Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

nape of the neck

skull

cough repeatedly

broad, flat rock shaped like a plank

to plait, weave (as mats, baskets)

aligned, lined up

feathers under chin of rooster, chin whiskers

trigger on spring trap

open space, expanse of land or water

upper surface, top, above

pay

bait

bait

bait

an edible plant: Amaranthus spinosus

kind of marine fish

brother-in-law (man speaking)

monitor lizard, Varanus spp. (esp. V. salvator)

beach, shore

to pound rice

bag of plaited palm leaves

a tree: Pterospermum sp.

strike one another (as fighting cocks)

peeled, skinned

slap, beat on

butterfly; butterfly fish: Chaetodon spp.

dull, blunt; blocked, plugged; stupid

millet sp., probably foxtail millet: Setaria italica

tattoo

spatter, fly out in all directions

squeeze, squirt out

callus, blister

fish sp.

vulva, vagina

swelling of the body

confused, disoriented by loud noise

grind to a powder, pulverize

stretch

to say

wrap around repeatedly, bind by wrapping; bundle of wrapped material

wind around

bind

to wind, tie by winding around

onomatopoetic for dull sound

split, crack open

to open, as a fist; to blossom, of flowers; break up, dismantle, demolish

split, crack open

to spring a trap

swift, fast

trace, track, mark, print (as footprint)

defecate

mark something (?)

fine particles, powder which results from pounding grains, etc.; pulverize grains

sound of breaking, etc.

provisions for a journey

spread out, unroll (mats, etc.), open out, unfold (as the hand); wide

surface on which something is spread

be spread out; what is spread out

negator of nominals; other, different

choke, have something stuck in the throat

defecate

humpbacked

hunchbacked

curved, bent

curved, bent

curved, bent

snail

turtle; turtledove

hunchbacked

expose to the sun, dry in the sun

crack, split open (as the stomach of a fish)

bamboo sp.

spotted, dappled

variegated in color; spotted or speckled

part of something split

machete

division, partition, intervening space

fish corral

woodpecker

tired, weary; to tire, grow tired

dull, blunt; blocked, plugged; stupid

hydropoesia, bodily swelling caused by water retention

shrub sp., kind of shrub

begin

butterfly

to swallow

dark color: black

fish corral

to buy

value, price; marriage prestations, brideprice; purchase

be bought from or for someone; what one has bought

value, cost, price of something

to lie, tell a lie

no, not; vetative marker: don't!

bamboo cross-lath used to hold down roof thatch

twist around

viscous, sticky

bend, curve

bend

bend, curve