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Cognate set
aːsem
the Lygodium creeper; a circlet of this creeper was placed around a widow's ankle and called 'leaf-which makes taboo-the eating of-pig'; a belt of the vine, worn by women; a double bow was made at the hip and within each loop of the bow a bundle of scented leaves was placed, and the two loops were pulled tight [99ff399ad3ae4e3a74af423eef633951]
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an ut
a louse [8b1600f119a78073199814171ac52f47]
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asa
name, either personal or common; who? [febb0f5fb5f54467301a3f2957f32a97]
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atof
the leaf of the sago palm, principally used as roofing material [6ecb0fdfcb3d05f8ece293ea6f34a62a]
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atun
large fish, too large to catch with ordinary fishing gear [ef521570b49251d5d93565b5f11298e8]
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au
wood, timber [3e06295414addc082ff91a5252d2108f]
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bal
belly, abdomen [11738ed62c24dee865e671e2ed386cb1]
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bal
pigeon [b9e6ed3f047270d365d1d4c0d4a118c9]
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bek
the flying fox (Pteropus), the totem animal of the clan [a721a1a884459aeb0e4ccba7442953f9]
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beu
shark [da6776e7ec7eaa7a6f3df5c6b149127e]
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bo
pig [f74c6af46a78becb2f1bd3f95bbd5858]
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bu
areca nut [c5c0e4a71b0dc65ecf7d375d2958070c]
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bua
mons veneris [5ac918030007e9ea011b056548b631ff]
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buel
mountain [ec6d9c8953ab272295ec0469bbed59ab]
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bulut
birdlime [56064c38ef5c923f23a7e82f50d70a06]
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bumbu
rub the areca nut along the teeth; lit. to paint with an areca nut [d440521b0dec0b84adf9ff9da3a91378]
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buto
his umbilicus [995f777fb9cbf87e6d8000c397b03564]
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buto-ŋ
my umbilicus [e8fee97e1feb8d9b32c2facfcc23eefa]
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butut
rump portion of a cooked pig [e961358965efb72ebf6b09581f54b0d4]
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daan
water [9460370bb0ca1c98a779b1bcc6861c2c]
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ef-ef
late afternoon [d8a4bb55b45ad340689cb412f7aca13a]
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en
to eat; feast [e4e5eb5dc532f824e18129a88566b926]
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ete
liver or solar plexus, the seat of the emotions [a1751bb4c77762f9d7eb19e698aaf4e8]
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faa
pandanus [ec5d19c50c55fffa311c280766391e14]
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faaf
lower part [ddf6a640a84079c3db030879ec812a86]
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fa:sus
to nurse a baby, give the breast to [812fe98d02df2a41794783c0c9283056]
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fa:t
stone; piece of dead coral; generic for certain discs of clam shell which the Tanga make and use as tokens of value [cfd353712007e7637b9269853582559f]
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fe
stingray [9e8c01ce27e7646d2a5f24c18ffac8a7]
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fi
wild taro [1c553c6317d04e06b2606ba76b774c47]
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fifin ~ fifin-fu
woman, adult female [fcdcbac4acbcf551b33b4596af61593f]
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fil
buy, pay for [ccb00cc1957d12bcc6547c6362f17fb1]
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fis
canoe paddle, paddle stroke [5deafd063531b92a857d334c48b46efa]
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fit
kunai grass: Imperata cylindrica [ecf06dbe069b80ade46f706db12d5aea]
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fitol
to hunger; in a state of hunger; hungry [bc2453687e68442c5ea9638b760bb397]
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fuk
thump (noise made by a falling body) [0e4ec494af1218708a1ffbda092c3f28]
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fun
sea turtle, turtle shell [f5cf41804d34290481fe20daba9db7bb]
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fus
to shoot, as with a sling [5578ebc3f3d9d6d7e7adc9eae3097d59]
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fut
fish poison derived from the seed of the Barringtonia asiatica [a3f3c05b4f560107a0d0fd5583defbfd]
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if
fire [015f28b9df1bdd36427dd976fb73b29d]
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ifaː-kalik
WB, ZH (m.s.), MBS (m.s.), FZS (m.s) [9567faea0674628803c428351c73a913]
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ifa-ŋ
HZ, BW (w.s.), FZD (w.s.) [4ea5303f0c4ea51c9b21f7c854b82825]
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im
tall shrub with many stalks, the leaves of which provide wrapping material for a corpse prior to burial [fd98e807c2ddb19ee1951d935e5f7baf]
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iu
spear [dc700272f46fb3ddd0550f40664239af]
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iu
two [b8a9f715dbb64fd5c56e7783c6820a61]
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kam
2pl., you all [1add1fff73ed1ee239f5e6036588f14f]
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katalu
egg; testicle [740454cc15fb5e42a84fc6f8a60461a2]
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keke
leg, foot [5a2c4e0e6c70bfb3a237f7c592ef5370]
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kel-tot
firefly [53f018f2ee1fc4fb7ad2be1cc7b9ed43]
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kem
1pl. excl., we, us [9b2fb190644732d5e45e09055de7a679]
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kemem
1pl. excl., we all, all of us [60b1a7bfc1c2f896c4acb38188d6638a]
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kin
white sand [12a80ea129621db25b49dd536cc1ea18]
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kinit
corpse; bush spirit or ghost [0f9c1936dab653f09e935551682ff687]
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kipil
large hardwood tree [b5975bff6ead195a398df3ec465515ad]
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k-siu
nine [c785e1ed2950e3e36b1e2ca01f299a54]
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k’-tul
three [35d6d33467aae9a2e3dccb4b6b027878]
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k’-tul-‘n-samful
thirty [1a3161e2ddd0c76177d617fa103d8453]
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kuka
crayfish; ritual form of the ordinary word for crayfish [c9f61ee444fd9b6d7d800dd9d066b190]
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kulu
fully grown drinking coconut [59431a0975b6b6011d11c04735224fc0]
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kum-law
spiderweb [9ff1a119c14898c3fe71ad9d616d6e12]
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kwit
cuttlefish, small octopus [d4717d2e7ac0448270b6ac8fec2b4d45]
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lae
ginger, Zingiber officinale [64828f852a28aff0bd972ed8291502e0]
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lik
small, little [1e7f66267a34abf3f236e9d4dd68eba9]
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lot
abscess [2afbd1f77f50d6871aceaaf079d4e4ee]
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-m
2sg. possessor, your [e0aa15c6ab9e2ef3c667532c1f2cf457]
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ma
and, conjunction; sometimes expressed as ‘m’; always used as a substantival connective, never used between verbs [594c14e211a1d41237a8b99ff0563444]
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mal
bark cloth, and especially the inner bark of the breadfruit tree, beaten and used as cloth, although many other species are used; mourning band of bark cloth worn around the neck or on the upper arm by female mourners [ff93e5f30759d50a1d8dc05fe6817a31]
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ma:li
place, dancing square within the confines of every village settlement [618e363bfbd27682f04283a31e79eba5]
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mal-mal
shoulder sling for carrying a baby, made of bark cloth [55230859a417322ebd7675909e78bc2e]
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man
generic term for all species of birds; totem species, either bird or animal [6b93cf810a81019afd7135e01496223c]
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mata
eye; face; the front of anything; the pointed end of anything (as a spear); forehead; leader (of a raiding party); center of an exterior surface, not the interior of anything [a76980dd03465843e0e7bee2a27c67a3]
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ma:tuk
fully developed adult male who has reached years of discretion, not an old man, not a youth; husband [ca42907d0cb426653cbf4ca6ca930ec9]
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ma:tuk suksuk
very old man or woman [7755589057a6f58d79192fd7299242f9]
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met
die; affix with a superlative adverbial effect: completely, very, utter, too much [a31dc41a6b3ad63daa0df708065bd5fb]
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-mu
2dl. possessor, the two of your’s [df767ef67ddef247cacb2660c6369236]
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na:f
fathom; length [7fe2fd3e69c4beaa262985449c657040]
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nima-
hand [573ce5969e9884d49d4fab77b09a306a]
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o
you, thou, 2sg. [a825925e0ab04be4c05eab6818473f6f]
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olo
hair [2c5ca38849d1b0b961844c065214ff1a]
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oŋ
to hear [2a3616ecc757fbc99eba76d5f7a14cab]
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pā
thunder [5c7686c0284e0875b26de99c1008e998]
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pal
small house or shed; canoe shed; storehouse for ritual gifts of food [2dd16d69029d6c901a07d98b3de90bc1]
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palal
bald; baldness; a bald-headed man [46dad12f197e73ccbcb249e6c6579923]
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parur
palolo worm: Palolo viridus [2f14c3b44f34a9246ac5045e29f30ca1]
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pil
lightning [08238953fe0f6dd13f10714ebfbcb9f9]
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pis
to emit wind [18d3aeca74878a6ac9175abc6ddd5262]
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pok
to cut down or cut off (something), and by extension to ‘construct’ (something) with that which has been cut off [03f9f80706380dfb10aff22c8734b529]
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pok palaŋ
to clear clumps of bamboo and other low scrub from a garden site [043f1d22b14af4d18d1d1fb158d11f12]
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sa
what? [4a2028eceac5e1f4d252ea13c71ecec6]
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sam
outrigger float [cf30fb111ccafbd1706853f7ed21c9b9]
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se
who; what? [6a05c1f23129f34500e15fd1073cc0f2]
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sisi
cicada [94454b1241ad2cfbd0c44efda1b6b6ba]
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sul
to cook, to singe [fdf550f0fbea7f426c230cac5e93adca]
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sus
breasts [39e184020c59829b0abb8449e772072f]
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tabun
ritually restricted (used in reference to the immediate environs of a funeral house of a certain clan --- only members of that clan may walk on this ground) [4e4053ccc1e1f684ebabbc5b66a14b3d]
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taŋ
to weep, cry [4fd6f41b4035c1829e69a93c4bc91fa6]
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tes
saltwater [12eafa181b9126d8e676c1a433fa7b50]
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tibu-
grandparent (listed only in the English index) [607cc1804f8dd2ef54ed4f0a1ba0abb4]
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tina-
M (ref.) [caa3df9f81267a3ee06eb7deb8939523]
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tu
real, actual [b5b29cf8853671b5069ec763482fa4a3]
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tua
back (of a human being or any large animal) [29a6a74473784fc6870dad2960053aa5]
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4°05'S, 153°37'E
-4.09, 153.61
Sources
Tanga-English, English-Tanga dictionary
Bell 1977
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