Northwest Solomonic

Kokota V4

SILCode	Language	PhonemicForm	BroadPhoneticForm	OrthographicForm	POS	EnglishTranslation	TokPisinTranslation	Notes	Sources	Example
kkk	Kokota	a		a	AUX	I will, we will (1PLEXC subject agreement, irrealis)
kkk	Kokota	aao	aʔao	a’ao	N	black bird, crow, (“looks like a pigeon’)		(sd: birds) (etym. Named after it’s call.)
kkk	Kokota	aa		aa	EXCLM	response to being called
kkk	Kokota	aa		aa	VITR	make the sound of the bird a’ao		(sd: birds) (see aao, kruu, hii)		aao ana ne aa The a’ao is calling.
kkk	Kokota	abisi		abisi	N	alphabet		(etym. Eng/Pijin ABC)		ia abisi mala ririso neu izuizu ka ḡiluna o’oe kokota The alphabet for writing and reading the Kokota language.
kkk	Kokota	abiti		abiti	N	Bluetail mullet Valamugil seheli		(see ḡragu, kirigile) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	ade		ade	LOC	here
kkk	Kokota	age		aḡe	VITR	go, proceed, go ahead and…		(see zaho)		aḡe da tokeu Let’s go back now.
kkk	Kokota	aɣe		age		‘be blunt (of knife (ie. for cutting?))’; or ‘a knife’?; or a misreading of Eng. ‘axe’?		(see puka, tutupri)
kkk	Kokota	aɣo		ago	PRO	you SG (2SG)
kkk	Kokota	ai		ai		the late ____ (deceased person)
kkk	Kokota	aknu		aknu	VTR, VITR	kill				daḡe aknu[i manena] We’ll kill (that man). [“When planning it.”] nake la faaknu[i manena] We killed (that man). [“When it’s done.”]
kkk	Kokota	al̥a		alha	V	split
kkk	Kokota	ana		ana	DEM	that (thing out of reach but nearby)
kkk	Kokota	anahi		anahi	DEM	that (thing out of reach but nearby)
kkk	Kokota	analau		analau	DEM	that (which was just said)
kkk	Kokota	anlau		anlau	DEM	that (which was just said)
kkk	Kokota	ao		ao	DEM	this (thing being held)
kkk	Kokota	aohi		aohi	DEM	this (thing being held)
kkk	Kokota	ara		ara	PRO	I, me (1SG)
kkk	Kokota	are		are	DEM	those (things out of reach but nearby)
kkk	Kokota	arehi		arehi	DEM	those (things out of reach but nearby)
kkk	Kokota	arelau		arelau	DEM	those (which were just said)
kkk	Kokota	aro		aro	DEM	these (things being held)
kkk	Kokota	arohi		arohi	DEM	these (things being held)
kkk	Kokota	au		au	VITR	be, be at, live		(see lao) (gn: <S (OBLLOC)>)		manei ne au buala He is in Buala. / He lives in Buala.
kkk	Kokota	au		au	VTR	own		(see kuro)		ara na aunau kaike zuta pamu I have one tilly lamp. manei ne au nehu dou He has a big nose.
kkk	Kokota	-au		-au	OBJ	me (1SG object agreement)		(see -nau)
kkk	Kokota	ba		ba		dubitative phrase or clause marker		(see eu baiu)		ta laona kaia sitoa, ara ba, zone ba eu John or I will go to the store. ara ginai aḡe bo ba teo bo eu I will go or not go.
kkk	Kokota	baba		baba	V	tie a cloth around a baby to hold it in place against holder (at the front or back)
kkk	Kokota	babaɣi		babagi	N	side rooves of porch of house		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	babaɣunu		babagunu	N	flying fish		(see bagi) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	babao		babao	VITR	be tired		(sd: statives) (seesamore)		ara na babao noḡu ka frin̄he I’m (too) tired to work. babao noda gau We’re tired, you lot.
kkk	Kokota	babara		babara	N	rib; thin uprights for tying walls in house building		(sd: bodyparts; houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	babarasa		babarasa	N	body or face paint		(sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	babasi		babasi	N	horizontal bamboo wall cladding		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	bablanu		bablanu	VITR	be slippery because wet		(see zizilaki) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	bablata		bablata	N	smallest bat sp., “flies all about at night”		(see mereku, ko, bobogolo, pepeoman̄a) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	baehai		baehai	N	old form of the tree bahai
kkk	Kokota	baena		baena	N	armpit		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	baesu		baesu	N	shark (generic)		(see b. rarata, b. hama, b. tan̄iri, b. leleo, b. kuvili ḡahipa, b. tehekepi, b. ekaki, b. mamara) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	baesu ekaki		baesu ekaki	N	silver tip shark		(see baesu) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	baesu hama		baesu hama	N	hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini)		(see baesu, baesu tehekepi, tehekepi) (sd: fish) (etym.hama presumably Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	baesu kuvili gahipa		baesu kuvili ḡahipa	N	very large shark sp., sleeps under rocks by day, swims at night, sees badly in the day, similar to baesu leleo, known as ‘sleeping shark’.		(see baesu) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	baesu leleo		baesu leleo	N	tawny shark (brown w. very long back fin, similar to baesu kuvili ḡahipa)		(see baesu, leleo) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	baesu mamara		baesu mamara	N	shortfin mako shark (‘deep shark’)		(see baesu) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	baesu rarata		baesu rarata	N	black tipped reef shark (lit. ‘sand/beach shark’)		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	baesu taŋiri		baesu tan̄iri	N	tiger shark (very dangerous)		(see baesu) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	baesu tehekepi		baesu tehekepi	N	hammerhead shark (lit. ‘s.th.-hat’ “because it’s like it has a hat”)		(see baesu, baesu hama) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	baɣina		bagina	N	wing (of bird etc), fin (of fish)		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	baɣunu		bagunu	V	wake up
kkk	Kokota	bahai		bahai	N	very tall forest tree with thick straight trunk (T&H have as Alstonia sclorasis)		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	bahai		bahai	PN	clan name		(sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	baiki		baiki	N	bag		(see duku) (sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin???)
kkk	Kokota	bakete		bakete	N	bucket		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	bakiha		bakiha	N	pendant type		(see bareke) (sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	baknoa		baknoa	V	be slow (old form)		(see fafra)
kkk	Kokota	bakona		bakona	N	cheek		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	bakosero		bakosero	N	Paddletail snapper (Lutjanus gibbus)		(see sasaga, ḡaoga) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	bakru		bakru	N	water (generic) - a subgroup of liquids inc. fresh and sea water		(see braku)		ne au bakru na bo ketalana Is there water in the kettle. ne au bakru kumai There is fresh water.
kkk	Kokota	bal̥u		balhu	N	bird sp. (shot for food), “pigeon”		(sd: birds) (see balhu tahi, balhu mata, balhu n̄olho)
kkk	Kokota	bal̥u mata		balhu mata	N	bird sp., ‘bush pigeon’, grey + green w. red growth above beak, synonym for balhu n̄olho		(see balhu, balhu tahi, balhu n̄olho) (sd: bird)
kkk	Kokota	bal̥u ŋol̥o		balhu n̄olho	N	bird sp., grey + green w. red growth above beak, synonym for balhu mata		(see balhu, balhu tahi, balhu mata) (sd: bird)
kkk	Kokota	bal̥u tahi		balhu tahi	N	bird sp., ‘sea pigeon’, grey, dove-like		(see balhu, balhu nolho, balhu mata) (sd: bird)
kkk	Kokota	ban̥i		banhi	N	cave		(sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	bao		bao	N	women’s dancing stick with special pattern		(sd: custom-artefacts)
kkk	Kokota	bara		bara	N	enclosure, pen, cage - a fenced enclosure for pigs, chickens etc, or around a house (‘fence’ JT)		(see zaḡo, babara) (etym. Claimed to be Cheke Holo/Kia loan.)
kkk	Kokota	barasa		barasa	VITR	be wearing body painting		(sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	bareke		bareke	N	pendant		(see bakiha) (sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	barekura		barekura	N	white custom money		(sd: custom-money)
kkk	Kokota	bariki		bariki	N	plantation		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	baroŋa		baron̄a	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	bea		bea		bland to the taste, not sweet or bitter
kkk	Kokota	beata		beata	VITR	be calm (of sea)		(see dihunare)
kkk	Kokota	bebekolo		bebekolo	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(sd: fish) (etym. Proto??? ‘pond-butterfly’?????)
kkk	Kokota	bebeŋa		beben̄a	N	giant clam found in deep sea		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	beku		beku	N	cemetery		(sd: built-environment)
kkk	Kokota	belama		belama	N	frigate bird (Fregata sp.)		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	belama		belama	PN	clan name		(sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	belelu		belelu	VITR	be smooth (as opp. rough)		(see parakatu)
kkk	Kokota	beleti		beleti	N	belt		(see gisi) (sd: clothing) (etym. Eng/Pijin/Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	belo		belo	N	bell, drum		(etym. Eng/Pijin)		lao belo ia belo go and ring the bell
kkk	Kokota	belo		belo	VTR	ring a bell		(etym. Eng/Pijin)		lao belo ia belo go and ring the bell
kkk	Kokota	benizini		benizini	N	petrol		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin benzine)
kkk	Kokota	betena		betena	LOCN	behind (archaic)		(see legu)
kkk	Kokota	bi		bi	V	fart
kkk	Kokota	bi		bi	N	fart				bimude ago ne siri diadi These farts of yours smell bad. bibibi Exclamation (by child) when s.o. farts
kkk	Kokota	bia		bia	N	cassava		(see nufi, nufi ḡazu) (sd: domesticated-plants) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	bibibli		bibibli	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	bibiloko		bibiloko	V	masturbate (of female only)		(see sasamala) (sd: sex)
kkk	Kokota	bibina		bibina	N	large clinker built canoe with high prow at rear and cover storage area at front		(see hinage, keda) (sd: canoes)
kkk	Kokota	bibirukoilo		bibirukoilo	N	bird sp., old form of birukoilo		(see birukoilo) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	biɣo		bigo	VITR	be sore
kkk	Kokota	bilu		bilu	N	trevally - folk generic for all trevally (Caranx sp. and Gnathanodon sp.), also specifically the Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) (and others?).		(see buku, bukupau, sekuseku, ḡemene, marava) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	bini		bini	N	bean		(sd: domesticated-plants) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	bir̥o		birho	VITR	sleep, lie down
kkk	Kokota	birukoilo		birukoilo	N	bird sp.		(see bibirukoilo) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	bla		bla		‘nomo’ (limiter)				ara bla Only me.
kkk	Kokota	blahi		blahi	VITR	be tabu, be sacred, be holy, be forbidden		(sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	blau		blau		(see bla)
kkk	Kokota	blino		blino	VITR	be pure, be clean		(see fa blino) (sd: states)
kkk	Kokota	blubluse		blubluse	VITR	be easy		(see mhemheana) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	bluse		bluse		short form of bubluse (JT)		(see bubluse)
kkk	Kokota	bnakoa		bnakoa	V	be slow		(see fafra)
kkk	Kokota	bo		bo		contrastive marker				ara bo neke main̄a I came first (as opposed to someone else).
kkk	Kokota	boboe		boboe	N	dugong		(sd: marine-life)
kkk	Kokota	boboe		boboe	PN	a clan name, the senior clan in Goveo		(sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	boboɣolo		bobogolo	N	Flower-nosed bat (Anthrops ornatus)		(see mereku, ko, bablata, memeha, pepeoman̄a) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	boboka		boboka	N	edible seaweed sp.		(sd: seaweed)
kkk	Kokota	boboke		boboke	N	inner thigh		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	boboŋa		bobon̄a	N	bow (for arrows)		(see tupi, kolai) (sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	bobote (nene)		bobote (nene)	N	back of calf (back of leg between knee and ankle)		(see tula) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	boe		boe	VITR	be rotten (of tree, dead animal etc)		(sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	boini		boini	N	tree sp., edible fruit, bark used to make tapa cloth		(sd: trees, tapa)
kkk	Kokota	boka		boka		be able to (abilitative)
kkk	Kokota	bokese		bokese	N	fish sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	bokese		bokese	N	box		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	bokla		bokla	VITR	be fat;		(see leḡohai) (sd: stative, inchoative)
kkk	Kokota	bokla		bokla	V	become large (of fruit, nuts etc)
kkk	Kokota	bokla		bokla	ADJ	large (of fruit, nuts etc)
kkk	Kokota	boku		boku	VITR	be full (of person)
kkk	Kokota	boleti		boleti	N	sinker for sinker fishing		(see ledi) (sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	boleti		boleti	V	fish using a sinker		(sd: fishing) (see ledi)		aḡe boleti aḡe teteḡu go sinker fishing go fishing
kkk	Kokota	bolo		bolo	N	ball		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	boma		boma		wide		(see gobro, puku, sodu)
kkk	Kokota	boŋihehe		bon̄ihehe	N	traditional, preChristian, non-Christian, heathen, ‘hidden’				raḡi bon̄ihehe custom dance puhi bon̄ihehe custom attitude
kkk	Kokota	boŋina		bon̄ina	N	bowl of clam (part of the animal)		(see koḡana) (sd: marine-life, bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	bopa		bopa	VTR	hoe		(see dafa, ho)		na bopa ḡrui I hoed the garden.
kkk	Kokota	borena		borena	N	penis		(see fiolo, mimido, taemuana, ḡaḡani) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	bori		bori	N	scrotum		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	bote		bote	VITR	be pregnant (non-respect)		(sd: statives) (seefabote)		nai ne bote She is pregnant.
kkk	Kokota	boto		boto	QUANT	ten (in ‘old man counting’)		(see taho, faḡaha, fanablo) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	botolo		botolo	N	bottle		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	braku		braku	N	water (generic)		(see bakru)
kkk	Kokota	broza		broza	VITR, VTR	pack up - pack up luggage and belongings ready for a voyage or to move
kkk	Kokota	bu		bu	EXCLM	jocular response to jocular untrue statement		(see busleki, bufliti, bukule, meroa)
kkk	Kokota	bubluse		bubluse		??		(see bluse)
kkk	Kokota	bubul̥i		bubulhi	N	small to medium clam variety found on stoney parts of lagoon floor		(see soda) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	bubulo		bubulo	N	mist which rises from the ground in the early morning		(see ḡoḡorofu) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	bufliti		bufliti	EXCLM	(see bu, busleki, bukule)
kkk	Kokota	Buɣotu		Bugotu	N	Santa Isabel in general, Bughoti region in particular		(sd: place-names)
kkk	Kokota	buka		buka	N	book		(etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	buklo		buklo	N	cord; umbilical cord, navel		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	buku		buku	N	trevally sp. (Caranx sp.) identified as the Great trevally (C. ignobilis)		(see bilu, bukupau, ḡemene) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	bukule		bukule	EXCLM	(see bu, busleki, bufliti)
kkk	Kokota	bukupau		bukupau	N	trevally sp. (Caranx sp.) identified as the Black trevally (C. lugubris)		(see bilu, sekuseku, buku) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	bulai		bulai	VTR	make angry		(gn: Indexes for experiencer.)		lelegu fata manei ne bulanau ara neu Every time he makes me cross.
kkk	Kokota	bul̥i		bulhi	N	Generic term for a large group of shellfish inc. all cowries, some cone shells and others.		(see sisiefan̄a) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	bulobulo		bulobulo	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	buluka		buluka	N	cow		(sd: mammals) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	buru		buru	N	seaweed sp.		(sd: seaweed)
kkk	Kokota	burusu		burusu	N	flame		(see totoi)
kkk	Kokota	burusu		burusu	VITR	be in flames		(see fa burusui)
kkk	Kokota	busana		busana	N	facial hair (beard, moustache, sideburns etc)		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	busleki		busleki	EXCLM	jocular exclamation when someone farts
kkk	Kokota	butu		butu	N	stomach		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	da		da	AUX	we will, we do, we did (1PLINC subject agreement, realis and irrealis)		(see ḡeda)
kkk	Kokota	-da		-da	POSS	our, ours (inclusive) (1PLINC possessor suffix)
kkk	Kokota	dadaegra		dadaeḡra	VTR	startle (old form of dadaḡra)		(see dadagra)
kkk	Kokota	dadagra		dadaḡra	VTR	startle, shake with surprise (must involve shaking)		(see dadaegra)		ara nake fadafada dadaḡrai ia mheke I shot (with a stone) and surprised the dog.
kkk	Kokota	dadarana		dadarana	N	blood		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	daeva		daeva	V	dive		(see gufu) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	dafa		dafa	V	clear by burning (eg. garden) - first burn then slash		(see bopa)
kkk	Kokota	dagra		daḡra	V	surface to breathe (of person diving, turtle, dolphin etc)
kkk	Kokota	daki		daki	N	duck		(sd: animals) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	dalasabaka		dalasabaka	N	kneecap		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	dama		dama	VITR	be toothless		(sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	dan i		dan i		“everyone”
kkk	Kokota	daramu		daramu	N	drum		(sd: domestic-goods)		daramu kareseni kerosene drum
kkk	Kokota	datau		datau	N	chief; bigman; boss; husband; any person of high status inc. PM, bishop, queen etc		(see nakrupe, nafe, datau dulagi, datau toga) (sd: humans, kinship)
kkk	Kokota	datau dulaɣi		datau dulagi	N	powerful (?) chief		(see dulagi, datau) (sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	datau toɣa		datau toga	N	paramount chief		(see datau) (sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	dedeke		dedeke	V	step		(see deke)
kkk	Kokota	dedeke		dedeke	N	steps up into a building		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	deduhu		deduhu	N	slippery cabbage (generic)		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	deke		deke	VITR; VTR	“step”; land (of anything that flies - birds, moths etc); step onto s.th.		(see dedeke, fadeke) (gn: VTR - DO is LOC (or GOAL?))		vakaflalo ana ne deke toḡa That plane has landed. memeha ana ne dekei ḡ#azu ana That bird landed on that tree.
kkk	Kokota	deketatala		deketatala	N	tree sp. (‘step butterfly’)		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	-di		-di	POSS	their, theirs (3PL possessor suffix)
kkk	Kokota	-di		-di	OBJ	them (3PL object agreement)
kkk	Kokota	dia		dia	VITR	be bad		(see didia, fadidia) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	diananafa		diananafa	VITR, VTR	be sad, be sorry (lit. ‘bad heart’)		(sd: statives)		ara na diananafanigo ago I am sad about you.
kkk	Kokota	didiani		didiani	VTR	be unhappy or dissatisfied, be displeased		(see dia)		ta dupanau la manei, ara ginai a didianau If he hits me I will be cross.
kkk	Kokota	dihunare		dihunare	VITR	be rough (of sea)		(see beata) (sd: sea, statives)
kkk	Kokota	do		do	N	mosquito		(sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	doafu		doafu	V	be very short		(etym. Eng/Pijin/Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	dodoli		dodoli		blue, green		(see doli) (sd: colour terms)
kkk	Kokota	dodolina		dodolina	ADJ	alive		(see doli)
kkk	Kokota	dodomu		dodomu	N	firefly		(sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	dodoru		dodoru	N	Large-eye bream (Monotaxis grandoculus)		(see nafaro) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	doɣoho		dogoho	VITR	be lazy		(see donona)		ara na dogoho [noḡu] I’m lazy.
kkk	Kokota	doki		doki	N	anchor		(sd: canoeparts)
kkk	Kokota	dola		dola	VITR	be circumcised (no longer practiced - as infant the foreskin is slit on two sides of the penis, rolled about half way down the penis, and stitched all round with naturally dissolving sutures, resulting in a kind of collar around the penis)		(sd: bodyparts, statives) (see fa dolai)		manei ne dola He is circumcised
kkk	Kokota	doli		doli	VITR	be born, be alive		(see dodoli)		manei ne doli blaugu He is alive. ne doli manei He is alive.
kkk	Kokota	doli		doli	N	life		(see dodoli)
kkk	Kokota	dolina		dolina	ADJ	alive (of people, animals and fish)
kkk	Kokota	donona		donona	V	be lazy for, be unwilling for		(see dogoho)		ara na donoḡu frin̄hena I’m lazy for work.
kkk	Kokota	dou		dou	VITR	be big, be old, be tall; intensifier		(sd: statives)		nege dou ia ḡrugu It’s big night now.
kkk	Kokota	dova		dova	N	Kusakar’s fusilier (Paracaesio kusakarii)		(see siriuli) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	duduki		duduki	N	parcel, round and usually big, with sides of leaf or cloth gathered and tied at top		(see duki, piha, pipiha)		ara na aunau kaike duduki I have a parcel.
kkk	Kokota	duduki		duduki	V	make a parcel by gathering and tying leaf or cloth at top		(see duki, piha, pipiha)		ara na la duduki namhari I’m going to parcel some fish.
kkk	Kokota	dudumai		dudumai	VTR	feel sorry for; have mercy on				lod dudumaḡai gai Lord have mercy on us. na dudumagai tagimai We feel sorry for ourselves.
kkk	Kokota	dudumana		dudumana	N?	(see duduma)
kkk	Kokota	dugru		duḡru		bend
kkk	Kokota	duki		duki	N	parcel		(see duduki, piha)		duki heveana What’s that parcel? duki ḡausa A parcel of betel nut.
kkk	Kokota	duku		duku	N	bag		(see baiki) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	dulaɣi		dulagi	V (?)	powerful??? “a bit like oilagi”		(see oilagi, datau dulagi)
kkk	Kokota	dulu		dulu	N	stick for pounding nuts, coconut, copra, anything; used vertically w. up and down motion.
kkk	Kokota	dumi		dumi	V	dive (for fish, bechdemer etc) (generic)		(see gufu) (sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	dupai		dupai	VITR, VTR	punch		(see tutu, faroho)
kkk	Kokota	duvili		duvili	N	edible mud whelk, found in rivers and mangrove swamps (telescopium telescopium)		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	e		e	AUX	he will, she will, it will, they will (3 subject agreement, irrealis)
kkk	Kokota	e		e	AUX	I will, we will, you will, he will, she will, it will, they will (no subject agreement, irrealis)
kkk	Kokota	ehe		ehe		yes		(see teo)
kkk	Kokota	elo		elo	V	drift
kkk	Kokota	eni		eni	VTR	do				heve neke edire gau heve neugene enin̄a agopuhi anlau What did you do? Why did you do that thing?
kkk	Kokota	eu		eu		it will be like that; he/she/it/they will say		(lit. '3SUBJ.IRR-be.thus')
kkk	Kokota	eu baiu		eu baiu		maybe		(see ba)
kkk	Kokota	fa		fa	?	causative (marks verbs to make them causative); ordinal (marks numbers to make them ordinals)
kkk	Kokota	fa bablahi		fa bablahi	V	bless, make tabu		(see blahi, bablahi, fa blahi)
kkk	Kokota	fa blahi		fa blahi	V	bless, make tabu		(see blahi, bablahi, fa bablahi)
kkk	Kokota	fa burusui		fa burusui	VTR	cause to be in flames		(see burusu)
kkk	Kokota	fa dodoli		fa dodoli	VTR	cause to be alive, turn on, give birth to, deliver		(see doli, fa doli)
kkk	Kokota	fa dolai		fa dolai	VTR	circumcise (no longer practiced - as infant the foreskin is slit on two sides of the penis, rolled about half way down the penis, and stitched all round with naturally dissolving sutures, resulting in a kind of collar around the penis)		(sd: bodyparts) (seedola)		maneri ne fa dolai manei They circumcised him.
kkk	Kokota	fa doli		fa doli	VTR	cause to be alive, turn on, give birth to, deliver		(see doli, fa dodoli)
kkk	Kokota	fa fofograi		fa fofoḡrai	VTR	make a bit sick		(see foḡra, fofoḡra)		manei neke fafofoḡraigo ago He has made you sick.
kkk	Kokota	fa ɣanoɣano		fa ganogano		very good (better than rita or keli), “nice one”		(see keli, rita, gano)
kkk	Kokota	fa ɣaseɣase		fa gasegase	V	be dressed up and showing of (sense involves pride and vanity), used of women only		(see fa manemane, gase)
kkk	Kokota	fa ɣiliɣili		fa giligili	V	tickle		(see giligili)
kkk	Kokota	fa huhuŋu		fa huhun̄u	VITR	be heartburn causing		(see hun̄u, huhun̄u, fa hun̄u)		malirina zora ine ne fahuhun̄u ḡlehe This pork fat is very heartburn causing.
kkk	Kokota	fa huŋu		fa hun̄u	VTR	cause heartburn		(see hun̄u, huhun̄u, fa huhun̄u)
kkk	Kokota	fa kenui		fa kenui	VTR	send ahead				ḡaha mane nege fa kenuri kaia hinage Five men were sent ahead in the canoe.
kkk	Kokota	fa kukumai		fa kukumai	V	give drinking medicine or Holy Communion		(see kumai, fa kumai)
kkk	Kokota	fa kumai		fa kumai	V	make s.o. drink		(see kumai, fa kukumai)
kkk	Kokota	fa manemane		fa manemane	VITR, VTR	be dressed up (of man or woman); be happy (of man or woman)		(see mane, fa gasegase) (etym. mane ‘man’)		ara na fa manemane I got dressed up (eg for church)
kkk	Kokota	fa n̥in̥iɣona		fa nhinhigona		last or final one (last person in a line, last dose of medicine etc)		(see nhigo, fa nhigo)
kkk	Kokota	fa nodoi		fa nodoi	VTR	stop		(see nodo, fa noto)
kkk	Kokota	fa notoi		fa notoi	VTR	stop		(see noto, fa nodo, fufunu)		ia nahani ne fa notoina ia visi The rain stopped the game.
kkk	Kokota	fa sakei		fa sakei	VTR	intentionally put a hook into or through s.t (so not fish - chance whether fish takes hook or not)		(see sakei)
kkk	Kokota	fa age		fa’aḡe	VTR	send, give		(see age)		ara a fa’aḡe kkoilo ine I will give you this coconut.
kkk	Kokota	fa aui		fa’aui	VTR	cause to be present
kkk	Kokota	fa ikai		fa’ikai	VTR	cause to wash		(see ika)
kkk	Kokota	fa ikoai		fa’ikoai	VTR	make small		(see ikoa)
kkk	Kokota	fa ilai		fa’ilai	VTR	make very bright		(see ila)
kkk	Kokota	faaknu		faaknu	V	murder (JT gives ‘killing’)		(see aknu, mane faaknu)
kkk	Kokota	fababaoi		fababaoi	VTR	make tired				frin̄he heta ine ne fababaonau ara This hard work tires me.
kkk	Kokota	fabir̥o suli		fabirho suli	N	night after n̄alu baisu (lit. ‘make children sleep’ (?))		(see baḡalagi, ḡlaba nare, n̄alu baisu) (sd: astronomy)
kkk	Kokota	fablinori		fablinori	VTR	make pure, cleanse (of human spirit/soul only)
kkk	Kokota	faboteni		faboteni	VTR	make pregnant				manei neke faboteni gaseana He got that girl pregnant.
kkk	Kokota	fada		fada	VITR	shoot (with stone, arrow, gun etc)		(see fadi, fafada)
kkk	Kokota	fada kolae		fada kolae	V	“metaphore for fananamha” (lit. ‘throw spear’)		(see fananamha)
kkk	Kokota	fadamai		fadamai	V	toss it, throw nearby
kkk	Kokota	fadeke		fadeke	N	foot of hill or mountain (lit. ‘cause-step’)		(see deke) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	fadi		fadi	VTR	shoot (with stone, arrow, gun etc)		(see fada, fafada)
kkk	Kokota	fafada		fafada	V	shoot with spear, arrow, stone etc		(see dumi, fada, fadi)
kkk	Kokota	fafakae		fafakae	N	face		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	fafaŋai		fafan̄ai	VTR	feed (animals)		(see fan̄a)		ara nake la fafan̄ai ia zora I went to feed the pig.
kkk	Kokota	fafata		fafata	ADJ (?)	crossed				ia ḡazu fafata the crossed timbers (crucifix)
kkk	Kokota	fafitu		fafitu	QUANT	seventh (ordinal form of seven)		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fafnoto		fafnoto	QUANT	fourth (ordinal form of four)		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fafra		fafra	V	be quick, hurry		(see baknua)		gau ade paka, faframai gau You here in the east, come quickly.
kkk	Kokota	fagaha		faḡaha	QUANT	five (in ‘old man counting’); fifth (ordinal form of five)		(see taho, fanablo, boto) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fagegelehu		faḡeḡelehu	N	pillow		(see ḡeḡelehu) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	faɣalo		fagalo	N	tree hibiscus (hibiscus tiliaceus)		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	faɣiɣilai		fagigilai	VTR	try, attempt, test food or drink etc to see if OK, test a repaired lamp to see if it’s fixed		(see gigilai)		ginai saigona ge ḡe fagigilai n̄a zuta ine Tonight we’ll test this lamp.
kkk	Kokota	faɣoi		fagoi	V	gather into a heap
kkk	Kokota	faɣonoɣono		fagonogono	VITR	be ready		(see gonogono, fatana)		ara na fagonogono I’m ready.
kkk	Kokota	fahaɣe nanafa		fahage nanafa		gasp or breathe in very deeply		(see papan̄a)
kkk	Kokota	fahana		fahana	QUANT	eighth (ordinal form of eight)		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	faheɣa		fahega	VITR, VTR	be happy, be grateful		(see famanemane)		ara na fahega ka ago I’m happy with you. ara na faheganigo ago I’m grateful to you.
kkk	Kokota	fai		fai	N	domain				kaia fai dokta on the part of doctors
kkk	Kokota	faiba		faiba	N	fibreglass dinghy		(see hinage) (sd: transport)
kkk	Kokota	fakae		fakae	VITR	look, see, watch over		(see kae)
kkk	Kokota	fakae tutuni		fakae tutuni	V	stare at s.o. or s.th.
kkk	Kokota	fakamo		fakamo	TLOC	always		(see fakamu)		ara a n̄hau raisi fakamo I always eat rice.
kkk	Kokota	fakamoi		fakamoi	VTR	transfer		(see kamo)		fakamori bakru tauana ka timosiana ka panekine ana Transfer the tea from that thermos to that cup.
kkk	Kokota	fakamu		fakamu	TLOC	always
kkk	Kokota	faklano		faklano	N	rock outcrop in water next to beach (old form of flakano)		(see flakano) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	faknaso		faknaso	VTR	fill		(see knaso)
kkk	Kokota	fakopo		fakopo	VITR; VTR	be upside down; turn s.th. upside down		(see kokopo) (sd: stative)
kkk	Kokota	fakraŋoi		fakran̄oi	VTR	dry something		(see kran̄o)		ara a fakran̄ori fea noḡu pohe ide I’m drying my clothes.
kkk	Kokota	fakukrudide		fakukrudide		???				suḡa ine ne zozozro fakukrudide This house is pouring water from the ends of the thatch.
kkk	Kokota	fala		fala	N	cut nut tree and nut		(sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	falaŋasa		falan̄asa	VTR	make thirsty		(see lan̄asa) (etym. Bughotu)		mhokona ka naprai ne falan̄asanau ara Sitting in the sun is making me thirsty.
kkk	Kokota	falao		falao	V	send, give (away from)		(see famai, lao)		na kaike falari gudu ara ira hugru bokese masese I gave all the boxes of matches.
kkk	Kokota	falehei		falehei	VTR	kill, turn off		(see lehe)
kkk	Kokota	faleheŋ̊aui		falehen̄haui	VTR	make hungry		(see lehen̄hau)		zazaho lao maide ne falehen̄haunau ara Travelling about is making me hungry.
kkk	Kokota	faliliu		faliliu	N	opposite		(see liliu)		zuzufra faliliu nana vega black is the opposite of white
kkk	Kokota	faloɣai		falogai	V	pour		(see loga, kikrisu)		falogamai katana karosenin̄abo Pour out a little bit more kerosene.
kkk	Kokota	famai		famai	VTR	bring, send (hither), give (hither)		(see mai, falao) (gn: Not ditrans. DO is U.GOER not RECIP)		neke famaini noḡu ido ara My mother sent it.
kkk	Kokota	fam̥am̥aɣu		famhamhagu	VTR	frighten		(see mhagu, mhano-)		ago no famhamhagunau ara You frighten me.
kkk	Kokota	fam̥aŋaini		famhan̄aini	VTR	remove, cause to be away				mala hoda famhan̄aidi nhavediro iheiri Take away our sins.
kkk	Kokota	faŋai		fan̄ai	VTR	give food, drink, tobacco (anything consumable by mouth)		(see tufa, fafan̄a)
kkk	Kokota	faŋaŋau		fan̄an̄au	V	make whispering		(see n̄an̄au)
kkk	Kokota	fanablo		fanablo	QUANT	six (in ‘old man counting’); sixth (ordinal form of six)		(see taho, faḡaha, boto) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fanagri		fanaḡri	VTR	block, obstruct, prevent from proceeding		(see naḡra, naḡri, fananaḡra)		ara na fanaḡrinigo ago I’m stopping you from going.
kkk	Kokota	fananagra		fananaḡra	V	cause a blockage		(see naḡra, naḡri, fanaḡri)		mala fananaḡra ‘for blocking’ (a charm hung over doorway to keep devils out, eg. room with baby)
kkk	Kokota	fananam̥a		fananamha	V	get s.o. to be generous or kind to you (osooso in Pijin)		(see namha)
kkk	Kokota	fan̥ae		fanhae	VTR	make clear or bright		(see nhae)		lalaba ine ne haḡlu fanhae This field has been swept clean.
kkk	Kokota	fan̥eva		fanheva	QUANT	ninth (ordinal form of nine)		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fan̥iɣo		fanhigo	VTR	finish		(see nhigo, fa nhinhigo)		toka fanhigo tufanau ḡazu ine Finish cutting this wood for me.
kkk	Kokota	fani		fani	MOD	used to usually				ara e fani korho namhari eu, n̄a goinode nege teo I used to catch fish, but now I don’t.
kkk	Kokota	fanonom̥o		fanonomho	VITR	listen		(see nomhi, nonomho, fanomho) (gn: < S (OBLTHM) >)		ara na fanonomho ka radio ine I’m listening to the radio. ara na fanonomho bo ge teo bla ḡa nomhiu I listened but I didn’t hear it.
kkk	Kokota	fapalu		fapalu	QUANT	second (ordinal form of two)		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fapraini		fapraini	VTR	dry s.th. in the sun		(see naprai)
kkk	Kokota	fareke		fareke	V	hang up
kkk	Kokota	fari kaproidi		fari kaproidi	?	add		(see hoda kokoai)		hanau fariproidi palugu nihao Eight plus two is how much?
kkk	Kokota	farihotaina		farihotaina	LOCN	between, in the middle		(see fari, hotai)		maniko ana ne au ka farihotaidi buti are That pawpaw is between those shoes.
kkk	Kokota	faroɣohi		farogohi	VTR	hit (arch. version of faroho)		(see faroho)
kkk	Kokota	faroho		faroho	VTR	hit with a long thin thing (stick, bush knife, hand)		(gn: Def. No *roho so not CAUS.)
kkk	Kokota	fasasakei		fasasakei	V	hook something (with a hook)
kkk	Kokota	fasasaro		fasasaro	V	be joking
kkk	Kokota	fasisito		fasisito		sacrifice				fasisito nona ḡod Lamb of God
kkk	Kokota	fasuni		fasuni	VTR	breast feed				nai ne fasuni suliao She is breastfeeding that child.
kkk	Kokota	fata		fata	N	occasion				niha fata lao ago buala wiki ta aḡeo On how many occasions did you go to Buala last week?
kkk	Kokota	fata		fata	N	the internal ridgepole of a house; rafter (of roof)		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	fatana		fatana	VITR	be ready		(see tana, fagonogono) (etym. Kia)		ara nage fatana nhigo I’m ready already.
kkk	Kokota	fatana		fatana	V	fit (of clothes, shoes etc)
kkk	Kokota	fatarai		fatarai	V	bless (a new harvest, a new house etc)		(see tarai)
kkk	Kokota	fate		fate	LOCN	on, above				koilo ana ne au ka fatena ia daramu. That coconut is on top of the drum. laini mala kakafe ana ne au ka fatena bakete ana That washing line is over that drum.
kkk	Kokota	fatilo		fatilo	QUANT	third (ordinal form of three)		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fazazaɣa		fazazaga	VITR	form into a line		(see zazaga)		fazazaga fea lao Form up into a line and go.
kkk	Kokota	fefeka		fefeka	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	feka		feka	V	open parcel and remove contents		(see feki)
kkk	Kokota	feki		feki	V	open parcel and remove contents		(see feka)
kkk	Kokota	fere		fere	V	be surprised				ara na noḡu fere I’m surprised.
kkk	Kokota	fere		fere	N	a palm		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	fifido		fifido	N	toe		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	figasi		fiḡasi	N	number		(etym. Eng/Pijin)		ke tahori bago fiḡasiare You count those numbers. palugu ne kaike fiḡasi Two is a number.
kkk	Kokota	fikai		fikai	V	turn around
kkk	Kokota	fike		fike	V	cut firewood		(see tue, knusu, knusi)
kkk	Kokota	fila		fila	N	thunderclap, always associated with lightning		(see ḡulu) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	fin̥a		finha	N	sea, salt water		(see tahi) (sd: topography, sea)
kkk	Kokota	fiolona		fiolona	N	penis		(see bore, mimido, taemuana, ḡaḡani) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	fiso		fiso	VITR	be missing a fingernail		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	fitsalai		fitsalai	QUANT	seventy		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fitu		fitu	QUANT	seven		(see fitugu) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fitu tofra		fitu tofra	N	any crossed group of stars		(see fitukamo) (sd: astronomy)
kkk	Kokota	fituɣu		fitugu	N	seven (cardinal)		(see fitu) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fitusalai		fitusalai	QUANT	seventy		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fiza		fiza	V	break
kkk	Kokota	flakano		flakano	N	rock outcrop in water next to beach		(see faklano) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	flalo		flalo	VITR, VTR	fly				ara na flaloi vakaflalo ine I’m flying this plane.
kkk	Kokota	flea		flea	N	mould (on fruit etc)		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	fliti		fliti	VTR	peel (peel a lime, peel bark off a tree, skin a mango, retract foreskin of penis)		(see toka, tue, vahe)
kkk	Kokota	fnahina		fnahina	N	flesh, meat		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	fnara		fnara	VITR	s.th. caught at the top of a tree or on the roof of a house				kepi ana ne fnara ka ia ḡ#azu That hat is caught in the tree.
kkk	Kokota	fnoto		fnoto	QUANT	four		(see fnotou) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fnoto		fnoto	V	be very stupid (more stupid than melon̄o/meni)		(see melon̄o, meni, ḡoḡo) (sd: stative) (etym. Eng/Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	fnotou		fnotou	N	four (cardinal)		(see fnoto) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	fodu		fodu	VITR, VTR	be full (of) (water, rice etc, not people)		(sd: statives) (seeknaso, boku)		daramu karosini ine ne fodu This kerosene drum is full. daramu ine ne fodu karosini ine This drum is full of kerosene.
kkk	Kokota	fofogra		fofoḡra	VITR; Vcoref	be a little bit sick; feel a little bit sick; feel homesick		(sd: Statives; Experientials) (see foḡra, fafofoḡra) (gn: With Vcoref EXP is S and O indexed.)		ara na fofoḡranau I feel a bit sick.
kkk	Kokota	fofona		fofona	N	adam’s apple		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	foforu		foforu	VTR	make new				nake fa foforui ara raro ine I [cleaned until it was as] new this pot.
kkk	Kokota	foforu		foforu	VITR	be new				inehi ne foforu This is new.
kkk	Kokota	foforuna		foforuna	ADJ	new				kaike ḡasi foforuna a new torch
kkk	Kokota	foforuna		foforuna	N	a new thing				kaike foforuna ine This new thing.
kkk	Kokota	fofoto		fofoto	N	tree sp. with heart shaped leaves		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	fogra		foḡra	VITR; Vcoref	be very sick; feel very sick		(sd: statives; experientials) (see fofoḡra, fafofoḡra, fofoḡra)		ara na foḡra I am sick. ara na foḡranau I feel sick.
kkk	Kokota	fogradou		foḡradou	VITR	be very sick		(sd: statives) (see foḡra, dou)		nakodou ine ne torai foḡradou This old woman is really very sick.
kkk	Kokota	fona		fona		south east		(see paka, rhuku, rauru) (sd: space)
kkk	Kokota	fora		fora	N	a plant like sugar cane grown to use as batons to tie down roof panels		(see siku) (sd: domesticated-plants, houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	foro		foro	N	coconut paste		(sd: food)
kkk	Kokota	foti		foti	V	block s.th.		(see foto)
kkk	Kokota	foto		foto	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	foto		foto	V	block s.th.		(see foti)
kkk	Kokota	friŋ̊e		frin̄he	VITR, VTR	make, do, work				oti frin̄hei anlau Don’t do that.
kkk	Kokota	friŋ̊e		frin̄he	N	work, job				turi fea, ge ge laon̄a ka frin̄he are Talk first, then go to those jobs.
kkk	Kokota	friŋ̊epuhi		frin̄hepuhi	V	do something bad; have sex (respect term)		(sd: active, sex) (seeome, visi)		ara na noḡu fin̄apuhi ka ago I want to do bad things with you (ie have sex).
kkk	Kokota	fro		fro	V	squeeze
kkk	Kokota	fruŋ̊o		frun̄ho		grit which falls		(see ḡafu, kaburu)
kkk	Kokota	fufuɣo		fufugo	N	tomorrow		(see fufugonare, fugonare kelina) (sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	fufuɣonare		fufugonare	N	morning		(see fufugo, fugonare kelina) (sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	fufunu		fufunu	VITR, VTR	start, begin		(see noto, fanoto, nodo, fanodo)		gita boka fufunu bo Shall we start? ia nunuge ne fufunui ia togoru The earthquake started a landslide.
kkk	Kokota	fufure		fufure	N	a flowering plant, grows as a litoral creeper		(sd: plants-creepers)
kkk	Kokota	fuɣonare kelina		fugonare kelina		good morning		(see fufugo, fufugonare) (sd: greeting)
kkk	Kokota	fute		fute	N	orchid variety, used for dying custom calico blue		(sd: plants, clothing)
kkk	Kokota	ga		ḡa	AUX	I, we (1PLEXC subject agreement, neutral modality)
kkk	Kokota	gadeni		ḡadeni	N	k.o. stone - heavy, large, black, round, found in rivers, used to stretch tapa cloth because it’s heavy and large and even		(sd: rocks)
kkk	Kokota	gaem̥ari		ḡaemhari	N	tree sp., grows in bush, special for making canoes		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	gaenare		ḡaenare	N	first sign of day, light on horizon before sun actually rises		(see paḡasa) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	gaepaza		ḡaepaza	N	tree sp., grows by the beach		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	gafu		ḡafu		dust which blows about (like smoke)		(see ḡufu, frun̄ho, kaburu)
kkk	Kokota	gagahu		ḡaḡahu	VITR	be irritating to the eyes, as smoke				ḡufunana pipila ana ne ḡaḡahu ḡlehe The smoke from that cigarette is very irritating to the eyes.
kkk	Kokota	gagahu		ḡaḡahu	N	smoke irritation				ḡaḡahuana ne bulanau ara That smoke irritation is making me cross.
kkk	Kokota	gagani		ḡaḡani	N	penis		(see fiolo, mimido, bore, taemuana) (sd: bodyparts) (etym. Maringe ‘pounding stick’)
kkk	Kokota	gagazuna		ḡaḡazuna	N	tree, stem		(sd: plantparts) (see ḡazu)		ḡaḡazuna sita nali tree ḡaḡazuna sakale sakale stem
kkk	Kokota	gaha		ḡaha	QUANT	five		(see ḡahau) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	gahau		ḡahau	N	five (cardinal)		(see ḡaha) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	gahipa		ḡahipa	N	stone		(sd: rocks)
kkk	Kokota	gahipa goro		ḡahipa ḡoro	N	a heap of stones (‘stone - ?’)		(see ḡoro) (sd: rocks)
kkk	Kokota	gaho		ḡaho	N	rafters, poles running from ridgepole to top of porch or back wall of house		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	gahu		ḡahu	V	bake on hot stones in ground oven		(see liḡoso) (sd: cooking)		ara nake ḡahui kaike teḡe ka liḡoso I baked a turtle in a ground oven.
kkk	Kokota	-gai		-ḡai	OBJ	us (exclusive) (1PLEXC object agreement)
kkk	Kokota	galo		ḡalo	N	a breaking wave		(see gagalogu) (sd: sea)
kkk	Kokota	gaoɣa		ḡaoga	N	Two-spot red snapper		(see sasaga, bakosero) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	gasere		ḡasere	N	octopus (generic)		(see tan̄ano kalae) (sd: marine-life)
kkk	Kokota	gasi		ḡasi	N	torch
kkk	Kokota	-gau		-ḡau	OBJ	you (2PL object agreement)
kkk	Kokota	gauai		ḡauai	VITR	be distant from referential centre		(sd: statives) (seenamo) (gn: If S is speaker OBLLOC is obligatory)		sisiḡa ne ḡauai Sisiga is far away. ara na ḡauai ka suḡaḡuo I am far from my house.
kkk	Kokota	gausa		ḡausa	N	betel nut palm and nut (Areca sp. especially A. catechu), both the domesticated variety, and as generic		(see ḡausa mata, ḡausa buloma) (sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	gausa buloma		ḡausa buloma	N	betel palm sp. (Areca guppyana?) with large inedible fruit.		(see ḡausa) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	gausa mata		ḡausa mata	N	wild betel palm sp. (Areca macrocalyx), has small edible fruit (lit. ‘bush betel’)		(see ḡausa) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	gazu		ḡazu	N	wood: tree, stick, piece of wood		(see ḡaḡazuna, vavaḡe) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	gazupleku		ḡazupleku	N	dancing stick		(see vekapleku) (sd: custom-artefacts, music)
kkk	Kokota	ge		ḡe	AUX	he, she, it, they (3 subject agreement, neutral modality)
kkk	Kokota	ge		ḡe	AUX	I, we, you, he, she, it, they (no subject agreement, neutral modality)
kkk	Kokota	geda		ḡeda	AUX	we will, we do, we did (1PLINC subject agreement, realis and irrealis) (variant form of da)		(see da)
kkk	Kokota	gefu		ḡefu	VITR	be windy				ne ḡefu ḡlehe It’s very windy.
kkk	Kokota	gefu		ḡefu	N	wind				ḡefu ne mai Wind has come.
kkk	Kokota	gefu ara		ḡefu ara	N	a wind which goes fona to paka.		(sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	gegeho		ḡeḡeho	N	a shellfish (?) with a segmented shell (like a trilobite)		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	gegelehu		ḡeḡelehu	N	pillow		(see faḡeḡelehu) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	gehoi		ḡehoi	V	make a round hole in s.th.
kkk	Kokota	gel̥u		ḡelhu	N	Five-band parrotfish Scarrus ghobban		(see ḡoḡola, maziri, parake) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	gema		ḡema	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	gemene		ḡemene	N	trevally sp. (Caranx sp.) identified as Bluefin trevally (C. melampygus) and as Great trevally (C. ignobilis)		(see bilu, marava) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	gepa		ḡepa	N	spinefoot (aka rabbitfish) Siganus spinus, an edible lagoon fish with slightly poisonous spines		(see tetego) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	gia		ḡia	N	lime made from crushed coral chewed with betel nut		(see nefe) (sd: consumables)
kkk	Kokota	gili		ḡili	VITR	steer a canoe with a paddle		(see sagalegu)		ḡili ka gorhana You steer with that paddle.
kkk	Kokota	giluna		ḡiluna	LOCN	inside				ka ḡiludi hugru suḡ inside all the houses a ka ḡiluna wiki ta mai during next week
kkk	Kokota	girasa		ḡirasa		small cut		(see ḡirasi)
kkk	Kokota	girasi		ḡirasi		small cut		(see ḡirasa)
kkk	Kokota	glaba		ḡlaba	N	moon		(sd: astronomy)
kkk	Kokota	glaba nare		ḡlaba nare	N	full moon (first night) (lit. ‘day moon’)		(see baḡalagi, n̄alu baisu, fabirho suli) (sd: astronomy)
kkk	Kokota	glala		ḡlala	N	commercial trochus shell and shellfish (Trochus niloticus).		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	glaze		ḡlaze	N	a sp. of coral which is branching		(see tabasoa, totolu, san̄a) (sd: coral, rocks)
kkk	Kokota	gleɣuna		ḡleguna	N	child of sister - reverse of magiha		(see magiha) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	glehe		ḡlehe	ADV	intensifier				inehi ne dia ḡlehe This is very bad. ago no n̄hau ḡlehe You are eating a lot.
kkk	Kokota	glelai		ḡlelai	N	a fern, grows by rivers, edible fronds, “cabbage blong bush”		(see ton̄aha) (sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	glogu		ḡloḡu	N	bay		(see loḡuna) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	gloŋa		ḡlon̄a	VITR	choke				ara na ḡlon̄anau I am choking. ara nake ḡlon̄a I was choking.
kkk	Kokota	glufu		ḡlufu	N	school of fish
kkk	Kokota	glula		ḡlula	N	pole parallel to the ridgepole to which the rafters are attached		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	gluma		ḡluma	N	large man-made hole (must be large and made for a reason) (not animal or natural hole)		(see korosa) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	go		ḡo	AUX	you (2 subject agreement, neutral modality)
kkk	Kokota	goba		ḡoba	ADJ? V?	fat (as in obese)		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	goba		ḡoba	N	tree w. very fat trunk, one of widest in bush, grows by rivers, timber quite hard, used for making dugout canoes		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	gobi		ḡobi	N	hundred		(sd: numbers)		kaike ḡobi one hundred
kkk	Kokota	goe		ḡoe	N	a brown patterned snake, lives on the ground and coils up		(see kolu) (sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	gogo		ḡoḡo	V	be stupid		(see melon̄o, fnoto, meni)		ago no ḡoḡo You’re stupid. (said as joke)
kkk	Kokota	gogola		ḡoḡola	N	parrotfish sp. (?)		(see parake, ḡelhu, maziri) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	gogolo		ḡoḡolo	N	hand rattle made from seedpods from the sesele tied to cloth wound around the hand		(sd: custom-artefacts, music)
kkk	Kokota	gogorofu		ḡoḡorofu	N	mist which hangs at any time of the day or night in the bush when the air is cold		(see bubulo) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	gogorofu		ḡoḡorofu	N	clouds around the top of a mountain		(sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	gogotu		ḡoḡotu	VITR	be jealous
kkk	Kokota	goɣo		ḡogo	N	house raised on stilts rather than built directly on the ground		(see suḡa, suḡa kava) (sd: houses)
kkk	Kokota	gola		ḡola	VITR	an affect on the skin caused by cold or sickness (not goosebumps)		(see gigire) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	golu		ḡolu	N	goal posts		(sd: pasttimes) (etym. Eng/Pijin)		ḡoluana that goal post
kkk	Kokota	gonona		ḡonona	VTR	not know		(see ḡonu)		gai na ḡonomaini We don’t know it.
kkk	Kokota	gonona		ḡonona	V	not understand, not know		(see ḡonu, safra)		ḡonodani We don’t know it. (“Iumi no save.”)
kkk	Kokota	gonu		ḡonu	VITR	not understand, make a mistake (as in miss a path)		(see ḡonona, safra)		ara na ḡonu I don’t understand. manei nege birho ḡonu He is asleep (as opp. lying down).
kkk	Kokota	gori		ḡori	N	a very small school fish that stays at the beach (like kefo but smaller)		(see kefo) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	goro		ḡoro	N	place with heaps of stones		(see ḡahipa ḡoro) (sd: rocks)
kkk	Kokota	gorotati		ḡorotati	N	family		(sd: kinship) (see tati)		ia ḡ#orotatio ka zemesi James’ family
kkk	Kokota	grade		ḡrade	N	dolphin teeth custom money (only dolphin: dog, pig etc teeth not used in Kokota custom money)		(sd: custom-money)
kkk	Kokota	graɣu		ḡragu	N	Sea mullet Mugil cephalus		(see abiti, kirigile) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	grerena		ḡrerena	N	forehead		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	grigi		ḡriḡi	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	griŋo		ḡrin̄o	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	groi		ḡroi	TAM(?)	desirative		(see manahagi)
kkk	Kokota	groi kumai		ḡroi kumai	V	be thirsty
kkk	Kokota	groma		ḡroma	N	small frog sp. (Platymantis weberi)		(sd: frogs)
kkk	Kokota	gromo		ḡromo	N	cloud		(sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	gruɣu		ḡrugu	N	darkness, night time		(see ḡrugu dou) (sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	gruɣu dou		ḡrugu dou	N	late in the night (lit. ‘big night’)		(see ḡrugu) (sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	grui		ḡrui	N	garden		(see ḡruiḡrui) (sd: built-environment)
kkk	Kokota	gruigrui		ḡruiḡrui	V	brush garden		(see ḡrui)
kkk	Kokota	-gu		-ḡu	POSS	my, mine (1SG possessor suffix)
kkk	Kokota	gufu		ḡufu	VITR	smoke		(see kufu, ḡaḡahu, pipila, ḡuḡufu, kufukufu) (etym. ?Kia)		pipila ana ne ḡufu That cigarette is smoking.
kkk	Kokota	gufu		ḡufu	N	smoke		(see ḡuḡufu) (etym. ?Kia)		ḡufunana pipila ana ka ago ne ḡaḡahu ḡlehe That smoke from that cigarette of yours is very irritating to the eyes.
kkk	Kokota	gugufu		ḡuḡufu	N	something to smoke (ie. tobacco)		(see ḡufu, kufu, kufukufu)
kkk	Kokota	guku		ḡuku	N	road, path, track
kkk	Kokota	guli		ḡuli	N	foreskin		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	gulina		ḡulina	N	skin, bark		(sd: bodyparts, plantparts)		ḡ#ulina ḡ#azu tree bark
kkk	Kokota	gulu		ḡulu	N	rumbling thunder not associated with lightning		(see fila) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	gure		ḡure	N	nut paste		(sd: food)
kkk	Kokota	gutu		ḡutu	N	flea, louse		(sd: insects) (see ḡutu zora)		ara na au ḡutu I have fleas/lice.
kkk	Kokota	gutu		ḡutu	VITR	be flea ridden or lousy		(sd: statives)		ara na ḡutu ḡlehe I am very flea ridden/lousy.
kkk	Kokota	gutu zora		ḡutu zora	N	tick (lit. ‘pig louse/flea’)		(see ḡutu) (sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaɣada		gagada	N	a littoral ground creeper with small yellow flowers, leaves are custom medicine - mixed with gia and tahi for dressing cuts and sores		(sd: plants-creepers, medicine)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaɣadokom̥u		gagadokomhu	N	abalone, not eaten, formerly used for smoothing rope for clinker building		(see gegeho) (sd: shellfish, canoes)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaɣaloɣu		gagalogu	N	swell (sea)		(see ḡalo) (sd: sea)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaɣasena		gagasena	ADJ	female (of animals only)		(see gase, mamanena)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaɣato		gagato	VITR	think		(see gato)		ara na gagato I’m thinking.
kkk	Kokota	ɣaɣato		gagato	N	thought		(see gato)		kaike gagato a thought
kkk	Kokota	ɣahao		gahao	N	horizontal house beam		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	ɣahe		gahe	N	leg		(see nene) (sd: bodyparts) (etym. Kia)
kkk	Kokota	ɣahipa nan̥iri		gahipa nanhiri	N	full name of nanhiri		(see nanhiri) (sd: rocks)
kkk	Kokota	ɣai		gai	PRO	we, us (exclusive) (1PLEXC)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaili		gaili	N	fishhook		(sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaipalu		gaipalu	PRO	we two, us two (exclusive) (1PLEXCDL)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaipalu		gaipalu	PRO	we (exclusive) two (1PLEXCDL)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaitilo		gaitilo	PRO	we (exclusive) three (1PLEXCTR)
kkk	Kokota	ɣano		gano		smell or taste good (of anything); ready to eat (of cut nut)		(see ḡano)		ne siri gano It smells good.
kkk	Kokota	ɣanona		ganona	N	edible part of root vegetable		(sd: plantparts, domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	ɣara		gara	VITR	touch all about (ie pick everything up, touch everything)		(see garagara)		oti ḡara Don’t touch all about.
kkk	Kokota	ɣaraɣara		garagara		scrabbling sound		(see gara)
kkk	Kokota	ɣar̥o		garho	V	scratch
kkk	Kokota	ɣasa		gasa	V	jump
kkk	Kokota	ɣase		gase	N	girl, young woman, woman		(see mane) (sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	ɣase		gase	ADJ	female (humans only)		(see mane, gagasena)
kkk	Kokota	ɣase vaka		gase vaka	N	white or asian woman		(see mane vaka) (sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	ɣato pulo		gato pulo	VITR	remember
kkk	Kokota	ɣato pulo		gato pulo	N	feast of rememberence held 10 days after a death
kkk	Kokota	ɣatogonu		gatoḡonu	V	forget
kkk	Kokota	ɣatoi		gatoi	VTR	think about		(see gagato) (gn: DO is THM)		ara na gatoigo ago I’m thinking about you.
kkk	Kokota	ɣau		gau	PRO	you (plural) (2PL)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaupalu		gaupalu	PRO	you two (2DL)
kkk	Kokota	ɣaupalu		gaupalu	PRO	you two (2DL)
kkk	Kokota	ɣautilo		gautilo	PRO	you three (2TR)
kkk	Kokota	ɣe		ge	CONJ	and then (consecutive coordinating conjunction) clause level; and (coordinating conjunction) NP level		(see neu, ba, mala)		pita ge maki Peter and Mark manedouana ge nakodouana that man and that woman
kkk	Kokota	ɣe		ge	TNS	PRESENT				nege kran̄o noḡu pohe ide My clothes are dry now.
kkk	Kokota	ɣe-		ge-	POSSBS	consumable possessive base (edible, drinkable or smokable thing)
kkk	Kokota	ɣeda		geda	POSS	our (inclusive) (consumable)
kkk	Kokota	ɣedi		gedi	POSS	their (consumable)
kkk	Kokota	ɣegu		geḡu	POSS	my (consumable)
kkk	Kokota	ɣeɣeho		gegeho	N	abalone (it is eaten)		(see gagadokomhu, ḡeḡeho) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	ɣeɣere		gegere	N	“forest”		(sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	ɣemai		gemai	POSS	our (exclusive) (consumable)
kkk	Kokota	ɣemi		gemi	POSS	your (plural) (consumable)
kkk	Kokota	ɣena		gena	POSS	his, her, its (consumable)
kkk	Kokota	ɣerina		gerina	RELN	side				bakete ana ne au ka gerina daramu ana That bucket is at the side of (ie. next to) that drum.
kkk	Kokota	ɣeu		geu	POSS	your (singular) (consumable)
kkk	Kokota	ɣeze		geze	VTR	tell		(see o’oe, tahei)
kkk	Kokota	ɣeze		geze	N	language		(see o’oe)
kkk	Kokota	ɣiɣilai		gigilai	V	test		(see fagigilai)
kkk	Kokota	ɣiɣire		gigire	VITR	have goosebumps		(see ḡola) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	ɣihe		gihe	V	erase
kkk	Kokota	ɣilai		gilai	CONJ	until
kkk	Kokota	ɣiliɣili		giligili	V	tickle		(see fagiligili)
kkk	Kokota	ɣinai		ginai	N	today (irrealis)		(sd: temporals) (seegoinode)		ginai ara a lao buala Today I will go to Buala.
kkk	Kokota	ɣinai		ginai	TNS	future				ara ginai fakaenigo ago ka fapalu wikiana I will see you in two weeks.
kkk	Kokota	ɣisi		gisi	N	belt		(see beleti) (sd: clothing)
kkk	Kokota	ɣisi butu		gisi butu	N	shell-money belt (‘stomach belt’)		(sd: custom-money)
kkk	Kokota	ɣita		gita	PRO	we, us (inclusive) (1PLINC)
kkk	Kokota	-ɣita		-gita	OBJ	us (inclusive) (1PLINC object agreement)
kkk	Kokota	ɣitapalu		gitapalu	PRO	we two, us two (inclusive) (1PLINCDL)
kkk	Kokota	ɣitapalu		gitapalu	PRO	we (inclusive) two (1PLINCDL)
kkk	Kokota	ɣitatilo		gitatilo	PRO	we (inclusive) three (1PLINCTR)
kkk	Kokota	ɣiza		giza	V	be appropriate, be suitable, fit (“fitim”)
kkk	Kokota	ɣizuna		gizuna	N	island		(sd: topography)		buka ine gudi palu gizudi The book is about the two islands.
kkk	Kokota	ɣobro		gobro		narrow		(see boma, puku, sodu)
kkk	Kokota	ɣoflo		goflo	V	fall over, like a tree (topple?)		(see zogu, uka, pidu)
kkk	Kokota	ɣoɣlomo		goglomo	N	inside of mid-limb joint		(see goglomo kame, goglomo nene) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	ɣoɣlomo kame		goglomo kame	N	inside of elbow		(see goglomo, goglomo nene, kokotu kame) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	ɣoɣlomo nene		goglomo nene	N	back of knee		(see goglomo, goglomo kame, kunu, dalasabaka) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	ɣoɣosulu		gogosulu	N	dolphin		(see poposi) (sd: marine-life)
kkk	Kokota	ɣoɣozi		gogozi	V	whistle		(see n̄on̄ozi)
kkk	Kokota	ɣoinode		goinode	N	today		(sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	ɣomo		gomo	N	Dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor), I was also given ‘yellowfin tuna’		(see makasi) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	ɣomuɣomu		gomugomu	V	be overcast		(sd: statives, weather)
kkk	Kokota	ɣoreho		goreho	V	die		(see lehe)
kkk	Kokota	ɣor̥a		gorha	VITR	paddle		(sd: active) (gn: the canoe is PP)		manena ne gorha bo ka hore Did the man paddle the canoe?
kkk	Kokota	ɣor̥a		gorha	N	paddle		(sd: canoeparts)
kkk	Kokota	-ɣu		-gu	TAM	progressive aspect		(see -u)
kkk	Kokota	-ɣu		-gu	VITR, VTR	(see -u)
kkk	Kokota	ɣudu		gudu	ADV, ADN	to every single one (exhaustive); every single one of something (exhaustive)
kkk	Kokota	ɣufu		gufu	V	dive (as in swim under water) (generic)		(sd: fishing) (seedumi, daeva)		gufu ḡlala dive for trochus gufu toru dive for bechdemer
kkk	Kokota	ɣumu		gumu	V	swallow
kkk	Kokota	ɣuna		guna	CONJ, PREP	because of; about (subject matter)				guna ḡaḡahuana ne faknahanauna ara The smoke is making me cough. ara na fahega guna ia nafeḡu ara ne mai I’m happy because my husband is coming.
kkk	Kokota	ɣura		gura	VITR	be boiling		(see man̄ava, sisito, rifu)
kkk	Kokota	hae		hae	QPRO	where
kkk	Kokota	hafe		hafe	V	tie on thatch panels
kkk	Kokota	hafelomo		hafelomo	N	porch roof of house (lit. ‘tie.thatch-??’)		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	haglu		haḡlu	V	sweep		(see hahaḡlu)		lalaba ine ne haḡlu fanhae This field is swept clean.
kkk	Kokota	haɣe		hage	VITR	ascend, get up, get into, get onto, go fona		(see kave)		gai na hage buala We are going up to Buala.
kkk	Kokota	hahaglu		hahaḡlu	N	broom		(see haḡlu) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	haidu		haidu	VTR, VITR	hold a meeting
kkk	Kokota	haidu		haidu	N	a meeting
kkk	Kokota	hamu		hamu		bail (water out of a canoe etc)		(sd: canoes)
kkk	Kokota	hana		hana	QUANT	eight		(see hanau) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	hana		hana	QUANT	every
kkk	Kokota	hanasalai		hanasalai	QUANT	eighty		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	hanau		hanau	N	eight (cardinal)		(see hana) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	hansalai		hansalai	QUANT	eighty		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	hehekna		hehekna	VTR, Vcoref	hiccup		(see hekna) (gn: O is EXP)
kkk	Kokota	hehekna		hehekna	V	drink steadily all of something
kkk	Kokota	hei		hei	QPRO	who
kkk	Kokota	heiri		heiri	PRO	“whoever”		(see iheiri)
kkk	Kokota	hekna		hekna	VTR, Vcoref	hiccup		(see kafa) (gn: O is EXP)		ne heknanau It’s hiccuping me.
kkk	Kokota	hekna		hekna	V	drink steadily all of something		(gn: O is EXP)		hekna faknasoi Drink it empty.
kkk	Kokota	helekae		helekae	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	heru		heru		‘water blong food’
kkk	Kokota	hesai		hesai	V	dismantle, take apart (can be reassembled)		(see huari)
kkk	Kokota	heta		heta	VITR	be strong, be powerful		(see maku) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	heta		heta	ADV	involving strength				ara na babau noḡu guna na frin̄he heta fakamo I’m tired from always working hard.
kkk	Kokota	heve		heve	QPRO	what				ḡlepo heve What thing?
kkk	Kokota	hiba		hiba	N	eye		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	hibana kokodo		hibana kokodo	N	the shell door from the kokodo, called in English ‘cats eye’ (lit. ‘eye of kokodo’)		(see kokodo) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	higri		hiḡri	V	run away		(see isi)
kkk	Kokota	hihiti		hihiti	VITR	scoop out (coconut, tin etc)		(see hiti, loga, kikrisu)
kkk	Kokota	hii		hii	EXCLM	exclamation indicating you are passing s.th. to s.o.
kkk	Kokota	hii		hii	VITR	make the sound of the bird kikirisu		(sd: birds) (seekikirisu, kruu, aa)		kikirisu ne hii The kikirisu is calling.
kkk	Kokota	hinaɣe		hinage	N	boat (generic) - covers all canoes (including hore) plus fibres and dinghies		(see vaka, hore, tomoko, tola, bibina, keda, faiba) (sd: transport)
kkk	Kokota	hiti		hiti	VTR	scoop out (coconut, tin etc)		(see hihiti, loga, kikrisu)
kkk	Kokota	hobona		hobona	N	branch		(sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	hoda		hoda	VITR	take, get		(see hodi) (sd: active)
kkk	Kokota	hoda kokoai		hoda kokoai		subtract		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	hoda kokodi		hoda kokodi		subtract		(sd: numbers)		hanau hoda kokodi palugu nihao Eight minus two is how much?
kkk	Kokota	hodi		hodi	VTR	take		(see hoda)
kkk	Kokota	hoe		hoe	EXCLM	exclamation to call out to s.o.
kkk	Kokota	hoɣona		hogona	ADJ ? ADV	true; in truth, in fact				tauana [ne] hogona That’s true. (lit. That is the truth of it.) manei neke torai lao hogona buala nhorao He definately went to Buala yesterday.
kkk	Kokota	hohoa		hohoa	V	yawn
kkk	Kokota	hohoti		hohoti	VITR	be very sore and tender		(see hoti, marha, mamarha) (sd: illness)
kkk	Kokota	hokata		hokata	N	largish clam found on reef edge at bomi		(see soda) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	hokata		hokata	N	tool made of clamshell used for making armrings		(sd: custom-artefacts)
kkk	Kokota	hokeuke		hokeuke	EXCLM	Arch. an exclamation of surprise, now no longer used
kkk	Kokota	hono		hono	V	get into a canoe		(sd: canoes)
kkk	Kokota	hore		hore	N	dugout canoe		(see hinage) (sd: canoes)
kkk	Kokota	hose		hose	N	horse		(sd: mammals) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	hotai		hotai	LOCN	between, in the middle		(see farihotai)		maniko ana ne au ka hotaidi buti are That pawpaw is between those boots.
kkk	Kokota	hotai ravata		hotai ravata	N	afternoon		(see ravata) (sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	hoti		hoti	VTR	sting		(see hohoti)
kkk	Kokota	huai		huai	EXCLM	shout used when a ship is seen
kkk	Kokota	huari		huari	V	destroy by breaking apart (can’t be put back together)		(see hesai, nhura)
kkk	Kokota	huga		huḡa	VITR; VTR	lie, deceive, trick; lie to, deceive, trick		(see triki)		ara huḡa noḡu bla I’m just lying (ie. just kidding). ago no huḡanau ara You’re lying to me.
kkk	Kokota	hugri		huḡri	VTR	carry		(see huḡru, hure)
kkk	Kokota	hugru		huḡru	QUANT	every, all
kkk	Kokota	hugru		huḡru	VITR	carry on back		(see huḡri, hure)
kkk	Kokota	hugru		huḡru		medium in size (confirm this meaning)
kkk	Kokota	huhi		huhi	VTR	ask		(see huhu, tore) (gn: questionee is DO, question is IO)		ara manahagi huhinigo ago keha huhu I want to ask you some questions.
kkk	Kokota	huhu		huhu	VITR	ask		(see huhi, tore)
kkk	Kokota	huhu		huhu	N	question				ara manahagi huhinigo ago keha huhu I want to ask you some questions.
kkk	Kokota	huhuɣu		huhugu	VITR	be disobedient				suli ana ne huhuḡu ḡlehe That child is very disobedient.
kkk	Kokota	huhumu		huhumu	VITR	heartburn		(see hun̄u, fahuhun̄u, humu, huhumu)
kkk	Kokota	huhuŋu		huhun̄u	VITR	heartburn		(see hun̄u, fahuhun̄u, fahun̄u, humu, huhumu)		ne siri huhun̄u It smells bad. It smells nasty.
kkk	Kokota	huhurui		huhurui	VTR	force (someone), insist (?)				ne donoḡun̄a ara ge, oti huhurunau eu goi If I don’t want to, don’t force me, man.
kkk	Kokota	hui		hui	V	finish		(etym. Speakers say it’s recent Maringe borrowing, but it’s not in White et al.)
kkk	Kokota	hume		hume	V	dig about (of pigs only)
kkk	Kokota	humu		humu	VTR	heartburn		(see huhun̄u, fahuhun̄u, humu, huhumu)
kkk	Kokota	huŋu		hun̄u	VTR	heartburn		(see huhun̄u, fahuhun̄u, humu, huhumu) (gn: DO is EXP)		ara na hun̄unau I have heartburn. malirina zora ana ne hun̄unau ḡlehe Thefat of that pig is giving me heartburn.
kkk	Kokota	hure		hure	V	carry on shoulder		(see hugru)
kkk	Kokota	huru		huru	V	pick or cut leaves (inc. palm etc)
kkk	Kokota	huzui		huzui	VTR	push
kkk	Kokota	-i		-i	OBJ	him, her, it (3SG object agreement)		(see -ni)
kkk	Kokota	-i		-i		transitivising suffix
kkk	Kokota	iipi	iʔipi	i’ipi	V	wear clothes		(see ipi)
kkk	Kokota	ia		ia	ART	the (singular)
kkk	Kokota	iao		iao	DEM	that (thing far away)
kkk	Kokota	iaohi		iaohi	DEM	that (thing far away)
kkk	Kokota	iaro		iaro	DEM	those (things far away)
kkk	Kokota	iarohi		iarohi	DEM	those (things far away)
kkk	Kokota	ide		ide	DEM	these (things within reach)
kkk	Kokota	idehi		idehi	DEM	these (things within reach)
kkk	Kokota	ido		ido	N	mother, sister of either parent, wife of brother of either parent		(see mama) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	ifra		ifra	N	pandanus variety, small, used for making mats; mat (typically (always?) made from this pandanus variety		(see poporo, n̄ehe) (sd: domesticated-plants; domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	-iɣo		-igo	OBJ	you (2SG object agreement)		(see -nigo)
kkk	Kokota	iheiri		iheiri	PRO	“whoever”		(see heiri)
kkk	Kokota	ika		ika	VTR	bathe, wash (Pijin ‘swim’)		(see fa’ikai, titihi, poprosa, tao)		ika tahi wash in the sea
kkk	Kokota	ikablahi		ikablahi	N	baptism		(sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	ikoa		ikoa	VITR	be small		(see fa’ikoai)		ara au katanakoabo I’ve just got a little bit.
kkk	Kokota	ila		ila	VTR	[be very bright, be too bright to look at,] dazzle		(see fa’ilai)		ara na subu guna ne ilanau naprai ara I’m squinting from the sun. (because the sun is dazzling me)
kkk	Kokota	ine		ine	DEM	this (thing within reach)
kkk	Kokota	inehi		inehi	DEM	this (thing within reach)
kkk	Kokota	ipi		ipi	V	wear clothes		(see i’ipi)
kkk	Kokota	ira		ira	ART	the (plural)
kkk	Kokota	isi		isi	V	run away
kkk	Kokota	izo		izo	V	point
kkk	Kokota	izui		izui	VTR	read		(see izuizu)		ara na mhemhe izuri ririsomure ago I can’t read your writing.
kkk	Kokota	izuizu		izuizu	VITR	read		(see izu, ridi)
kkk	Kokota	izuizu		izuizu	N	reading		(see izu, ridi)		ago hoda izuizu You take the reading.
kkk	Kokota	ka		ka	PREP	general PREP, prototypically locative		(see kai)		kaḡiluna suḡa inside the house kasuḡa at the house kaira nau dou at the big villages
kkk	Kokota	kabala		kabala	N	large (male) nali nut Canarium ??		(see sita, sarie) (sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kabiraɣo		kabirago	N	cowrie sp.		(see bulhi)
kkk	Kokota	kabna		kabna	N	segment of cane or bamboo (but not palm tree), called ‘gap’ in Pijin		(sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	kabrusie		kabrusie	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	kaburu		kaburu		some small thing which falls into your eye, grit		(see frun̄ho, ḡafu)
kkk	Kokota	kadarao		kadarao	N	Horned frog (Ceratobatrachus guentheri)		(sd: frogs)
kkk	Kokota	kae		kae	VTR	see		(see fakae)
kkk	Kokota	kafa		kafa	VITR	hiccup		(see hekna) (gn: S is not EXP)		ne kafa It’s hiccuping.
kkk	Kokota	kafli		kafli	N	lightning		(sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	kaflo		kaflo	V	beckon		(see kAkau kakaflo)
kkk	Kokota	kaho		kaho	N	an edible tree rat which eats nuts, larger than kubiliki		(see kubiliki) (sd: mammals)
kkk	Kokota	kai		kai	PREP	PREP		(see ka)
kkk	Kokota	kaike		kaike	QUANT, ART	one, a		(see kaikeu, taho) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	kaike		kaike	ADV	alone		(sd: numbers)		neke doli kaikena He was the only one born (ie. an only child).
kkk	Kokota	kaike		kaike	ADV	each		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	kaike		kaike	N	a lone something		(see kaikeu)		ara na fakaeni kaikena hore I see only one canoe. ara na fakaeni kaike hore tagina n̄hen̄he bla I see one canoe by itself.
kkk	Kokota	kaikeu		kaikeu	N	one (cardinal)		(see kaike, taho) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	kaka		kaka	N	older sibling, grandmother, term of address for older friend, some grandfathers		(see tamana, kue) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	kakable		kakable	V	hold a baby in front resting on holder’s chest
kkk	Kokota	kakade		kakade	N	eagle		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	kakafre		kakafre	N	spider (generic)		(sd: animals???)
kkk	Kokota	kakake		kakake	N	elephant ear taro		(see ruta) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	kakaliti		kakaliti		prepared
kkk	Kokota	kakamo		kakamo	N	a smouldering stick used for lighting cigarettes etc		(see kamo)
kkk	Kokota	kakara		kakara	N	midrib, the central rib of a palm frond (sago, coconut etc)		(sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	kakatu		kakatu	VTR	bite		(see kata, kati)		kaike do ne kakatunau ara A mozzie has bitten me.
kkk	Kokota	kakau		kakau	N	crab (folk genus)		(see titiḡi, livorodo, kakaflo, koka, nabote, ḡrumu, vega, sugou, kakaka, boboini) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau boboini		kakau boboini	N	medium sized sea crab with hairy claws, poisonous to eat, looks like livorodo but hairy		(see kakau) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau grumu		kakau ḡrumu	N	edible small land crab w. black shell & large red claws, found in bush, swarms in Nov.		(see kakau) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau kakaflo		kakau kakaflo	N	crab sp. (lit. ‘beckoning crab’)		(see kaflo, kakau) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau kakaka		kakau kakaka	N	small beach crab which digs holes, used as bait		(see kakau) (sd: crustaceans, fishing)
kkk	Kokota	kakau koro		kakau koro	N	a mud crab which lives on the land in holes		(see koro) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau mamaraŋarodo		kakau mamaran̄arodo	N	red spotted crab (carpilius maculatus) (lit. crab deep-something ?)		(see kakau) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau nabote		kakau nabote	N	mudcrab Scylla serata, a large edible crab found in sea, river and mangrove mud		(see kakau) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau nagrumu		kakau naḡrumu	N	full name of naḡrumu		(see kakau, naḡrumu) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau sifaŋa		kakau sifan̄a	N	the swift footed crab (grapsus albolineatus)		(see kakau) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau suɣou		kakau sugou	N	edible small freshwater crab with red claws		(see kakau) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau titigi		kakau titiḡi	N	the red spotted white crab (lissocarsinus orbicularis), an edible medium sized sea crab found on reef and among rocks		(see kakau, titigi) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kakau veɣa		kakau vega	N	edible small land crab found under houses (‘white crab’)		(see kakau) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kake		kake	N	sprouted sita nut, edible sita sprout		(see kotu, klane, sekre) (sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	kaki		kaki		brown		(sd: colour terms) (etym. Eng/Pijin khaki.)
kkk	Kokota	kaklatu		kaklatu	N	testicle		(see klatu) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kako		kako	N	cargo		(etym. Eng/Pijin/Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	kaku		kaku	N	banana tree and fruit (generic)		(see k. vaka, k. seḡa, k. tahi, k. muku, k. teteḡo, k. tui, k. kota suḡa, k. suka benana, k. ḡausa, karuse, koti) (sd: domesticated-plants, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kaku gausa		kaku ḡausa	N	banana sp. with a small tree and fruit resembling betel nut (‘betel banana’)		(see kaku) (sd: domesticated-plants, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kaku muku		kaku muku	N	A banana variety with short fruit		(see kaku) (sd: domesticated-plants, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kaku sega		kaku seḡa	N	a banana variety with short fruit and powder on the fruit		(see kaku) (sd: domesticated-plants, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kaku suka benana		kaku suka benana	N	a banana variety with a very tall tree and fruit like kaku vaka		(see kaku) (sd: domesticated-plants, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kaku tahi		kaku tahi	N	a smallish banana variety with short fruit which is yellow when unripe and orange-yellow when ripe, not very sweet (lit. ‘sea banana’)		(see kaku) (sd: domesticated-plants, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kaku tetego		kaku teteḡo	N	a banana variety with very long fruit which is yellow when unripe		(see kaku) (sd: domesticated-plants, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kaku tui		kaku tui	N	a banana variety with long fruit which is green when ripe		(see kaku) (sd: domesticated-plants, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kaku vaka		kaku vaka	N	a long yellow banana variety (lit. ‘ship banana’, so presumably a European introduction - it looks the same as the standard Australian fruit shop banana)		(see kaku) (sd: domesticated-plants, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kalae		kalae		swallow
kkk	Kokota	kalae		kalae	N	reef (deep and shallow); low tide		(sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	kalam̥ata		kalamhata	N	leaf, frond (lit. ‘bush leaf’)		(see kala-na) (sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	kalana		kalana	N	hair, fur, feather, leaf		(sd: bodyparts, plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	kalegare		kaleḡare	N	tree sp. with a wide trunk and quite soft wood, used to make dugout canoes		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	kaliti		kaliti	VITR; VTR	be ready; make s.th. ready, prepare s.th.		(sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	kaloasa		kaloasa	N	a very tiny bivalve		(see kalosa, kaluasa) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	kalosa		kalosa	N	very small smooth shelled bivalve shellfish, variety of tue, like prototypic tue but smaller		(see tue, koloasa, kaluasa) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	kaluasa		kaluasa	N	a very tiny bivalve		(see kalosa, kaloasa) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	kame		kame	N	arm, hand; claw of crustacean		(sd: bodyparts, crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kamo		kamo	VITR	transfer		(see fakamoi)		kamo lao ka keha horena Transfer to the other canoe.
kkk	Kokota	kamo		kamo	VITR	paddle wide to turn a canoe		(sd: canoes)		kamo rauru bo sago Paddle turn landward, you.
kkk	Kokota	kapo		kapo	VITR	feel cold, have a fever		(see rifu)		no foḡra heve ne kapo noḡu Q.How are you sick? A. I’m feverish.
kkk	Kokota	kapuna		kapuna	N	scale (of fish, reptile etc)		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kara		kara	N	enemy
kkk	Kokota	kara		kara	N or V?	barren (?); of person or animal that has not had children, even if old
kkk	Kokota	karao		karao	N	palm frond basket with handle		(see magoha) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	karatahi		karatahi	N	sandfly		(see kakara tahi) (sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	karau		karau	N	package of raw root veges etc (must be raw)
kkk	Kokota	kareseni		kareseni	N	kerosene		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	karohaka		karohaka	N	taro sp. which grows in gardens and around edges etc		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	karuse		karuse	N	wild banana, a tall black trunked non-fruiting banana		(see kaku, koti) (sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	kasila		kasila	N	spleen (???), an internal organ just below the ribcage on the right		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kaspotu		kaspotu	N	see soda kaspotu		(sd: shellfish) (etym. Kia kasipotu w. same meaning (informant Billy Gedi))
kkk	Kokota	kastom		kastom	N	(pertaining to) traditional ways		(etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	katana		katana	N	a small quantity or amount				katana karoseni bla ne auna ka daramuine There’s only a little bit of kerosene in this drum. ara au katanakoa bo I’ve got only a little bit.
kkk	Kokota	katana		katana	ADV	to a small extent				ara na kapo katanakoa I am a little bit cold. dou katanakoa (Make it) big a little bit. (ie. Turn it up a little bit.)
kkk	Kokota	katini		katini	VTR	bite		(see kakatu)
kkk	Kokota	kava		kava	N	ground, earth; house built directly on the ground rather than on stilts		(see suḡa kava) (sd: topography; houses)
kkk	Kokota	kava		kava		everyone, everything				kavadide all of these (people)
kkk	Kokota	kavara		kavara	N	copra
kkk	Kokota	kave		kave	VITR, VTR	descend, get off, get out, get down, go north west		(see hage, kakave)		gai na kave hapadagi We’re going down to Hapadagi. gai na kave paka We’re going down to the north west.
kkk	Kokota	ke		ke	TAM	perfective aspect
kkk	Kokota	keda		keda	N	small clinker built canoe with high prow at rear and covered area for storage at front		(see hinage, bibina) (sd: canoes)
kkk	Kokota	kefo		kefo	N	a small school fish that stays at the beach (like ḡori but bigger)		(see ḡori) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	keha		keha	ADN	other, some, another				keha narere some days, other days inehi kaike panikine neu anahi keha panikine na eu This is one cup, and that’s another cup.
kkk	Kokota	keha		keha	N	some, another				la au sisiḡa kehare Some went and lived at Sisiga.
kkk	Kokota	keina		keina	N	tooth, teeth		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kekelini		kekelini	VTR	please		(see keli) (gn: O is EXP)		ne kekelinau It pleases me (ie. I like it).
kkk	Kokota	kekenuna		kekenuna	N	the first one				teoḡe huhuguḡun̄a kekenunana e lao ta rohaine That first one that I go and scratch doesn’t disobey me.
kkk	Kokota	kekepi		kekepi	N	side rooves of a house		(see kepi) (sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	kekere		kekere	V	sting		(see kerei)
kkk	Kokota	kekere		kekere	N	thorns		(sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	kekete		kekete	N	barb (on spear etc)		(see susulufi, pan̄a) (sd: weapons, fishing)
kkk	Kokota	kekeve		kekeve	N	a plant, the seeds of which are used to make a necklace		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	kekeve		kekeve	N	any necklace, regardless of what it’s made of		(sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	kekredi		kekredi	N	egg		(see kredi) (sd: bodyparts (?))
kkk	Kokota	keli		keli	VITR	be good		(sd: statives) (seerita, kekeli)		ne keli bo ka ago It’s good for you. ne siri keli It smells good.
kkk	Kokota	kelikava		kelikava		peace (‘good everything’)
kkk	Kokota	kenu		kenu	VTR	be more than; be first				ara na korho namhari kenunigo ago I caught more fish than you.
kkk	Kokota	kenu		kenu	VTR	first
kkk	Kokota	kenuna		kenuna	LOCN	in front				ara na korho namhari kenumu ago I caught fish in front of you (in the canoe). manei ne kenuḡu ara He’s in front of me.
kkk	Kokota	kepi		kepi	N	hat		(see kekepi) (sd: clothing)
kkk	Kokota	kerei		kerei	VTR	sting		(see kekere)
kkk	Kokota	ketolo		ketolo	N	kettle		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	kidiloa		kidiloa	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	kidoloa		kidoloa	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	kifli		kifli	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	kikibolo		kikibolo	N	soccer		(sd: pasttimes) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	kikilova		kikilova	N	ridgecap		(sd: houseparts) (seetiki)		ago no tiki kikilova (na suḡa) You are making the ridegcap (of the house).
kkk	Kokota	kikio		kikio	N	Pacific blue kingfisher		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	kikio		kikio	N	a palm (Rhopaloblaste sp.) with inedible fruit		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	kikipa		kikipa	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	kikirase		kikirase	N	prostitute		(sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	kikirisu		kikirisu	N	owl variety without large eyes		(see nakrudu) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	kikrisu		kikrisu	V	scoop liquid out of a bucket etc		(see krisu, loga, hiti, hihiti)
kkk	Kokota	kilau		kilau	N	Christianity		(sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	kilekile		kilekile	N	custom axe with a triangular head, used for fighting, looks like malivi		(see sebele, malivi) (sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	kilo		kilo	N	digit (finger, thumb, toe, leg of crustacean)		(see k. nene, k. kame, k. izo, k. dou, k. gegeri) (sd: bodyparts, crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	kilo dou		kilo dou	N	thumb, big toe (lit. ‘big digit’)		(see kilo) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kilo ɣeɣeri		kilo gegeri	N	pinky finger, pinky toe (lit. ‘side digit’)		(see kilo) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kilo izo		kilo izo	N	index finger (lit. ‘pointing digit’)		(see kilo) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kilo kame		kilo kame	N	finger, thumb (lit. ‘arm/hand digit’)		(see kilo) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kilo nene		kilo nene	N	toe (lit. ‘leg/foot digit’)		(see kilo) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kini		kini	VTR	hold				oti kini anlau Don’t touch that (if holding). oti kinini tauana Don’t touch that (if indicating).
kkk	Kokota	kini fapuhi		kini fapuhi	N	wedding
kkk	Kokota	kiri		kiri	N	coffin		(sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	kiriɣile		kirigile	N	mullet sp.		(see ḡragu, abiti) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	kivi		kivi	VITR	be blind		(sd: statives)		hibaḡ#ude ara ne kivi My eyes are blind.
kkk	Kokota	klahe		klahe	VITR	be bald		(sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	klane		klane	N	cutting (banana pup, transplanted kumara vine etc)		(sd: plantparts)		klanena kaku banana pup
kkk	Kokota	klatu		klatu	N	a round lump in the body (but not = testicle)		(see kaklatu) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	klegiklegi		kleḡikleḡi	V	limp (when walking etc)
kkk	Kokota	klio		klio	N	Yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocerus)		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	klisu		klisu	V	leave (a place), depart, set out				hae dake klisumaina gita Where did we start from. gita dake klisumaida hae Where did we start from.
kkk	Kokota	knaso		knaso	VITR	be empty		(see faknaso, fodu) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	knisu		knisu	V	spit				ara na knisu I spat.
kkk	Kokota	knisu		knisu	N	spittle		(sd: mass)		knisuna hei are Whose spit is this?
kkk	Kokota	knusi		knusi	VTR	break (string etc) (sever?)		(see knusu, tue, fike)		tue knusi cut (string)
kkk	Kokota	knusu		knusu	VITR	break (string etc) (sever?)		(see knusi, tue, fike)
kkk	Kokota	ko		ko	N	a bat sp., like mereku, but smaller and with a white rump, but larger than boboVolo or bablata.		(see memeha, bobogolo, pepeopman̄a, ) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	koa		koa		small		(see ikoa) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	kobli		kobli	N	Flagtail grouper (Cephalopholus urodelus)		(see pele) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	koblo		koblo	VITR	laugh		(sd: active)
kkk	Kokota	kodere		kodere	V	mash		(sd: cooking)
kkk	Kokota	kodoɣa		kodoga	N	sea urchin w. short spines		(see nasnuri) (sd: marine creatures)
kkk	Kokota	koe		koe	EXCLM	an exclamation
kkk	Kokota	kofe		kofe	V	be light in weight
kkk	Kokota	kofru		kofru	N	ash from a fire, ashes
kkk	Kokota	kogana		koḡana	N	clam meat across inside		(see bon̄ina) (sd: shellfish, bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	koɣa		koga	N	mangrove tree		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	koi		koi	EXCLM	an exclamation of surprise		(see koe)
kkk	Kokota	koilo		koilo	N	coconut tree and fruit		(sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	koilo pine		koilo pine		see pine
kkk	Kokota	koka		koka	N	hermit crab (generic), small beach ones used as bait		(sd: crustaceans, fishing)		koka mata land hermit crab koka kokodo hermit crab in kokodo shell
kkk	Kokota	kokoai		kokoai	V	lose, be lost (?)				ne kokoai noḡu vilai o na torai diananafa ḡu sin̄a ara goi I am sorry because I’ve lost my knife.
kkk	Kokota	kokoba		kokoba	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	kokobi		kokobi	N	cup		(see hinao)
kkk	Kokota	kokodo		kokodo	N	Shell and edible shellfish turbo petholatus (source of catseye), and all other similarly shaped shells		(see hibana kokodo) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	kokofla		kokofla	N	fish sp., silver		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	kokokili		kokokili	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	kokolai		kokolai	N	wild betel palm (Physokentia dennisii), used for flooring		(sd: trees, houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	kokolo		kokolo	N	type, variety, clan		(sd: ??, kinship)		keha kokolona namhari another kind of fish
kkk	Kokota	kokoloho		kokoloho	N	back of the neck		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kokomani		kokomani	V	toss it
kkk	Kokota	kokom̥u		kokomhu	N	fruit known in pijin as ‘apple’		(sd: fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kokoni		kokoni	VTR	leave behind, get rid of (?), be away from				ta moi tala raisiana, zikra kokoni bakrunana When the rice is cooked you pour out its water. ara na kokoni nafeḡu I have divorced my husband. ara na zaho kokoni nafeḡu I have left my husband behind.
kkk	Kokota	kokopa		kokopa	N	door (for shutting doorway)		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	kokopa		kokopa	V	close (be closed?)
kkk	Kokota	kokopo		kokopo		capsize		(see fakopo, plulu) (sd: canoes)
kkk	Kokota	kokorako		kokorako	N	chicken, hen, rooster		(sd: animals???)
kkk	Kokota	kokori		kokori	V	dig taro
kkk	Kokota	kokoro		kokoro	N	black beach heron		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	kokorosi		kokorosi	N	large cockroach		(see samu) (sd: insects) (etym. Presumably Eng/Pijin.)
kkk	Kokota	kokoru		kokoru		unripe		(sd: statives, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	kokoto		kokoto	N	Shell and fish siliquariidae.		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	kokotoɣi nene		kokotogi nene	N	heel		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kokotu kame		kokotu kame	N	back of elbow		(see goglomo kame) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kolae		kolae	N	spear (any purpose - fighting, hunting, diving)		(see tupi) (sd: weapons, fishing)
kkk	Kokota	kolae kekete		kolae kekete	N	turtle harpoon (lit. ‘barb spear’)		(sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	kolaŋa		kolan̄a	N	sky very high up		(see maloa) (sd: weather (?))
kkk	Kokota	kolo		kolo		“s.th. grammatical”
kkk	Kokota	kolona kumai		kolona kumai	N	pool or pond of fresh water		(sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	kolononoi		kolononoi	VTR	cook something by putting it in a fire		(sd: cooking)		neke kolononori bla We just burnt them in the fire.
kkk	Kokota	kolopeho		kolopeho	N	megapode		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	kolu		kolu	N	snake (generic)		(see toḡla zuta, panaḡa, nabragaho, ḡoe, toloro) (sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	kom̥u		komhu	N	year (also season??)		(see komhuna) (sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	kom̥una		komhuna	N	fruit (also crop?)		(see kokomhu, komhu) (sd: plantparts, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	komi ido		komi ido		our mother		(sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	komusu		komusu	N	a very long thin fish sp., with small scales, very long pointed jaws and long sharp teeth		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	kopro		kopro	N	gecko		(see totoli) (sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	kor̥o		korho	V	pull (fish when fishing, a boat, a log w. a rope etc)		(sd: fishing) (see teteḡu)		korho namhari pulling (ie. catching) fish
kkk	Kokota	koro		koro	N	a mud crab which lives on the land in holes		(see kakau koro) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	korosa		korosa	N	small hole, usually made by animal, crab, or by person for no reason		(see ḡluma, kakau koro)		teo korosana There are no holes.
kkk	Kokota	kota		kota	VITR	go ashore, go from beach to land				ara na kota [sara rhuku] I’m going ashore (there landward).
kkk	Kokota	kotana		kotana	LOCN	outside				manei ne au ka kotana suḡana He’s outside that house.
kkk	Kokota	koti		koti	N	Hanging Heliconia (flower plant Heliconia rostrata), the leaves are used in ground oven		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	koti		koti	N	tall fan tree with leaves like banana leaves		(see kaku, karuse) (sd: trees, plants)
kkk	Kokota	koto		koto	V	cut hair
kkk	Kokota	kotu		kotu	N	sprout growing at ground level from fruit, seed, root, tree trunk; coconut at stage of sprouting when centre is spongy		(sd: plantparts) (seesekre, kake, klane)		kotuna koilo spongy edible centre of a sprouting coconut
kkk	Kokota	kotu		kotu	V	sprout
kkk	Kokota	koviloko		koviloko	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	koze		koze	VITR, VTR	sing				eu ge ḡe turin̄a gita da koze kaike ba tilo koze Before we talk, we’ll sing one or two songs.
kkk	Kokota	koze		koze	N	song				eu ge ḡe turin̄a gita da koze kaike ba tilo koze Before we talk, we’ll sing one or two songs.
kkk	Kokota	kraŋo		kran̄o	VITR	be dry		(sd: statives) (see fakran̄o, mhumhui)		nege kran̄o noḡu pohe ide My clothes are dry now. namhari kran̄o dried fish
kkk	Kokota	kredi		kredi		“SG or DL of kekredi” (RH)		(see kekredi)
kkk	Kokota	krekredi		krekredi	N	see kekredi		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	krisu		krisu		“short form of kikrisu”		(see krisu, loga)
kkk	Kokota	kruu		kruu	VITR	leak (of house roof, umbrella, hat etc)				suḡa ine ne kruu This house is leaking.
kkk	Kokota	kruu		kruu	VITR	make the ‘kruu’ sound (of the owl nakrugu only)		(sd: birds) (seenakrugu, hii, aa)		nakruḡu ne kruu The owl is kruuing.
kkk	Kokota	kruu		kruu	N	a leak (in a house roof, umbrella, hat etc)				inehi kaike kruu This is a leak.
kkk	Kokota	kuba		kuba	N	monkey-tailed skink (Corucia zebrata), an edible large green lizard, 1 meter or more long		(see totoli) (sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	kubai		kubai		shake hands
kkk	Kokota	kubai		kubai	VTR, VITR	shake hands		(etym. Eng/Pijin ‘goodbye’?)		ara nake kubai ka teveke I shook hands with Teveke.ara nake kubai ni teveke I shook hands with Teveke.
kkk	Kokota	kubiliki		kubiliki	N	house rat		(see kaho) (sd: mammals)
kkk	Kokota	kubo		kubo	N	stone axe		(sd: weapons, custom-artefacts)
kkk	Kokota	kudaru		kudaru	VITR	have a sickness involving vomiting and diarrhoea caused by eating undercooked (bloody) meat - fish, pork, chicken		(sd: illness)		ara na kudaru I am sick with kudaru.
kkk	Kokota	kue		kue	N	some grandfathers		(see kaka) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	kufu		kufu	N	smoke from a fire		(see ḡufu, ḡuḡufu, kufukufu)
kkk	Kokota	kufukufu		kufukufu	N	?old (“correct”) form of gugufu		(see ḡufu, kufu, ḡuḡufu)
kkk	Kokota	kuhu		kuhu	VITR, VTR	rub
kkk	Kokota	kuku		kuku	N	faeces		(see soso) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kuku		kuku	V	defecate		(see soso)
kkk	Kokota	kukufli		kukufli	N	earwax		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kukuoi		kukuoi	VTR	break s.th. (?perhaps by accident because it’s easy to break)
kkk	Kokota	kukuri koŋo		kukuri kon̄o	N	eyelash		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kukuti		kukuti	N	eel		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	kule		kule	N	small frog sp. (Platymantis weberi)		(sd: frogs)
kkk	Kokota	kulikuli		kulikuli	N	seaweed sp.		(sd: seaweed)
kkk	Kokota	kulu		kulu	V	be first		(see kusu)		rodoki neke kulu o’oena Rodoki spoke first.
kkk	Kokota	kuluŋe		kulun̄e	VITR	have a penis the tip of which protrudes slightly from the foreskin (ie foreskin never completely covers the tip of the penis)		(sd: bodyparts, stative) (see kusun̄e, kulu)		manei ne kulun̄e He is kulun̄e.
kkk	Kokota	kuluŋena		kulun̄ena	N	penis the tip of which protrudes slightly from the foreskin (ie foreskin never completely covers the tip of the penis)		(sd: bodyparts, stative) (see kusun̄e, kulu)
kkk	Kokota	kumai		kumai	N	fresh water; river
kkk	Kokota	kumai		kumai	V	drink
kkk	Kokota	kunu		kunu	N	front of knee (but not kneecap)		(see goglomo nene, dalasabaka) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	kuo		kuo	V	break (eg stick)
kkk	Kokota	kuona		kuona	??	short, small		(see kuo)		manei ne tahei kaike kuona o’oe bla He said just on word.
kkk	Kokota	kupo		kupo	N	dragonfly (generic)		(sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	kura		kura	V	fishing using a method involving a hook through a leaf wrapped around a stone		(sd: fishing)		aḡe teteḡu kura go kura fishing aḡe kura go kura fishing
kkk	Kokota	kuri		kuri	V	“short form of kurikuri ‘blink’”		(see kurikuri)
kkk	Kokota	kuri		kuri	N	a grass that grows in water (sea or fresh water?)		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	kurikuri		kurikuri	V	blink		(see kuri)
kkk	Kokota	kuru		kuru	Vcoref	own, have		(gn: Indexing both EXP, DO not indexed)		ne kurui faiba He has a dinghy. ne kuru nehu dou He has a big nose. ara na kurunau kaike zuta pamu I have one tilly lamp.
kkk	Kokota	kusa		kusa	N	barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), regarded as very dangerous		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	kusu		kusu	V	be first		(see kulu)		ara bo kusu mai na I came first. ara bo kusu korho namhari ka ago I caught fish before you.
kkk	Kokota	kusuŋe		kusun̄e	VITR	have a penis which protrudes slightly from the foreskin (ie foreskin never completely covers the tip of the penis)		(see kulun̄e, kusu) (sd: bodyparts, statives)
kkk	Kokota	la		la	V	go to		(see lao)		la hai Where are you going?
kkk	Kokota	la		la	COND	conditional marker				ḡela heve eu, ta au la gau selena How would it be if you lived at Selena?
kkk	Kokota	laɣa		laga	VITR	be thin (of object)		(see leḡohai)
kkk	Kokota	laɣe		lage	VTR	castrate s.th.		(see lalage)
kkk	Kokota	lalaba		lalaba	N	field, dancing ground in the middle of a village		(sd: built-environment)		lalaba ka sikolu school playing field lalaba ka nauvillage dancing ground
kkk	Kokota	lalaɣe		lalage	V	castrate, castrated (?)		(see lage)
kkk	Kokota	lalako		lalako	V	fell a tree w. wide roots by building a platform around the trunk and felling it above the roots
kkk	Kokota	lalase		lalase	VITR	know		(see lasei)		ne lalase ḡlehe She knows how to very well.
kkk	Kokota	laŋasa		lan̄asa	VITR	be thirsty		(see fa lan̄asa) (etym. Bughotu)
kkk	Kokota	lao		lao	V	go to		(see zaho, mai) (gn: Seems to require a locative oblique.)		ara na lao ka suḡa tarai I’m going to the church. niha nare noke laodire ago How many days did you go for?
kkk	Kokota	lapi		lapi	V	lick
kkk	Kokota	lapina		lapina	N	tongue		(see lapina) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	lapina		lapina	N	clitoris		(see lapi) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	lasei		lasei	VTR	know		(see lalase)		ago no lasenau ara You know me. ara teoḡa laseiu nan̄hanana manei I don’t know his name.
kkk	Kokota	ledi		ledi	V	sinker fishing		(sd: fishing) (seeboleti) (etym. Eng/Pijin lead)		aḡe teteḡu ledi go sinker fishing aḡe ledi go sinker fishing
kkk	Kokota	legohai		leḡohai	VITR	be thin (of person)		(see laga, bokla)
kkk	Kokota	leɣu		legu	VTR	follow		(sd: space, temporals) (seelelegu)		manei ne legunau ara He’s following me. legurire heve ta taherire manei Follow what he says. (ie. obey him)
kkk	Kokota	leɣuna		leguna	LOCN, PREP	behind, after		(sd: space, temporals) (seelelegu)		leguna birho ana ara... After I sleep... ara la birho leguna manei I slept after him. manei ne au ka leguna suḡana He’s at the back of the house. manei ne au leguḡu ara He’s behind me.
kkk	Kokota	lehe		lehe	V	die, be dead		(see falehe, lelehe, doli, goreho)		manei ne lehe He died. ne lehe manei He was dead.
kkk	Kokota	lehe ɣase		lehe gase	V	dying for girls (ie very horny)		(sd: sex)
kkk	Kokota	leheŋ̊au		lehen̄hau	VITR	be hungry		(see lehe, n̄hau, falehen̄hau-)		ara na lehen̄hau I’m hungry.
kkk	Kokota	lehena		lehena	ADJ	dead (of people, animals and fish)				ine kakafre lehena This is a dead spider. ago kaike zora lehemu You are a dead pig.
kkk	Kokota	lekoro		lekoro	N	a blue and green parrot		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	leleɣu		lelegu		every		(see legu)		ara a la tarai lelegu sade I go to prayer every Sunday.
kkk	Kokota	lelehe		lelehe	VITR	be dead (of plants, “only for things with leaves - trees, bushes”)		(see lehe) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	lelehena		lelehena	ADJ	dead		(see lehe)
kkk	Kokota	leleo		leleo	N	tawny shark (brown w. very long back fin, similar to baesu kuvili ḡahipa)		(see baesu, baesu leleo) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	lemane		lemane	N	lemon		(see moli, moli lemane) (sd: fruit)
kkk	Kokota	leri		leri	N	gunwal, horizontal timber along side on top of canoe wall to prevent water splashing in		(sd: canoeparts)
kkk	Kokota	letasi		letasi	N	letter, Epistle		(etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	l̥ol̥oɣuaina		lholhoguaina	N	coils (as of snake)
kkk	Kokota	ligomo		liḡomo	N	a charm which warns of danger		(see liliḡomo) (sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	ligomo		Liḡomo	PN	the name of a ship that trades between Honiara and villages around the coast of Santa Isabel
kkk	Kokota	ligoso		liḡoso	N	ground oven		(sd: cooking) (seegahu)		ara nake ḡahui kaike teḡe ka liḡoso I baked one turtle in the ground oven.
kkk	Kokota	liha		liha	N	louse egg		(sd: insects (???))
kkk	Kokota	liligomo		liliḡomo	N	a charm, a custom bag hung which makes high pitched noise warning of attackers		[papaza] liliḡomo (see liḡomo) (sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	liliu		liliu	VITR	be opposite		(sd: stative) (seefaliliu)		zuzufra ge vega ne liliu black and white are opposite
kkk	Kokota	liliukusu		liliukusu	VITR	wander about, stroll (lit. ‘opposite/turn(?)-be first’)		(see wokobati, zazaho lamai)		ara na liliukusu bla I’m just going for a stroll.
kkk	Kokota	limafulu		limafulu	QUANT	fifty		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	limafuluai		limafuluai	QUANT	fifty and		(sd: numbers)		limafuluai kaike fifty one
kkk	Kokota	limafuluɣu		limafulugu	N	fifty (cardinal)		(see limafulu) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	lisai		lisai	VTR	put		(see nai)
kkk	Kokota	livorodo		livorodo	N	edible brown medium sized sea crab found on reef and among rocks, looks like boboini but is not hairy		(on 80c stamp) (seekakau) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	lofi gazu		lofi ḡazu	N	cassava		(see nadia) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	logena		loḡena	N	vagina, vulva		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	loguna		loḡuna	N	bay		(see ḡloḡu) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	loɣa		loga	V	scoop water out of tank etc, pour		(see kikrisu, hiti, hihiti, faloga-)
kkk	Kokota	loloko		loloko	N	stream emptying into the sea, passage through mangroves		(see loloro) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	loloro		loloro	N	stream feeding into a river, tributary		lolorona kumai (seeloloko) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	lose		lose	N	mud		(sd: natural-environment)
kkk	Kokota	lubati		lubati	VTR	allow, permit		(see snakre, boka) (etym. Bughotu)
kkk	Kokota	lulua		lulua		vomit
kkk	Kokota	lutu		lutu	N	green hairy stuff which grows in water in pipes and on the bottom of boats		(sd: seaweed)
kkk	Kokota	luzu		luzu	N	kumara, English potato		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	luzu mamahe		luzu mamahe	N	sweet potato		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	madara		madara		red		(see midere) (sd: colour terms)
kkk	Kokota	maezu		maezu	N	honey		(sd: food)
kkk	Kokota	magoho		maḡoho	VITR	be unlucky, have bad luck				ara na maḡoho bla, mista bil bo ne korho namharina I had bad luck, but mister Bill caught fish.
kkk	Kokota	magra		maḡra	VITR	fight		(see sasaklo, maḡri)
kkk	Kokota	magra		maḡra	N	fight
kkk	Kokota	magri		maḡri	VTR	fight		(see maḡra)
kkk	Kokota	maɣava		magava	V	be hot (of weather etc, not body)		(see man̄ava, sisito)
kkk	Kokota	maɣiha		magiha	N	brother of mother (of male or female) - reverse of ḡlegu		(see ḡlegu) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	maɣiri		magiri	N	JT’s spelling of the fish I elicited as maziri.		(see maziri) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	maɣo		mago	N	creeper sp. (variety of devil’s ivy); rope made from the stems and roots of the plant, used for housebuilding		(see nalu; narho, nara, siku, merakete) (sd: plants; artefacts, houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	maɣuru		maguru	N	mangrove tree		(etym. Eng/Pijin) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	mahai		mahai	V	eat (of humans only) (respect term)		(see n̄hau)		manei ne mahai namhari. He is eating fish. mala mahai ide The food is here.
kkk	Kokota	mahaiblahi		mahaiblahi	N	Holy Communion (lit. ‘sacred eat’) (respect term)		(see n̄hau, n̄hau blahi) (sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	mahavu		mahavu	N	stone used for making axes; a kind of custom axe		(sd: weapons, custom-artefacts, rocks)
kkk	Kokota	mai		mai	V	come		(see famai)
kkk	Kokota	-mai		-mai	POSS	our, ours (exclusive) (1PLEXC possessor suffix)
kkk	Kokota	mairina		mairina		left hand; left		(see mautu)
kkk	Kokota	makara		makara	N	a folk genus of all parrots which “stay in gardens and eat potatoes”, there are various colours		(see lekoro) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	makara		makara	PN	a clan name, alternate name for Rogovo clan.		(see rogovo) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	makasi		makasi	N	Island bonito (Euthynnus affinis), JT defines just as ‘bonito’		(see gomo) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	maku		maku	VITR	be firm, be hard		(see heta) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	mala		mala		purposive marker				fufugo gau palu mai ka noḡu suḡana ara mala ke frin̄he ia litazi Tomorrow you two come to my house to work on the Liturgy. suḡa mala kuku toilet
kkk	Kokota	malakuku		malakuku	N	anus (lit. ‘for shit’)		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	malam̥oko		malamhoko	N	bench (lit. ‘for sitting’)		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	malaŋ̊au		malan̄hau	N	food (lit. ‘for eating’)		(see tan̄ano) (sd: food)
kkk	Kokota	malanahi		malanahi	V	make smooth
kkk	Kokota	malezu		malezu	V	be soft and slippery (of the insides of some types of coconut where it isn’t dry)		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	malezu		malezu	N	coconut w. soft meat		(see mhemheana) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	maliri		maliri	N	fat, grease (fat of any animal or fish, grease left on your hands after contact w. fat, kerosene etc)		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	malivi		malivi	N	axe with square head		(see sebele) (sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	maloa		maloa	N	sky close to earth, air		(see kolan̄a) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	mama		mama	N	father; brother of father; husband of sister of either parent; title and term of respect for priest; term of respect for addressing man		(see ido) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	mamahe		mamahe	V	sweat (I think this really means ‘sweet’. (cf luzu mamahe ‘sweet potato’))
kkk	Kokota	mamaku		mamaku	N	fish sp. leatherjacket, named for its tough skin		(sd: fish) (etym. Redup. maku ‘be hard’.)
kkk	Kokota	mamam̥i		mamamhi	N	tree sp.
kkk	Kokota	mamanena		mamanena	ADJ	male (of animals only)		(see mane, gagasena)		kakau mamanena male crab
kkk	Kokota	mamara		mamara	VITR	deep		(see pele mamara, nafaro mamara)
kkk	Kokota	mamar̥a		mamarha	VITR	be painful		(see marha, hohoti)
kkk	Kokota	mamasa		mamasa	N	tapa cloth (generic); custom G-string/thong		(see masa) (sd: clothing, custom-artefacts)
kkk	Kokota	mamini		mamini	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	mamu		mamu	N	bait		(sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	maŋana		man̄ana	N	mouth, beak				bodyparts
kkk	Kokota	maŋava		man̄ava	VTR, VITR	be hot, of person, weather, water etc		(see magava, sisito, gura, rifu)		ka fata maiḡu ara ade, ne torai man̄ava ḡlehe When I came here it was very hot. ara na man̄ava noḡu I’m hot.
kkk	Kokota	manahaɣi		manahagi	V	want, like (desirative)				ara manahagini nauinebo, n̄a nauana teo I like this place, but not that place.
kkk	Kokota	mane		mane	N	man, boy		(see manei, gase, nakodou, nakoni, mamanena) (sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	mane		mane	ADJ	male (of humans only)		(see mamanena, gase)
kkk	Kokota	mane baere		mane baere	N	friend		(sd: humans) (etym. Kia)
kkk	Kokota	mane blahi		mane blahi	N	priest		(see velepuhi) (sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	mane faaknu		mane faaknu	N	killer		(sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	mane ɣabili		mane gabili	N	a group of warriors or men for fighting, army, “troop”		(sd: warfare)
kkk	Kokota	mane vaka		mane vaka	N	white or asian man; white or asian person		(see gase vaka) (sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	manedou		manedou	N	old man		(see nakodou) (sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	manei		manei	PRO	he, him, she, her, it (3SG)		(see nai, mane)
kkk	Kokota	maneko		maneko	N	pawpaw tree and fruit		(sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	maneri		maneri	PRO	they, them (3PL)
kkk	Kokota	maniko totoi		maniko totoi	N	unripe pawpaw		(sd: fruit, trees)
kkk	Kokota	marakasa		marakasa	N	Rainbow runner (Elegatis bipinnulatus)		(see zopanabo) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	maramara		maramara	N	lagoon		(sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	marava		marava	N	Bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus)		(see bilu, ḡemene) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	mar̥apau		marhapau		headache		(sd: illness)
kkk	Kokota	mar̥atia		marhatia	N	diarrhoea (‘bellyrun’)		(sd: illness)
kkk	Kokota	mar̥ini		marhini	Vcoref	be in pain
kkk	Kokota	Marinɣe		Maringe	PNLOC	Maringe region
kkk	Kokota	masa		masa	N	custom G-string/thong; part of crustacean that closes over front		(see mamasa) (sd: clothing; crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	masagala		masaḡala	V	catch fish with a large net		(sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	mata		mata	ADJ	pertaining to the bush; wild; custom as opposed to introduced (of artefact)		(see mhata)		zora mata wild pig zuta mata custom lamp
kkk	Kokota	matava		matava	N	Yellow-tail emperor (Lethrinus mahsena)		(see nafaro, sina, susufli, naliata, matava mamara) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	matava mamara		matava mamara	N	Emperor (Lethrinus sp.) variety identified as Yellow-spot emperor (L. kallopterus), (lit. ‘deep’ matava)		(see nafaro, sina, susufli, naliata, matava) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	materihi		materihi	N	spirit of religeous kind, tabu spirit		(see taurun̄a) (sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	materihi ta blahi		Materihi ta Blahi	PN	the Holy Ghost		(sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	mau		mau	N	taro (generic)		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	mautuna		mautuna	N	right hand, right		(see mairi)
kkk	Kokota	mavitu		mavitu	N	community, gathering of ordinary people, congregation
kkk	Kokota	mazi		mazi		meaning unclear
kkk	Kokota	maziri		maziri	N	Bicolour parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor)		(see parake, ḡelhu, ḡoḡola) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	meko		meko	N	Shell and fish strombus canarium, an edible, non-dangerous cone shell.		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	meleni		meleni	N	melon		(sd: fruit) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	melo		melo	N	tree sp., grows in the bush		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	meloŋo		melon̄o	V	be stupid (less stupid than fnoto)		(see meni, fnoto, ḡoḡo) (sd: stative)
kkk	Kokota	memeha		memeha	N	flying animal (folk genus)		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	memelo		memelo	N	earlobe plug		(sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	meni		meni	V	be stupid (less stupid than fnoto)		(see melon̄o, fnoto, ḡoḡo) (sd: stative) (etym. Eng/Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	merakete		merakete	N	a plant; rope made from this plant, used for tying house parts		(see fora, mago, siku) (sd: plants; houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	mereseni		mereseni	N	medicine		(etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	meroa		meroa	EXCLM	exclamation similar to bu!
kkk	Kokota	meruku		meruku	N	flying fox, edible		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	m̥aɣu		mhagu	VITR	be afraid		(see mhanona, mhamhagu, famhamhagu)		ara na mhagu I’m afraid
kkk	Kokota	m̥aɣu		mhagu	N	fear				manei ne zazaho taremena mhagu He walked with fear. (ie He walked afraid.)
kkk	Kokota	m̥am̥aɣu		mhamhagu	VITR	be habitually fearful, wild (of creatures, as opp. tame)		(see mhagu)		ago no mhamhagu You are always afraid. ḡlepo mhamhagu Wild things.
kkk	Kokota	m̥am̥ala		mhamhala	VTR, VITR	fear height
kkk	Kokota	m̥anona		mhanona	VTR, VITR	be afraid, fear		(see mhagu)		ara na mhanoḡu kakafre I’m afraid of spiders. ara na mhanoḡudi kakafre ide I’m afraid of these spiders. mhanou heve What are you afraid of?
kkk	Kokota	m̥ata		mhata	N	bush, any uncultivated area of land		(see mata) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	m̥eke		mheke	N	dog		(sd: mammals)
kkk	Kokota	m̥em̥e		mhemhe	V	be difficult		(see bubluse)		sosofo zoraine e [frin̄he] mhemhe Catching pigs is difficult. ara mhemhe rididi ririsomure ago I find it hard to read your writing.
kkk	Kokota	m̥em̥eana		mhemheana	N	coconut w. hard meat (lit. ‘difficult’??)		(see malezu) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	m̥igi		mhiḡi	VITR	be dirty (of water - river or sea)		(sd: stative)		ne mhiḡ#i si kumai ana That water is dirty.
kkk	Kokota	m̥oki		mhoki	VTR	sit on something		(see mhoko)
kkk	Kokota	m̥oko		mhoko	VITR	sit		(see mhoki)
kkk	Kokota	m̥oko susuri		mhoko susuri	V	squat, also euphemism for toilet
kkk	Kokota	m̥oŋ̊a		mhon̄ha	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	m̥oto		mhoto	V	sweat				ara na mhoto[nau] I’m sweating. goinode ne man̄ava na mhotonau Today it’s hot and I’m sweating.
kkk	Kokota	m̥um̥ui		mhumhui	VITR	be wet		(see kran̄o) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	-mi		-mi	POSS	your, yours (2PL possessor suffix)
kkk	Kokota	midere		midere		bright red (used only of open vagina)		(sd: colour terms, bodyparts, sex)
kkk	Kokota	mifi		mifi		dream
kkk	Kokota	mimido		mimido	N	penis		(see fiolo, bore, taemuana, ḡaḡani) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	mimiolo		mimiolo	N	tree sp. (Belama’s memory tree)		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	miniti		miniti	N	minute		(sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	misikete		misikete	N	biscuit		(etym. Eng/Pijin)		misikete koilo coconut biscuit misikete maku hard navy biscuit
kkk	Kokota	misikete koilo		misikete koilo	N	coconut biscuit (‘coconut biscuit’)
kkk	Kokota	misikete maku		misikete maku	N	navy biscuit (‘hard biscuit’)
kkk	Kokota	mituna		mituna	N	seed		(sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	mogaha		moḡaha	N	palm frond basket without handle		(sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	moɣe		moge		“short form of momoge”		(see momoge) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	moita		moita	V	be cooked		(sd: cooking) (seetoi)		ne moita It’s cooked.
kkk	Kokota	mola		mola	QUANT	million		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	moli		moli	N	lime or orange (prototypical citrus fruit)		(see lemane, moli lemane) (sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	moli lemane		moli lemane	N	lemon (lit. ‘lemon citrus fruit’)		(see moli, lemane) (sd: tree, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	momoɣe		momoge	N	smegma		(see moge) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	momola		momola	N	orchid variety Calanthe triplicata sp		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	momoŋ̊a		momon̄ha	N	a reef fish with a long snout (trumpet fish?)		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	momoŋ̊ana		momon̄hana	N	prickles		(sd: plantparts)		momon̄hana pihu prickles of sugar cane
kkk	Kokota	momoru		momoru	N	turtle net		(sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	moŋ̊a		mon̄ha	N	a small itching insect		(sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	-mu		-mu	POSS	your, yours (2SG possessor suffix - inalienable)
kkk	Kokota	mugri		muḡri	N	urine (only occuring in the expression siri muḡri)		(see siri muḡri) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	muhu		muhu	V, ADJ	small (of fruit, nuts etc)
kkk	Kokota	muni		muni	VTR, VITR	hide, put away				manei ne munini ḡasi ine ka manei I hid this torch from him. manei ne muni He hid. ara nake muninau taiḡu I hid myself.
kkk	Kokota	ŋa		n̄a	CONJ	but (clause level contrastive conjunction)
kkk	Kokota	ŋa		n̄a		immediate marker				ara n̄a Me too!
kkk	Kokota	ŋalu baisu		n̄alu baisu	N	a phase of the moon, the night after ḡlaba nare		(see baḡalagi, ḡlaba nare, fabirho suli) (sd: astronomy)
kkk	Kokota	ŋamuŋamu		n̄amun̄amu	V	chew incessantly (eg as old person), ruminate
kkk	Kokota	ŋaŋahi		n̄an̄ahi	N	white cockatoo		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	ŋaŋau		n̄an̄au	V	whisper		(see fan̄an̄au)
kkk	Kokota	ŋapo		n̄apo	N	turtle shell		(sd: marine-life (??))
kkk	Kokota	ŋau rafo		n̄au rafo	N	blackening of the teeth for decorative purposes		(sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	ŋehe		n̄ehe	N	pandanus variety with large leaves, used for making custom umbrellas; umbrella		(see n̄ehe mata, n̄ehe vaka) (sd: domesticated-plants; artefacts)
kkk	Kokota	ŋehe mata		n̄ehe mata	N	custom umbrella (always?) made from pandanus variety n̄ehe. (lit. ‘bush umbrella’)		(see n̄ehe, n̄ehe vaka)
kkk	Kokota	ŋehe vaka		n̄ehe vaka	N	manufactured umbrella (lit. ‘ship umbrella)		(see n̄ehe, n̄ehe mata) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	ŋeza		n̄eza	V	make a wake (of a boat etc)		(sd: canoes) (see on̄ha)		faiba ana ne n̄eza That boat is leaving a wake.
kkk	Kokota	ŋ̊aŋ̊a		n̄han̄ha	V	run
kkk	Kokota	ŋ̊au		n̄hau	VTR, VITR	eat (of anything - humans, cats, pigs etc) (non-repsect term for humans)		(see mahai)		ara n̄hau maniko I eat pawpaw.
kkk	Kokota	ŋ̊au fari kapruai		n̄hau fari kapruai		feast		(see van̄ahaidu)
kkk	Kokota	ŋ̊au-blahi		n̄haublahi	N	Holy Communion (lit. ‘sacred eat’) (non-respect term)		(see n̄hau, mahai blahi) (sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	ŋ̊eŋ̊e		n̄hen̄he	VITR	be seperate, be different, be alone				gai na n̄hen̄he We’re different, we’re alone. ara fakaeni kaike hore tagina n̄hen̄he bla I see one canoe by itself.
kkk	Kokota	ŋinoi		n̄inoi	VTR	stir
kkk	Kokota	ŋireŋire		n̄iren̄ire	N	an insect which makes a loud high pitched noise during the day		(sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	ŋoŋozi		n̄on̄ozi	V	whistle		(see gogozi.)
kkk	Kokota	ŋuruŋuru		n̄urun̄uru	N	the sound of an engine, a pig grunting, a devil etc		(see on̄ha)
kkk	Kokota	ŋuzuŋuzu		n̄uzun̄uzu	N	prognatheus canoe figurehead Nuzunuzu		(sd: canoeparts, carving) (etym. borrowing from west (RH))
kkk	Kokota	na		na	AUX	I do, we do, I did, we did (1PLEXC subject agreement, realis)
kkk	Kokota	-na		-na	POSS	his, her, hers, its (3SG possessor suffix)
kkk	Kokota	nablo		nablo	QUANT	six		(see nablou) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	nablou		nablou	N	six (cardinal)		(see nablo) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	naboto		naboto	QUANT	ten		(see nabotou) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	nabotoai		nabotoai	QUANT	ten and		(sd: numbers)		nabotoai kaike eleven
kkk	Kokota	nabotou		nabotou	N	ten (cardinal)		(see naboto) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	nabraɣaho		nabragaho	N	A very long snake variety.		(see kolu) (sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	nabrita		nabrita	VITR	flood		(sd: topography, weather)		ne nabritan̄a ia kumai The water flooded.
kkk	Kokota	nabrita		nabrita	N	flood		(sd: topography, weather)		ia nabrita ne dou ḡlehe The flood is very big.
kkk	Kokota	nadia		nadia	N	cassava (generic)		(see lofi ḡazu, bia) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	nadia kare		nadia kare	N	a sp. of cassava which is yellow		(see nadia) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	nadia vavao		nadia vavao	N	cassava sp., white w. pink inner skin (lit. ‘kapok-cassava’?)		(see nadia) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	nadia veɣa		nadia vega	N	cassava sp. (‘white cassava’)		(see nadia) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	naesa		naesa	N	bamboo sp.		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	nafa		nafa	VITR	rest
kkk	Kokota	nafaro		nafaro	N	folk genus covering all emperor (Lethrinus sp.) as well as various (all?) bream, specifically the Large-eye bream (Wattasia mossambica) and the Blue-line large-eye bream (Gymnocranius robinsoni), and possibly the Large-eye bream (Monotaxis grandoculus)		(see SIn̄A, susfli, matava, naliata) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	nafaro mamara		nafaro mamara	N	emperor sp. (Lethrinus sp.) identified as Spangled emperor (L. nebulosus) (lit ‘deep’ nafaro).		(see nafaro, sina, susufli, matava, matava mamara, naliata) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	nafena		nafena	N	spouse, marriage partner of either sex		(see nakrupe, datau) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	nafli		nafli		“same as nafu”		(see nafu)
kkk	Kokota	naflina		naflina	N	sin (as in a sinful act)		(see nhave, nonoro) (sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	nafrana		nafrana	N	shoulder		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	nafuna		nafuna	N	base of tree trunk, post etc (but not of mountain etc)		(see nafli) (sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	nafuna		nafuna	CONJ, PREP	because of, on the basis of				nafuna ia nahani ge ne nabritan̄a ia kumai Because of the rain the river flooded.
kkk	Kokota	nagihi		naḡihi	N	palm tree (Drymophloeus sp.? Ptychosperma sp.?), RH says a ḡausa with inedible fruit		(sd: trees, houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	nagra		naḡra	VITR	be blocked, be prevented from proceeding		(see fanaḡri)		ara na naḡra I’m being obstructed.
kkk	Kokota	nagrama		naḡrama	N	small brownish-red seaweed sp.		(sd: seaweed)
kkk	Kokota	nagrumu		naḡrumu	N	a crab (in photo I took near Paloho)		(see kakau, kakau ḡrumu, kakau naḡrumu) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	naɣihi		nagihi	N	thatch panel (for roof, walls etc)		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	nahani		nahani	VITR	rain (heavier than drizzle)		(sd: weather) (seesinakoto)		ne nahani It’s raining.
kkk	Kokota	nahani		nahani	N	rain		(sd: weather)		nahani ne mai Rain has come.
kkk	Kokota	nai		nai	PRO	she (3SGF)		(see manei)
kkk	Kokota	naini		naini	V	put		(see lisa-)		nai Put! naini fea First put it.
kkk	Kokota	naitu		naitu	N	devil
kkk	Kokota	naitu tahi		naitu tahi	N	sea devil
kkk	Kokota	naitu toke		naitu toke	N	a kind of devil (‘homing devil’??)
kkk	Kokota	nakedou		nakedou	N	old woman		(sd: humans) (seemanedou, gase)		manei nege nakedou She is an old woman.
kkk	Kokota	nakleɣi		naklegi	N	Scorpion shell (and shellfish). All lambis, but seemingly not juveniles.		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	naklihe		naklihe	N	tree sp., grows by the beach, edible nut, “relative of sita”		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	nakoŋo		nakon̄o	N	hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus), edible		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	nakoni		nakoni	N	person, human of either sex (adult only?)		(sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	nakriso		nakriso	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	nakruɣu		nakrugu	N	an owl variety with big eyes		(see kikirusu) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	nakrupe		nakrupe	N	wife		(see datau, nafe) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	nalanala		nalanala	N	traditional war club		(sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	naliata		naliata	N	Emperor variety (Lethrinus sp.) identified as Longface emperor (L. elongatus).		(see nafaro, susufli) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	nalu		nalu	N	devil’s ivy (generic)		(see mago) (sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	nam̥a		namha	VTR, VITR	love, be friendly		(see fanamha, fananamha)		ara na namhaigo ago I love you. manei ne namha ḡlehe She is very friendly.
kkk	Kokota	nam̥a		namha	N	love, present (??)
kkk	Kokota	nam̥ari		namhari	N	fish (generic)		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	nam̥ari tatala		namhari tatala	N	a flat fish (lit. ‘butterfly fish’)		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	namo		namo	V	be near in space or time		(sd: statives, space) (see ḡauai)		nege namo goveo Goveo is close. ne namo mai goinode She’s close to arriving now. ara ne namo toiI’m close to cooking (I’ll cook soon.)
kkk	Kokota	naŋ̊a(na)		nan̄ha(na)	N	name, word (?)				tilo nan̄ha three words
kkk	Kokota	naŋ̊ona		nan̄hona	N	parents of spouse; spouse of child		(sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	naŋona		nan̄ona	N	shadow				nan̄oḡu ara my shadow
kkk	Kokota	nanafa		nanafa	N	heart		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	nan̥iri		nanhiri	N	k.o. stone found in bush, red/orange, translucent, v. hard, can be sharp, good for breaking nuts		(see gahipa nanhiri) (sd: rocks)
kkk	Kokota	naota		naota	N	sago palm		(see tetena) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	naprai		naprai	N	sun		(sd: astronomy) (seefaprai)		naprai ana ne nhae That sun is bright.
kkk	Kokota	naprai		naprai	VITR	be sunny		(sd: weather) (seefaprai)		goinode ne naprai Today is sunny.
kkk	Kokota	nara		nara	N	a tree creeper; rope made from the eponymous plant		(see narho, mago) (sd: plants-creepers; houseparts (??))
kkk	Kokota	nare		nare	N	day		(sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	nar̥ini		narhini	VTR	tie something up		(see pagusu, piglosi, pirini, narho) (sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	nar̥o		narho	N	stem and roots of any creeper, vine etc; rope (generic)		(sd: plantparts; domestic-goods) (see mago, nara, narhini)		narhona sakale sakale stem
kkk	Kokota	nar̥ona boboŋa		narhona bobon̄a	N	bow string (lit ‘rope of bow’)		(see narho) (sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	nariahi		nariahi	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	nasnuri		nasnuri	N	sea urchin w. long spines		(see kodoga) (sd: marine creatures)
kkk	Kokota	nasona		nasona	N	point of land		(sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	nasuɣa		nasuga	N	crayfish (generic)		(see nhanhagarai, kumai, marafa) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	nasuɣa kumai		nasuga kumai	N	small freshwater crayfish		(see nasuga) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	nasuɣa marafa		nasuga marafa	N	a sea crayfish which is green when uncooked		(see nasuga, nhanhagarai) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	nasuɣa n̥an̥aɣarai		nasuga nhanhagarai	N	a sea crayfish which is red when uncooked		(see nasuga, marafa) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	nau		nau	N	village, place (with habitiation), demographic location		(sd: built-environment)
kkk	Kokota	-nau		-nau	OBJ	me (1SG undergoer clitic)		(see -au)
kkk	Kokota	navula		navula	N	whale		(sd: marine-life)
kkk	Kokota	ne		ne	AUX	he/she/it does, they do, he/she/it/they did (3 subject agreement, realis)
kkk	Kokota	ne		ne	AUX	I/we/you/they do, he/she/it does, I/we/you/he/she/it/they did (no subject agreement, realis)
kkk	Kokota	nefe, nefe gia		nefe, nefe ḡia	N	lime bottle made from bamboo		(see sirahe, ḡia) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	nehu		nehu	N	nose		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	nekeu		nekeu
kkk	Kokota	nene		nene	N	leg, foot		(see gahena) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	nene		nene	V	sleep (used only to send a child to sleep)				lao nene Go to sleep.
kkk	Kokota	nenefe		nenefe		???
kkk	Kokota	neu		neu		it was like that; he/she/it/they said (used with reported speech)		(lit. 'RL-3SUBJ-be.thus') (see tahei, o’oe)		‘ago boka tazinibo sote ine’ neunau manei “You can keep this shirt,” he told me. ‘lao siago’ neu “You go,” (they) said.
kkk	Kokota	neu		neu	CONJ	and (clause level concordant conjunction)		(see ge, ba, mala, n̄a)
kkk	Kokota	n̥abo		nhabo	VITR	be heaped with rubbish (all sorts of rubbish) “bushes tumas”		(see topo)		ḡ#rui ana ne nhabo That garden is heaped with rubbish.
kkk	Kokota	n̥abo		nhabo	N	a heap of rubbish (all sorts of rubbish)		(see topo)		nhabo ana ne dia That heap of rubbish is bad.
kkk	Kokota	n̥ae		nhae	VITR	be clear, be bright		(see fanhae, pelara)		ḡlaba neke nhae The moon was bright. ḡruiana teo ḡe nhae That garden is not clear. kaike lalaba nhae a clear field
kkk	Kokota	n̥aɣarai		nhagarai	N	banyan tree		(see nhanhagarai) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	n̥an̥aɣarai		nhanhagarai	N	stand of banyan tree		(see nhagarai) (sd: trees)		nhanhagarai aro those banyans
kkk	Kokota	n̥ave		nhave	N	sin (the concept, not sinful acts)		(see nafli-, nonoro) (sd: spirituality)
kkk	Kokota	n̥eva		nheva	QUANT	nine		(see nhevau) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	n̥evasalai		nhevasalai	QUANT	ninety		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	n̥evau		nhevau	N	nine (cardinal)		(see nheva) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	n̥iaklo		nhiaklo	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	n̥iɣo		nhigo	VITR	be finished (not stop)		(see noto, fanhigo)		ara na nhigo dupai manei I have finished hitting him.goinode gita da nhigo Now we are finished.
kkk	Kokota	n̥iɣo		nhigo	TAM	already (completive aspect)				ara na dupai nhigo manei I have already hit him.
kkk	Kokota	n̥orao		nhorao	N	yesterday		(sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	n̥uge		nhuḡe	N	boil		(sd: bodyparts, illness)
kkk	Kokota	n̥ule		nhule	N	a very hard kind of white stone (as found at Gabena point)		(see gahipa, naniri) (sd: rocks)
kkk	Kokota	n̥ura		nhura	V	destroy		(see huari)
kkk	Kokota	-ni		-ni	OBJ	him, her, it (3SG object agreement)		(see -i)
kkk	Kokota	niba		niba	N	possum		(sd: mammals)
kkk	Kokota	nifa		nifa	N	palm variety (small thatch), has enourmous multiple fruit		(see tetena) (sd: trees, houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	-niɣo		-nigo	OBJ	you (2SG object agreement)		(see -igo)
kkk	Kokota	nihao		nihao	QPRO	how much, how many		(sd: interrogatives)		tanhi nihao What’s the time? hanau hoda kokodi palugu nihao Eight plus two is how much?
kkk	Kokota	nihau		nihau	QPRO	when		(sd: interrogatives)
kkk	Kokota	nila		nila	N	nail, needle, syringe		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	nilehe		nilehe	N	a group of women; a married woman		(sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	no		no	AUX	you do, you did (2 subject agreement, realis)
kkk	Kokota	no-		no-	POSSBS	general possessive base (nonconsumable thing)
kkk	Kokota	noda		noda	POSS	our (inclusive) (alienable)
kkk	Kokota	nodi		nodi	POSS	their (alienable)
kkk	Kokota	nodo		nodo	VITR	stop, cease (not finish)		(see noto, fanoto, nhigo)
kkk	Kokota	nogu		noḡu	POSS	my (alienable)
kkk	Kokota	nomai		nomai	POSS	our (exclusive) (alienable)
kkk	Kokota	nom̥i		nomhi	VTR	listen to, hear		(see nomho, nonomho, fanonomho)		ara na fanonomho bo ge teo bla ḡa nomhiu I listened but I didn’t hear it.
kkk	Kokota	nom̥o		nomho	VITR	hear		(see nomhi, nonomho, fanonomho)
kkk	Kokota	nomi		nomi	POSS	your (plural) (alienable)
kkk	Kokota	noŋ̊ana		non̄hana	N	mother in law		(sd: kinship) (see nan̄hona)		non̄haḡu my mother in law
kkk	Kokota	nona		nona	POSS	his, her, its (alienable)
kkk	Kokota	nonolo		nonolo	VITR	be straight
kkk	Kokota	nonom̥o		nonomho	N	news		(see nomho, nomhi, fanonomho)
kkk	Kokota	nonom̥o		nonomho	V	hear
kkk	Kokota	nonoŋ̊ari		nonon̄hari		very good (?)				ne siri nonon̄hari It smells very good.
kkk	Kokota	nonoro		nonoro		(see nhave)
kkk	Kokota	noto		noto	VITR	stop, cease (not finish)		(see nodo, fanoto, nhigo)		nahani ne noto The rain has stopped. Zemesi, noto fea ago James! Stop! (ie. wait a minute)
kkk	Kokota	nou		nou	POSS	your (singular) (alienable)
kkk	Kokota	nubra		nubra	V	burn
kkk	Kokota	nufi		nufi	N	yam (generic)		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	nufi gazu		nufi ḡazu	N	cassava (lit. ‘tree yam’ or ‘wood yam’?)		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	nufi mata		nufi mata	N	‘wild yam’ a yam sp. edible raw		(see nufi) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	nufi tataka		nufi tataka	N	a yam sp. which breaks easily		(see nufi) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	nuɣe		nuge	V	shake in the wind (only?)		(see nunuge, nugenuge, nunuru)
kkk	Kokota	nuɣenuɣe		nugenuge	V	shake (of beds, platforms, benches etc)		(see nunuge, nuge, nunuru)
kkk	Kokota	num̥ana		numhana	N	bone		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	nunuɣe		nunuge	N	earthquake		(sd: topography) (seenuge, nugenuge)		neke au kaike nunuḡe There was an earthquake.
kkk	Kokota	nunuɣe		nunuge	VITR	shake with an earthquake		(see nuge, nugenuge)		ia kava ne nunuḡe The ground shook with an earthquake.
kkk	Kokota	nunuru		nunuru	V	shiver		(see tetete, nuge, nugenuge, nunuge)		ara na nunuru noḡu I’m shivering.
kkk	Kokota	o		o	AUX	you will (2 subject agreement, irrealis)
kkk	Kokota	ooe	oʔoe	o’oe	N	word, language		(see geze)		o’oe kokota the Kokota language (lit. Kokota talk) ara lasedi fnoto o’oe I know four languages. manei ne tahei kaike kuona o’oe bla He said just one word.
kkk	Kokota	ooe	oʔoe	o’oe	VITR, VTR	talk, tell, say		(see geze)		manei ne o’oenau ara mala tazini nona sote ana He said to me that I could keep his shirt.
kkk	Kokota	oeni		oeni	VTR	say		(gn: DO can be Theme (story) or Recipient.)
kkk	Kokota	ohai		ohai	VITR; VTR	be domesticated, be tame; keep a domesticated animal (in the sense of husbandry)				zora ohai tame pig zora ana ne ohaini ara I keep that pig. fadai ne ohaini zora ana He keeps that pig.
kkk	Kokota	oilaɣi		oilagi	V(?)	powerful(?)		(see dulagi)
kkk	Kokota	ome		ome	VITR	fuck (non-respect term)		(sd: active, sex) (see visi, frin̄hepuhi) (gn: other participant is ka oblique)		mai ome noda Come and let’s fuck. ara manahagi ome kago I want to fuck with you.
kkk	Kokota	oŋ̊a		on̄ha	N	an echo; the sound of wind or disturbed water - rain, running water, water running over rocks or in a flood, the wake of a boat etc, sound of these “coming from somewhere”		(see n̄urun̄uru)		on̄hana faiba the wake of the boat (as a noise)
kkk	Kokota	oŋ̊a		on̄ha	V	make the sound of running water, rain, wind etc		(see n̄eza)		kumai ne on̄ha ne au ine pari Water is making a sound below. (ie. We’re within earshot of the water.)
kkk	Kokota	opu		opu	V	wash		(see titihi, opuopu)
kkk	Kokota	opuopu		opuopu		wash		(see opu)
kkk	Kokota	pae		pae		destroy		(see huari)
kkk	Kokota	pagalaɣi		paḡalagi	N	new moon on first or second nights		(sd: astronomy) (see ḡlaba nare, n̄alu baisu, fabirhosuli)		goinode ne posa ia baḡalagi Now the new moon is rising. nege baḡalagi It’s new moon.
kkk	Kokota	pagasa		paḡasa	V	appearence of a light in the sky signifying imminent dawn		(sd: weather) (see ḡaenare)		ne paḡasa ia nare The day is showing signs of dawning.
kkk	Kokota	pagasa		paḡasa	N(?)	light in the sky signifying imminent dawn		(sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	pagu fate		paḡu fate	N	a raised bed with legs (lit. ‘high bed’)		(sd: domestic-goods, houseparts (?))
kkk	Kokota	pagu(na)		paḡu(na)	N	bed		(sd: domestic-goods)		noḡu paḡu ara my bed paḡuḡu ara my bed
kkk	Kokota	pagusu		paḡusu	V	tie two ropes together to join them		(see papaḡusu, piḡlosi, narhini, pirini) (sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	pagusu		paḡusu	V	pass from generation to generation (?)		(see papaḡusu)
kkk	Kokota	paɣei		pagei	V	take off the cover of s.th.
kkk	Kokota	paka		paka		(north) west		(see fona, rhuku, rauru) (sd: space)
kkk	Kokota	paka		paka	N	gun		(etym. ???)
kkk	Kokota	pakri		pakri	N	twins		(sd: humans, kinship)
kkk	Kokota	palesu		palesu	N	turtle fins		(sd: bodyparts)		palesu kenuna turtle’s front fins palesu legunaturtle’s back fins
kkk	Kokota	palu		palu	QUANT	two		(see palugu) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	palu mane		palu mane	EXCLM	an exclamation of surprise, pain etc (li. ‘two men’)
kkk	Kokota	paluɣu		palugu	N	two (cardinal)		(see palu) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	palututu		palututu	QUANT	forty		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	palututuai		palututuai	QUANT	forty and		(sd: numbers)		palututuai kaike forty one
kkk	Kokota	pamu		pamu	N	pump (of tilly lamp only?)		(see zuta pamu)
kkk	Kokota	paŋa		pan̄a	N	multi-points of spear etc		(see kekete, susulufi) (sd: weapons, fishing (?))
kkk	Kokota	paŋapaŋa		pan̄apan̄a	V	pant (of breath)		(see papan̄a)
kkk	Kokota	pana		pana	N	prickly yam		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	panaga		panaḡa	N	Solomon’s krait (Loveridgelaps elapoides)		(see kolu) (sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	panikeni		panikeni	N	cup		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin pannikin)
kkk	Kokota	pao		pao	N	birdcage		(sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	papagusu		papaḡusu	V	join a stick or rope		(see paḡusu, piḡlosi, narhini, pirini)
kkk	Kokota	papaka		papaka	N	a very big variety of bamboo, the thickest variety		(see pira) (sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	papaŋa		papan̄a		breathe		(see pan̄apan̄a, fahage nanafa)
kkk	Kokota	papara		papara	VITR	suffer (feel pain, sickness or unhappiness, take a long time to die)		(see parai)		manei ne papara He is suffering.
kkk	Kokota	papase		papase	N	ginger, turmeric		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	papate		papate	N	an edible crusteacean with a lobster-like tail and a flat shovel like front		(sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	papraha		papraha		“very nasty” (to smell, taste (?))				ne siri papraha It smells very nasty.
kkk	Kokota	parahagala		parahaḡala	N	giant
kkk	Kokota	parai		parai	VTR	suffer (feel pain, sickness, or unhappiness) from something		(see papara)		ne parai ḡlehe He is suffering very much.
kkk	Kokota	parakatu		parakatu	VITR	be rough (as opp. smooth)		(see belelu)
kkk	Kokota	parake		parake	N	parrotfish sp.		(see maziri, ḡelhu, ḡoḡola) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	pari		pari	LOCN	underneath, below		(sd: space)		ia hahaḡlu ne au ka parina daramuana The broom is under that drum.
kkk	Kokota	paru		paru	VTR	be a friend to				ago no parunau ara You are my friend.
kkk	Kokota	paru		paru	N	friend
kkk	Kokota	pata		pata	VTR	catch (self) on fishing hook		(sd: fishing)		ḡaili ne pata nau ara The hook has caught me.
kkk	Kokota	pati		pati	N	feast		(see van̄ahaidu) (etym. Eng/Pijin.)
kkk	Kokota	pati		pati	VITR	feast		(etym. Eng/Pijin.)
kkk	Kokota	patoi		patoi	VTR	touch		(see kini)
kkk	Kokota	pauna		pauna	N	head; source of a stream or river		(sd: bodyparts)		kaike ḡlepo bla ta au na ka pauna hugo Just one thing is in Hugo’s head (ie on his mind).
kkk	Kokota	pazara		pazara	N	grouper sp. (Epinephelus sp.) identified as the Blue tailed grouper (E. microdon), and as an alternative name for the Brown-spot grouper (E. chlorostigma) and the Brown-stripe grouper (E. morrhua)		(see pele, soḡuma, ponopono) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	pelara		pelara	VITR	shine very brightly		(sd: astronomy)		ḡlabana ne pelara That moon is very bright.
kkk	Kokota	pele		pele	N	folk genus for all groupers and rock cod, inc. all Epinephulus sp., the Flagtail grouper (Cephalopholus urodelus), the Lunar-tail rock cod (Variola louti) and the Coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus), “smallest fish w. open mouth”		(see pele mamara, ponopono, san̄arua, soḡuma, pazara, kobli) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	pele mamara		pele mamara	N	Coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus) and Lunar-tail rock cod (Variola louti) (lit‘deep pele’)		(see pele) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	peleita		peleita	N	plate		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	pepeamaŋa		pepeaman̄a	N	Old form of pepeoman̄a (?)		(see pepeoman̄a, memeha, ko, bablata, bobogolo) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	pepeo		pepeo	N	lips (of mouth only)		(see pepreku) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	pepeomaŋa		pepeoman̄a	N	Flowernose bat (lit. ‘lip-mouth’ (bat has big lips))		(see pepeaman̄a, memeha, ko, bablata, bobogolo) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	pepreku hiba		pepreku hiba	N	eyelids (lit. lip eye)		(sd: bodyparts) (seepepeo)
kkk	Kokota	pepreku loɣe		pepreku loge	N	lips of vagina		(sd: bodyparts) (seepepeo)
kkk	Kokota	pepreku maŋa		pepreku man̄a	N	lips of the mouth		(sd: bodyparts) (seepepeo)
kkk	Kokota	pepreku(na)		pepreku(na)	N	lips		(sd: bodyparts) (seepepeo)		peprekuna clam lips
kkk	Kokota	peru		peru	N	red growth on head or face (but not neck (?)) of bird (rooster (comb but not wattle), balhu etc)		(sd: birds, bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	pesi		pesi	N	backside		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	peta		peta	N	coconut husk		(sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	pidu		pidu		“like a stone rolling down a hill”		(see zogu, uka, goflo)
kkk	Kokota	piglosi		piḡlosi	V	tie something up		(see pagusu, narhini, pirini) (sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	piha		piha	N	parcel, usually small, folded inside leaf or cloth		(see pipiha, duki)
kkk	Kokota	pihu		pihu	N	sugarcane		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	piko		piko	N	an edible white worm found inside mangrove tree wood		(sd: insects (???))
kkk	Kokota	pikopiko		pikopiko	N	fish sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	pile		pile		part, side		(sd: space)		ara na zazaho pile mairi bo I walked on the left side.
kkk	Kokota	pine		pine	N	sugar coconut (a coconut variety)		(sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	pipiala		pipiala	N	pipe (for smoking) (also ‘cigarette?)		(see pipila) (sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Originally pipiala gazu.)
kkk	Kokota	pipiala		pipiala	V	smoke (cigarette, pipe etc)		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Originally pipiala gazu.)
kkk	Kokota	pipihai		pipihai	VTR	make a piha parcel of something		(see piha, duki, duduki)		ara nake pipihai namhari I made a parcel of fish.
kkk	Kokota	pipila		pipila	V	smoke (cigarette, pipe etc)		(etym. Originally pipila sigareti.)		ara na pipila I am smoking.
kkk	Kokota	pipila		pipila	N	cigarette (also ‘pipe’?)		(sd: domestic-goods) (see pipiala) (etym. Originally pipila sigareti.)		pipila ana ne ḡufu That cigarette is smoking.
kkk	Kokota	pipiri		pipiri	VITR	tie		(see piri-)
kkk	Kokota	pira		pira	N	a very small variety of bamboo		(see papaka) (sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	pirini		pirini	VTR	tie something up		(see pipiri, pagusu, piglosi, narhini)
kkk	Kokota	pirisi		pirisi	N	priest		(see velepuhi, mane blahi) (sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	piru		piru	N	fishing line		(sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	pitiole		pitiole	N	bird, small black with a white chest and long tail		(see pitoale) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	pitoale		pitoale	N	bird, small black with a white chest and long tail		(see pitiole) (sd: birds) (etym. Maringe)
kkk	Kokota	plasu		plasu	VITR	be soft		(see maku)
kkk	Kokota	pleku		pleku	VITR	be bent (also curved?); turn, veer, bend
kkk	Kokota	plulu		plulu	V	sink
kkk	Kokota	po		po	EXCLM	sound made by a boat hitting the trough after a wave, hitting a head with a club etc
kkk	Kokota	pogla		poḡla	V	float
kkk	Kokota	pogu		poḡu	N	hill (arch.)		(see vuhuku, tugle) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	pohe		pohe	N	clothing, “kaliko”		(sd: clothing)
kkk	Kokota	pohe mata		pohe mata	N	custom clothing (‘bush clothing’)		(see pohe, mata) (sd: clothing)
kkk	Kokota	poma		poma	V	hit with a stick		(see tupi)
kkk	Kokota	ponopono		ponopono	N	grouper sp. (Epinephelus sp.) identified as the Blue tailed grouper (E. microdon), “a huge fish w. open mouth”		(see pele, san̄arua, pazara) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	ponu		ponu	N	a thin longish fish sp., skips on tail across top of water, has large scales & a long pointed projection from bottom jaw		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	popolo		popolo	N	shirt		(see sote) (sd: clothing)
kkk	Kokota	poporo		poporo	N	pandanus variety, large, used for making mats		(see ifra, n̄ehe) (sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	poporo		poporo	N	pineapple		(sd: fruit)
kkk	Kokota	poporo knoe		poporo knoe		non-fatal illness w. painful temporary swelling on either one of the sides of the body just before the hip bones. Sufferer feels weak & ill, can’t walk straight. Washing affects it in some unclear way. Clears up by itself.		(sd: illness)
kkk	Kokota	poporopau		poporopau	N	brain		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	poposi		poposi	N	dolphin		(see gogosulu) (sd: marine-life) (etym. Eng/Pijin ??)
kkk	Kokota	popoto		popoto	N	fish sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	poproɣu		poprogu	N	Shell and fish turbo cinereus.		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	poprosa		poprosa	V	wash clothes; clap		(see ika, titihi, prosa)		ara na poprosa noḡu pohe ide I’m washing my clothes. ara ara na poprosadi pohede I’m washing these clothes.
kkk	Kokota	poprotu		poprotu	N	a pimple or small lump on the body		(see protu)
kkk	Kokota	poprotu		poprotu	VITR	have a pimple or small lump on the body		(see protu)		kameḡu ara ne poproto My hand has a small lump.
kkk	Kokota	pore		pore		comb		(sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	posa		posa	VITR	happen (?)				nihau neke posare ḡlepo are Where did those things happen? gita nakoni posada We were visitors.
kkk	Kokota	posa		posa	V	the rising of the moon		(sd: astronomy) (seeprasa)		ḡlaba ne posa The moon is rising.
kkk	Kokota	posa		posa	N	moonrise; the period in the lunar cycle when the moon rises (at any time of the night)		(sd: astronomy)		ka posana ḡlabao at moonrise
kkk	Kokota	posi (tetu)		posi (tetu)		post
kkk	Kokota	potai		potai	VITR	jumping (of a boat)		(see po) (etym. po-tai)		faiba ine ne potai guna tahine ne dihunare This dinghy is jumping because this sea is rough.
kkk	Kokota	potona		potona	N	arse		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	praha		praha	VITR	be bitter, hot or sour to the taste		(see papraha) (sd: food)
kkk	Kokota	praki		praki	V	be twins		(sd: kinship (?))
kkk	Kokota	prasa		prasa	V	rise (of the sun only)		(sd: astronomy)		naprai ne prasa The sun is rising.
kkk	Kokota	prasa		prasa	N	sunrise		(sd: natural-environment)		ka prasa hagena napraio at sunrise
kkk	Kokota	Premie		Premie	N	Provincial Premier		(sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	proɣu		progu	?	hunchback
kkk	Kokota	prosa		prosa	V?	turtle slapping itself w. its flippers		(see poprosa)
kkk	Kokota	protu		protu	N	a distant object		(see poprotu)
kkk	Kokota	pualake		pualake	N	scorpion		(sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	puhi		puhi		way (I have been given meanings ‘attitude’, ‘order’, ‘rule’)				puhi bon̄ihehe heathen ways
kkk	Kokota	puka		puka	VITR	be blunt (of an edge (for chopping only?))		(see age, tutupri)
kkk	Kokota	puka		puka	N	fly		(see roromu) (sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	puke		puke	N	Generic for families fasciolariidae and buccinidae, an edible shellfish with big meat.		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	puki		puki	N	a round lump of s.th.		(see pupuki)
kkk	Kokota	puku		puku	VITR	be short		(see boma, gobro, sodu) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	pupuki		pupuki	VITR, ADJ	a round (curved?) surface		(see puki)		raro pupuki a round pot raroana ne pupuki That pot is round.
kkk	Kokota	pure		pure	N	grass skirt		(sd: clothing, custom artefacts)
kkk	Kokota	pusi		pusi	N	cat		(sd: mammals) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	putai		putai	V	close eyes
kkk	Kokota	putu		putu	N	Barringtonia asiatica, a large tree with pink and white flowers, grown along foreshore of village for shade		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	raboŋi		rabon̄i	N	wind which goes fona, associated with swell inside the reef		(sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	rabu		rabu	N	underarm hair		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	ragi		raḡi		dance		(sd: activity)
kkk	Kokota	rahi		rahi	N	pudding (generic)		(sd: food)
kkk	Kokota	raisi		raisi	N	rice		(sd: food) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	raitopa		raitopa	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(see topa) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	raragoso		raraḡoso	V	decorate		(sd: canoes, adornment)		anlau sigeḡa raraḡoson̄a ira hinage That, then we decorate the canoes.
kkk	Kokota	rarapu		rarapu	N	tattoo		(sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	rarata		rarata	N	sand; beach		(see rata) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	raro		raro	N	pot (specifically cooking pot?)		(sd: domestic-goods)		ia kubiliki ne seha lao ka ḡiluna rarono The rat climbed into that pot.
kkk	Kokota	rata		rata	VITR	walk on sand/beach		(see rarata)		nake rata nake lao sitana I walked along the beach I went to Sitana. na rata lao sitana/fona na rata sitana/fona I walked on the beach went to Sitana/east.
kkk	Kokota	rauru		rauru		landward (south west in Goveo and Sisiga, north east in Hurepelo)		(see fona, paka, rhuku) (sd: space)
kkk	Kokota	ravata		ravata	N	afternoon		(see hotai ravata) (sd: temporals) (etym. Kia (??))
kkk	Kokota	reha		reha	V	shout, call		(gn: DO can be goal or theme.)		ara na rehai aven I’m calling Owen. ara na rehai nan̄hanana manei I’m calling his name.
kkk	Kokota	rei		rei	PRO	they		(see maneri)
kkk	Kokota	reifnoto		reifnoto	PRO	they four, them four (3PC)
kkk	Kokota	reipalu		reipalu	PRO	they two, them two (3DL)
kkk	Kokota	reipalu		reipalu	PRO	they two (3DL)
kkk	Kokota	reitilo		reitilo	PRO	they three, them three (3TR)
kkk	Kokota	reitilo		reitilo	PRO	they three (3TR)
kkk	Kokota	reke		reke	V	hang				pamu ine ne reke ka nila This lamp is hanging on a nail.
kkk	Kokota	reosi		reosi	V	peek through an opening
kkk	Kokota	rerego		rereḡo	N	small branch etc of tree etc		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	rereɣi		reregi	V	look after, take care of				manei neke rereginina zuta pamu kara mane reregi sitoa He looked after my tilly lamp. storekeeper
kkk	Kokota	rereŋa		reren̄a	PN	AV’s father
kkk	Kokota	rereo		rereo	N	custom shield		(sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	rereto		rereto		small broken up pieces
kkk	Kokota	r̥ue		rhue	VITR	cry
kkk	Kokota	r̥uku		rhuku		seaward (north east in Goveo and Sisiga, south west in Hurepelo)		(see fona, paka, rauru) (sd: space)
kkk	Kokota	r̥ur̥uta		rhurhuta	VITR	untangle; translate; confess		(see rhuta, rhuti)		ara ginai rhurhuta I will translate.
kkk	Kokota	r̥uta		rhuta	VTR	untangle; translate		(see rhuti, rhurhuta)		ara ginai rhuta o’oe in̄lisi ka kokota I will translate English into Kokota.
kkk	Kokota	r̥uti		rhuti	VTR	untangle; translate		(see rhuta, rhurhuta)		manei ne rhutini piru ine He untangled this fishing line.
kkk	Kokota	ridi		ridi	V	read		(see izuizu) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	rifu		rifu	VITR	be cool, be cold (of a person)		(sd: statives) (see sisito, man̄ava)		ara na rifu I’m cold.
kkk	Kokota	rifu		rifu	N	a cold		(sd: illness)		ara na au kaike rifu I have a cold.
kkk	Kokota	riŋata		rin̄ata	N	doorway		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	riŋigilu		rin̄iḡilu	N	a room (lit. ‘wall inside’)		(sd: houseparts) (see ririn̄i)		ia suḡa kara e au palu rin̄iḡiluna My house has two rooms.
kkk	Kokota	ririŋi		ririn̄i	N	wall, walling		(see rin̄igilu) (sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	ririso		ririso	V	write
kkk	Kokota	rita		rita	VITR	be very good		(see keli, faritai) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	rodo		rodo		eyes permanantly shut
kkk	Kokota	rogisi		roḡisi	N	a sebird sp.		(see rogoisi) (sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	rogisi		roḡisi	PN	a clan name		(see rogoisi) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	rogoto		roḡoto	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	roɣe		roge		plan
kkk	Kokota	roɣoisi		rogoisi	N	Shell and fish identified as chicoreus palma rosae.
kkk	Kokota	roɣovo		rogovo	N	a parrot sp. (?)		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	roɣovo		rogovo	PN	a clan name (also known as Makara)		(see makara) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	roku		roku	VTR, VITR	weed		(sd: plants, agriculture)
kkk	Kokota	roromu		roromu	N	fly		(see puka) (sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	ruma		ruma	VITR	enter		(see kave)		ia kubiliki ne ruma lao ke ḡilu korosa The rat went into the hole.
kkk	Kokota	rura		rura		current (in sea)		(sd: sea)
kkk	Kokota	ruru		ruru	VITR	leak (of boat)				faiba ine ne ruru This boat is leaking.
kkk	Kokota	ruru		ruru	N	a leak in a boat				inehi kaike ruru This is a leak.
kkk	Kokota	ruta		ruta	N	inedible swamp taro with red stem		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	sabaka		sabaka	N	a striped lizard about a meter long (JT defines as iguana)		(see totoli) (sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	saboto		saboto	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	saeko		saeko	N	mango tree and fruit		(sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	safra		safra	VITR, VTR	miss, make a mistake, as in do something wrong or in error		(see gonu, safri)		ara nake safra I missed (when shooting). ara na safrai memeha ana I missed that bird.
kkk	Kokota	safra		safra	N (?)	a mistake
kkk	Kokota	safri		safri	V	miss (as in spearing fish, shooting birds, also miss a path)		(see safra)
kkk	Kokota	saɣa		saga		yellow		(sd: colour terms)
kkk	Kokota	saɣeleɣu		sagelegu	V	drive a boat, steer a canoe, fly a plane, captain a ship				ara nake sageleguina faiba ine I drove this boat. ara mane sageleguna faiba ine I am the driver of this boat.
kkk	Kokota	saiɣona		saigona	N	evening		(sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	sakale		sakale	N	creeper with leaves eaten with betel nut, folk genus		(sd: plants-creepers)
kkk	Kokota	sakale kolopeho		sakale kolopeho	N	small sakale variety which grows on the ground (lit. ‘megapode sakale’)		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	sakale mam̥i		sakale mamhi	N	cultivated sakale variety, smells good		(see mamamhi)
kkk	Kokota	sakale mar̥apau		sakale marhapau	N	sakale variety ‘headache sakale’, wild, with red stalk and midrib		(see marhapau) (sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	sakale mata		sakale mata	N	sakale variety ‘bush sakale’, eaten, with medium sized leaves		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	sakale nitu		sakale nitu	N	sakale variety with large leaf, not eaten		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	sakana		sakana	N	chin		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	sakei		sakei	VTR	hook s.th. by putting hook into or through it (fish thru mouth, turtle thru back of neck), “hukim pas”		(see fa sakei)		noḡ#u ḡaili ne sakei namhari ine My hook hooked this fish.
kkk	Kokota	saklo		saklo	V	fishing method - at night using a net, bring ends toegther, not done anymore		(sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	salepo		salepo	N	sago frond basket (I also have as ‘string bag’)		(sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	salupu		salupu	VITR	go past		(sd: temporals)		liḡomo ne salupu ba, ne toga Did the Ligomo [a ship] go past or did it stop? komhu neke salupuo the year before last
kkk	Kokota	samala		samala	VITR	jump out of the water onto the shore (of ponu and another fish that chases ponu)		(see saramala)		ponu ine ne samala This ponu has jumped onto the shore.
kkk	Kokota	samore		samore	VITR	be exhausted		(see babau)		nage samore n̄a ara, palu mane I’m exhausted, you two!
kkk	Kokota	samu		samu	N	small cockroach		(see kokorosi) (sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	saŋa		san̄a	N	a coral sp. which is soft on the outside but stone inside		(see ḡlaze, tabasoa, totolu) (sd: coral, rocks)
kkk	Kokota	saŋa		san̄a	N	any mushroom or toadstool (generic)		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	saŋarua		san̄arua	N	a medium sized fish w. an open mouth		(see ponopono, pele) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	sane		sane	N	breadfruit tree and fruit		(sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	saramala		saramala		arhcaic form of samala		(see samala)
kkk	Kokota	sarata (viluvilu)		sarata (viluvilu)	N	sailfish, marlin		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	sare		sare	N	any flat area of land (betwen foot of hills and beach, between mountains etc)		(sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	sarie		sarie	N	small (‘female’) nali nut Canarium ??		(see sita, kabala) (sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	sasaeko		sasaeko	N	liver		(see saeko) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	sasaɣa		sasaga	N	Red-tail snapper (Lutjanus fulvus)		(see bakosero, ḡaoga) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	sasake kame		sasake kame	N	wrist		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	sasaklo		sasaklo	V or N?	angry argument		(see maḡra)
kkk	Kokota	sasalo		sasalo	N	pandanus (a variety presumably)		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	sasamala		sasamala	V	masturbate (of male only)		(sd: sex) (seebibiloko)		ago no sasamala no mhoto You masturbate and sweat.
kkk	Kokota	sasapu		sasapu		gonorhea		(sd: illness)
kkk	Kokota	sasna		sasna	V	be willing				ara na sasna frin̄he I’m willing for work.
kkk	Kokota	sea		sea	N	chair		(see tevo) (sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin?)
kkk	Kokota	sebele		sebele	N	custom axe with small piece around wood		(see kilekile, sili, malivi) (sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	seha		seha	VTR, VITR	climb		(gn: DO is thing climbed for. Thing climbed is OBL)		ara na seha ka ḡazu I climbed a tree. ara na seha koilo I climbed for coconuts.
kkk	Kokota	sekai		sekai	V	kidnap
kkk	Kokota	sekre		sekre	N	sprout shooting from above ground		(see kotu) (sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	sekuna		sekuna	N	tail; stern of a boat		(sd: bodyparts; canoeparts)		ia on̄hana ka sekuna faiba ine The wake is at the stern of (behind) the boat.
kkk	Kokota	sekuseku		sekuseku	N	trevally sp. (Caranx sp.) identified as the Black trevally (C. lugubris)		(see bilu, bukupau) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	sele um̥u		sele umhu	N	stick worn through middle of the nose		(sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	selo		selo	V	sail		(etym. Eng/Pijin???)
kkk	Kokota	seŋe		sen̄e	N	lionfish		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	seni		seni	N	necklace		(sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	seri		seri	N	cherry tree		(sd: trees) (etym. Eng/Pijin (?))
kkk	Kokota	sesekri		sesekri	N	All trochus shell and fish other than Trochus niloticus.		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	sesekri		sesekri	N	a reef fish with yellow and blue horizontal stripes, rounded head, and long tail shaped like new-moon		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	sesele		sesele	N	Peter’s rattle; the seeds on it		(see ḡoḡolo) (sd: music, plants)
kkk	Kokota	seser̥u		seserhu	N	grass		(sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	siakale		siakale	N	rainbow		(sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	siɣa		siga	N	inside join of leg and torso		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	sihe		sihe	VTR	sneeze		(gn: Experiencer verb.)		ne sihenau I’m sneezing.
kkk	Kokota	sikogia		sikoḡia	N	large kite sp., brown with white head (lit. ‘steal lime’)		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	sikoi		sikoi	VTR	steal		(see sisiko)
kkk	Kokota	sikolu		sikolu	N	school		(sd: built-environment) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	siku		siku	N	lawyer cane (a palm) Calamus sp.; rope made from lawyer cane, used to tie houseparts		(see fora, mago, merakete, ) (sd: plants; houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	silate		silate	N	shallot		(sd: domesticated-plants) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	sileni		sileni	N	money; ten cents		(etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	sili		sili	N	custom axe with a curved head		(see sebele, malivi) (sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	siŋa		sin̄a		meaning unclear				ne kokoai noḡu vilai o na torai diananafa ḡu sin̄a ara goi I’m sorry because I’ve lost my knife.
kkk	Kokota	sina		sina	N	emperor sp. (Lethrinus sp) identified as the Spangled emperor (L. nebulosus)		(see nafaro, susufli, matava, naliata) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	sinakoto		sinakoto	V	drizzle		(see nahani) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	sipuni		sipuni	N	spoon		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	sirahe		sirahe	N	lime bottle, especially made from hollowed out fruit		(see nefe) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	siri		siri		smell				namhari ine ne siri This fish smells. ne siri keli It smells good. ne siri gano It smells good. ne siri nonon̄hari It smells very good. ne siri huhun̄u It smells bad (like heartburn). ne siri papraha It smells very nasty.
kkk	Kokota	siri		siri	N	wasp		(sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	siri mugri		siri muḡri		smell urine (smell of urine?)		(see siri, muḡri)
kkk	Kokota	siriuli		siriuli	N	Yellow jobfish (Pristipomoides flavipinnis)		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	sisi		sisi	N	plant, folk genus containing all (land?) plants other than trees		(sd: plants, plantparts (?))
kkk	Kokota	sisiara		sisiara	V	travel inside the reef parallel to the beach (‘reefside’)		(see taḡru)		gita da sisiara We are travelling reefside. maneri ne mai sisiara They are coming reefside.
kkk	Kokota	sisibe		sisibe	N	charcoal
kkk	Kokota	sisiefaŋa		sisiefan̄a	N	Several very dark varieties of cowrie.		(see bulhi) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	sisiɣi		sisigi	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	sisikama		sisikama	N	a palm sp. Heterospathe sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	sisiko		sisiko	VITR	steal		(see siko)		heve neu ge no sisikon̄a ago Why are you stealing?
kkk	Kokota	sisiko		sisiko	N	theft, stealing
kkk	Kokota	sisito		sisito	VITR	be hot (to the touch) (94); burn s.th. (“singe”) (98)		(see sito, man̄ava, gura, rifu)
kkk	Kokota	sita		sita	N	canarium almond tree and nut (‘nali nut’) (generic)		(see sita sarie sita kabala) (sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	sita kabala		sita kabala	N	canarium nut sp. (see kabala)		(sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	sita sarie		sita sarie	N	canarium nut sp. (see sarie)		(sd: trees, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	sito		sito	VTR	make hot (to the touch)		(see sisito)
kkk	Kokota	sitoa		sitoa	N	store, shop		(sd: built-environment) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	siuku		siuku		high tide		(see kalae) (sd: sea)
kkk	Kokota	sivoli		sivoli	N	wind which goes rauru in the morning		(see soraru) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	sivoro		sivoro	N	bird sp. (photo 1)		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	snakrei		snakrei	VTR	allow, permit		(see lubati, boka)		manei ne snakrei ta mala hodina ara sote ana He allowed me to take that shirt. manei ne snakrenauna ara ta laona buala He allowed me to go to Buala.
kkk	Kokota	snekri		snekri	VITR	break, tear (of fingernail, earlobe etc)
kkk	Kokota	soala		soala	N	a reef fish with large scales and feelers under its mouth		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	soda		soda	N	clam (folk genus)		(see tue, bulhi, zika) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	soda aramo		soda aramo	N	a medium sized clam sp. found inside stone		(see soda, soda maku, soda kaspotu, soda tataraha) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	soda bebeŋa		soda beben̄a	N	giant clam		(see soda) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	soda bubul̥i		soda bubulhi	N	a medium sized clam sp. found in sand and on reef		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	soda hokata		soda hokata	N	a medium sized clam sp. found in sand etc		(see soda) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	soda kaspotu		soda kaspotu	N	a small clam sp. found inside rocks, like tataraha but shorter		(see soda, soda maku, soda tataraha, soda aramoe) (sd: shellfish (soda)) (etym. Kia kasipotu w. same meaning (informant Billy Gedi))
kkk	Kokota	soda maku		soda maku	N	all clam varieties which grow in rock as opposed to on sea floor, inc. kaspotu, tataraha etc (lit. ‘hard clam’)
kkk	Kokota	soda tataraha		soda tataraha	N	a medium sized clam sp. found inside stone		(see soda, soda maku, soda kaspotu, soda aramoe) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	sodu		sodu	VITR	be long, be tall		(see puku, boma, gobro) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	sofo		sofo	V	grab quickly, catch by grabbing		(see sosofo, kavihi)
kkk	Kokota	soguma		soḡuma	N	Giant grouper (Epinephelus magniscuttis), also alternative name for Brown-spot grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma) and Brown-stripe grouper (Epinephelus morrhua).		(see pele, pazara) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	solo		solo	N	salt		(sd: food) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	sono		sono	N	floor, if material is unspecified it is assumed to be made from sago palm		(sd: houseparts)		sono tetena sago palm floor sono kokolai wild betel floor
kkk	Kokota	sopo		sopo	N	corn (JT’s def.)		(sd: domesticated-plants)
kkk	Kokota	sopu		sopu	N	soap		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	soraru		soraru	N	wind which goes rauru in the evening		(see sorauru, sivoli) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	sorauru		sorauru	N	wind which goes rauru in the evening		(see soraru, sivoli) (sd: weather)
kkk	Kokota	sore		sore	N	an edible red reef fish		(see sori) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	sori		sori	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	soro		soro	N	heap
kkk	Kokota	sorona		sorona	N	hip, wrist (??)		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	soso		soso	N	urine		(see kuku) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	soso		soso	V	urinate		(see kuku)
kkk	Kokota	sosofo		sosofo	V	catch hold of		(see sofo, kavihi)		sosofo zoraine e mhemhena Catching pigs is difficult.
kkk	Kokota	sosole		sosole	VITR	be naked		(sd: statives)		ago ne sosole You are naked.
kkk	Kokota	sota		sota	V	give up doing anything by mouth during Lent (inc. food, drink, smoking, talking to s.o.)
kkk	Kokota	sote		sote	N	shirt		(see popolo) (sd: clothing) (etym. Eng/Pijin/Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	Spika		Spika	N	Speaker of the provincial assembly		(sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	stiŋibili		stin̄ibili	N	bedbug		(sd: insects) (etym. Eng/Pijin? stink beetle??)
kkk	Kokota	subro		subro	V	suck
kkk	Kokota	subu		subu	V	smoulder (of fire only, not stick etc)
kkk	Kokota	subu		subu	V	?squint? [only from looking at a fire]
kkk	Kokota	suga		suḡa	N	house		(see suga kava, ḡrogo) (sd: built-environment, houses)
kkk	Kokota	suga groɣo		suḡa ḡrogo	N	see ḡrogo		(sd: houses)
kkk	Kokota	suga kava		suḡa kava	N	house built directly on the ground rather than on stilts (‘ground house’)		(see ḡrogo, suga) (sd: houses)
kkk	Kokota	suga kuki		suḡa kuki	N	cook house, kitchen		(sd: built-environment) (etym. kuki from Eng/Pijin?)
kkk	Kokota	suga tarai		suḡa tarai	N	church (lit. ‘pray house’)		(sd: built-environment)
kkk	Kokota	suɣili		sugili	N	ant (generic)		(see sugili hohoti) (sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	suɣili hohoti		sugili hohoti	N	tiny red stinging ant (fire ant?) (lit. ‘very.sore ant’		(see sugili) (sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	suka		suka	N	sugar		(sd: food) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	suki		suki	V	lift the skin of s.th.(?)		(see susuki)
kkk	Kokota	suli		suli	N	child (pre-puberty), young of any animal or bird		(sd: humans, animals) (Both alienably and inalienably possessed.)
kkk	Kokota	suli		suli	ADJ	small
kkk	Kokota	sulinoɣo		sulinogo	VITR	be lonely		(sd: statives)		ara na sulinogo I’m lonely. ara na au sulinogo I’m lonely.
kkk	Kokota	suna		suna	N	breast (of man or woman)		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	sune		sune	N	snot		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	suri		suri	N	a dove-like bird		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	susufli		susufli	N	fish sp. - Emperor (Lethrinus sp.) variety		(see nafaro, sina, marava, naliata) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	susuki		susuki	V	sew		(see suki)
kkk	Kokota	susulufi		susulufi	N	point (of knife, spear, arrow, pen etc)		(see susufli, kekete) (sd: weapons, fishing)
kkk	Kokota	susulufi		susulufi	VITR	be pointed (of knife, spear, arrow, pen etc)		(sd: stative)		fa susulufini vilai ana Sharpen the point of that knife.
kkk	Kokota	susuru		susuru	V	sew sago leaves into panels		(see tena) (sd: housebuilding)
kkk	Kokota	taba		taba	N	timber, plank, board, any cut wood		(sd: count.noun)
kkk	Kokota	tabara		tabara	VITR	pay, buy		(see tabari, tatabara)
kkk	Kokota	tabari		tabari	VTR	pay, buy		(see tabara)
kkk	Kokota	tabasoa		tabasoa	N	a sp. of coral which is “like an umbrella”		(see ḡlaze, totolu, san̄a) (sd: coral, rocks)
kkk	Kokota	tabo		tabo	V	creep, feel one’s way or feel for something in the dark; creep for sex		(sd: active, sex)
kkk	Kokota	tada		tada	V	look up (between eye level and hill top height)
kkk	Kokota	taemuana		taemuana	N	penis		(see bore, fiolo, ḡaḡani, mimido) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	tafai		tafai	V	meet (someone you know in the street) (encounter?)
kkk	Kokota	tafri		tafri	V	defend
kkk	Kokota	tageo		taḡeo	V	thank		(see teḡeo)
kkk	Kokota	taglana		taḡlana	N	ear		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	tagrana		taḡrana	N	back		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	tagru		taḡru	V	travel parallel to the beach outside the reef, when it is low tide you travel taḡru		(see sisiara, taḡuru) (sd: canoes)
kkk	Kokota	tagu		taḡu	V	crawl		(see tabo)
kkk	Kokota	taguru		taḡuru	N	fringe reef		(see taḡru) (sd: natural-environment)
kkk	Kokota	taɣida		tagida	PRO	ourselves (1PLINC reflexive)
kkk	Kokota	taɣidi		tagidi	PRO	themselves (3PL reflexive)
kkk	Kokota	taɣigu		tagiḡu	PRO	myself (1SG reflexive)		(see taiḡu)
kkk	Kokota	taɣimai		tagimai	PRO	ourselves (1PLEXC reflexive)
kkk	Kokota	taɣimi		tagimi	PRO	yourselves (2PL reflexive)
kkk	Kokota	taɣimu		tagimu	PRO	yourself (2SG reflexive)
kkk	Kokota	taɣina		tagina	PRO	himself, herself, itself (3SG reflexive)
kkk	Kokota	taɣoho		tagoho	N	a dish made from leaves		(sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	tahei		tahei	VTR	say		(see o’oe, neu) (gn: DO is thing said.)		manei ne taheina ara a tazini sote ine He said I could keep this shirt. manei ne tahei kaike kuona o’oe bla He said just one word.
kkk	Kokota	tahi		tahi	N	sea, salt water		(see finha) (sd: topography, sea)
kkk	Kokota	taho		taho	VTR	count		(sd: numbers) (seetataho)		ara na tahori namhari are I’m counting those fish.
kkk	Kokota	taho		taho	QUANT	one (in ‘old man counting’)		(see kaike, kaikeu) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	taigu		taiḡu	PRO	myself (1SG reflexive)		(see tagiḡu)
kkk	Kokota	taka		taka	N	crustacean like a lobster but lives in holes		(sd: crustacean)
kkk	Kokota	taka		taka	V	pick (fruit or nut)
kkk	Kokota	tako		tako	VTR	catch (ball etc)
kkk	Kokota	talaɣi		talagi	V	be married
kkk	Kokota	tal̥a		talha	V	cast a net (for fish, turtle etc)		(sd: fishing)
kkk	Kokota	tamona		tamona	N	younger sibling; grandchild; address term for younger friend		(see kaka) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	taŋano		tan̄ano	N	food (general term)		(see malan̄hau)
kkk	Kokota	taŋano kalae		tan̄ano kalae	N	an octopus sp. (lit. ‘reef food’)		(see ḡasere) (sd: marine-life)
kkk	Kokota	taŋiri		tan̄iri	N	Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), Kingfish (Scomberomorus commerson)		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	tanana		tanana	N	neck		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	tan̥i		tanhi	N	time		(sd: temporals)		tanhi nihau What’s the time? tanhi fitu Seven o’clock.
kkk	Kokota	tao		tao	V	swim
kkk	Kokota	tapesu		tapesu	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	tara vele		tara vele	N	Trumpet shell (and fish) (charonia tritonis).		(see tavuli tara vele) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	taraha		taraha	N	adze for cutting timber (synonym of zagimaha)		(see zagimaha)
kkk	Kokota	tarai		tarai	V	pray		(sd: spirituality) (etym. Bughotu.)
kkk	Kokota	tarake		tarake	N	truck, car		(sd: transport) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	taramena		taramena	PREP	with (comitative, not associative or instrumental)				ara na lao taremena pita I went with Peter.ara hoda seleni taremeḡu mala lao buala I took money with me to go to Buala.
kkk	Kokota	taresese		taresese	N	trousers		(sd: clothing) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	tarihi		tarihi	VITR	be heavy		(sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	Tataba		Tataba	PN	Tatamba village		(sd: Place.names)
kkk	Kokota	tatabara		tatabara		?		(see tabari, tabara)
kkk	Kokota	tatabla		tatabla	N	palm of hand, sole of foot		(sd: bodyparts)		tatabla kame tatabla nene palm of the hand sole of the foot
kkk	Kokota	tatabla (nene)		tatabla (nene)	N	sole of foot		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	tatagru nene		tataḡru nene	N	top of the foot		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	tatahi		tatahi	N	stingray (generic)		(see tahi) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	tataho		tataho	VITR	count		(sd: numbers) (seetaho)		tataho bago You count. (imperative)
kkk	Kokota	tatako		tatako	N	bird sp.		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	tatala		tatala	N	moth, butterfly (generic, all sizes)		(see tatala ḡrugu) (sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	tatala gruɣu		tatala ḡrugu	N	moth (lt. ‘night butterfly/moth’)		(see tatala) (sd: insects)
kkk	Kokota	tatan̥i		tatanhi	V	be noisy
kkk	Kokota	tataraha		tataraha	N	see soda tataraha		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tati		tati	N	mother and infant		(see ḡorotati) (sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	taunamu		taunamu	N	mosquito net
kkk	Kokota	tauruŋa		taurun̄a	N	ordinary non-tabu spirit		(see matirihi) (sd: spirituality) (etym. Bughotu)
kkk	Kokota	tautovena		tautovena	VITR	be old (of thing)
kkk	Kokota	tavalohi		tavalohi	N	a cane resembling sugar cane, with edible top shoot but inedible cane		(sd: domesticated-plants (?))
kkk	Kokota	tavihi		tavihi	VTR, VITR	hunt		(sd: active) (see sosofo, sofo, togla, totogla)		gai nake lao tavihi nhorao We went hunting yesterday. tavihi zora ine e bubluse ḡlehe Catching pigs is very easy.
kkk	Kokota	tavuli tara vele		tavuli tara vele	N	Trumpet shell charonia tritonis suitable for use as a trumpet.		(see tara vele) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tavuli veve		tavuli veve	N	Cassidae shell suitable for use as a trumpet.		(see veve) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tazini		tazini	VTR	keep, retain				manei ne o’oenau ara mala tazini nona sote ana He told me that I could keep his shirt.
kkk	Kokota	tege		teḡe	N	turtle (generic)		(sd: marine-life)
kkk	Kokota	tegeo		teḡeo	VTR	thank		(see taḡeo)		bili ne teḡeoi zemesi Bill thanked James.
kkk	Kokota	teguru		teḡuru	N	floor framework; shelf, bench, malamhoko etc, any horizontal wooden structure built into a house		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	teha		teha	N	raft		(sd: maritime-technology)
kkk	Kokota	tehekepi		tehekepi	N	hammerhead shark (“because it’s like it has a hat”)		(see baesu, baesu hama, baesu tehekepi) (sd: fish) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	tehi		tehi	QUANT	many		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	tehi		tehi	VITR	be many				nege aḡe tehi salupu It’s gone past a lot.
kkk	Kokota	tehiu		tehiu	N	many (of something)		(sd: numbers)		ara teo ḡa manahagi tehiu, n̄a keha koa bla I don’t like many, just a few.
kkk	Kokota	tema		tema		shade
kkk	Kokota	tena		tena	V	sew sago leaves into panels		(see tetena, susuru) (sd: housebuilding)
kkk	Kokota	tenu		tenu	V	sew leaf
kkk	Kokota	teo		teo	EXCLM	no; nothing		(see ehe)
kkk	Kokota	teo		teo	VTR	not have		(see au, kuru)		ara na teonau faibao I don’t have a boat. ne teo nehu dou He doesn’t have a big nose. ara na teonau I don’t have. (response to Q eg ‘do you have X?’)
kkk	Kokota	teo		teo	VTR	not be (neg existential)
kkk	Kokota	tere		tere	VITR	be sharp		(see tutpri) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	tetegu		teteḡu	V	go fishing (generic), also specifically throwing a line with a hook but no sinker or bait.		(sd: fishing) (seekorho, boleti, kura)		teteḡu namhari hukim fis (catch fish) aḡe teteḡu go fishing
kkk	Kokota	teteɣo		tetego	N	spinefoot (aka rabbitfish) Siganus vermiculatus		(see gepa) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	teteke		teteke	N	earring		(sd: adornment)
kkk	Kokota	tetena		tetena	N	sago palm; flooring made from sago palm; large thatch		(see naota, tena; nifa) (sd: trees; houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	tetete		tetete	V	shiver (from cold, fear etc)		(see nunuru, nuge, nugenuge, nunuge)
kkk	Kokota	tetu		tetu	VITR	stand		(see tetu hage) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	tetu		tetu	N	upright housepost		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	tetu haɣe		tetu hage	VITR	stand up		(see tetu) (sd: active)
kkk	Kokota	tevo		tevo	N	table		(see sea) (sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin?)
kkk	Kokota	tiana		tiana	N	belly (not internal organs)		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	tigi		tiḡi	N	dirty mark on s.th., spot on a crab (also a variant of kakau titiḡi?)
kkk	Kokota	tihi		tihi	VTR	wash s.th.		(see titihi)		tihi kame wash hands
kkk	Kokota	tihini		tihini	V	wash		(see titihi, tihi kame)
kkk	Kokota	tiki		tiki	V	make (ridgecap only?)		(sd: houseparts) (seekikilova)		ago no tiki kikilovana suḡa You are making the ridgecap of the house.
kkk	Kokota	tikri		tikri	N	bright red parrot which eats coconut juice		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	tilo		tilo	QUANT	three		(see tilou) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	tilo mane		tilo mane		term of address for a group of people of any number (lit. ‘three men’)
kkk	Kokota	tilotutu		tilotutu	QUANT	sixty		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	tilotutuai		tilotutuai	QUANT	sixty and		(sd: numbers)		tilotutuai kaike sixty one
kkk	Kokota	tilou		tilou	N	three (cardinal)		(see tilo) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	timosi		timosi	N	thermos		(sd: domestic-goods) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	tinina		tinina	N	body		(sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	tinufa		tinufa	N	plant variety which grows on trees, like tuhu but is non-flowering		(see tuhu) (sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	tiro		tiro	N	mirror		(sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	tita		tita	N	sap from a tree used as custom putty, esp. caulking in canoes		(sd: plantparts, canoeparts)
kkk	Kokota	titigi		titiḡi	N	edible medium sized sea crab with red spots, found on reef and among rocks		(see kakau, kakau tigi, tigi) (sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	titihi		titihi	VITR	wash (not body or clothes)		(see ika, tihi kame, tihini, poprosa, opu, opuopu) (etym. Claimed to be Kia.)
kkk	Kokota	titili		titili	N	a circle of stones		(sd: spirituality, built-environment)
kkk	Kokota	to	toʔ	to	EXCLM	an exclamation
kkk	Kokota	toa		toa	N	fortified enclosure
kkk	Kokota	tobi		tobi	V	kick
kkk	Kokota	togla zuta		toḡla zuta	N	A snake which comes to lights at night. It looks like panaḡa. (lit. ‘hunt lamp’)		(see kolu) (sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	toglai		toḡlai	VTR	chase, hunt		(see totoḡla, tavihi)
kkk	Kokota	toɣa		toga	N	thousand		(sd: numbers)		kaike toga one thousand
kkk	Kokota	toɣa		toga	V	arrive				manei ne toga He has arrived. vaka flaloana ne deke toga That plane has landed. vaka ana ne mai toga That ship has arrived.
kkk	Kokota	toɣatehi		togatehi	QUANT	very many, a large number of		(sd: numbers) (seetoga, tehi)		ara na faleheri togatehi kokorako I killed very many chickens.
kkk	Kokota	toɣoi		togoi	VTR	help				ara na tarai togodi ira nakoni ta foḡra I pray for the sick people. ara na togonigo ago I help you.
kkk	Kokota	toɣoru		togoru	N	landslide		(sd: weather; topography)		ia nunuge ne fufuni ia togoru The earthquake caused a landslide.
kkk	Kokota	toɣu		togu	V	stab a stick or knife into the ground
kkk	Kokota	toɣu vilai		togu vilai	V	stab with a knife
kkk	Kokota	toi		toi	VTR, VITR	cook		(see totoi) (sd: cooking)
kkk	Kokota	toikame		toikame	N	centipede (lit. ‘fire arm’)		(sd: insects (?))
kkk	Kokota	toka fizi		toka fizi	VTR	cut open large fruit - pawpaw or coconut		(see toka, faraho, tue)
kkk	Kokota	tokai		tokai	VTR	cut (chop?), cut open cut nut etc; cut wood		(see tokafizi, tue, vahe)
kkk	Kokota	tokei		tokei	VTR	arrive at				oti falehei gilai tokei ia nare suḡa Don’t kill it until festival day. aḡe da tokeu Let’s go back now.
kkk	Kokota	tola		tola	N	small clinker built canoe with high prow at both ends		(see hinage, tomoko) (sd: canoes)
kkk	Kokota	tolipoɣo		tolipogo	N	main roof of house		(sd: houseparts)
kkk	Kokota	toloro		toloro	N	snake sp., fast, looks likenabragaho		(see kolu) (sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	toluru		toluru	N	turtle egg		(sd: turtles)
kkk	Kokota	tomoko		tomoko	N	large clinker built canoe with high prow at both ends		(see hinage, tola) (sd: canoes)
kkk	Kokota	toŋaha		ton̄aha	N	tree fern sp., grows in the bush, has edible supsup fronds		(see ḡlelai) (sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	toŋo		ton̄o	V	forbid
kkk	Kokota	tona		tona	VITR	be dirty		(sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	topa		topa	N	a big blue fish		(see riatopa) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	topo		topo	VITR	be heaped with litter (small rubbish - leaves etc)		(see nhabo)		lalaba ne topo The dancing ground is heaped with litter.
kkk	Kokota	topo		topo	N	a heap of litter (small rubbish - leaves etc)		(see nhabo)		topo ana ne dou ḡ#lehe That heap of litter is very big.
kkk	Kokota	tora		tora	N	white patch on skin (from fungal infection)		(sd: bodypart, illness (?))
kkk	Kokota	tora		tora	VITR	be open		(see tori) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	torai		torai	TAM	definitely				torai fahega very happy
kkk	Kokota	torei		torei	VTR, VDTR	ask				ara manahagi torenigo ago [keha huhu] I want to ask you (some questions). ara manahagi toreri keha huhu ka ago I want to ask some questions of you.
kkk	Kokota	tor̥a		torha		hard black core of a rotten stick or tree
kkk	Kokota	tori		tori	VTR	open		(sd: active) (see tora)		ara na torina tuturina I opened the speaking.
kkk	Kokota	toritori		toritori	V	look for food (of birds only)		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	toru		toru	N	bech-de-mer, sea slug (generic)		(sd: marine-life)
kkk	Kokota	toru zora		toru zora	N	sea slug sp. (lit. ‘pig bech-de-mer’)		(sd: marine-life)
kkk	Kokota	totoai		totoai		undercooked, half cooked; unripe		(sd: cooking, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	totofo		totofo	N	birds nest fern, roots formerly used for fishing line (not trolling line) Asplenium nidus sp (?)		(sd: plants, fishing)
kkk	Kokota	totofra		totofra	N	star (generic)		(sd: astronomy)
kkk	Kokota	totofra nare		totofra nare	N	morning star (lit. ‘day star’)		(sd: astronomy)
kkk	Kokota	totogla		totoḡla	VITR	chase, hunt		(see toḡla, tavihi)		ara na totoḡla I’m chasing.
kkk	Kokota	totoɣale		totogale	N	picture, photograph				ara a totogaleigo ago I will take a picture of you.
kkk	Kokota	totoi		totoi	N	fire		(see toi)
kkk	Kokota	totoku		totoku	V	cover
kkk	Kokota	totoku		totoku	N	sheet, blanket etc		(see totokua) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	totokua		totokua	N	blanket (tapa blanket only??)		(see totoku) (sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	totoli		totoli	N	lizard (generic)		(sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	totolu		totolu	N	a coral sp. which is large and round with a flat top		(see ḡlaze, tabasoa, san̄a) (sd: coral, rocks)
kkk	Kokota	totore		totore	N	month		(sd: temporals)
kkk	Kokota	tove		tove	ADJ	old				manei ne nakoni tove He is an old man.
kkk	Kokota	triki		triki	V	trick, lie		(see huḡa) (etym. Eng/Pijin.)
kkk	Kokota	tubila		tubila	N	fish (or shellfish?) sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	tubo		tubo	N	cycad (Cycas rumphii?)		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	tue		tue	N	‘mudshell’, a smooth shelled bivalve folk genus; any roundish, smallish, even, bivalve is tue.		(see soda, bulhi, ) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tue ɣaɣasena		tue gagasena	N	‘female mudshell’, sp. of tue often eaten		(see tue) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tue kuta		tue kuta	N	sp. of tue with very soft shell, easily broken		(see tue) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tue mamanena		tue mamanena	N	‘male mudshell’, sp. of tue often eaten, similar to tue gagasena but more pointed		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tue pilaku		tue pilaku	N	small long thin sp. of tue		(see tue) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tue resagela		tue resaḡela	N	sp. of tue		(see tue) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tuei		tuei	VTR	make small cuts with a small knife - cut string or tobacco, cut open lemon, cut outer off pinapple etc		(see knusu, knusi, fike, toka, fliti, vahe)		tue knusi cut (string)
kkk	Kokota	tufani		tufani	VTR	give; benefactive/malefactive		(see fan̄a, fala-)		manei ne tufanau ara sote ana He gave me that shirt.
kkk	Kokota	tuga		tuḡa	VITR	have an erection		(sd: bodyparts, sex)		ara na tuḡa guna na gatoi kaike gase I’ve got an erection because I’m thinking about a girl. ara na tuḡa guna na noḡu ome ḡlehe I’ve got an erection because I really want to have sex.
kkk	Kokota	tugle		tuḡle	N	mountain		(see vuhuku) (sd: topography)
kkk	Kokota	tuhu		tuhu	N	birds nest fern which grows on trees, like tinufa but it produces flowers		(see tinufa) (sd: plants)
kkk	Kokota	tui		tui	N	tree sp.		(see kaku tui) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	tukotuko		tukotuko	N	Shell and fish janthina.		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tuku		tuku	VTR, VITR	wait (for)		(gn: When TR DO is thing waited for.)		tuku fea Wait first!
kkk	Kokota	tula		tula	N	shin (front of leg between knee and ankle)		(see bobote [nene]) (sd: bodyparts)
kkk	Kokota	tulufulu		tulufulu	QUANT	thirty		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	tulufuluai		tulufuluai	QUANT	thirty and		(sd: numbers)		tulufuluai kaike thirty one
kkk	Kokota	tulufuluɣu		tulufulugu	N	thirty (cardinal)		(see tulufulu) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	tuma		tuma		lelegu fata manei ne tuma bulanau ara neu Every time he says that I get cross.
kkk	Kokota	tuna		tuna	N	offspring, child of		(sd: kinship) (seekaka)		tuḡu manena son tuḡu gasena daughter tumu ago your child
kkk	Kokota	tupe		tupe	N	coconut crab		(sd: crustaceans)
kkk	Kokota	tupi		tupi	N	lizard sp. which lives underground in mud		(sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	tupi		tupi	N	arrow		(sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	tupi		tupi	V	beat a drum		(see tutupi) (sd: music)
kkk	Kokota	tupini		tupini	VTR	accidently bang foot, head etc into s.th.; hit with a hammer		(see poma)		ne tupiau ara It (a chair) banged into me. (ie I banged into it while walking past it)
kkk	Kokota	tupri		tupri	VITR	be blunt		(see tutupri, puka, tere) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	turi		turi	VTR, VITR	narrate, tell a story, have a chat or conversation (‘stori’)		(see tuturi)		ara nake turi taremena gaseana kaike fafata bla I have only ever talked to that woman once.
kkk	Kokota	tuta		tuta	VITR	be thick		(see puku) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	tutuate		tutuate	N	an edible shell		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	tutui		tutui	VTR, VITR	hit a shell or nut using a hard round object, stone etc		(see dupa-, faraho, toka, tokafizi, tue)
kkk	Kokota	tutupi		tutupi	V	beat a drum		(see tupi) (sd: music)
kkk	Kokota	tutupri		tutupri	VITR	be blunt of point (of spear, arrow, post, point of knife)		(see tupri, puka, tere) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	tuturi		tuturi	N	story, narrative, speech, sermon		(see turi)		ara nake frin̄hena tuturiana I wrote that speech. ara nake torina tuturina I opened the speaking.
kkk	Kokota	tuturiakna		tuturiakna	N	fish sp.		(sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	tuturitove		tuturitove	VITR	tell custom stories				manei ne tuturitove tufadi ira suli He told custom stories to the children.
kkk	Kokota	tuturu		tuturu	V	kneel
kkk	Kokota	-u		-u	POSS	your, yours (2SG possessor suffix - alienable)
kkk	Kokota	-u		-u	TAM	progressive aspect		(see -gu)
kkk	Kokota	-u ~ -ɣu		-u ~ -gu	VITR, VTR	be thus, be like that; say (quotative verb used with reported speech)		(see tahei, o’oe)		‘ago boka tazinibo sote ine’ neunau manei “You can keep this shirt,” he told me. ‘lao siago’ neu “You go,” (they) said.
kkk	Kokota	uaiu		uaiu		“be olsem”
kkk	Kokota	uasi		uasi	V	wash		(see tihi) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	ufa		ufa	N	grey hair		(sd: bodyparts)		kaike ufa a grey hair
kkk	Kokota	ufa		ufa	VITR	be grey haired		(sd: statives)		ago no ufa You have got grey hair.
kkk	Kokota	ufu		ufu	V	blow on something				ufu totoi blow on a fire to make it burn
kkk	Kokota	uka		uka	V	fall (of person), “if someone climbs a tree and they fall” (fall by accident?)		(see zogu, pidu, goflo)
kkk	Kokota	uke		uke	N	mother (respect term)		(sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	ule		ule	VITR	be ripe		(sd: statives, fruit)
kkk	Kokota	uma		uma	V	plant		(sd: agriculture)
kkk	Kokota	vaetahi		vaetahi	N	tree sp.		(see vahetahi, vavaetahi) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	vage		vaḡe	VTR	rest s.th. on top of a framework (eg roof, bench top etc) (??)
kkk	Kokota	vahei		vahei	VTR	carve, cut meat off fish, turtle, pig, chook etc		(see toka, tue, fliti)
kkk	Kokota	vahetahi		vahetahi	N	tree sp.		(see vaetahi, vavaetahi) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	vaka		vaka	N	ship		(see hinage, vaka flalo) (sd: canoes) (etym. borrowing?)
kkk	Kokota	vaka		vaka	ADJ	manufactured, imported		(etym. borrowing?)
kkk	Kokota	vaka flalo		vaka flalo	N	aeroplane (lit. ‘flying ship’)		(sd: transport)
kkk	Kokota	vaka selo		vaka selo	N	sailing ship		(sd: transport)
kkk	Kokota	vaŋahaidu		van̄ahaidu	N	feast		(see pati, n̄hau fari kapruai) (etym. Bughotu)		gita dake lao kaia van̄ahaidu We went to the feast.
kkk	Kokota	vaŋahaidu		van̄ahaidu	VITR	feast		(see pati, n̄hau fari kapruai) (etym. Bughotu)		gita dake van̄ahaidu We were feasting.
kkk	Kokota	varadaki		varadaki	QUANT	twenty		(sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	varedakeu		varedakeu	N	twenty (cardinal)		(see varedake) (sd: numbers)
kkk	Kokota	vavaetahi		vavaetahi	N	tree sp.		(see vaetahi, vahetahi) (sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	vavage		vavaḡe	N	log which floats ashore		(see gazu)
kkk	Kokota	vavahe		vavahe	V	operate surgically		(see vahe)
kkk	Kokota	vavau		vavau	N	kapok tree, used for stuffing pillows, nuts are edible		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	vave		vave	N	sibling of spouse; spouse of sibling (in-law of same generation)		(sd: kinship)
kkk	Kokota	veɣa		vega		white		(sd: colour terms)
kkk	Kokota	vekapleku		vekapleku	N	dancing stick		(see ḡazupleku) (sd: custom-artefacts, music)
kkk	Kokota	velepuhi		velepuhi	N	Christianity (ie. the way, teachings etc); catechist, teacher		(sd: humans)
kkk	Kokota	vetula		vetula		law, rule		(etym. Bughotu?)
kkk	Kokota	veve		veve	N	Shell and shellfish of the family cassidae.		(see tavuli veve) (sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	veveko		veveko	N	a palm sp. with fan shaped fronds and small inedible fruit, Licuala lauterbachii		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	vilai		vilai	N	knife		(see vilai dou)		suli vilai small knife
kkk	Kokota	vilai dou		vilai dou	N	bush knife, machete (lit. ‘big knife’)		(sd: weapons)
kkk	Kokota	vilihai		vilihai	N	red or black custom money		(sd: custom-money)
kkk	Kokota	viri		viri	N	tobacco		(see viri mata) (sd: food)
kkk	Kokota	viri mata		viri mata	N	bush tobacco, wild or cultivated relative of tobacco traditionally smoked		(sd: food)
kkk	Kokota	visi		visi	V	play; have sex (non-respect term, euphamism)		(sd: active, sex) (see ome, frin̄hepuhi) (gn: All verbs for sex are intransitive with other participant realised as a ka oblique.)		ara na noḡu visi ka ago I want to play with you (ie have sex).
kkk	Kokota	vivivri		vivivri	N	propellor, anything that spins (crossed stick for spinning kapok, aircraft/outboard propellor etc)		(sd: domestic-goods)
kkk	Kokota	vraha		vraha	N	tree sp. (T&H have as vitex cofassus)		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	vuhuku		vuhuku	N	hill		(see tuḡle) (sd: topography) (etym. Kia)
kkk	Kokota	wida		wida	N	window		(sd: houseparts) (etym. Eng/Pijin??)
kkk	Kokota	wiki		wiki	N	week		(sd: temporals) (etym. Eng/Pijin)
kkk	Kokota	wokobati		wokobati	V	stroll, wander about		(see liliu, liliukusu, zazaho lamai) (etym. Eng/Pijin walk about)		lahai’ wokobati bla Q. Where are you going? A. Just for a stroll.
kkk	Kokota	zago		zaḡo	N	enclosure (arch.)		(see bara) (sd: built-environment) (etym. Maringe/ Kia)
kkk	Kokota	zaɣi		zagi	N	a large raptor bird		(sd: birds)
kkk	Kokota	zaɣimaha		zagimaha	N	adze made from beben̄a (giant clam) shell, used to cut timber (lit. ‘raptor sp. - mouth’?)		(see taraha) (sd: tools, custom-artefacts)
kkk	Kokota	zaɣrana		zagrana	N	root		(sd: plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	zaho		zaho	VITR	go away from, travel by any means (on foot, in canoe etc)		(sd: active) (see zazaho, aḡe, lao) (gn: Location which is gone away from is realised by a ka oblique.)		zaho ka noḡu suḡa ine ara Go away from my house. na zaho buala I am going to Buala. zaho lao Go!
kkk	Kokota	zalekoro		zalekoro	N	gravel
kkk	Kokota	zazaɣa		zazaga	N	a line (of something)		(see fazazaga)
kkk	Kokota	zazaho		zazaho	V	walk, travel on foot		(see zaho)
kkk	Kokota	zazaho		zazaho	N	a group		(see zaho)		kaike zazaho ne mai A group is coming.
kkk	Kokota	zazaho lamai		zazaho lamai	VITR	go for a stroll (lit. ‘walk go-come’)		(see wokobati, liliu, liliukusu)		ara na zazaho lamai bla I’m just going for a stroll.
kkk	Kokota	zika		zika	N	a drop (of water etc)
kkk	Kokota	zikra		zikra	V	pour out				ta moi ta la raisiana, zikra kokoni bakrunana When the rice is cooked, pour away the water.
kkk	Kokota	ziku		ziku	N	Folk genus for all cone shaped conidae.		(sd: shellfish)
kkk	Kokota	ziku		ziku	N	armring made from clamshell or other shell		(sd: adornment, custom-money?)
kkk	Kokota	zizilaki		zizilaki	VITR	be slippery because very dry (of things being climbed only)		(see bablanu) (sd: statives)
kkk	Kokota	ziziri		ziziri	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	zniri		zniri	VITR	be tangled (of fishing line, string etc)
kkk	Kokota	zoɣu		zogu	VITR	fall (as fruit), drop, swoop (as bird)		(see uka, goflo, pidu)		nahani ne zogu Rain is falling.
kkk	Kokota	zohi		zohi	VTR	dig s.th.		(see zoho)
kkk	Kokota	zoho		zoho	VTR, VITR	dig		(see zohi)
kkk	Kokota	zoho		zoho	N	well (for getting water)
kkk	Kokota	zopanabo		zopanabo	N	Rainbow runner (Elegatis bipinnulatus), called in Pijin ‘rainbow’		(see marakasa) (sd: fish)
kkk	Kokota	zora		zora	N	pig		(sd: mammals)		zora mata wild pig zora vaka domesticated pig
kkk	Kokota	zote		zote	N	crocodile		(sd: reptiles)
kkk	Kokota	zozozro		zozozro	V	pour with water				paipi ana ne zozozro That pipe is running. nahanine ne zozozro This rain is pouring. suḡa ine ne zozozro fakukrudide This house is pouring water from the thatch ends
kkk	Kokota	zufra		zufra	V	pushing a burning stick into sand/water to put it out; push a spear/paddle/stick into bushes to hide it
kkk	Kokota	zukei		zukei	V	look for (JT defines as ‘find’)
kkk	Kokota	zulapa		zulapa	N	tree sp.		(sd: trees)
kkk	Kokota	zuta		zuta	N	lamp, specifically hurricane lamp (as opposed to tilly lamp); sap of the sita (canarium nut) tree (either variety)		(see zuta mata, zuta pamu) (sd: domestic goods; plantparts)
kkk	Kokota	zuta mata		zuta mata	N	custom lamp; sap of the nali nut tree		(see zuta, mata)
kkk	Kokota	zuta pamu		zuta pamu	N	tilly lamp (lit. ‘pump lamp’)		(see zuta, pamu)
kkk	Kokota	zuzufra		zuzufra		black		(sd: colour terms)

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