Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

make a rope or string, make something into rope or string

to have spiritual power

to seize, take by force

to boil, to cook

to bury; to plant

sharp

to close, as a door; cover

to stir-fry, dry roast

to weep, to cry

thief

pour water on

to cut off small pieces; to chip off bit by bit

to sweep with a broom

to wait

to hew with an adze

(gloss uncertain)

to rip out stitches

breath

breath

walk over a plank or log bridge

go with, accompany someone

to hear

to measure in fathoms

divide into two parts

to answer, as in answering a question

to fell trees, as in preparing a swidden

to press into, force or cram in

chop or hack into pieces

twist together rope out of three strands

chew the juice from something

to sip or suck in or out

shoot with a blowpipe

prenominal marker of plurality

ancestors

to block the way, ambush someone

compete, confront in a contest

(gloss uncertain)

to exclaim in pain, distress, etc.

to eat

to gather wood, as for fuel; gather firewood

dull, blunt

admit, confess

fetch, get, take

fetch, get, take

defeat, overcome

to dig, dig up

sea fish sp.

bail out water

take with the hands

pardon, forgive

pardon, forgive

eat

give birth

child

plait, weave (mats, baskets)

lift, raise, carry

lift, elevate

do such-and-such (action unspecified)

why?

do something to someone

to clasp, tie together

slit, crevice

walk single-file; be positioned one behind the other

to bite

to sink something; to destroy

make rice wine (?)

hunt with dogs

lift or raise up

(gloss uncertain)

to fish with hook and line

to hook, catch with a hook

to sift

go headhunting

erect, construct

bind, tie together by winding around

pound into fine particles

to spread out

to split, cleave in two

hack a passage through

give

tie together into a bundle

beat, thrash

make alive, give life to

reckon, calculate, count

sow rice

to hang someone

pick up or carry dangling from the fingers

bear fruit

to fish with a wickerwork basket trap

plant seed by sprinkling in dibble holes

to pluck, as fruit

to foam, to bubble

to open

to open, uncover

crush to powder

tie an artificial spur to the leg of a fighting cock

open the eyes wide, stare with round eyes

to flower, produce fruit

to wrap up, bundle up

to hide, conceal