Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

take with the hands

give birth; have a child

lift, raise, pick up

dry

light in weight

red

line up one behind the other

pound rice in tandem

one hundred

mix

get up

to wash, as clothes

bear fruit

satiated, full from eating

(gloss uncertain)

to order; leave a message

pick up or carry dangling from the fingers

bear fruit

make, do, perform

help someone carry a load

to flow

bear fruit

stab, pierce, kill

drive off, chase away, expel

to leaf out, sprout leaves

expose to fire

to bleed

do something simultaneously

listen to, heed

extend both arms sideways

divide into two

parent and child

become four, divide into four (intr.)

to weave, be weaving

build a fire (?)

to evaporate, cause to dry up

to blow, as the wind

to lie down

to tie

lend, borrow (?)

be in a sibling relationship

untie, unravel

to separate, untie

to lower

wash, cleanse

hither, come hither

have a tail

to be mother and child

take care, be careful

to drink (habitual)

to contain

to be friends with, to be a companion of

to eat

to laugh

to hook

to flash, of lightning

ask, inquire about

to de louse

to step, to walk

to sail, set sail

divide into groups of five

to dig a hole or pit

to shed tears, weep

to shed tears, weep

raise chickens

to suppurate, ooze pus

to choose, select, pick out

divide into seven parts (?)

harvest; to harvest

communicate with spirits (?)

prepare betel chew with lime

marry; have a spouse

feel affection or compassion for

have a roof

low

to fart, break wind

work a swidden

be in debt

to rain

to be sick

make a mistake, commit an error, be wrong about something

to stuff, press in by force

to kick

to carry off, kidnap, loot a place

to boil, to cook

to bury, to plant

to lay down, put down, put away

to divide into three parts

to prop up, support

push something away, shove, repel; push off, as a boat leaving shore or being poled in shallow water

to roast

return; go back

the horseradish tree: Moringa oleifera

male

thin, skinny (?)

and

to fall ill, become very sick

sick, painful

sick, painful

fall ill, become sick