Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

relative of the third ascending or descending generation

go

assist, assistance; to help, assist

groan, roar

flame

zenith; noon, mid-day

deer

follow, come after

hold in the mouth, hold with the mouth

veins, sinews (collective)

lines in the palm of the hand

artery, major blood vessel

full of veins or tendons

artery, blood vessel, blood vein; muscle; nerve; sinew; tendon; fiber; vein of a leaf; grain of wood…

artery, blood vessel, blood vein; muscle; sinew; tendon; ligament; fiber; tough, sinewy

wash body parts, cooking or eating utensils (but not clothes)

use

heart leaves

heap, pile

gather in masses, as smoke

clap, slap, pound

germinating coconut (?)

press, squeeze together

husk, bark

break off

blow on or into

to blow

piece broken off, husk

end of tuber that is kept for planting

poison, venom of a snake

be paid; payment

compensation, reward

slap, hit, beat

bark, rind, sheath; to peel off bark

shove, thrust forward

startled, make a startled movement

add to, increase

withdraw, pull out, extract

withdraw, pull out, extract

to molt, shed the skin

beads

drink

drink

bounce, rebound

citrus fruit

hang

press into

mumble angrily, grumble

snout, beak

moan, growl

puppy (?)

deny, refuse to acknowledge

recall or drag up disagreeable past experiences

open

spread open, as the legs

tease, vex, annoy

anger

ritually sacrificed monkey?

child

open the mouth wide

retreat, fall back

jounce, jouncing movement

sliver, splinter, foreign body embedded in the flesh

stretch

to stretch, straighten out

precede, go before

first

precede, go or be first; earlier, former

to vomit

pursue, chase

to go, to walk

hold in the mouth

go first

return home

bring, carry

go upstream

heap, pile, collection

heap, pile, collection

grandparent/ grandchild (recipr.); ancestor

deflated, empty

dam, water barrier

plug, obstruct

to drink

to stay, dwell, reside

speechless, dumb, mute

gasp

spring, fountain

top part; high

to float

pump, pumping motion

to pickle, preserve meat or fish

to come

to come

to bite

to leave, depart (?)

to bathe (oneself)

give birth, bear a child

again

fetch, get, take

fetch, get, take