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PARTS OF THE BODY SOUNDS AND MEANING 
1 hand liman

2 left karuk

3 right los

4 leg/foot ain

5 skin kulit

6 back kotuk

7 belly/stomach kabun

8 bone ruin

9 intestines aten

10 liver aten

11 lungs pulmaun (port.)

12 breast susun

13 shoulder kabaas

14 blood ran

15 head ulun

16 neck kakorok

17 hair (head/body) fu'uk

18 nose inus

19 mouth ibun

20 tooth nehan

21 tongue nanal

22 eye matan

23 ear tilun


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VERBS OF THE BODY

24 to drink hamu

25 to spit tafui

26 to eat han

27 to chew tolan

28 to breathe dada is

29 to smell is

30 to  laugh hamnasa

31 to cry/to weep tanis

32 to vomit/to throw up muta

33 to bite tata

34 to hear rona

35 to see hare

36 to yawn hamseru

37 to sleep toba


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FAMILY TERMS

38 person / human being ema

39 man / male mane

40 woman / female feto

41 child labarik

42 husband laen

43 wife ferik oan

44 mother inan

45 father aman

46 name naran


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VERBS OF ACTION

47 to walk lao

48 to swim nani

49 to know / to be knowledgeable hatene

50 to think hanoin

51 to fear tauk

52 to cook tein

53 to sit tu'ur

54 to stand hamrik

55 to lie down toba

56 to climb sae

57 to say dehan

58 to tie up / to fasten kesi

59 to sew suku

60 to hunt kasa

61 to shoot tiru

62 to stab / to pierce tu'u / sona

63 to hit tuku

64 to kill oho

65 to die / to be dead mate

66 to live / to be alive moris

67 to scratch koir / rakut

68 to cut / to hack tesi

69 to work serbisu (port.)

70 to plant kuda

71 to choose hili

72 to grow kuda

73 to squeeze buti

74 to hold kaer

75 to dig ke'e

76 to open loke

77 to throw tuda


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EVERY DAY OBJECT

78 road / path dalan

79 house uma

80 roof / thatch uma leten

81 rope tali

82 needle daun

83 stick ai tonka


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ANIMALS


84 animal animal

85 bird manu

85 dog asu

87 egg mantolun

88 feather manu fulun

89 wing liras

90 rat laho

91 meat / flesh na'an

92 tail ikun

93 snake samea

94 worm / earth worm lumbriga

95 louse utu

96 mosquito susuk

97 spider laba dai

98 fish ikan


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NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA

99 branch sanak

100 leaf tahan

101 root abut

102 flower aifunan

103 fruit aifuan

104 grass du'ut

105 earth / soil rai / raihenek

106 stone fatuk

107 sand raihenek tasi
108 water be'e

109 sea tasi

110 salt masin

111 woods / forest / jungle ai / ailaran

112 sky lalehan

113 moon fulan

114 star fitun

115 cloud kalohan

116 sun loron matan

117 rain udan

118 thunder rai lakan

119 lightning rai lakan

120 wind anin

121 fire ahi

122 smoke suar

123 night kalan

124 day loron


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ADJECTIVES

125 dirty foer

126 clean mo'os

127 sharp meik / kroat

128 dull la meik / la kroat

129 warm manas

130 cold malirin

131 small ki'ik

132 big bo'ot

133 short badak

134 long naruk

135 thin lotuk

136 thick mahar

137 narrow klo'ot

138 wide luan

139 black metan

140 white mutin

141 red mean

142 yellow kinur

143 green matak

144 painful / sick moras

145 old (object) tuan

146 new foun

147 good diak

148 bad la diak

149 correct / true lo'os


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NUMBERS


150
one
ida

151
two
rua

152
three
tolu

153
four
hat

154
five
lima

155
six
ne'en

156
seven
hitu

157
eight
ualu

158
nine
sia

159
ten
sanulu

160
zero
mamuk


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