Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

lower stomach, bladder

mix

sprinkle, scatter ( seed, etc.)

disturbed, of water agitated by fish

kind of urn for storing food

do with the hand

1pl. excl. nominative pronoun, we ( exclusive)

ginger plant with fragrant white flower

mother's sister, father's sister

the candlenut tree: Aleurites moluccana

spittle; to spit

scratch

to seize, take by force

to appropriate to oneself illegally

plug

to defend

plaited palm leaf bag or pouch

deflate, shrink

to adhere, stick to

abdomen, belly

2pl. nominative, you all

sheath of a coconut?

2pl. nominative, you all

chew, move to and fro in the mouth

a tree: Murraya sp.

2pl. nominative, you all

2pl. nominative and genitive; you all, your

Ficus sp.

food₁

classifier for edible possession

enemy

to think, ponder

sing; song

a tree with fragrant flowers: Cananga odorata

creep, crawl

dark, obscure

tree with edible nut, the Canarium almond: Canarium commune

tree sp.

a fish: the mullet

a tree: Cordia spp.

kind of white bird: probably gull sp.

kind of white sea bird, probably gull sp.

enclosure, pen for animals

goat

a tree: Garcinia sp.

cuscus, phalanger

womb?

animal sound

be open">open, as the mouth

namesake (?)

tree with edible nut, the Canarium almond: Canarium commune

fissured, slightly cracked

(gloss uncertain)

spread the legs wide

resounding sound

cramps, stiffening of the limbs, rigor mortis

kind of raptorial bird, eagle or hawk

to eat

eat it

own, one’s own; self

to eat, keep on eating

scruffiness of the skin; dirt, dregs

to spit at (as an insult?)

to eat, consume

flesh; kernel

flesh, meat, coconut flesh

eyeball

nod the head in drowsiness

interrogative; probably 'when?'

when?

claw, talon, fingernail

to shake, as a house in an earthquake

to shake, as the earth in an earthquake

kind of ebony or persimmon tree with fruits that are pounded and used to stupefy fish: Diospyros s…

squid, cuttlefish

spittle; to spit (intr.)

to spit (trans.)

claw, talon, fingernail

heron, probably Egretta sp.

(gloss uncertain)

beat the wings, flap the wings; sound of flapping

thick, as a plank

river

be overcome by bitterness

to grope, fumble about

a marine fish, probably the silver bream

(gloss uncertain)

end or death of something (?)

death

come to the surface

flutter the wings

flutter the wings

crab taxon, probably a rock crab (Grapsidae)

act of filling?

hold onto, cling to

cling to

(gloss uncertain)

the Malay apple: Syzygium malaccense

the Malay apple: Syzygium malaccense

(gloss uncertain)