Clark 2009

Links

• 1885/146751

References

Sections

• 3.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Sound correspondences
  • Indexes
• 3.11 Nut and fruit trees
  • Spondias cytherea (syn. Spondias dulcis, Spondias mangifera), golden apple, Polynesian plum, hog plum, Tahitian apple, Bnaos (Anacardiaceae)
• 4.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Sound correspondences
  • Indexes
• 4.2 Fish
  • Gobies, including mudskippers (Gobiidae), blennies (Blenniidae)
• 4.5 Mammals, reptiles, amphibians
  • Dugong (Dugong dugon)
  • Gaps in reconstruction
• 5.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Sound correspondences
  • Indexes
• 5.2 People: gender, age cohorts and marital status
  • Compounds formed with POc *qata- ‘person’
  • Young (unmarried) person
• 5.3 The human body
  • Hand, arm
  • Fingers and toes, finger- and toenails
  • Name
• 5.4 Bodily conditions and activities
  • Being thirsty
  • Feeling hot
• 5.6 Posture and movement
  • Stand
  • Turn round
  • Arrive, appear
  • Carrying on the head
  • Carrying piggyback
• 5.10 Cognition
  • Forgetting
• 5.11 Describing people: stature, temperament, emotion and evaluation
  • Girth: fat vs thin
  • Obstinate, stubborn
• 6.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Sound correspondences
• 6.2 Kinship
  • Ego’s generation: siblings and cousins
  • Siblings-in-law
• 6.6 Recreation: Music, song, dance, games
  • Slitgong or garamut
• 6.11 Seasonal cycles and lunations
  • Vanuatu
• 6.12 Talking about speaking
  • Respond co-operatively to another speaker
• 6.13 Trade, exchange, distribution and transfer of possession
  • Feasts and distribution of goods
• 6.14 Counting: Numerals and numeral classifiers
  • Seven

Words

• PNCV: usi ask mummy apple, Spondias cytherea Spondias cytherea
• PROc: maraya sea eel
• PNCV: kanase mullet
• PNCV: novu scorpion, venomous fish
• PNCV: bue-bue pufferfish
• PNCV: udu Eunice, palolo worm
• PNCV: bʷarabʷara female pig
• PNCV: qata individual, person, human being
• PNCV: kai-masi sorcerer sorcerer
• PNCV: mʷera, mʷara child
• PNCV: mʷala-gelo young person, probably young unmarried man
• PNCV: madua orphan; separate
• PNCV: vinuti skin, husk, rind
• PNCV: mʷasu bald
• PNCV: uRati vein
• PNCV: kaRo vine, rope; vein
• PNCV: bʷatu club
• PNCV: vʷavʷa mother’s brother, father’s sister open mouth
• PNCV: kumʷi- beard
• PNCV: le(q)o word, speech, voice
• PNCV: daleqo- neck, throat; voice
• PNCV: tia- belly
• PNCV: bʷisi- buttocks, anus
• PNCV: vara- hand, arm
• PNCV: bani- wing, armlet; (?) arm, hand
• PNCV: mawiri left hand, left side
• PNCV: mʷale- sole, footprint
• PNCV: tobʷa stomach, belly
• PNCV: suRu(i) mata tears
• PNCV: va-susu give birth, lay egg
• PNCV: zamʷan chew; fibrous residue
• PNCV: dumu-si suck, sip, taste
• PNCV: zimi sip, suck, taste
• PNCV: marou thirsty
• PNCV: madou thirsty
• PNCV: dolo swallow
• PNCV: dolom-i- swallow
• PNCV: zum-i kiss, make kissing sound
• PNCV: bʷisi buttocks; to fart
• PNCV: siri fart
• PNCV: maono[ta] sweat
• PNCV: vuru cough
• PNCV: bore dream
• PEOc: mana efficacy, success laugh to have supernatural power from ancestral spirits as manifest in successful outcomes; be efficacious
• PNCV: tu-tunu warm, hot
• PNCV: vosa a sore, a boil
• PNCV: kaRa-ti itchy, stinging; bite
• PROc: amosi massage, stroke
• PNCV: toka, toko sit, stay, be in a place
• PNCV: tuqu, tuquru stand
• PNCV: [v,b]uluk-i fold, bend
• PNCV: sale float, flow jump, dance
• PNCV: li(u)-liu return; be backwards, be upside down
• PNCV: viles-i, vilos-i turn
• PNCV: liu go beyond, exceed
• PNCV: votu emerge, appear
• PNCV: soko add, join
• PNCV: la-i take, give
• PNCV: laŋa lift (flat object from surface)
• PNCV: rave pull
• PNCV: suqun, suqun-i- carry on the head, wear on the head
• PNCV: bava, baba carry child; bear child
• PNCV: solo, zolo carry over shoulder on a stick
• PNCV: qavin-i- carry under arm
• PSOc: liŋi put, leave
• PNCV: vui pour water on
• PNCV: vai, vei make, do, be
• PNCV: qalov-i beckon, wave
• PNCV: voza clap, slap, strike
• PNCV: zavula wash one’s hands
• PNCV: leʔos-i see, look at
• PNCV: taŋo-vi touch, feel, grope
• PNCV: tiqel-i touch, reach
• PNCV: dodomi think about, love
• PNCV: magura thin, lean
• PROc: [kayu]kayu-a strong
• PNCV: ma-lumu soft, gentle, weak
• PNCV: madau quiet, gentle
• PNCV: vuia good
• PNCV: saqati bad
• PNCV: tama- father, father’s brother
• PNCV: tina mother, mother’s sister
• PNCV: (q)alawa ♂sister’s child
• PNCV: tubu- grandparent, grandchild
• PNCV: makubu grandchild
• PNCV: vavine- ♂sister
• PNCV: mʷa(qa)ne ♀brother
• PNCV: asoa- spouse
• Proto Central Vanuatu: tau-wia ♀brother-in-law
• PNCV: bʷalika ♂parent- or child-in-law
• PNCV: kamali men’s house
• PNCV: vareqa outside, public space
• PNCV: vaRage tree sp., Pangium edule, fruit used as dance rattles
• PNCV: tukunu story, tell a story
• PNCV: qata-mate ghost, spirit of dead person
• PNCV: qata- soul, spirit
• PNCV: [ta]taro pray, wish for
• PNCV: tabu sacred, forbidden, taboo
• PNCV: vʷara speak, say, call
• PNCV: viti speak, say
• PNCV: taRamʷi allow, accept, agree
• PNCV: kai call out (to s.o.), vocalise loudly
• PNCV: buku debt
• PNCV: tovo measure