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Tamelan (2021): Dela

Original citation: Tamelan, Thersia Magdalena. 2021. A grammar of Dela: an Austronesian language of Rote, eastern Indonesia. PhD thesis, Australian National University.

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Headword	IPA	Glosses
=a	=a	‘definite marker, the’
aeʔ	aeʔ	‘big (giant animal)’
afis	afis	‘yesterday’
afu	afu	‘dust’
ai	ai	‘fire’
aifooʔ	aifooʔ	‘moringa tree’
aiusuʔ	aiusuʔ	‘rib’
ale	ale	‘chew, digest’
alu	alu	‘pounder for mortar’
ama	ama	‘2PL VOC, you (PL)’
amaʔ	amaʔ	‘father’
ambon	aᵐbon	‘forgiveness’
ana	ana	‘3SG NOM, she, he, it’
anak	anak	‘small’
anin	anin	‘wind’
ao	ao	‘lime paste’
aoʔ	aoʔ	‘body, self’
ara	ara	‘3PL NOM, they’
ari	ari	‘in-laws’
aruʔ	aruʔ	‘shoulder’
asiŋgaraʔ	asiᵑɡaraʔ	‘scold severely’
ata	ata	‘1PL VOC, we’
atahori	atahori	‘person’
ataʔ	ataʔ	‘above, top’
ate	ate	‘slave’
ateʔ	ateʔ	‘liver’
atoran	atoran	‘regulations’
au	au	‘1SG, I, me, my’
awee	awee	‘oh, oh no (disappointment)’
Balu	ɓalu	‘clan name’
e	e	‘3SG. ACC, her, him, it’
eiʔ	eiʔ	‘leg’
eki	eki	‘shout, yell’
eko	eko	‘sift rice’
elu	elu	‘creep’
elus	elus	‘rainbow’
ena	ena	‘perfective, already’
eni	eni	‘3sg, she, her, he, him’
eni	eni	1. ‘until, since’ 2. ‘until, since’
eruʔ	eruʔ	‘gallbladder’
esa	esa	‘one’
etu	etu	‘catfish’
fa-	fa-	‘verbaliser’
faa	faa	‘some’
fae	fae	‘wake someone up, shake’
fafareʔ	fafareʔ	‘jellyfish’
fafi	fafi	‘pig’
fafo	fafo	‘k.o. plant/vine’
fai	fai	‘again’
fai	fai	‘day, time, again’
fale	fale	‘regret’
falees	falees	‘glass’
falu	falu	‘eight’
falu	falu	‘widow’
faŋgi	faᵑɡi	‘break (glass)’
fati	fati	‘feed (liquid)’
fatu	fatu	‘rock’
fauʔ	fauʔ	‘thick’
faɗuli	faɗuli	‘care about s.t.’
faʔa	faʔa	‘cut open’
fee	fee	‘give’
fela	fela	‘get up, wake up’
felas	felas	‘machete’
felis	felis	‘bridewealth’
feo	feo	‘tie’
feta	feta	‘throw a party’
fetaʔ	fetaʔ	‘grain, millet’
fetoʔ	fetoʔ	‘sister (male speaking)’
fetu	fetu	‘morning’
feuʔ	feuʔ	‘new’
feʔe	feʔe	‘still, prospective’
fii	fii	‘reeds’
fila	fila	‘wean’
filo	filo	‘whip’
filoo	filoo	‘k.o. tree’
fina	fina	‘peel (beans)’
fini	fini	‘seedling’
finiesaʔ	finiesaʔ	‘day after tomorrow’
fio	fio	‘hit’
fitiʔ	fitiʔ	‘calf’
fitiʔ	fitiʔ	‘shoot a slingshot’
fo	fo	‘IRR marker, so that (COMP), REL’
foaʔ	foaʔ	‘scar’
foi	foi	‘fall (as a tree)’
fokur	fokur	‘startle’
foo	foo	‘herd animals’
fooʔ	fooʔ	‘smell’
fora	fora	‘hone, grind’
foti	foti	‘dance (male)’
foʔi	foʔi	‘peel (coconut)’
fua	fua	‘put, accuse’
fufu	fufu	‘rot (wood)’
fufue	fufue	‘beans’
fui	fui	‘wild, guest’
fula	fula	‘get lighter skin’
fula	fula	‘month’
fulae	fulae	‘k.o. tree’
fulan	fulan	‘moon’
fuloo	fuloo	‘k.o. tree’
fuluʔ	fuluʔ	‘hair’
funi	funi	‘hide’
fureʔ	fureʔ	‘foam’
futu	futu	‘tie into a bundle’
fuu	fuu	‘blow’
haa	haa	‘four’
haa	haa	‘sting, burn (sun)’
hae	hae	‘absent (from school)’
hae	hae	‘breathe, smell’
hahae	hahae	‘take a break’
hai	hai	‘1PL EXCL, we, us’
hai	hai	‘heal’
hai	hai	‘stingray’
haitua	haitua	‘send’
hala	hala	‘kill (by stabbing)’
hambu	haᵐbu	‘get, receive’
hanas	hanas	‘hot (water)’
hando	haⁿdo	‘fetch water’
haŋga	haᵑɡa	‘inch (measure with finger)’
hani	hani	‘feed (animal)’
hano	hano	‘weave (palm mat)’
hao	hao	‘feed (human)’
hapi	hapi	‘carry under arm’
haraʔ	haraʔ	‘voice’
hasa	hasa	‘buy’
haso	haso	‘grab, catch’
hatek	hatek	‘blink’
hatuʔ	hatuʔ	‘dark’
hau	hau	‘wood, tree’
haɓo	haɓo	‘pound (betel nut)’
haɗok	haɗok	‘shiny’
haʔi	haʔi	‘take’
hefuʔ	hefuʔ	‘many’
heheli	heheli	‘choose’
heheɗuʔ	heheɗuʔ	‘k.o. small fish’
hei	hei	‘2PL, you’
hei	hei	‘yes (expressing agreement)’
hela	hela	‘divorce, leave’
helas	helas	‘pumpkin’
helo	helo	‘chant’
helu	helu	‘break (stick)’
helu	helu	‘promise’
hemba	heᵐba	‘hit (with wood)’
hendi	heⁿdi	‘get rid of, come off’
hene	hene	‘climb’
heŋge	heᵑɡe	‘tie (thread)’
heŋgu	heᵑɡu	‘bite’
heo	heo	‘gather around’
here	here	‘pick from the ground, choose’
hese	hese	‘blow (nose)’
heta	heta	‘stomp’
hetar	hetar	‘many’
hetu	hetu	‘perhaps’
heɗis	heɗis	‘illness’
hia	hia	‘respect’
hiek	hiek	‘goat’
hieʔ	hieʔ	‘k.o. corn’
hii	hii	‘like’
hinaʔ	hinaʔ	‘wound’
hira	hira	1. ‘how many’ 2. ‘several’
hita	hita	‘1PL INCL, we, us’
hitu	hitu	‘seven’
hiɗak	hiɗak	‘few’
hiʔaʔ	hiʔaʔ	‘sister-in-law, brother’s wife, husband’s sister’
hohoŋge	hohoᵑɡe	‘commit adultery’
hoi	hoi	‘put out to dry’
hokoʔ	hokoʔ	‘not’
hombo	hoᵐbo	‘make sugar drink’
honda	hoⁿda	‘throw’
hoo	hoo	‘2SG, you’
horis	horis	‘alive’
horo	horo	‘cut with a saw’
hotu	hotu	‘burn s.t.’
hukun	hukun	‘punish’
hule	hule	‘ask’
humbu	huᵐbu	‘blow (wind)’
humeeʔ	humeeʔ	‘reeds’
humu	humu	‘catch’
hundi	huⁿdi	‘banana’
hundu	huⁿdu	‘spin’
huni	huni	‘yellow’
huniʔ	huniʔ	‘turmeric, yellow’
huraʔ	huraʔ	‘pot’
huru	huru	‘collect (washing from line)’
hutaʔ	hutaʔ	‘debt’
hutu	hutu	‘head louse’
huu	huu	‘because’
huus	huus	‘shoo’
huuʔ	huuʔ	‘tree’
huʔa	huʔa	‘open (lid of a pot)’
ia	ia	‘this’
ila	ila	‘mole’
inaʔ	inaʔ	‘mother, female’
ine	ine	‘female (animals)’
ineʔ	ineʔ	‘big (e.g. tree)’
iŋgu	iᵑɡu	‘Congklak game’
iŋgu	iᵑɡu	‘village’
isiʔ	isiʔ	‘hulled rice, content’
iu	iu	‘shark’
ka-	ka-	‘verbaliser’
kaaʔ	kaaʔ	‘charcoal’
kaaʔ	kaaʔ	‘crow’
kai	kai	‘stuck’
kakaluʔ	kakaluʔ	‘gristle’
kakaʔ	kakaʔ	‘frizz hair’
kala	kala	‘lose’
kale	kale	‘bracelet’
kaler	kaler	‘nod head side to side’
kalo	kalo	‘if’
kama	kama	‘room’
kamboʔ	kaᵐboʔ	‘village’
kandi	kaⁿdi	‘fasten with buttons’
kandiʔ	kaⁿdiʔ	‘button’
kapai	kapai	‘very big, very large’
kaper	kaper	‘waive’
kapiʔ	kapiʔ	‘bag from palm leaf’
karala	karala	‘chili’
karamisi	karamisi	‘clam’
karu	karu	‘scratch’
kaus	kaus	‘nod’
kaɓin	kaɓin	‘wed’
kaɗe	kaɗe	‘burn (food)’
kaɗera	kaɗera	‘chair’
kaɗoʔ	kaɗoʔ	‘hang, hold’
kaʔe	kaʔe	‘have a chance’
kee	kee	‘yell’
keis	keis	‘touch to get attention’
keke	keke	‘hide (oneself)’
keko	keko	‘paralysed’
kii	kii	‘squeal’
kio	kio	‘make a gentle sound’
koa	koa	‘praise’
koao	koao	‘arrogant, boast’
koaot	koaot	‘arrogance’
koasa	koasa	‘power’
koe	koe	‘bent, cause to bend’
kofi	kofi	‘coffee’
koi	koi	‘bed’
kois	kois	‘touch (unintentional)’
kokis	kokis	‘cake, fritters’
kokoe	kokoe	‘persuade’
kokomuʔ	kokomuʔ	‘k.o. cucumber’
kokotoʔ	kokotoʔ	‘have spots, spotty, splotched’
koleleu	koleleu	‘look around’
kolo	kolo	‘blunt (knife)’
koloali	koloali	‘butterfly’
kolomeeʔ	kolomeeʔ	‘caterpillar ring’
kolomuuʔ	kolomuuʔ	‘termite’
kopaʔ	kopaʔ	‘coffin’
kosiʔ	kosiʔ	‘kick’
kotaʔ	kotaʔ	‘fortress’
koʔokee	koʔokee	‘crow (make the sound)’
ku-	ku-	‘verbaliser’
kua	kua	‘soup, broth’
kufa	kufa	‘peel’
kukusaʔ	kukusaʔ	‘sieve, filter’
kumbu	kuᵐbu	‘pile s.t. up, make a pile’
kundu	kuⁿdu	‘tangle’
la-	la-	‘verbaliser’
laa	laa	‘float’
lafe	lafe	‘k.o. traditional sarong’
lafo	lafo	‘mouse’
lai	lai	‘cut, slit’
laisona	laisona	‘onion, garlic’
lalaaʔ	lalaaʔ	‘k.o. tree’
lalai	lalai	‘sky’
lalaneʔ	lalaneʔ	‘verse (of scripture, song)’
lalaŋge	lalaᵑɡe	‘burn (trash)’
lalatiʔ	lalatiʔ	‘worm’
lalaʔo	lalaʔo	‘k.o. palm basket’
lali	lali	‘move’
lamat	lamat	‘grasshopper’
lambu	laᵐbu	‘lamp’
laŋge	laᵑɡe	‘detain, restrain’
lani	lani	‘sky’
lao	lao	‘walk’
laopeiʔ	laopeiʔ	‘palm leaf shoes/sandal’
lapa	lapa	‘lot’
lasaʔ	lasaʔ	‘penis’
lasi	lasi	‘jungle’
lasiʔ	lasiʔ	‘old, ripe’
latu	latu	‘sea grape’
latuʔ	latuʔ	‘ripe (mango)’
laus	laus	‘cactus’
laɓan	laɓan	‘protest,against’
laɓu	laɓu	‘drum’
laɗa	laɗa	‘rabbit fish’
laɗi	laɗi	‘tap lontar palm’
laʔi	laʔi	‘come, let’s’
lea	lea	‘pull’
lee	lee	‘stuck in throat’
leke	leke	‘drag fabric on the ground’
leko	leko	‘lie’
leleeʔ	leleeʔ	‘cloud’
lelemu	lelemu	‘smear’
leleʔ	leleʔ	‘when’
lemaʔ	lemaʔ	‘eel’
lemba	leᵐba	‘carry with pole’
lendo	leⁿdo	‘dance (women)’
lendu	leⁿdu	‘crush (chillies)’
lene	lene	‘sesame seed’
lenis	lenis	‘k.o. seashell’
leo	leo	‘clan’
leo	leo	‘stay, live’
lesu	lesu	‘pull out (knife)’
lesuaiʔ	lesuaiʔ	‘back of neck’
lesumataʔ	lesumataʔ	‘door’
leteʔ	leteʔ	‘mountain, hill’
lifu	lifu	‘puddle’
liiʔ	liiʔ	1. ‘sound’ 2. ‘hour’
lile	lile	‘thicken’
liliaʔ	liliaʔ	‘centipede’
liliiʔ	liliiʔ	‘forget’
lilisuʔ	lilisuʔ	‘spiral in head hair’
liliʔ	liliʔ	‘under arm’
lilo	lilo	‘gold’
lima	lima	‘hand, five’
litiʔ	litiʔ	‘k.o. tree’
liuali	liuali	‘troubled’
liɗeʔ	liɗeʔ	‘midrib of palm leaf’
liʔu	liʔu	‘hit with rope’
loaʔ	loaʔ	‘wide’
loe	loe	‘lower, lower something’
loe	loe	‘river’
loi	loi	‘steal’
lokeʔ	lokeʔ	‘hang’
loli	loli	‘fall, lie down’
lolir	lolir	‘to roll’
lolo	lolo	‘wind (thread) around wood’
loloa	loloa	‘massage’
lombe	loᵐbe	‘swing (knife)’
lombeʔ	loᵐbeʔ	‘98 or 100 ears of corn’
lombu	loᵐbu	‘k.o. seaweed’
londa	loⁿda	‘hang’
loo	loo	‘extend s.t.’
losa	losa	‘arrive, prep until’
loto	loto	‘mucus’
loɓeʔ	loɓeʔ	‘hang’
loɓo	loɓo	‘in too much pain’
loɗe	loɗe	‘stick out (tongue)’
loʔat	loʔat	‘k.o. palm basket’
lua	lua	‘overflow’
luat	luat	‘cave’
lulu	lulu	‘to roll (e.g. mat)’
luluu	luluu	‘k.o. tree’
lumeʔ	lumeʔ	‘vapor’
lunda	luⁿda	‘dove, pigeon’
lutu	lutu	1. ‘stone fence’ 2. ‘make stone fence’
luu	luu	‘high tide’
luu	luu	‘tears’
ma	ma	‘and, then’
ma	ma	‘reciprocal prefix’
ma	ma	‘stative prefix’
maa	maa	‘tongue’
maat	maat	‘orphan’
mae	mae	‘although’
mae	mae	‘embarrass, shy’
mafaʔ	mafaʔ	‘unripe (fruit)’
mafu	mafu	‘drunk’
maharat	maharat	‘too sweet’
maiʔ	maiʔ	‘bedbug’
maku	maku	‘lurk’
malaŋga	malaᵑɡa	‘leader, chief’
male	male	‘wilted, wither’
maleʔe	maleʔe	‘whining’
mali	mali	‘laugh’
mama	mama	‘chew (betel nut)’
mama	mama	‘mother’
mamaa	mamaa	‘yawn’
mamaloʔ	mamaloʔ	‘tiny ants’
mamanaʔ	mamanaʔ	‘place’
mana	mana	‘relativiser’
mandak	maⁿdak	‘Monday’
maŋgarauʔ	maᵑɡarauʔ	‘rubbish’
maŋgeo	maᵑɡeo	‘brave’
maŋgo	maᵑɡo	‘bowl’
maŋgu	maᵑɡu	‘tired’
mano	mano	‘k.o. fish’
manu	manu	‘chicken’
manuʔuɗu	manuʔuɗu	‘k.o. tree’
marambua	maraᵐbua	‘eagle’
masi	masi	‘salty’
masoʔ	masoʔ	‘enter’
masuʔ	masuʔ	‘smoke’
matasalaʔ	matasalaʔ	‘rarely’
mataɓai	mataɓai	‘tomato’
mataʔ	mataʔ	‘eye, front, kind’
mates	mates	‘dead’
mateʔ	mateʔ	‘uncooked’
mau	mau	‘tame’
maɗa	maɗa	‘dry’
maɗaʔ	maɗaʔ	‘dry’
maʔiluʔ	maʔiluʔ	‘deep and dark (cave, sea)’
maʔoa	maʔoa	‘trumpet’
mba-	ᵐba-	‘verbaliser’
mbaa	ᵐbaa	‘k.o. fence’
mbae	ᵐbae	‘swollen’
mbaeao	ᵐbaeao	‘half ripe (beans)’
mbaka	ᵐbaka	‘obtuse’
mbake	ᵐbake	‘deaf’
mbali	ᵐbali	‘overlooking, facing’
mbaloʔ	ᵐbaloʔ	‘wide (ears)’
mbanaʔ	ᵐbanaʔ	‘nose’
mbaniʔ	ᵐbaniʔ	‘sea slugs’
mbao	ᵐbao	‘mango’
mbaraa	ᵐbaraa	‘become old (things)’
mbasa	ᵐbasa	‘slap’
mbau	ᵐbau	‘pound’
mbau	ᵐbau	‘stab’
mbaʔi	ᵐbaʔi	‘termite’
mbaʔo	ᵐbaʔo	‘cup from palm leaf’
mbea	ᵐbea	‘dangle (tree branch)’
mbei	ᵐbei	‘little’
mbelaʔ	ᵐbelaʔ	‘corn’
mbene	ᵐbene	‘fly’
mbera	ᵐbera	‘lazy’
mbesiʔ	ᵐbesiʔ	‘throw down forcefully’
mbeɗaʔ	ᵐbeɗaʔ	‘keep, save’
mbia	ᵐbia	‘throw’
mbiaʔ	ᵐbiaʔ	‘hill’
mbila	ᵐbila	‘light up’
mbila	ᵐbila	‘red’
mbinu	ᵐbinu	‘mucus’
mbire	ᵐbire	‘eye discharge’
mbisaʔ	ᵐbisaʔ	‘medium leaf bucket’
Mboeain	ᵐboeain	‘name of a place in Oenale’
mboko	ᵐboko	‘decay, decompose’
mboli	ᵐboli	‘bald’
mboloʔ	ᵐboloʔ	‘coconut germ, coconut embryo’
mboo	ᵐboo	‘herd’
mbori	ᵐbori	‘pour’
mboro	ᵐboro	‘lontar leaf’
mboʔa	ᵐboʔa	‘pour’
mboʔi	ᵐboʔi	‘release’
mbua	ᵐbua	‘areca nut’
mbuiʔ	ᵐbuiʔ	‘bird’
mbukuʔ	ᵐbukuʔ	‘hill’
mbuniʔ	ᵐbuniʔ	‘roof’
mbunut	ᵐbunut	‘coconut husk’
mburu	ᵐburu	‘rotten/bad odor’
mbusar	ᵐbusar	‘sweat’
mbutuʔ	ᵐbutuʔ	‘bundle (vegetable)’
mbuu	ᵐbuu	‘shoo’
mbuʔu	ᵐbuʔu	‘mushroom’
mei	mei	‘table’
mela	mela	‘numb (feet)’
melumuɗu	melumuɗu	‘repulse, repugnant’
melutane	melutane	‘stale, spoiled’
memaʔ	memaʔ	‘indeed’
meŋge	meᵑɡe	‘snake’
meo	meo	‘cat’
meoaku	meoaku	‘tiger’
mera	mera	‘sick’
meru	meru	‘bitter’
mesaʔ	mesaʔ	‘alone’
mese	mese	‘press, squeeze’
mesu	mesu	‘diving’
mesuʔuɗu	mesuʔuɗu	‘hiccup’
metaʔ	metaʔ	‘k.o. fish’
mete	mete	‘look’
meti	meti	‘become dry, low tide’
meto	meto	‘dry’
meulauʔ	meulauʔ	‘beautiful’
meuʔ	meuʔ	‘clean’
meɗa	meɗa	‘feel’
meɗe	meɗe	‘k.o. seaweed’
meʔo	meʔo	‘gong’
mii	mii	‘pee, urinate’
mina	mina	‘oil’
miru	miru	‘spit’
mofa	mofa	‘grey hair’
moko	moko	‘big’
moko	moko	‘hit’
molo	molo	‘drown, sink (boat)’
monae	monae	‘big’
mook	mook	‘cup’
mopo	mopo	‘lost, disappear’
mori	mori	‘grow’
moɗo	moɗo	‘green, blue’
moɗo	moɗo	‘medicine’
moʔu	moʔu	‘fall out (of teeth or hair)’
muku	muku	‘persevere’
muluʔ	muluʔ	‘crazy’
mumuuʔ	mumuuʔ	‘insect’
mumuɗuʔ	mumuɗuʔ	‘k.o. fish’
muri	muri	‘west’
muriʔ	muriʔ	‘youngest (child)’
musi	musi	‘must’
musi	musi	‘suck, smoke’
muta	muta	‘vomit’
muti	muti	‘become white’
n-	n-	‘3SG non-syllabic subject prefix, she, he, it’
na-	na-	‘third singular syllabic subject prefix, she, he, it’
naa	naa	‘eat, consume’
naaʔ	naaʔ	‘brother (female speaking)’
nae	nae	‘chicken sleep (on tree)’
nae	nae	‘will, want (irrealis marker)’
naele	naele	‘rinse’
naeo	naeo	‘hide from someone’
nafali	nafali	‘boil (water)’
nafaɗaka	nafaɗaka	‘tiptoe’

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