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Balukh (2020): Dhao

Original citation: Balukh, Jermy. 2020. A grammar of Dhao: An endangered Austronesian language in eastern Indonesia. PhD thesis, Leiden University.

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Headword	IPA	Glosses
a'a	aʔa	‘older sibling’
a'ari	aʔari	‘family’
a'ii	aʔiː	‘k.o. string to hang s.t.’
aa	aː	‘and’
aa'i	aːʔi	‘all’
aad'o	aːɗo	1. ‘absent’ 2. ‘no’
aadha-aadha	aːɖʐa-aːɖʐa	‘too clean’
aae	aːe	‘great, big’
aapa	aːpa	‘bad’
abhe	abβe	‘block, hinder, shelter’
abhu	abβu	‘get’
abo	abo	‘pound’
Abunaba	abunaba	‘person name in folk tale’
ada	ada	‘custom’
adhe	aɖʐe	‘liver’
adhu	aɖʐu	‘hard’
Adu Hia	adu hia	‘person name’
adu ue	adu ue	‘make conspicuous’
ae	ae	‘breath’
ae	ae	1. ‘many’ 2. ‘very’
ae	ae	‘smell’
ae	ae	‘stop’
aeka	aeka	‘lest’
ag'o	aɠo	‘lie’
agarao	aɡarao	‘residue of oil’
agarii	aɡariː	‘fence post’
ahu	ahu	1. ‘dust’ 2. ‘grey’
ai	ai	‘dry in sun’
ai	ai	‘fire’
ai	ai	‘hand’
ai	ai	‘stingray fish’
ai j'èla	ai ʄəla	‘sole’
ailoe	ailoe	‘roof rafter’
aj'a	aʄa	‘teach, study, learn’
aj'u	aʄu	‘logs, wood, tree’
aj'u aai	aʄu aːi	‘k.o. plant’
aka	aka	‘kidding’
ako	ako	‘rather’
aku	aku	‘say, according to’
ale	ale	‘mention’
ama	ama	‘Mr, father’
amo	amo	‘root’
ana	ana	‘child’
anga	aŋa	‘friend’
angalai	aŋalai	‘friend’
ani	ani	‘bait, feed’
ao	ao	‘lime’
Aplugi	apluɡi	‘name of clan’
are	are	‘paddy, cross’
ari	ari	‘younger sibling’
Ari Nyale	ari ɲale	‘January’
aru	aru	1. ‘rice pestle’ 2. ‘eight’
aru koro	aru koro	‘k.o. fish’
asa	asa	‘to’
ate	ate	1. ‘remaining’ 2. ‘wink’
ate-ate	ate-ate	‘earrings’
bab'a	baɓa	‘short’
babaa	babaː	‘block’
babago	babaɡo	‘slow’
babèbha	babəbβa	‘shoreline’
babège	babəɡe	‘evict’
babèke	babəke	‘strike’
babenu	babenu	‘consider’
babha	babβa	1. ‘gong’ 2. ‘hit gong’
babhelu	babβelu	‘wickedness’
babia	babia	‘burden’
babo'i	baboʔi	‘k.o. bottle’
baboa	baboa	‘edge, side’
baboro	baboro	‘outside’
badae	badae	‘north’
badha	baɖʐa	‘animal’
badhu	baɖʐu	‘roof, k.o. seed’
bae	bae	‘pay’
bagu	baɡu	‘bench’
bai	bai	‘swollen’
baieeda	baieːda	‘lazy’
baj'u	baʄu	‘gram’
Bajo	baɟo	‘name of tribe’
Baka	baka	‘Ba'a (capital of Rote Ndao Regency)’
baka	baka	‘each, per, such as’
baki	baki	‘grandfather’
baki hoe	baki hoe	‘crocodile’
baku	baku	‘PROH NEG’
bala	bala	‘react, reply’
bala pèka	bala pəka	‘noise of war’
balee	baleː	1. ‘tin’ 2. ‘can’
balèu	baləu	‘south’
balu	balu	‘boat’
balu	balu	‘loss’
balu	balu	‘mourn’
banga taraa	baŋa taraː	‘cry’
bani	bani	‘bold, brave’
bara	bara	‘help’
bareke	bareke	‘count’
bari	bari	1. ‘ask, inquire’ 2. ‘question’
bari	bari	‘turn’
baruku	baruku	‘pants’
baruu	baruː	‘trouser, pants’
basa	basa	‘wet, wash’
base	base	‘wash’
bate	bate	‘chase’
batu	batu	‘assist’
Batu Aae Togo	batu aːe toɡo	‘person name in folk tale’
batu iidu	batu iːdu	‘k.o. stone’
bau boe	bau boe	‘not stop’
be'a	beʔa	1. ‘good’ 2. ‘nice’
bèba	bəba	‘breed, expand’
bèbha	bəbβa	‘fall’
bèbhe	bəbβe	‘fall’
bècu	bəcu	‘satisfied’
bèdhi	bəɖʐi	‘jump’
bèdho	bəɖʐo	‘close’
bèdhu	bəɖʐu	‘blind’
bèdi	bədi	‘take apart’
bedo-bedo	bedo-bedo	‘too (thin)’
beg'a kabho	beɠa kabβo	‘traditional wedding’
bege	beɡe	‘frighten’
bego	beɡo	‘hoe-like tool’
bèi	bəi	‘grandmother’
Bèi Bhèli	bəi bβəli	‘person name in folk tale’
bèja	bəɟa	‘asphyxia’
bèka	bəka	1. ‘part, fragment’ 2. ‘cleave, lacerate’
beke	beke	‘stay up’
bèke	bəke	‘half-cut’
bela	bela	‘lightning’
bèla	bəla	1. ‘cloth’ 2. ‘sheet’
bèle	bəle	‘lie’
bèli	bəli	‘k.o. fruit’
bèli	bəli	‘tomorrow’
bèli-bèli	bəli-bəli	‘every day’
bènyi	bəɲi	‘sneeze’
bèsi	bəsi	‘iron’
bete	bete	‘withdraw, take out’
bhabe	bβabe	‘injury’
bhabhoo	bβabβoː	‘evict’
bhabhua	bβabβua	‘gun’
bhadolu	bβadolu	‘roll’
bhaka	bβaka	‘dull’
Bhali	bβali	‘Mbali’
bhaloli	bβaloli	‘roll’
bhare	bβare	1. ‘balance’ 2. ‘stick’
bhedo-behedo	bβedo-behedo	‘too (thin)’
bhèj'i	bβəʄi	‘sleep’
bhèla	bβəla	‘wide’
bhèlu	bβəlu	‘forget’
bhèlu	bβəlu	‘wild’
bhèngu	bβəŋu	‘ridgepole’
bhèni	bβəni	1. ‘female’ 2. ‘woman’
bhesi	bβesi	1. ‘scream’ 2. ‘groan’
bheta	bβeta	‘smarting’
bhète-bhète	bβəte-bβəte	‘too muddy, slimy’
bhetu	bβetu	‘dense’
bhiri	bβiri	‘pull’
bhob'o	bβoɓo	‘fruitless’
bhodho	bβoɖʐo	1. ‘exit, appear’ 2. ‘show up’
bhoke	bβoke	‘open’
bhori	bβori	‘pour, spill’
bhubhu	bβubβu	‘bake’
Bhui Nidhu	bβui niɖʐu	‘June, traditional ceremony’
bhuku	bβuku	‘grow’
bhuru	bβuru	‘mist’
bhute	bβute	‘make noise’
bhuti	bβuti	‘rice container’
bia	bia	1. ‘heavy’ 2. ‘very’
bidhu-bidhu	biɖʐu-biɖʐu	‘too green’
boa	boa	‘name’
boaraka	boaraka	‘cloth box’
boe	boe	‘not’
boku-boku	boku-boku	‘jump’
bole	bole	‘sugar palm’
boo	boː	‘wow’
boro	boro	‘roof’
bosalaa	bosalaː	‘mattress’
boti	boti	‘lift’
boti-boti	boti-boti	‘lifted up’
boto	boto	‘bottle’
bua	bua	‘blow out’
bua	bua	‘unit’
budha	buɖʐa	‘small, skinny’
budu tèke	budu təke	‘keep in acetate, postpone’
bugu	buɡu	‘parcel’
bui	bui	‘jail’
bui	bui	‘water’
Bulado	bulado	‘person name’
buli	buli	‘LOC’
busa	busa	‘dog’
Butu	butu	‘Buton (a place name in Sulawesi)’
ca	ca	‘a’
ca'a-ca'a	caʔa-caʔa	‘everyday, normally’
ca'e	caʔe	‘get into, climb, ascend’
cabili	cabili	‘strap’
caboro	caboro	‘k.o. brush’
cabu	cabu	‘soap’
caci	caci	‘k.o. chop’
cag'ag'a	caɠaɠa	‘startled’
cag'ari	caɠari	‘paw’
cag'ig'i	caɠiɠi	‘put tobacco between lips’
cahag'e	cahaɠe	‘partly’
cakalaa	cakalaː	‘suddenly’
camalore	camalore	‘half’
cangaa	caŋaː	‘how much’
capa	capa	‘react quickly, spontaneously’
capag'ili	capaɠili	‘amused’
cape	cape	‘put’
caro	caro	‘wipe, caress’
caro nadha	caro naɖʐa	‘open ceremony’
caroco	caroco	‘slip down’
carui	carui	‘troubled’
catèka	catəka	‘once’
ceba	ceba	‘fish, throw’
cèba-cèba	cəba-cəba	‘twinkle’
cebe	cebe	‘sow, spread’
cebe lebhe	cebe lebβe	‘scattered around’
cèbi	cəbi	‘plait’
cèbu	cəbu	‘dip’
cèci	cəci	‘fill forcefully’
cècu	cəcu	‘incredulous, k.o. snail’
cee	ceː	‘who’
cèki	cəki	‘stick’
cèku	cəku	‘1SG, I’
cèla	cəla	1. ‘dive’ 2. ‘shoot with arrow’
cèlu	cəlu	‘close, putty’
cèna	cəna	‘sink’
ceo	ceo	‘nine’
cèpu	cəpu	‘loosen’
cèri	cəri	‘separate’
cèru	cəru	‘gouge, lacerate’
ci'u	ciʔu	‘one’
cici	cici	‘k.o. fish’
cika	cika	‘k.o. bird’
ciki	ciki	‘little’
ciki-diki	ciki-diki	‘in a moment’
ciu	ciu	‘tear, broken’
conge	coŋe	‘open’
core	core	‘throw, toss’
cu'i	cuʔi	‘throw out s.t.’
cucu mata	cucu mata	‘beach’
cudu	cudu	‘bow down’
cue	cue	‘one, a’
cuhi	cuhi	‘cool’
cui	cui	‘lever’
curu	curu	‘spoon’
d'èlu	ɗəlu	‘belly’
d'èu	ɗəu	‘grope’
d'oro	ɗoro	‘thunder’
da'u	daʔu	‘scoop’
dadana	dadana	‘branch’
dadèdhu	dadəɖʐu	1. ‘lack’ 2. ‘difficulties’
dae	dae	‘land’
daga	daɡa	‘trade’
dai	dai	‘enough, until, reach, arrived’
dame	dame	‘paint’
dame	dame	‘peace’
dano	dano	‘lake’
dapu	dapu	‘kitchen’
dara	dara	‘inside, heart’
dara lobho	dara lobβo	‘shallow sea’
daramaga	daramaɡa	‘dock’
dari	dari	‘grindstone’
dau-dau	dau-dau	‘k.o. voice’
de	de	‘so’
dèbho	dəbβo	‘big (wood)’
dèbo	dəbo	‘wooden stick’
dede	dede	‘lift’
dede ose	dede ose	‘enter the weaving stick’
dedena	dedena	‘same age’
dedha	deɖʐa	‘above’
dèi	dəi	‘like’
dèlu	dəlu	‘womb, inside body’
dènge	dəŋe	1. ‘own’ 2. ‘with, and’ 3. ‘spontaneously’
deo	deo	‘just now’
dètu	dətu	‘near’
deu	deu	‘bop on head’
dèu	dəu	‘grope’
dha'u	ɖʐaʔu	‘go down’
dhaa	ɖʐaː	‘respond, answer’
dhadhe	ɖʐaɖʐe	‘cut fish’
dhae	ɖʐae	‘not yet, put’
dhai	ɖʐai	‘net’
dhana	ɖʐana	‘sign’
Dhao	ɖʐao	‘Ndao’
dhare	ɖʐare	‘mark by cutting’
dhari	ɖʐari	‘rope, string’
dhari hake	ɖʐari hake	‘belt’
dhasi	ɖʐasi	‘sea’
dhasi joro	ɖʐasi ɟoro	‘high tide’
dhasi uli	ɖʐasi uli	‘high tide’
dhau	ɖʐau	‘indigo’
dhèbo	ɖʐəbo	‘big’
dhèbu	ɖʐəbu	‘sugarcane’
dhedhe	ɖʐeɖʐe	‘hit’
dhedhe	ɖʐeɖʐe	‘pound, step’
dhèi	ɖʐəi	‘feces’
dhèko	ɖʐəko	‘shake’
dhèko	ɖʐəko	‘take out’
dhèle	ɖʐəle	‘swallow’
dhènu	ɖʐənu	‘bury’
dheo	ɖʐeo	‘k.o. fish’
dhèpi	ɖʐəpi	‘floor mat’
dhèru-dhèru	ɖʐəru-ɖʐəru	‘sound of thunder’
dhète	ɖʐəte	‘poke’
dhèto	ɖʐəto	‘hit’
dhèu	ɖʐəu	‘person’
dhii-dhii	ɖʐiː-ɖʐiː	‘stand patiently’
dhimu	ɖʐimu	‘east’
dhiu	ɖʐiu	‘leave, go’
dhobho	ɖʐobβo	‘dilute’
dho-dhoka	ɖʐo-ɖʐoka	‘only’
dhoka	ɖʐoka	‘just’
dhoo	ɖʐoː	‘swear’
dhoo-dhoo	ɖʐoː-ɖʐoː	‘stand steadily’
dhu	ɖʐu	‘REL’
dhua	ɖʐua	‘palm juice, sap’
dhudhu	ɖʐuɖʐu	‘thorn’
dhui	ɖʐui	‘bail’
dhui	ɖʐui	‘old’
dhuli	ɖʐuli	‘stop by, visit’
dhuru	ɖʐuru	‘fire place’
di	di	‘only’
diki	diki	‘moment’
dino	dino	‘telescope’
diu	diu	‘bathe’
do	do	‘or’
doa	doa	‘cluck’
doa	doa	‘raise’
dobe	dobe	‘dice’
dobho	dobβo	‘clap water’
dobho	dobβo	‘make oval’
doe iiki	doe iːki	‘just now’
doe ne'e	doe neʔe	‘today’
doi	doi	‘money’
Doko	doko	‘name’
dote	dote	‘doctor’
dua	dua	‘two’
dugu	duɡu	‘poke, tease’
dui	dui	‘carry’
dule	dule	‘paint’
Duli Toga	duli toɡa	‘person name’
duri	duri	‘rub’
e	e	‘PART’
ea	ea	‘that’
èci	əci	‘one’
Edha	eɖʐa	‘Rote’
edhe	eɖʐe	‘soak’
èdhi	əɖʐi	‘1PL IN, we’
edo	edo	‘grub up’
edu n. k.o.small.fish.	edu n. k.o.small.fish.	‘k.o. small fish’
ee	eː	‘uhm’
eea	eːa	‘ooh’
eebo-eebo	eːbo-eːbo	‘floating’
èèg'a	əəɠa	‘span’
èèg'e	əəɠe	‘span’
eeko-eeko	eːko-eːko	‘wobbling’
eele	eːle	‘PART’
èèna	əəna	‘DIST SG, that’
eepo-eepo	eːpo-eːpo	‘panting (walk)’
eere-eere	eːre-eːre	‘keep laughing’
èi	əi	‘water, well’
èi ani	əi ani	‘k.o. tool’
èj'i	əʄi	‘rain’
èj'i lai	əʄi lai	‘rainy season’
èki	əki	‘tie’
èla	əla	‘wing’
ele	ele	‘lose’
èle	əle	1. ‘finished, recover’ 2. ‘already’
ele boe	ele boe	‘about, maybe, not lose’
èle èèna ka	əle əəna ka	‘then, after that’
èle ka	əle ka	‘then, after that’
ele madha	ele maɖʐa	‘too many’
ele ruhu	ele ruhu	‘too many (people)’
èli	əli	‘tusk’
èma	əma	‘eight grams’
èmu	əmu	‘house’
èna	əna	‘six’
ènu	ənu	‘slave’
ènyi	əɲi	‘press, overlap’
ènyu	əɲu	1. ‘turtle’ 2. ‘plait’
eo	eo	‘herd, turn’
èo	əo	‘herd’
eo-eo	eo-eo	‘turning’
èpa	əpa	1. ‘four’ 2. ‘stem (of leaf)’
èpa bau	əpa bau	‘stem of palm leaf’
èpi	əpi	‘plait’
èpu	əpu	‘grandchild’
era	era	‘place’
era	era	‘still’
èra	əra	‘strong’
ère	əre	‘pull’
èru	əru	‘clay pot’
eso	eso	‘move’
èsu	əsu	‘navel’
eta	eta	‘drift ashore’
èta	əta	1. ‘part, piece’ 2. ‘cut’
èta	əta	‘top lontar’
èto	əto	‘dregs’
ètu	ətu	‘LOC, in, at, on’
èu	əu	‘2SG, you’
g'ag'aru	ɠaɠaru	‘squeeze’
g'ag'e	ɠaɠe	‘touch, feel’
g'ala	ɠala	‘crock’
g'ana	ɠana	‘right’
g'aru	ɠaru	‘squeeze’
g'ero-g'ero	ɠero-ɠero	‘k.o. sound’
g'ètu	ɠətu	‘pick’
g'ute	ɠute	‘cut with scissor’
ga'e	ɡaʔe	‘hook’
gaa-gaa	ɡaː-ɡaː	‘state of dead’
gadi	ɡadi	‘ivory’
gagai	ɡaɡai	‘angry’
gage	ɡaɡe	‘ankle’
gage	ɡaɡe	‘starfish’
gaged'o	ɡaɡeɗo	‘shake’
gagiti	ɡaɡiti	‘k.o. palm tapping tool to hook container’
gagoo	ɡaɡoː	‘senile’
gaguu	ɡaɡuː	‘cobweb’
gai	ɡai	‘dab’
galaa	ɡalaː	‘complain about.s.t., accuse, demand’
galaa	ɡalaː	‘glass’
gale	ɡale	‘invite, urge’
gama	ɡama	‘hit’
game	ɡame	‘hit’
gamu	ɡamu	‘float’
gana	ɡana	‘right’
gao	ɡao	‘pull down’
gareta	ɡareta	‘cart, wagon’
gari-gari	ɡari-ɡari	‘too overflow’
garu	ɡaru	‘igniter, matches’
gati	ɡati	‘substitute’
gela	ɡela	‘dry in the sun’
gepe	ɡepe	‘flank’
gèu-gèu	ɡəu-ɡəu	‘too red’
gili	ɡili	‘drive’
gitu-gitu	ɡitu-ɡitu	‘stuck’
goa	ɡoa	‘stupid, fatuous’
goa-dano	ɡoa-dano	‘turtle’
godo	ɡodo	‘set from the bottom’
goe	ɡoe	‘lock’
gogo	ɡoɡo	‘grope’
golo	ɡolo	‘loose’
goo-goo	ɡoː-ɡoː	‘too soundly’
goro	ɡoro	‘quit’
gua-gua	ɡua-ɡua	‘sitting around’
guri	ɡuri	‘collapse’
guru-guru	ɡuru-ɡuru	‘pitch’
ha	ha	‘aha’
ha'u	haʔu	‘egret’
haa	haː	‘lung’
haa	haː	‘west’
haa-bai	haː-bai	‘lazy’
hadhu	haɖʐu	‘rock, stone’
Hadhu aae	haɖʐu aːe	‘October’
Hadhu lai	haɖʐu lai	‘September, summer’
hae	hae	‘flow’
hag'e	haɠe	1. ‘separate’ 2. ‘part of’
haga	haɡa	‘foot, leg’
haha	haha	‘low, below’
hahae	hahae	‘shake’
hahi	hahi	‘pig’
hahilu	hahilu	‘wrapped’
hahusu	hahusu	‘arc’
haj'a	haʄa	‘iron’
haka	haka	‘hit’
hake	hake	‘beat’
haki-haki	haki-haki	‘too (thick)’
haku	haku	‘finish’
hale	hale	‘regret’
haleja	haleɟa	‘hip’
hara-hara	hara-hara	‘supine’
hare'a	hareʔa	‘boil’
haree	hareː	‘k.o. bottle’
hari	hari	1. ‘move’ 2. ‘again’
Hari Besa	hari besa	‘Holiday, December’
haruu	haruː	‘k.o. roller’
hau	hau	‘k.o. tree’
hea	hea	‘oh’
hèba	həba	‘mouth, door’
hedu-hedu	hedu-hedu	‘sway’
hèga	həɡa	‘k.o. tree’
hègamanu	həɡamanu	‘k.o. tree’
hèi	həi	‘also’
hèia	həia	‘then, afterwards’
Heiama	heiama	‘name of person’
heka	heka	‘afterwards’
heka	heka	‘have just’
heka	heka	‘no longer’
heka	heka	‘old age’
hela	hela	‘blossom’
hela	hela	‘machete’
hèla lai	həla lai	‘tail’
hèle	həle	‘unfold, spread’
hèli	həli	‘buy’
hèngu	həŋu	‘thread’
hèni	həni	‘sister’
hensel	hensel	‘hinges’
hènyi	həɲi	‘areca nut’
heo	heo	‘aglow, enlace’
hera	hera	‘dirty’
hèru	həru	1. ‘moon, month’ 2. ‘roll’
Hèru Hadhu	həru haɖʐu	‘September, summer’
hèru hadhu	həru haɖʐu	‘summer’
Hèru Hadhu aae	həru haɖʐu aːe	‘October’
Hèru Holomanu	həru holomanu	‘May’
hèru kateme	həru kateme	‘full moon’
hèu	həu	‘odor’
hèu bhobho	həu bβobβo	‘bad odor’
hèu oone-oone	həu oːne-oːne	‘too smelly’
hi'i	hiʔi	‘finishing’
hia	hia	‘give’
hie	hie	‘give’
hiki	hiki	‘move’
hini	hini	‘chanting’
hini	hini	‘seed’
hisu	hisu	‘wound’
hiu	hiu	‘new’
ho	ho	‘so that, then’
ho'a	hoʔa	‘group of thread’
hoi	hoi	‘weeping’
hoka	hoka	‘invite’
holo	holo	‘advise’
Holomanu	holomanu	‘place name’
holonori	holonori	‘advise, Word of God’
Horiama	horiama	‘name of person’
horo	horo	‘hold’
horo parahi	horo parahi	‘God the creator’
hua	hua	‘all’
hua	hua	1. ‘fruit’ 2. ‘weaving motif’
hua dhimu	hua ɖʐimu	‘watermelon’
hua hètu	hua hətu	‘star’
hua iia	hua iːa	‘honorable’
hualaa	hualaː	‘gold’
hudi	hudi	‘let, not care’
hue	hue	‘carry’
huhu	huhu	‘fish, trap’
hui	hui	‘base, astern’
hui	hui	‘wild’
hui kehi	hui kehi	‘nape’
huj'u	huʄu	‘crazy’
huki	huki	‘grub up, gouge’
huni	huni	‘hide’
huni	huni	‘scabies’
huri	huri	‘weight’
huru madha	huru maɖʐa	‘tuft’
hutu	hutu	‘cover, wrap’
i'a	iʔa	‘fish’
i'a mabho	iʔa mabβo	‘tuna, fish’
ia	ia	‘stop, divorce’
idhu-idhu	iɖʐu-iɖʐu	‘very (full)’
iga	iɡa	‘count’
iha	iha	‘lap’
ii	iː	‘stalk’
iia	iːa	1. ‘good’ 2. ‘free, common’
iia-aala	iːa-aːla	‘crowded’
iia-iia	iːa-iːa	‘not bad’
iie	iːe	‘precisely’
iiki	iːki	1. ‘small’ 2. ‘tiny’
ilu	ilu	‘spittle’
ina	ina	‘mother’
Ina Koli	ina koli	‘person name’
inaa	inaː	‘ouch’
inu	inu	‘wear’
ira e	ira e	‘oh my God’
irii	iriː	‘wao’
isi	isi	1. ‘body’ 2. ‘bullet, volume, book’ 3. ‘fill’
Isi Nèta	isi nəta	‘August’
ita	ita	‘almost’
iu	iu	‘bind’
j'a'i	ʄaʔi	‘catch, fish’
j'aga	ʄaɡa	‘guard’
j'aj'i	ʄaʄi	1. ‘become’ 2. ‘so’
j'ala	ʄala	‘net’
j'ami	ʄami	‘jungle’
j'angi	ʄaŋi	‘clean’
j'ara	ʄara	‘road, manner, way’
j'au	ʄau	‘sewing’
j'èje	ʄəɟe	‘step on’
j'èla	ʄəla	‘sole of foot’
j'éli	ʄéli	‘step on’
j'èru	ʄəru	‘support’
j'èru sina	ʄəru sina	‘lemon’
j'o	ʄo	‘rather’
j'oka	ʄoka	‘lift’
j'ola	ʄola	‘hand over’
j'ole	ʄole	‘give, hand over, hand up’
j'u'u	ʄuʔu	‘grass’
j'ubhu	ʄubβu	‘fist’
j'ue	ʄue	‘cut, chop’
j'uj'u	ʄuʄu	‘refer to, point to’
j'unu	ʄunu	‘lie down’
ja'a	ɟaʔa	‘1SG, I’
jaji	ɟaɟi	‘promise’
Japaa	ɟapaː	‘Japan’
jara	ɟara	1. ‘horse’ 2. ‘dance’
jèji	ɟəɟi	‘touch, pound’
jèke	ɟəke	‘snap’
jéra	ɟéra	‘difficult, suffer’
jèru	ɟəru	‘carry’
jesi	ɟesi	‘inject’
Jesu	ɟesu	‘Jesus’
ji'i	ɟiʔi	‘1PL EX, we’
jihona	ɟihona	‘moringa’
jingi	ɟiŋi	‘tidy up’
Jote	ɟote	‘person name’
juraga	ɟuraɡa	‘owner of boat’
ka	ka	‘PART’
ka'unyi	kaʔuɲi	‘turmeric’
ka'uri	kaʔuri	‘skin’
kaba	kaba	‘shell’
kabake	kabake	‘belly’
kabalosi	kabalosi	‘snail’
kabao	kabao	‘water buffalo’
kabarai	kabarai	‘island’
kabe'e	kabeʔe	‘moist, humid’
kabeba	kabeba	‘butterfly’
kabèbu	kabəbu	‘fat’
kabèdhi	kabəɖʐi	‘wake up, surprise’
kabèdhi la'a	kabəɖʐi laʔa	‘suddenly’
kabee	kabeː	‘bleat’
kabela	kabela	‘flat, stone’
Kabela Bhèla	kabela bβəla	‘name of place’
kabela kao	kabela kao	‘shoulder’
kabèli	kabəli	‘turn’
kabènyo	kabəɲo	‘shake’
kabhao	kabβao	‘raft’
kabhao	kabβao	‘very big’
kabheca	kabβeca	‘mud’
kabhèca	kabβəca	‘muddy’
kabhèla	kabβəla	‘width’
kabhèsu	kabβəsu	‘sweat’
kabhète	kabβəte	‘condensed, thick’
kabhèu	kabβəu	‘palm beam’
kabhie	kabβie	‘press’
kabhisa	kabβisa	‘sack’
kabho'o	kabβoʔo	‘sound’
kabholo	kabβolo	‘tip’
kabholo keke	kabβolo keke	‘dry lontar fruit’
kabhoo	kabβoː	‘k.o. tree’
kabhu	kabβu	‘chest’
kabhui	kabβui	‘fall’
kabhuku	kabβuku	‘hill’
kabi	kabi	‘marry’
kabiba	kabiba	‘turn s o.'s head’
kabicu	kabicu	‘corner’
kabodho	kaboɖʐo	‘back, behind’
kaboi	kaboi	‘look after, rear, raise’
kaboko	kaboko	‘gather’
kabua	kabua	‘bridewealth, price’
kabui	kabui	‘pea’
kabui aae	kabui aːe	‘k.o. beans’
kabunu	kabunu	‘banyan’
kaca'a	kacaʔa	‘all at once’
kaca'alaa	kacaʔalaː	‘suddenly’
kaceba	kaceba	‘spatter’
kacèbha	kacəbβa	‘shine’
kacèbhe	kacəbβe	‘cleave’
kacèla	kacəla	‘angry’
kacici	kacici	‘peel’
kacui.aai	kacui.aːi	‘hand’
kacuu	kacuː	‘carry on back’
kadati	kadati	‘name of clan’
kadea	kadea	‘yarn roller’
kadègo	kadəɡo	‘shake’
kadèna	kadəna	‘firewood’
kadera	kadera	‘chair’
kadhai	kaɖʐai	‘palm fiber’
kadhei	kaɖʐei	‘hold’
kadhèi	kaɖʐəi	‘rasher’
kadhèko	kaɖʐəko	‘palpitate’
kadheli	kaɖʐeli	‘ring’
kadhèli	kaɖʐəli	‘part’
kadhèna	kaɖʐəna	‘firewood’
kadhi	kaɖʐi	‘bite’
kadhii	kaɖʐiː	‘strong’
kadhike	kaɖʐike	‘weight’
kadhoe	kaɖʐoe	‘hang’
kadhu	kaɖʐu	‘charcoal’
kadhu	kaɖʐu	‘pregnant, way of wearing cloth’
Kadoge	kadoɡe	‘person name’
kadosa	kadosa	‘remain in vinegar, slice of meat or fish’
kaduru	kaduru	‘bow’
kaepaja	kaepaɟa	‘sarong’
kaha'a	kahaʔa	‘flame’
kaha'i	kahaʔi	‘remains’
kahadhu	kahaɖʐu	‘brain, pregnant’
kahècu	kahəcu	‘space between joints’
kahèi	kahəi	‘again’
kaheko	kaheko	‘dangle’
kahèlu	kahəlu	‘tangle’
kahero	kahero	‘throw with thick’
kahèru	kahəru	‘kapok’
kahèti	kahəti	‘slingshot’
kahètu	kahətu	‘cambium’
kahèu	kahəu	‘blister’
kahibi	kahibi	‘goat’
kahore	kahore	‘circle’
kahudhi	kahuɖʐi	‘k.o. accessories’
kahunu	kahunu	‘coconut fiber’
kai	kai	‘prohibit, forbid’
kaj'alu	kaʄalu	‘dirty, filthy’
kaj'èpe	kaʄəpe	‘adhere’
kaj'èu	kaʄəu	‘far’
kaja	kaɟa	‘rich’
kajape	kaɟape	‘stuck up’
kajari	kaɟari	‘branch’
kajii	kaɟiː	‘money’
kakama	kakama	‘k.o. handle’
kakara	kakara	‘chest’
kakarai	kakarai	‘scorpion’
kakatua	kakatua	‘forceps’
kakeho	kakeho	‘stir’
kaki	kaki	‘brace’
kako	kako	‘walk’
kakoko	kakoko	‘k.o. plate’
kakulu	kakulu	‘wrinkle’
kala'a	kalaʔa	‘just’
kalaa	kalaː	‘k.o. tree’
kalabhe	kalabβe	‘strike’
kalaga	kalaɡa	‘wooden couch’
kalaga-ledo	kalaɡa-ledo	‘platform’
kalaha'a	kalahaʔa	‘charcoal’
kalai	kalai	‘branch’
kalaingeka	kalaiŋeka	‘k.o. ceremony’
kalaiyèu	kalaijəu	‘bamboo’
kalati	kalati	‘worm’
kalau	kalau	‘afoot’
kale'e	kaleʔe	‘shine’
kalèki	kaləki	‘twist’
kalela	kalela	‘k.o. ceremony’
kalèla	kaləla	‘k.o. plant’
kalera	kalera	‘k.o. basket’
kalèsa	kaləsa	‘dry’
kalete	kalete	‘bridge’
kalibhi	kalibβi	‘flat thing’
kalicu	kalicu	1. ‘immature fruit’ 2. ‘young’
kalij'u	kaliʄu	‘name of fish’
kaliji	kaliɟi	‘peel’
kaloo	kaloː	‘not move’
kaloos	kaloːs	‘roll’
kalua	kalua	1. ‘nerve’ 2. ‘exit’
kalutu	kalutu	‘k.o. motif, soft thing’
kama	kama	‘room’
kamaki	kamaki	‘branch’
kamale	kamale	‘withered’
kamango	kamaŋo	‘dry’
kamea lote	kamea lote	‘k.o. disease’
kamèu	kaməu	‘k.o. disease’
kamia	kamia	‘candlenut’
kamuki	kamuki	‘k.o. stick’
kanaca	kanaca	‘k.o. fish trap’
kanadhu	kanaɖʐu	‘egg’
kanana	kanana	‘betel’
kanate	kanate	‘receptacle’
kanau	kanau	‘bracelet’
kanee	kaneː	‘part’
kanici	kanici	‘sort’
kanoto	kanoto	‘sack, bag’
kanuu	kanuː	‘squid’
kanyahu hèngu	kaɲahu həŋu	‘cotton’
kao	kao	‘scratch, row’
kaoo-kaoo	kaoː-kaoː	‘bird sound’
kapa	kapa	‘ship’
kapai	kapai	‘big, large’
kapaj'u	kapaʄu	‘octopus’
kapaka	kapaka	‘k.o. tree’
kapala	kapala	‘head, leader’
kapatei	kapatei	‘captain’
kapepe	kapepe	‘round’
kapepe nana	kapepe nana	‘betel-nut container’
kapesa	kapesa	‘seed container’
kapoke	kapoke	‘spear’
kapua	kapua	‘tree's foot, trunk, capital’
kapui	kapui	‘small’
kapulu	kapulu	‘thick’
karaba	karaba	‘k.o. manger’
karadhe	karaɖʐe	‘twist’
karai	karai	‘since’
karaka	karaka	‘crab’
karaka rai	karaka rai	‘scorpion’
karara	karara	‘yellow’
karasa	karasa	‘side’
karata	karata	‘colorful’
kare	kare	‘k.o. tree’
karèbho	karəbβo	‘gourd’
karèce	karəce	‘spatter’
karehe	karehe	‘bad’
karèi	karəi	‘ask, question’
karej'e	kareʄe	‘happy’
karèke	karəke	‘climb’
kareko	kareko	‘shake’
karihu	karihu	‘play’
karii	kariː	‘if’
karo	karo	‘sack’
karo	karo	‘scratch’
karoba	karoba	‘coconut calyx’
karogo	karoɡo	‘cage’
karohe	karohe	‘fast’
karoo	karoː	‘aglow’
karubhu	karubβu	‘failing sound’
karui	karui	‘left’
karunu	karunu	‘cutting of rice’
kasasi	kasasi	‘temple service’
kasere	kasere	‘consider’
kasiro	kasiro	1. ‘shoot at’ 2. ‘gun’
kaso	kaso	‘pull’
kasore	kasore	‘slant’
kasua	kasua	‘k.o. filter’
kataka	kataka	‘ax’
kataki	kataki	‘arrow, shoot with arrow’
katanga	kataŋa	‘cover’
katanga madha	kataŋa maɖʐa	‘face’
katanga rèi	kataŋa rəi	‘forehead’
katange	kataŋe	‘shut’
katata	katata	‘cornered’
katate	katate	‘corner’
katèbhu	katəbβu	‘chicken coop’
katède	katəde	‘taste’
katèdhe	katəɖʐe	‘touch’
katèju	katəɟu	‘clap’
katèju	katəɟu	‘force’
katele	katele	‘deaf’
katèlu	katəlu	‘third’
kateme	kateme	‘intact’
katia	katia	‘k.o. cockle shells’
katiti	katiti	‘leak through’
katua	katua	‘leader’
katuba	katuba	‘wickedness, evil’
katuju	katuɟu	‘kick’
katuka	katuka	‘rice cake’
kau	kau	‘cooked rice’
kauktu	kauktu	‘closing’
kaya'u	kajaʔu	‘cotton’
ke'a	keʔa	‘1SG know’
kèbalaa	kəbalaː	‘suddenly’
kèbho	kəbβo	‘k.o. tree’
kèd'u	kəɗu	‘hold’
kèdhi	kəɖʐi	‘1SG see’
kèdi	kədi	‘get up’
kèdu	kədu	‘hold’
kee	keː	‘sweet’
kehi	kehi	‘million’
kèi	kəi	‘dig’
kèj'i	kəʄi	‘stab’
kele	kele	‘wooden box’
kèli	kəli	‘lontar palm’
kèlu	kəlu	‘debt’
kèmu	kəmu	‘keep s.t. in the mouth’
kèna	kəna	‘that just now’
kèni	kəni	‘keel’
kepe	kepe	‘cloth’
kèpe	kəpe	‘catch, hold’
kèpu	kəpu	‘burnt’
kera	kera	‘brother in law’
kèri	kəri	‘tap palm’
kèru-kèru	kəru-kəru	‘crunchy’
kete	kete	‘smarting’
kèti	kəti	‘1SG bring, I bring’
kètu	kətu	‘head’
kètu	kətu	‘pack’
kico-kico	kico-kico	‘grinding’
kii-kii	kiː-kiː	‘crying sound’
kiju	kiɟu	‘insert, tuck’
kikidui	kikidui	‘ant’
kinu	kinu	‘1SG drink’
kio	kio	‘chirrup’
kiu	kiu	‘round up’
ko'o	koʔo	‘1SG want’
koa	koa	‘pride’
koaao	koaːo	‘arrogant’
koa-kio	koa-kio	‘praise’
kobo	kobo	‘narrow’
kode	kode	‘monkey’
kodho	koɖʐo	‘shirt’
koe	koe	‘crooked, bent’
koha	koha	‘boat’
kohi	kohi	‘coffee’
koi	koi	‘bed’
koki	koki	‘cake’
koko	koko	‘larynx’
koko oko	koko oko	‘crackle’
kokotai	kokotai	‘k.o. flat basket’
kokotoo	kokotoː	‘crow’
Kolibubhu	kolibubβu	‘person name in folk tale’
kolo	kolo	‘top, tip, descent’
kolo keja	kolo keɟa	‘waist’
kolorii	koloriː	‘k.o. fish’
kora	kora	‘1SG take’
kora list	kora list	‘1SG give birth’
kore	kore	‘1SG take’
kore	kore	‘until’
koro	koro	‘large turtledove’
koro j'aha	koro ʄaha	‘dove’
koro mata	koro mata	‘k.o. fish’
korobaho	korobaho	‘place name in Rote’
koro-koro	koro-koro	‘flowing loose’
kosa	kosa	‘rub’
kotak	kotak	‘box’
ku	ku	‘1SG CL’
ku	ku	‘tag’
ku'a	kuʔa	‘1SG eat’
ku'u	kuʔu	‘pinch’
kuhu	kuhu	‘stay’
kukudui	kukudui	‘ant’
kula	kula	‘share’
kura	kura	‘less’
kutu	kutu	‘close’
la'a	laʔa	‘go 1PL EX’
la'a	laʔa	‘go ahead’
la'e	laʔe	‘go 3SG’
laa	laː	‘stem’
laa	laː	‘stick’
laba	laba	‘oppose’
labhi	labβi	‘make layer’
labhu	labβu	‘lamp’
lada	lada	‘white pepper’
ladha	laɖʐa	‘rip of palm lead’
ladha rai	laɖʐa rai	‘k.o. stick’
ladhagoro	laɖʐaɡoro	‘neck’
ladhe	laɖʐe	‘if’
ladhe	laɖʐe	‘see’
laho	laho	‘destroyed, broken’
lai	lai	‘k.o. fish’
lai	lai	‘snail’
lai ag'o	lai aɠo	‘boy’
lai balu médi	lai balu médi	‘bat’
laiaae	laiaːe	‘guy’
lai-lai	lai-lai	‘quickly, recently’
laka	laka	‘k.o. tree’
lakaseti	lakaseti	‘force’
lake	lake	‘hold’
lakoko	lakoko	‘neck’
laku	laku	‘go 1SG’
lala	lala	1. ‘flood’ 2. ‘overflow’
lala o'oo	lala oʔoː	‘drowning’
lalaa	lalaː	‘rinse’
lalata	lalata	‘k.o. layer’
lalau	lalau	‘repair, arrange’
lale	lale	‘overflow’
laleko	laleko	‘bother’
laligu	laliɡu	‘k.o. belt’
lalo'o	laloʔo	‘manage’
lalobhu	lalobβu	1. ‘sow’ 2. ‘spread’
lalodhe	laloɖʐe	‘hang’
laloe	laloe	‘dry leaves’
lalolo	lalolo	‘fence wood’
lalu	lalu	1. ‘take care, serve’ 2. ‘motherless’
laludhu	laluɖʐu	‘uncooked rice’
lamakera	lamakera	‘pants, trouser’
lamatua	lamatua	‘Lord, Mr’
lami	lami	‘go 2PL’
lamu	lamu	‘go 2SG’
lamusi	lamusi	‘seed’
langa	laŋa	‘stair’
langi	laŋi	‘fish name’
lao-lao	lao-lao	‘too white, have nothing’
lara	lara	‘fly’
lari	lari	‘plant’
lasa ara	lasa ara	‘nape’
lasa'ara	lasaʔara	‘shoulder’
lasi	lasi	‘go 3PL’
lasona	lasona	‘onion’
lata	lata	‘pandanus’
late	late	‘stitch together’
latète	latəte	‘wag’
lati	lati	‘go 1PL IN’
lèbha	ləbβa	‘crown’
lècu	ləcu	‘undo’
ledhe	leɖʐe	‘mountain, hill’
ledho	leɖʐo	‘dance’
lega	leɡa	‘leave’
lege	leɡe	‘leave’
lèka	ləka	‘believe’
lèke	ləke	‘appropriate, right, touched’
leko	leko	‘disturb, persuade’
leko	leko	‘if’
leko-monya	leko-moɲa	‘lie’
lèku	ləku	‘break’
lela	lela	‘fly’
leli	leli	‘ineptly’
lème	ləme	‘everywhere’
lèmi	ləmi	‘five’
lènge	ləŋe	‘pass’
lèngi	ləŋi	‘oil’
leo	leo	‘other’
leo	leo	‘overshade, shelter’
lèpa	ləpa	‘fold’
lèpa	ləpa	‘return, go home’
lèpe	ləpe	‘fold’
lere	lere	‘escort, accompany’
leru	leru	‘care for, see’
lesu	lesu	‘handkerchief’
léu	léu	1. ‘sea’ 2. ‘wash’
li'u	liʔu	‘outside’
lia	lia	‘mountain’
lia pana	lia pana	‘ginger’
libu	libu	‘melt’
lidhu	liɖʐu	‘fold’
lii	liː	1. ‘voice, sound, message, language’ 2. ‘call, speak’
liku	liku	‘hug, embrace’
lili	lili	‘candle’
lili	lili	‘still’
limuri	limuri	‘latest, last’

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