ (lat) | |
kulu-malae | kulu-malae | n. ‘jackfruit’ (eng); ‘Artocarpus heterophyllus’ (lat) | |
kulu-roma | kulu-roma | n. ‘each fleshy aril of an Artocarpus sp. fruit’ (eng) | |
kulu-thunu | kulu-tʰunu | n. ‘breadfruit’ (eng); ‘Artocarpus altilis’ (lat) | |
kumu | kumu | 1. vt. ‘squeeze, press’ (eng) 2. vt. ‘massage’ (eng) | |
kura | kura | adv. ‘PROH, do not, prohibitive negator’ (eng) | |
kurizi | kurizi | vt. ‘correct’ (eng) | |
kuu | kuu | vi. ‘fart’ (eng) | |
la | la | 1. prep. ‘LOC, in, at, by, general locative preposition’ (eng) 2. prep. ‘for, to, recipient-introducing preposition’ (eng) | |
la'i | laʔi | vi. ‘arrogant’ (eng) | |
laba | laba | vi. ‘speak nonsense’ (eng) | |
lada | lada | n. ‘cut-open bamboo used to make beds’ (eng) | |
laehona | laehona | n. ‘onion’ (eng) | |
laha | laha | n. ‘shrimp net’ (eng) | |
lai-buu | lai-buu | n. ‘back’ (eng) | |
laka | laka | vi. ‘go, walk’ (eng) | |
laka rua | laka rua | vt. ‘deliver’ (eng) | |
lakana | lakana | conj. ‘after’ (eng) | |
laki | laki | vt. ‘marry a man’ (eng) | |
laku | laku | vi. ‘silent’ (eng) | |
laku-buta | laku-buta | n. ‘Asian palm civet’ (eng); ‘Paradoxurus hermaphroditus’ (lat) | |
laku-ita | laku-ita | n. ‘northern common cuscus’ (eng); ‘Phalanger Orientalis’ (lat) | |
lakusala | lakusala | n. ‘any weapon like a gun or a rifle, firearm’ (eng) | |
lalabadai | lalabadai | n. ‘kind of spider found outdoors, unlike boboraka.’ (eng) | |
lalakana | lalakana | n. ‘way of walking’ (eng) | |
lalara | lalara | vi. ‘grill’ (eng) | |
lale | lale | 1. n. ‘inside’ (eng) 2. n. ‘seat of emotions’ (eng) | |
lale | lale | n. ‘time, occasion’ (eng) | |
lale see-lale see | lale see-lale see | adv. ‘occasionally, from time to time’ (eng) | |
lale-kroto | lale-kroto | vi. ‘angry but not visibly’ (eng) | |
lale-mara | lale-mara | vi. ‘angry, furious’ (eng) | |
lamo | lamo | adv. ‘anywhere outside the range of vision of either the speaker or the addressee’ (eng) | |
lamu | lamu | vt. ‘grab’ (eng) | |
lani | lani | adv. ‘there, close to the addressee’ (eng) | |
laphae | lapʰae | n. ‘crocodile’ (eng) | |
lara | lara | n. ‘praying mantis’ (eng) | |
lare | lare | int. ‘where’ (eng) | |
lase | lase | n. ‘penis’ (eng) | |
lata | lata | vt. ‘add’ (eng) | |
lata ini | lata ini | vi. ‘gather things together’ (eng) | |
lati | lati | adv. ‘here, close to the speaker’ (eng) | |
lato | lato | adv. ‘yonder, far from speaker and addressee’ (eng) | |
le'a-wa'a | leʔa-waʔa | n. ‘word’ (eng) | |
le'a-wa'a see | leʔa-waʔa see | v. ‘agree’ (eng) | |
lea | lea | n. ‘problem’ (eng) | |
lea | lea | 1. n. ‘voice, sound’ (eng) 2. n. ‘language’ (eng) | |
lea-wa'a | lea-waʔa | n. ‘word’ (eng) | |
leba | leba | vt. ‘carry a bag on shoulder’ (eng) | |
leba | leba | asp. ‘PFV, perfective aspectual marker’ (eng) | |
ledu | ledu | vt. ‘slap’ (eng) | |
lele wai | lele wai | vi. ‘swim’ (eng) | |
lelekai | lelekai | vt. ‘braid hair’ (eng) | |
lero | lero | vt. ‘lick’ (eng) | |
lesu | lesu | n. ‘big mortar’ (eng) | |
lete | lete | n. ‘upside’ (eng) | |
leti | leti | adv. ‘here’ (eng) | |
leto | leto | adv. ‘there’ (eng) | |
lha'a | l̥aʔa | n. ‘soul’ (eng) | |
lhai | l̥ai | vi. ‘savage’ (eng) | |
lhai-lhai | l̥ai-l̥ai | vi. ‘immediate, very fast’ (eng) | |
lhari | l̥ari | n. ‘hill’ (eng) | |
lhawa | l̥awa | vt. ‘open a door’ (eng) | |
lhira | l̥ira | vt. ‘boil’ (eng) | |
lhira | l̥ira | vi. ‘light’ (eng) | |
lhubu | l̥ubu | n. ‘young leaf’ (eng) | |
lhuru | l̥uru | n. ‘plant node’ (eng) | |
lhuu | l̥uu | n. ‘cooking pot’ (eng) | |
lhuu-mata | l̥uu-mata | n. ‘cooking pot cover’ (eng) | |
lia | lia | n. ‘cave’ (eng) | |
lia | lia | n. ‘wing’ (eng) | |
liakai | liakai | n. ‘wing’ (eng) | |
liba | liba | n. ‘sarong’ (eng) | |
liga | liga | vt. ‘connect’ (eng) | |
ligasau | ligasau | n. ‘connection’ (eng) | |
liliboka | liliboka | n. ‘butterfly’ (eng) | |
lima | lima | n. ‘arm, hand’ (eng) | |
lima-'neo | lima-ˀneo | n. ‘wrist’ (eng) | |
lima-gere | lima-gere | n. ‘lines of the hand’ (eng) | |
lima-siku | lima-siku | n. ‘elbow hock’ (eng) | |
lima-uku | lima-uku | n. ‘elbow’ (eng) | |
lima-una | lima-una | n. ‘finger’ (eng) | |
lima-una ana | lima-una ana | n. ‘ring finger’ (eng) | |
lima-una iku | lima-una iku | n. ‘little finger’ (eng) | |
lima-una kina | lima-una kina | n. ‘index finger’ (eng) | |
lima-una oli | lima-una oli | n. ‘thumb’ (eng) | |
lima-una tena | lima-una tena | n. ‘middle finger’ (eng) | |
limauna-ana | limauna-ana | n. ‘ring finger’ (eng) | |
limauna-iku | limauna-iku | n. ‘little finger’ (eng) | |
limauna-kina | limauna-kina | n. ‘index finger’ (eng) | |
limauna-oli | limauna-oli | n. ‘thumb’ (eng) | |
limauna-tena | limauna-tena | n. ‘middle finger’ (eng) | |
lima-wala | lima-wala | n. ‘palm of the hand’ (eng) | |
limu | limu | vt. ‘pulverize, turn into powder’ (eng) | |
lirikiki | lirikiki | vt. ‘suddenly scatter around’ (eng) | |
lita | lita | n. ‘traditional bag made of palm leaves’ (eng) | |
lita-boka | lita-boka | n. ‘women's basket type’ (eng) | |
lita-dula | lita-dula | n. ‘kind of basket to store betel nut or tobacco’ (eng) | |
lita-oli | lita-oli | n. ‘kind of men’s bag’ (eng) | |
lita-suri | lita-suri | n. ‘kind of men’s small basket’ (eng) | |
liurai | liurai | n. ‘village chief’ (eng) | |
loa | loa | n. ‘rat, rodent’ (eng) | |
lobo-lale | lobo-lale | n. ‘room’ (eng) | |
lobo-tuka | lobo-tuka | n. ‘outside’ (eng) | |
loloona | loloona | n. ‘action, behavior’ (eng) | |
loo | loo | vt. ‘do, make’ (eng) | |
loo nau se'i | loo nau seʔi | int. ‘why’ (eng) | |
loo nau seri | loo nau seri | int. ‘why’ (eng) | |
loo osi | loo osi | vt. ‘obey’ (eng) | |
loo osi-osi | loo osi-osi | vt. ‘replicate or mime without understanding’ (eng) | |
loo-oli | loo-oli | n. ‘skilled person’ (eng) | |
loza | loza | n. ‘shop’ (eng) | |
luba | luba | vi. ‘hungry’ (eng) | |
luha | luha | vt. ‘forget’ (eng) | |
lui | lui | vt. ‘drool’ (eng) | |
luli | luli | vi. ‘forbidden, sacred’ (eng) | |
luli | luli | n. ‘great-grandparents, third generation’ (eng) | |
lulu-o'o | lulu-oʔo | n. ‘flat wood between the ladder and the inside of the house’ (eng) | |
luma | luma | vi. ‘soft’ (eng) | |
ma'a | maʔa | 1. vi. ‘NEG EXIST, there not be, not have, negative existential verb’ (eng) 2. vi. ‘complete aspect in SVCs’ (eng) | |
maa | maa | n. ‘tongue’ (eng) | |
maa | maa | vi. ‘yawn’ (eng) | |
mada | mada | n. ‘bat’ (eng) | |
madakia | madakia | n. ‘common house gecko’ (eng); ‘Hemidactylus frenatus’ (lat) | |
madakia-hua | madakia-hua | n. ‘Timor flying dragon’ (eng); ‘Draco timorensis’ (lat) | |
madi | madi | vt. ‘sharpen a razor’ (eng) | |
madu | madu | n. ‘yellow rice, cooked in coconut milk and served in a woven palm-leaf basket’ (eng) | |
mae | mae | n. ‘cross-sex (classificatory) sibling’ (eng) | |
magariti | magariti | vt. ‘mean’ (eng) | |
mai | mai | vi. ‘come’ (eng) | |
mai | mai | adv. ‘venitive directional’ (eng) | |
maibé | maibe | conj. ‘but’ (eng) | |
malae | malae | n. ‘foreigner’ (eng) | |
malae | malae | n. ‘sweet potato’ (eng) | |
malae-boku | malae-boku | n. ‘potato’ (eng) | |
malae-buta | malae-buta | n. ‘Caucasian person’ (eng) | |
malu | malu | n. ‘betel vine’ (eng); ‘Piper betle’ (lat) | |
malu-khuu | malu-kʰuu | n. ‘Javanese long pepper’ (eng); ‘Piper retrofractum’ (lat) | |
mama | mama | n. ‘mum’ (eng) | |
mamara | mamara | vi. ‘different’ (eng) | |
manana | manana | vt. ‘win’ (eng) | |
manehou | manehou | n. ‘son-in-law’ (eng) | |
manu | manu | n. ‘bird’ (eng) | |
manu-ho'o | manu-hoʔo | n. ‘quail’ (eng); ‘Coturnix sp.’ (lat) | |
manu-kaha | manu-kaha | n. ‘junglefowl’ (eng) | |
manu-oto | manu-oto | n. ‘fighting cock’ (eng) | |
manu-tasi | manu-tasi | n. ‘seagull’ (eng) | |
manu-thelu | manu-tʰelu | n. ‘egg’ (eng) | |
mara | mara | 1. vi. ‘sharp’ (eng) 2. vi. ‘awake’ (eng) | |
maraldii | maraldii | n. ‘morning’ (eng) | |
mare | mare | vi. ‘dry’ (eng) | |
Maromak | maromak | n. ‘God’ (eng) | |
mas | mas | conj. ‘but’ (eng) | |
masa-rui | masa-rui | n. ‘rib’ (eng) | |
masi | masi | vt. ‘desanctify, remove the sacred quality of something’ (eng) | |
masi | masi | vi. ‘sweet, yummy’ (eng) | |
masin-midar | masin-midar | n. ‘sugar’ (eng) | |
maske | maske | conj. ‘although’ (eng) | |
mata | mata | vi. ‘die’ (eng) | |
mata | mata | n. ‘eye’ (eng) | |
mata-bai | mata-bai | vi. ‘sleepy’ (eng) | |
mata-boke | mata-boke | vi. ‘blind’ (eng) | |
mata-borae | mata-borae | n. ‘eyelash’ (eng) | |
mata-keku | mata-keku | vi. ‘cross-eyed’ (eng) | |
mata-ta'i | mata-taʔi | n. ‘rheum’ (eng) | |
mata-uma | mata-uma | n. ‘funeral’ (eng) | |
mata-wai | mata-wai | n. ‘teardrop’ (eng) | |
mata-wulu | mata-wulu | n. ‘eyebrow’ (eng) | |
Matebian | matebian | n. ‘name of sacred peak, located in the district of Baucau’ (eng) | |
matebisu | matebisu | n. ‘breakfast’ (eng) | |
mau | mau | vt. ‘intoxicated, drunk’ (eng) | |
maugada | maugada | n. ‘wee wee, child’s name for the penis’ (eng) | |
meda | meda | vi. ‘tight’ (eng) | |
mee | mee | vi. ‘red’ (eng) | |
mega | mega | vt. ‘finish’ (eng) | |
mesa | mesa | vi. ‘alone’ (eng) | |
mestre | mestre | n. ‘teacher’ (eng) | |
mesu | mesu | vi. ‘give birth’ (eng) | |
mesu | mesu | v. ‘valency increasing function occurring after certain verbs in SVCs’ (eng) | |
meta | meta | n. ‘river’ (eng) | |
metru | metru | n. ‘meter’ (eng) | |
mhata | m̥ata | 1. vi. ‘raw, uncooked, unripe’ (eng) 2. vi. ‘green’ (eng) | |
mhate | m̥ate | n. ‘leech’ (eng) | |
mhatu | m̥atu | vt. ‘feed people’ (eng) | |
mhatu | m̥atu | vi. ‘tired (especially of limbs)’ (eng) | |
mhodo | m̥odo | 1. n. ‘vegetable’ (eng) 2. n. ‘garnishment’ (eng) | |
mhutu | m̥utu | vi. ‘together’ (eng) | |
mia | mia | n. ‘animal fat’ (eng) | |
mia | mia | vi. ‘defecate’ (eng) | |
mila | mila | vt. ‘touch’ (eng) | |
mimi | mimi | n. ‘woman's parents-in-law’ (eng) | |
mina | mina | n. ‘oil’ (eng) | |
mina-rai | mina-rai | n. ‘petroleum’ (eng) | |
moe | moe | n. ‘parents of great-grandparents, fourth generation’ (eng) | |
molu | molu | vi. ‘stupid’ (eng) | |
molukai | molukai | n. ‘stupid person’ (eng) | |
momogi dia | momogi dia | adv. ‘normally’ (eng) | |
mona | mona | vi. ‘clean’ (eng) | |
mori | mori | vi. ‘new’ (eng) | |
moso-buta | moso-buta | vi. ‘blue’ (eng) | |
mou | mou | n. ‘carpenter bee’ (eng); ‘Xylocopa sp.’ (lat) | |
muda | muda | vt. ‘change’ (eng) | |
muni | muni | vt. ‘kiss’ (eng) | |
musu | musu | vi. ‘suckle’ (eng) | |
muta | muta | vi. ‘vomit’ (eng) | |
muta ili-wai | muta ili-wai | vi. ‘spit’ (eng) | |
muta'u | mutaʔu | n. ‘taro’ (eng); ‘Colocasia esculenta’ (lat) | |
mutu | mutu | vt. ‘separate’ (eng) | |
-na | -na | suf. ‘ATTR’ (eng) | |
-na | -na | suf. ‘GEN’ (eng) | |
-na | -na | suf. ‘NMLZ’ (eng) | |
na'a | naʔa | vi. ‘descend’ (eng) | |
na'i | naʔi | n. ‘belly’ (eng) | |
na'i-ita | naʔi-ita | vi. ‘sad’ (eng) | |
na'i-oli | naʔi-oli | vi. ‘pregnant’ (eng) | |
nabi | nabi | vt. ‘pull with sudden force’ (eng) | |
nahakada | nahakada | n. ‘eagle’ (eng) | |
nai | nai | n. ‘name’ (eng) | |
naili | naili | n. ‘fishhook’ (eng) | |
nake | nake | vt. ‘cut grass’ (eng) | |
naki | naki | adv. ‘today (often referring to earlier today)’ (eng) | |
nali | nali | n. ‘sky’ (eng) | |
nali-'noro | nali-ˀnoro | n. ‘thunder’ (eng) | |
name | name | vt. ‘cook’ (eng) | |
namora | namora | n. ‘girlfriend’ (eng) | |
namu | namu | n. ‘thing’ (eng) | |
nanau | nanau | n. ‘bad spirit’ (eng) | |
naneloko | naneloko | n. ‘mirror’ (eng) | |
nani | nani | adv. ‘maybe’ (eng) | |
nanu | nanu | n. ‘grandparents of great-grandparents, fifth generation.’ (eng) | |
nara | nara | n. ‘bad spirit’ (eng) | |
narae | narae | adv. ‘later’ (eng) | |
nase | nase | n. ‘side’ (eng) | |
nata | nata | vi. ‘arrive’ (eng) | |
nau | nau | 1. prep. ‘SIMIL, like, as, similative preposition’ (eng) 2. prep. ‘as far as, in direction to, directional preposition’ (eng) | |
nau se'i | nau seʔi | int. ‘how’ (eng) | |
nau seri | nau seri | adv. ‘how’ (eng) | |
nau-eri | nau-eri | adv. ‘when (in the future)’ (eng) | |
nau-eti | nau-eti | adv. ‘now’ (eng) | |
naueti | naueti | n. ‘ethnonym and glotonym of the Naueti people and their language’ (eng) | |
=ne | =ne | part. ‘CNTR’ (eng) | |
ne'i | neʔi | adv. ‘yes’ (eng) | |
nee | nee | n. ‘coconut’ (eng) | |
nee-buu | nee-buu | n. ‘scraped coconut meat’ (eng) | |
nee-nura | nee-nura | n. ‘young coconut’ (eng) | |
nee-thubu | nee-tʰubu | n. ‘coconut bud’ (eng) | |
neko | neko | vt. ‘ask’ (eng) | |
neluku | neluku | n. ‘turtle’ (eng) | |
nenehe | nenehe | vi. ‘speak’ (eng) | |
nenei dia | nenei dia | adv. ‘long ago, in the time of the ancestors’ (eng) | |
nete | nete | n. ‘half’ (eng) | |
nete | nete | vi. ‘tremble’ (eng) | |
nhai | n̥ai | vt. ‘scratch’ (eng) | |
nhala | n̥ala | n. ‘crown of head’ (eng) | |
nhalakai | n̥alakai | n. ‘crown of head’ (eng) | |
nhei | n̥ei | n. ‘livestock’ (eng) | |
nheku | n̥eku | n. ‘household stuff’ (eng) | |
nhoe | n̥oe | vi. ‘scream’ (eng) | |
nhoku | n̥oku | vi. ‘bow’ (eng) | |
nhoku-ulu | n̥oku-ulu | vt. ‘greet someone, reverence’ (eng) | |
nhona | n̥ona | vi. ‘have a wild behaviour’ (eng) | |
nhotu | n̥otu | vt. ‘crave’ (eng) | |
nhou | n̥ou | vi. ‘bark’ (eng) | |
nhula | n̥ula | vt. ‘stick something in a hole’ (eng) | |
nihi | nihi | n. ‘tooth’ (eng) | |
nii-bete | nii-bete | n. ‘kind of round, flat basket’ (eng) | |
nika | nika | vt. ‘break with both hands’ (eng) | |
niki | niki | 1. adv. ‘then’ (eng) 2. adv. ‘so, therefore’ (eng) | |
nikibo | nikibo | conj. ‘PURP’ (eng) | |
nina | nina | vi. ‘relaxed’ (eng) | |
nini | nini | vt. ‘seek food’ (eng) | |
nira | nira | n. ‘gums’ (eng) | |
no | no | conj. ‘or’ (eng) | |
no'o | noʔo | vt. ‘bite’ (eng) | |
no'olo | noʔolo | n. ‘men’s traditional cloth (used as a sarong, Naueti tais for men)’ (eng) | |
nodu | nodu | n. ‘married person without children’ (eng) | |
noe | noe | n. ‘nest’ (eng) | |
none | none | vt. ‘hit horizontally’ (eng) | |
noo | noo | n. ‘generation’ (eng) | |
notu | notu | vt. ‘burn out’ (eng) | |
nua | nua | conj. ‘and, with’ (eng) | |
nuga | nuga | vt. ‘punch’ (eng) | |
nuku | nuku | vi. ‘knot’ (eng) | |
nuku | nuku | n. ‘tradition’ (eng) | |
nunu-bete | nunu-bete | n. ‘shark’ (eng) | |
nunu-kai | nunu-kai | n. ‘mouth’ (eng) | |
nunukai | nunukai | n. ‘mouth’ (eng) | |
nunu-mee | nunu-mee | n. ‘red hair of the corncob’ (eng) | |
nunu-oka | nunu-oka | n. ‘liana’ (eng) | |
nunu-wulu | nunu-wulu | n. ‘moustache’ (eng) | |
nura | nura | vi. ‘young’ (eng) | |
nusá | nusa | n. ‘Tetun Terik speaker’ (eng) | |
nuu | nuu | vt. ‘drink’ (eng) | |
o'o | oʔo | n. ‘upperside’ (eng) | |
oasae | oasae | n. ‘wife-taking clan’ (eng) | |
obrigada | obrigada | n. ‘thanks said by a woman’ (eng) | |
obrigado | obrigado | n. ‘thanks said by a man’ (eng) | |
obu | obu | n. ‘mother’s sibling’ (eng) | |
oda | oda | vt. ‘call someone’ (eng) | |
oka | oka | vt. ‘pull off’ (eng) | |
oka | oka | n. ‘root’ (eng) | |
oka-nete | oka-nete | vi. ‘impatient to get things before anyone else’ (eng) | |
oli | oli | vi. ‘large’ (eng) | |
oli da'e | oli daʔe | vi. ‘lot’ (eng) | |
ona | ona | vt. ‘weed’ (eng) | |
onaata | onaata | n. ‘woman’ (eng) | |
oni | oni | vi. ‘concealed’ (eng) | |
oo | oo | adv. ‘also’ (eng) | |
oportunidade | oportunidade | n. ‘chance’ (eng) | |
ora | ora | vt. ‘carry wood on shoulder’ (eng) | |
ore | ore | vt. ‘stir’ (eng) | |
osan | osan | n. ‘money’ (eng) | |
osan-buta | osan-buta | ‘silver’ (eng) | |
osan-mee | osan-mee | ‘gold’ (eng) | |
ose | ose | vt. ‘wash’ (eng) | |
osi | osi | prep. ‘along’ (eng) | |
otamhori | otam̥ori | n. ‘daughter-in-law’ (eng) | |
otarae | otarae | n. ‘virgin’ (eng) | |
otawalu | otawalu | n. ‘widow’ (eng) | |
ou | ou | n. ‘ash, dust’ (eng) | |
papá | papa | n. ‘dad’ (eng) | |
para | para | conj. ‘to, in order to’ (eng) | |
parte | parte | n. ‘part’ (eng) | |
pas | pas | vt. ‘match’ (eng) | |
pau | pau | n. ‘bread’ (eng) | |
pha'a | pʰaʔa | vi. ‘astringent’ (eng) | |
phalai | pʰalai | n. ‘shoulder’ (eng) | |
phamilia | pʰamilia | n. ‘family’ (eng) | |
phara | pʰara | vi. ‘stop’ (eng) | |
phare | pʰare | vt. ‘extinguish a fire’ (eng) | |
phata'u | pʰataʔu | qua. ‘many’ (eng) | |
phere | pʰere | vt. ‘close one’s eyes’ (eng) | |
pheta | pʰeta | vi. ‘blast, make a loud sound’ (eng) | |
phiar | pʰiar | vt. ‘believe’ (eng) | |
pho'ere | pʰoʔere | vi. ‘dirty’ (eng) | |
phoko | pʰoko | vi. ‘crack’ (eng) | |
phoo | pʰoo | vi. ‘have a soft or not firm texture when bitten’ (eng) | |
phua | pʰua | vt. ‘whisper’ (eng) | |
phulisia | pʰulisia | n. ‘policeman’ (eng) | |
phulítika | pʰulitika | n. ‘politics’ (eng) | |
planu | planu | n. ‘plan’ (eng) | |
primeiru | primeiru | adv. ‘first’ (eng) | |
prizau | prizau | n. ‘prison’ (eng) | |
problema | problema | n. ‘problem’ (eng) | |
protestan | protestan | n. ‘protestant (religion)’ (eng) | |
ra'a | raʔa | vt. ‘wash face’ (eng) | |
raa | raa | n. ‘blood’ (eng) | |
raba | raba | adv. ‘just, simply’ (eng) | |
rabu | rabu | vt. ‘chop into pieces’ (eng) | |
rae | rae | clf. ‘classifier for pieces of cloth’ (eng) | |
rae | rae | n. ‘leaf’ (eng) | |
raha | raha | vt. ‘dream’ (eng) | |
raha | raha | adv. ‘dubitative adverb’ (eng) | |
rai | rai | vi. ‘small’ (eng) | |
rakalele | rakalele | vi. ‘cheer, acclaim’ (eng) | |
rake | rake | vt. ‘catch’ (eng) | |
rani | rani | vt. ‘collect’ (eng) | |
raru | raru | n. ‘parents of great-grandparents of greatgrandparents, seventh generation’ (eng) | |
rasa | rasa | num. ‘hundred’ (eng) | |
rasa-kailima | rasa-kailima | num. ‘five hundred’ (eng) | |
rasu | rasu | vt. ‘fetch water’ (eng) | |
re'o | reʔo | vi. ‘thirsty’ (eng) | |
rea | rea | n. ‘land’ (eng) | |
rea-huu | rea-huu | n. ‘hole in the ground’ (eng) | |
rea-keta | rea-keta | n. ‘border’ (eng) | |
rebu | rebu | vi. ‘beautiful’ (eng) | |
ree | ree | vt. ‘feel, touch gently’ (eng) | |
rei | rei | vt. ‘pull’ (eng) | |
rei hamae | rei hamae | vt. ‘breathe’ (eng) | |
reka | reka | vi. ‘jump off’ (eng) | |
reke | reke | vi. ‘laugh, smile’ (eng) | |
relizau | relizau | n. ‘religion’ (eng) | |
rema | rema | adv. ‘tomorrow’ (eng) | |
resa-basa | resa-basa | n. ‘big space inside the house to sleep or eat’ (eng) | |
resi | resi | conj. ‘augmentative morpheme, used to add units to 5 or to multiples of 10’ (eng) | |
resi | resi | vt. ‘play’ (eng) | |
rhadu | rhadu | vi. ‘whistle’ (eng) | |
rhae | rhae | vt. ‘fill woven baskets with yellow rice’ (eng) | |
rhana | rhana | vi. ‘jump’ (eng) | |
rhia | rhia | vt. ‘wait’ (eng) | |
rhoba | rhoba | vi. ‘fast’ (eng) | |
rhoe | rhoe | vi. ‘shout’ (eng) | |
rhoi | rhoi | vt. ‘boil’ (eng) | |
rhuu | rhuu | vt. ‘blow’ (eng) | |
ria | ria | n. ‘shade’ (eng) | |
rihun | rihun | num. ‘thousand’ (eng) | |
rii | rii | n. ‘pillar, column’ (eng) | |
riku | riku | n. ‘dowry’ (eng) | |
ripha | ripʰa | n. ‘raffle’ (eng) | |
rita | rita | vi. ‘sticky’ (eng) | |
riu | riu | vi. ‘bathe’ (eng) | |
roa | roa | n. ‘point’ (eng) | |
roka | roka | vt. ‘bite (of animals)’ (eng) | |
roma | roma | n. ‘animal placenta’ (eng) | |
roto | roto | vi. ‘mixed (of food)’ (eng) | |
ru'a | ruʔa | vt. ‘invite someone’ (eng) | |
rua | rua | vt. ‘carry’ (eng) | |
ruba | ruba | vt. ‘throw’ (eng) | |
rubalele | rubalele | n. ‘susung-kalabaw’ (eng); ‘Uvaria rufa’ (lat) | |
rui | rui | n. ‘bone’ (eng) | |
rui-uta | rui-uta | n. ‘bone marrow’ (eng) | |
ruka | ruka | vi. ‘appear’ (eng) | |
ruma | ruma | adv. ‘probably’ (eng) | |
ruma | ruma | qua. ‘some’ (eng) | |
rusi | rusi | vt. ‘leave’ (eng) | |
rusu | rusu | vt. ‘perform a men's dance’ (eng) | |
rutu | rutu | vt. ‘cut in two’ (eng) | |
ruu | ruu | vi. ‘roar’ (eng) | |
sa'i | saʔi | vt. ‘look for, search’ (eng) | |
sa'ukira | saʔukira | n. ‘scorpion’ (eng) | |
sabau | sabau | n. ‘mosquito’ (eng) | |
sabilai | sabilai | n. ‘axe’ (eng) | |
sabilai-tuu | sabilai-tuu | n. ‘praying mantis’ (eng) | |
sabirika | sabirika | n. ‘orange’ (eng) | |
sabudu | sabudu | n. ‘Saturday’ (eng) | |
saga | saga | vt. ‘cross’ (eng) | |
sai | sai | vi. ‘go out, exit’ (eng) | |
saka | saka | vi. ‘ascend’ (eng) | |
saka | saka | vi. ‘injured’ (eng) | |
sala | sala | vi. ‘wrong’ (eng) | |
samha'u | sam̥aʔu | n. ‘ant’ (eng) | |
samhode | sam̥ode | n. ‘white-lipped island pit viper’ (eng); ‘Cryptelytrops insularis’ (lat) | |
sana | sana | vi. ‘hung’ (eng) | |
saramalae | saramalae | n. ‘Malay gooseberry’ (eng); ‘Phyllanthus acidus’ (lat) | |
sasira | sasira | n. ‘kind of fierce ant sp. dwelling inside Myrmecodia tubers’ (eng) | |
sasoka | sasoka | n. ‘kind of basket used to make thread’ (eng) | |
sawa | sawa | n. ‘snake’ (eng) | |
se | se | conj. ‘if’ (eng) | |
se'i | seʔi | int. ‘what’ (eng) | |
se'i-se'i | seʔi-seʔi | pro. ‘nothing, anything’ (eng) | |
sebu | sebu | n. ‘pumpkin’ (eng) | |
sebu-no'o | sebu-noʔo | n. ‘watermelon’ (eng) | |
sebu-yeku | sebu-jeku | n. ‘courgette’ (eng) | |
see | see | num. ‘one, that one (used to denote specificity)’ (eng) | |
sei | sei | vt. ‘block’ (eng) | |
seku | seku | vt. ‘grind’ (eng) | |
selu | selu | vt. ‘pay’ (eng) | |
semana | semana | n. ‘week’ (eng) | |
semo | semo | det. ‘one NONFAM, that still unknown or non-visible’ (eng) | |
sempre | sempre | adv. ‘always’ (eng) | |
sena | sena | vt. ‘fry’ (eng) | |
senora | senora | n. ‘carrot’ (eng) | |
sereza-wua | sereza-wua | n. ‘Jamaica cherry’ (eng); ‘Muntingia calabura’ (lat) | |
sesu | sesu | vt. ‘dispute’ (eng) | |
seti | seti | det. ‘one PROX, this close to the speaker’ (eng) | |
seto | seto | det. ‘one DIST, yonder far from speaker and addressee’ (eng) | |
sia | sia | int. ‘who’ (eng) | |
sidi | sidi | vt. ‘cover side of a house’ (eng) | |
sidi-lolo | sidi-lolo | n. ‘wall’ (eng) | |
Sigapura | sigapura | n. ‘Singapore’ (eng) | |
sii | sii | vt. ‘tie’ (eng) | |
simu | simu | n. ‘men's parents-in-law’ (eng) | |
Sina | sina | n. ‘China’ (eng) | |
Sina-uma | sina-uma | n. ‘shop’ (eng) | |
sini | sini | det. ‘one MED, that close to the addressee’ (eng) | |
sira | sira | pro. ‘3PL, they, third person plural pronoun’ (eng) | |
sira | sira | det. ‘PL, human plural marker’ (eng) |