Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

bend or pull down (as a branch)

bow the head

bend, hook

split, crack

bamboo sp.

split, crack, fissure

sink, vanish from sight

sink, disappear under water

to swallow

throat

sink, disappear under water

female genitalia

three

thick

to join with to make three

be divided into three (?)

three (in children’s games)

curved, as a shoreline

thirty

three each, three by three

tap, thump

split, break off

grandparent/ grandchild (ref.)

end, conclude, finish

all around, surrounding

to meet, receive; greet a guest

root plant in the ginger family

mumble, grumble

clear, of liquid free of impurities

wages, salary

recall, recollect, remember

skewer; to skewer (as meat)

sink, set (sun)

mosquito

sea, ocean

calm, still, as the surface of water

submerge

sound, voice

buzz, hum

middle, center; half

kind of mangrove, Ceriops spp., with bark used for dyeing

grimace at pain

nape of the neck

drone, droning tone

stare, look fixedly at something

nape of the neck

to weave ( cloth, baskets)

loom

to be woven by someone

upright, erect

mat

to slap

sound of footfalls

sound of rhythmic pattering

bring down the flat of the hand on something

taste, test, try

squeeze, press down

exact, precise

mat

firefly

hit, sound of hitting, clapping, thumping

brittle

a belch

strain while defecating or in childbirth

heartwood of a tree, hard, durable core of wood; ironwood tree

quick, fast

soaked, saturated, full of liquid; crowded or filled to overflowing

impose one’s will, force or compel someone to do something

tree with fruit similar to breadfruit

k.o. small fish

bamboo sp.

shiver, tremble

go right through, penetrate through and through

pierce, penetrate

to rip, tear, shred

rip or tear open

single log bridge; stairs, ladder

to peck

coastal plain (?)

to weave, as a net

abdomen, belly

abdomen, belly

pregnant (lit. ‘in the belly')

small drum

to walk or move unsteadily, erratically

pool, deep place in water; swamp

ancestor, grandparent

pound, throb

leftover, remainder

leftover, remainder

dark, obscure; black

crush lice with the fingernails

spoon, ladle

to sleep

spoon, ladle

glancing blow; chop

sound of tapping or flicking (of finger, small implement, etc.)

to plait (as a mat)

game played with thrown reeds

be spread apart, as the legs