Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

protective covering or enclosure; mosquito net

hunchbacked, stoop- shouldered

maimed, amputated, of a limb

keep a mistress (?)

roll up, curl up tightly

head louse

hourglass drum

dark

clay cooking pot

clay cooking pot

clay cooking pot

scurfy skin disease; scabies

hoof, lower leg of an ungulate

to scrape, rasp, grate, as in grating coconuts

grater, grate, as for coconuts

to scratch, scrape off

head cover for women

hold in the fist

tap, touch, or reach in with the finger

scrape

claw, talon, fingernail

edible snail sp.

how?, how is it? what is the matter?

how?, how is it? what is the matter?

sound of sob, croak, etc.

crab (generic)

to cluck, of chickens

tree sp.: Schoutenia ovata

stiffs, stiffening of the limbs

small bird that produces a deep resounding call

to clutch, hold tightly

stick to, adhere firmly

scrape

to hang, suspend

a fish: Lethrinidae spp.

bracket fungus, Polyporus spp.

scar

bat sp.

fish sp.

dried nasal mucus

dim, not well-lit

fatty hump on the back of a buffalo, etc.

small parrot or parakeet kept as a pet

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bracket fungus, Polyporus spp.

worm, insect

wilt, droop, as flowers

dark, dim

rind, peeling of fruits or tubers

skin disease

fire saw; tie a tool around the hand or some other fixture

round about, around, in one’s surroundings; go around

to ring, of a small bell

a percussive musical instrument or ensemble: the gamelan

screech, as a hawk

skin; hide; rind; bark

skin, bark, peel, shell

to be skinned, have the skin removed

to skin, remove the skin

bend the limbs, curl up the body

a tree: Artocarpus sp.

coconut growth stage 9: ripe, flesh hardened

ridge

to slow cook in a tightly covered vessel

(gloss uncertain)

head covering for women

curl, curve

breadfruit

curly-

to curl, make curly

to bring, to carry along

to eat

(gloss uncertain)

scoop up

to dig up, excavate, as tubers

fifth in order

to join, unite with in taking sides

tiny parasite on the body, itch mite, chicken louse

hermit crab

to bite

to bite

to scratch an itch

(gloss uncertain)

dry sago branch

to pinch

to hold tightly in the arms

cut something slender

pubic hair

chop up, as firewood

moustache

(gloss uncertain)

to lighten, to flash, of lightning

to wind, turn

to seek, search, look for

pubic hair

moustache, beard

to see

kind of grass

bunch or cluster of things; to gather

maimed, amputated, of a limb