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Number PARTS OF THE BODY SOUNDS AND MEANING 
1 hand lime
2 left wali haru
3 right wali wana
4 leg/foot kele/kele bila
5 skin khuli
6 back tuko 
7 belly/stomach na'i
8 bone rui
9 intestines na'i lale
10 liver wuo boku
11 lungs ata
12 breast are
13 shoulder basa lie
14 blood rae
15 head l'atu/ ul'atu
16 neck n'erowai/ n'erokai
17 hair (head/body) ulu (wulu)
18 nose turukai
19 mouth waa
20 tooth nihi
21 tongue mae
22 eye mata
23 ear n'ihu
VERBS OF THE BODY
24 to drink nuu
25 to spit muto
26 to eat kha
27 to chew m'ale
28 to breathe rei hama
29 to smell m'aha
30 to  laugh reke
31 to cry/to weep tani/ rawai
32 to vomit/to throw up muto
33 to bite khiki
34 to hear dene
35 to see buni
36 to yawn ma ho'u
37 to sleep n'ero
FAMILY TERMS
38 person / human being kii / kii l'ahan
39 man / male asukai / ama
40 woman / female anu ota / ine
41 child ana
42 husband laki / asukai
43 wife wii / anu ota
44 mother woi
45 father ba'a
46 name nai
VERBS OF ACTION
47 to walk laka
48 to swim klee
49 to know / to be knowledgeable nau
50 to think gere
51 to fear thaku
52 to cook l'ike
53 to sit to'e
54 to stand nhi
55 to lie down n'ero
56 to climb n'ai
57 to say ehe
58 to tie up / to fasten sii 
59 to sew sau
60 to hunt kasa
61 to shoot tiru
62 to stab / to pierce hunu / n'uu huu
63 to hit thidi / tuku
64 to kill hige
65 to die / to be dead mata
66 to live / to be alive l'aha 
67 to scratch nai
68 to cut / to hack tesi / rutu
69 to work lo sirbisu
70 to plant kore
71 to choose kholi
72 to grow l'aha
73 to squeeze m'esse
74 to hold sike / koo
75 to dig khali
76 to open l'oke
77 to throw gaa / ribe
EVERY DAY OBJECT
78 road / path dala
79 house umo
80 roof / thatch umo oo / na'a oo
81 rope tali
82 needle rumo
83 stick k'esa
AMIMALS
84 animal alimal
85 bird manu
85 dog dasu
87 egg thelu
88 feather manu wulu
89 wing lie
90 rat lua
91 meat / flesh dotu / isi
92 tail iku
93 snake sawa
94 worm / earth worm ulo ana
95 louse kutu
96 mosquito sap'au
97 spider labadai
98 fish ike
NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA
99 branch kai la'a
100 leaf kai rae
101 root k'aka
102 flower kai wuno
103 fruit kai wuo
104 grass hae
105 earth / soil ria
106 stone watu
107 sand hasa l'ae
108 water wai
109 sea tasi
110 salt asi
111 woods / forest / jungle kai huto / kai la'a lale
112 sky nali
113 moon wulo
114 star tala
115 cloud rihu
116 sun l'ara
117 rain udo
118 thunder nali p'ita
119 lightning nali klehi
120 wind iri
121 fire daha
122 smoke n'asu
123 night degu
124 day l'ara
ADJECTIVES
125 dirty raki
126 clean muna
127 sharp mara
128 dull tulu
129 warm m'utu
130 cold krini / n'ini
131 small dihan
132 big p'are
133 short bete
134 long n'aro
135 thin nihi
136 thick tu'u
137 narrow khoo
138 wide kluo
139 black ite
140 white buto
141 red mee
142 yellow kridi
143 green mhata / mhode
144 painful / sick bira
145 old (object) bo'o
146 new morin
147 good hien
148 bad da'a n
149 correct / true mou

WAI MA'A Language Documentation Program
Spring 2010