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Mead (1998g): Kulisusu

Original citation: Mead, David. 1998. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. PhD thesis, Rice University.

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Headword	IPA	Glosses
ana	ana	‘child, offspring’
ana piara	ana piara	‘adopted child’
and	and	‘arrive’
anu	anu	‘shame’
ari	ari	‘already’
arumai	arumai	‘from down there to here’
ate	ate	‘liver’
bali	bali	‘change’
bali	bali	‘enemy’
balibulibu	balibulibu	‘gather (oneselves) together into a circle’
bansule	bansule	‘return home’
bene	bene	‘k.o. plant with thorns and a small edible tuber, usually growing in rocky areas’
bintani	bintani	‘leave somewhere’
biri	biri	‘ear’
boke	boke	‘bundle, sheaf’
boro	boro	‘mucus’
bose	bose	‘oar, paddle’
boto	boto	‘body’
boto	boto	‘classifier used when counting’
buke	buke	‘full’
buku lale	buku lale	‘ankle’
bunga	buŋa	‘flower’
buroto	buroto	‘mosquito’
cia	tʃia	‘belly’
cucuwi	tʃutʃuβi	‘close, cover’
cudu	tʃudu	‘land, arrive from above’
cukana	tʃukana	‘ask’
culi	tʃuli	‘earwax’
cuna	tʃuna	‘secondary sprout (as from a stump or cut-off branch)’
cuncu	tʃuntʃu	‘come to an end (as a story)’
cundo	tʃundo	‘heel’
cuu	tʃuu	‘knee’
dahu	dahu	‘dog’
doloma	doloma	‘darkness’
dopi	dopi	‘board, plank’
ea	ea	‘very, exceeding(ly)’
ecu	etʃu	‘hundred’
ehe	ehe	‘want, desire’
elo	elo	‘tongue’
eme	eme	‘liquid’
empe	empe	‘mat’
entaa	entaa	‘high’
enu	enu	‘necklace’
epe	epe	‘swamp’
esa	esa	‘ladder’
haka	haka	‘root’
halu	halu	‘eight’
hapa	hapa	‘what’
hawiako	haβiako	‘sow, scatter’
hea	hea	‘slice’
hiku	hiku	‘elbow’
hoa	hoa	‘hornbill’
hole	hole	‘fry’
hopa	hopa	‘hound’
hori	hori	‘side’
horo	horo	‘floor’
horu	horu	‘weave (cloth)’
hule	hule	‘heart’
hulu	hulu	‘lamp’
i	i	‘at’
i mbui	i mbui	‘in back’
i ou	i ou	‘in front, before’
ika	ika	‘fish’
iki	iki	‘tail’
impia	impia	‘some unspecified time after today, when (future)’
inalahi	inalahi	‘(that which) is covered with trees’
inimpia	inimpia	‘some unspecified time before today, the other day, when, when?’
inipua	inipua	‘day after tomorrow’
ipua	ipua	‘day before yesterday’
isa saade	isa saade	‘one, independent numeral’
kadadi	kadadi	‘animal’
kai	kai	‘hook, catch’
kalombahano enge	kalombahano eŋe	‘nostril’
keke	keke	‘carry under the arm’
kela	kela	‘gourd, pumpkin’
keru	keru	‘scrape out (as young coconut from the shell with a spoon)’
kila	kila	‘flash of lightning’
kobongobongo	koboŋoboŋo	‘stupid, not all there’
kolili-lili	kolili-lili	‘walk around, go around’
kolopua	kolopua	‘tortoise’
koloro	koloro	‘twine’
kolumpe	kolumpe	‘forget’
kompo	kompo	‘guts’
kona	kona	‘reach, fit, contact, touch, hit’
konuai	konuai	‘millipede’
konuku	konuku	‘nail, hoof, claw’
koo	koo	‘tie up (as a chicken)’
kori	kori	‘ringworm’
kuli	kuli	‘skin’
kuluri	kuluri	‘parrot’
kumbi	kumbi	‘scabies’
kundo	kundo	‘cloud’
kuro	kuro	‘cooking pot’
laa	laa	‘internode, section (of bamboo, sugar cane)’
laamoa	laamoa	‘atmosphere’
lako	lako	‘go’
lale	lale	‘fly’
langku	laŋku	‘mallet (e.g. for chisel)’
lanu	lanu	‘palm species, source of a fiber used for wrapping small bundles’
lausako	lausako	‘go on (to next place or next activity) without delay or intervening activity’
le'uha	leʔuha	‘louse egg’
lembo	lembo	‘flow of water (as from a spilled glass)’
lima	lima	‘five’
lipu	lipu	‘country, village’
locuki	lotʃuki	‘break, break in two (as an ear of corn)’
lolae	lolae	‘umbilical cord’
lumonso	lumonso	‘jump’
mata	mata	‘eye’
mate	mate	‘dead’
meha	meha	‘portion’
melulu	melulu	‘run’
membuni	membuni	‘hide oneself’
memea	memea	‘red’
memee	memee	‘shy, afraid’
menaa	menaa	‘breathe, have breath’
menami	menami	‘feel, taste’
mengili	meŋili	‘descend’
mengkopu	meŋkopu	‘embrace’
mengunsu	meŋunsu	‘sniff’
mewuci	meβutʃi	‘tell lies’
mina'i	minaʔi	‘descend’
misiu	misiu	‘sweet’
mo'amponi	moʔamponi	‘forgive’
mo'ena	moʔena	‘weave’
mo'ia	moʔia	‘stay’
mo'ipi	moʔipi	‘dream’
mo'onto	moʔonto	‘stare, look fixedly at something’
mo'uhu	moʔuhu	‘pierce, prick (as with a needle)’
mo'upu	moʔupu	‘pick (as fruit)’
mo'uso	moʔuso	‘green’
mobaho	mobaho	‘bathe (someone)’
mobea	mobea	‘heavy’
mobewe	mobeβe	‘wind’
mocu'i	motʃuʔi	‘dry’
mocuri	motʃuri	‘sleep’
modoa	modoa	‘count’
mogau	moɡau	‘speak’
mogeru	moɡeru	‘stir’
mogili	moɡili	‘grind’
mohodu	mohodu	‘hiccup’
mohuni	mohuni	‘burn (a field or other large area)’
moiko	moiko	‘appealing to the sight or taste, attractive, nice, pretty, delicious’
mokapa	mokapa	‘thick’
mokato	mokato	‘itch, itchy’
mokua	mokua	‘industrious’
mokuni	mokuni	‘yellow’
molaa	molaa	‘far apart, spaced apart (e.g. bamboo slats of a floor), spread out in space or across time’
molaha	molaha	‘follow, hunt’
molangu	molaŋu	‘dizzy, drunk’
molawani	molaβani	‘answer, reply, respond’
molemba	molemba	‘carry pole’
moleu	moleu	‘withered’
molimpaako	molimpaako	‘step out over s t’
molingaa	moliŋaa	‘bright, clear, late morning after morning mist has burned off’
molino	molino	‘clear, pure (as of water)’
molongkaci	moloŋkatʃi	‘peel off something glued or stuck’
molongko	moloŋko	‘loosen (as coconut meat from the shell by striking the shell)’
molua	molua	‘empty, pour out (the contents of something)’
momale	momale	‘tired’
momama	momama	‘chew’
mombula	mombula	‘plant’
momoni	momoni	‘request’
mompaka	mompaka	‘feed (spirits)’
mompinsi	mompinsi	‘press between the fingers (as in giving a massage)’
mompio	mompio	‘squeeze (as santan from grated coconut)’
mompokacu	mompokatʃu	‘send’
momponangi	momponaŋi	‘win over, defeat’
mompu'ai	mompuʔai	‘dry in the sun’
monaa	monaa	‘store’
monahu	monahu	‘cook by boiling’
moncia	montʃia	‘give’
moncucu	montʃutʃu	‘strike, hammer (as a blacksmith)’
moncunu	montʃunu	‘roast by the fire’
mongare	moŋare	‘lazy’
mongilu	moŋilu	‘sour’
mongkeke	moŋkeke	‘dig’
mongkikii	moŋkikii	‘bite’
mongkocu	moŋkotʃu	‘pick (leaves, etc.), break off’
mongkulisi	moŋkulisi	‘peel’
monipi	monipi	‘thin (objects)’
monsampeako	monsampeako	‘hang (trans) (as clothes on a bush or line)’
monsaru	monsaru	‘borrow’
monsidu	monsidu	‘spoon s.th.’
monsopu	monsopu	‘put hot metal into water, temper’
monsoro	monsoro	‘push’
monsoso	monsoso	‘suck, smoke’
monsusuki	monsusuki	‘stuff into a crack’
monta'o	montaʔo	‘set (traps)’
montotapi	montotapi	‘wash (clothes)’
mopa'i	mopaʔi	‘bitter’
mopusu	mopusu	‘blind’
morako	morako	‘catch (e.g. fish)’
mori	mori	‘small insect-eating bat’
moronge	moroŋe	‘hear’
morongo	moroŋo	‘carry with headstrap’
morungku	moruŋku	‘lame, atrophied’
mosa'o	mosaʔo	‘bad, foul, rotten’
mosinsu	mosinsu	‘awaken s o’
motaha	motaha	‘ripe, done’
mowawa	moβaβa	‘bring’
mowole	moβole	‘spread out’
mowu'ohi	moβuʔohi	‘wash by rubbing the surface of’
mowuwui	moβuβui	‘feed chickens’
nana	nana	‘pus’
nduu-nduu	nduu-nduu	‘bumping sound, thumping sound’
nete	nete	‘small bridge or plank’
ngamba	ŋamba	‘k.o. skin disease, possibly ichthyosis or leprosy’
nganga	ŋaŋa	‘mouth’
ngapa	ŋapa	‘beach, cove, break in the rocky coastline, where one puts out to sea or in to shore, and where ones sampan is stored when not in use’
ngee	ŋee	‘name’
ngisi	ŋisi	‘tooth’
nini	nini	‘k.o. small mosquito’
nohu	nohu	‘rice mortar’
nomo	nomo	‘six’
numangi	numaŋi	‘swim’
oci	otʃi	‘ebb, low tide’
okowi	okoβi	‘brood’
olaro	olaro	‘inside’
oleo	oleo	‘day’
ompudu	ompudu	‘short, low’
onda	onda	‘scale (of fish)’
ongo	oŋo	‘white insect found on stems of cassava plants’
pae	pae	‘field rice’
pake	pake	‘use’
palu	palu	‘hammer (tool)’
pato	pato	‘four’
pea	pea	‘attic, space underneath roof’
pee	pee	‘tight’
pele	pele	‘palm, sole’
peri	peri	‘bamboo sp’
petetea	petetea	‘warfare’
pia	pia	‘how many?’
picu	pitʃu	‘seven’
pidi	pidi	‘bow (for hunting)’
pobumbu	pobumbu	‘ridge pole’
polu	polu	‘fireplace of three stones’
ponu	ponu	‘turtle’
poone	poone	‘climb, ascend’
poone buso	poone buso	‘high tide’
popolo	popolo	‘bride price’
puhe	puhe	‘navel’
pulu	pulu	‘sap, gum’
punci	puntʃi	‘banana’
puri	puri	‘anus’
rapi	rapi	‘kitchen’
riu	riu	‘thorn’
roani	roani	‘bee’
rombia	rombia	‘sago palm’
rombo	rombo	‘gather’
rope	rope	‘bow (of boat)’
rua	rua	‘two’
ruruki	ruruki	‘gather (as ears of corn into a basket)’
sa-	sa-	‘one’
sabucuno	sabutʃuno	‘just then’
saluwu	saluβu	‘all’
sawi	saβi	‘ride in/on’
singkolodo	siŋkolodo	‘back of the knee’
sio	sio	‘nine’
sisi	sisi	‘ring’
songko	soŋko	‘hat’
su'u	suʔu	‘carry on the head’
sudu	sudu	‘poke, prod’
suere	suere	‘different’
sulengi-o	suleŋi-o	‘repeat’
ta'i	taʔi	‘feces’
ta'owu	taʔoβu	‘machete’
ta'u	taʔu	‘year’
taba	taba	‘body fat’
tahi	tahi	‘sea, ocean’
tama awo	tama aβo	‘stepfather’
tangke	taŋke	‘mountain’
tapaa	tapaa	‘storage shelf above hearth’
tasu	tasu	‘dibble stick’
tawaro	taβaro	‘sago starch (collected from both the sago (METROXYLON) and aren (ARENGA) palms)’
tena	tena	‘order s o’
teo	teo	‘nangka species with small fruit’
tepolapi	tepolapi	‘two-layered’
to'ori	toʔori	‘know’
to'u	toʔu	‘truly, very’
toka	toka	‘perch, alight’
tolu	tolu	‘three, bound numeral’
tonda	tonda	‘lead by the hand, take by the hand’
tondo	tondo	‘fence’
tondu	tondu	‘sink’
tonea	tonea	‘taro’
tonga	toŋa	‘waist, middle’
tongo	toŋo	‘wrap (as food in leaves before cooking)’
tonia	tonia	‘new (inanimate)’
toori	toori	‘know’
tora	tora	‘life’
toro	toro	‘rainbow’
towua	toβua	‘bee, noisy insect’
towuni	toβuni	‘afterbirth’
tumade	tumade	‘stand’
ua	ua	‘white hair’
ule	ule	‘wormy’
umau	umau	‘weep’
une	une	‘center of trunk’
unto	unto	‘brain’
uwi	uβi	‘tuber’
waa	βaa	‘flow, flood’
wamba	βamba	‘entrance (of house)’
waraka	βaraka	‘healthy’
wawo	βaβo	‘above, upper portion/surface’
wici	βitʃi	‘calf (of leg)’
wiwihuu	βiβihuu	‘lips’
wocu'i	βotʃuʔi	‘hatch’
wolia	βolia	‘shaman’
woo	βoo	‘scent, odor (pleasant or unpleasant)’
wota	βota	‘split open (as a young coconut with a machete)’
wulele	βulele	‘child, ones offspring’

OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Mead (1998g): Kulisusu

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