Source: McElhanon (1967)
McElhanon, K.A. 1967. Preliminary Observations on Huon Peninsula Languages. Oceanic Linguistics. 6, 1-45.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91989 | Dedua | fruit | forak- | (its) fruit | (its) fruit | |
| 91261 | Dedua | to know (facts) | negen- | (he) knows | (he) knows | |
| 91471 | Dedua | man | ŋik | man | man | |
| 91975 | Dedua | flower | ori- | (its) flower | (its) flower | |
| 92003 | Dedua | stick (wood) | gbaru | stick | stick | |
| 91233 | Dedua | smoke (of fire) | husuk | smoke | smoke | |
| 91219 | Dedua | water | doku | water | water | |
| 91247 | Dedua | to hit | kpe- | (he) hit him | (he) hit him | |
| 90477 | Dedua | we (pronoun d:1p) | nini | we | we | |
| 92115 | Dedua | to laugh | dzomore- | (he) laughs | (he) laughs | |
| 90729 | Dedua | all (of a number) | sasawa | all | all | |
| 90715 | Dedua | to stand | nan- | (he) stands | (he) stands | |
| 91527 | Dedua | tooth (front rather than molar) | enar- | (its) tooth | (its) tooth | |
| 91947 | Dedua | dust | wondok | dust | dust | |
| 90575 | Dedua | to say | de- | (he) says | (he) says | |
| 91485 | Dedua | blood | sawa | (its) blood | (its) blood | |
| 90799 | Dedua | small | kapia | small | small | |
| 91191 | Dedua | to burn (intrans.) | dza- | (it) burns | (it) burns | |
| 91933 | Dedua | sky | kurumeŋ | sky | sky | |
| 91919 | Dedua | wind | firaŋ | wind | wind | |
| 91205 | Dedua | road/path | siŋ | road | road | |
| 91891 | Dedua | some | go- | some | some | |
| 91499 | Dedua | hand | mari | (his) hand | (his) hand | |
| 90673 | Dedua | to come | ere- | (he) comes | (he) comes | |
| 91905 | Dedua | short | wegen | short | short | |
| 91961 | Dedua | lake | dzokoŋ | lake | lake | |
| 92129 | Dedua | to suck | abere- | (he) sucks | (he) sucks | |
| 91387 | Dedua | seed | honduŋ- | (its) seed | (its) seed | |
| 91401 | Dedua | ear | hedza- | (its) ear | (its) ear | |
| 91835 | Dedua | to push | tuŋge- | (he) pushes | (he) pushes | |
| 90897 | Dedua | heart | woso honduŋ- | (its) heart | (its) heart | |
| 91415 | Dedua | louse | yomiŋ | louse | louse | |
| 90827 | Dedua | sun | wonak | sun | sun | |
| 91359 | Dedua | tree | ik | tree | tree | |
| 91807 | Dedua | to throw | wa- | (he) throws: | (he) throws: | |
| 91863 | Dedua | to dig | usu- | (he) digs | (he) digs | |
| 90869 | Dedua | belly | kera- | (its) belly | (its) belly | |
| 91821 | Dedua | to pull | tae- | (he) pulls | (he) pulls | |
| 91373 | Dedua | root | gode- | (its) root | (its) root | |
| 90743 | Dedua | many | homak | many | many | |
| 90883 | Dedua | nose | soge- | (its) nose | (its) nose | |
| 91429 | Dedua | dog | kasi | dog | dog | |
| 91751 | Dedua | left-side | kana | left side | left side | |
| 91877 | Dedua | to cut | herege- | (he) cuts | (he) cuts | |
| 90687 | Dedua | to sit | tak- | (he) sits | (he) sits | |
| 90505 | Dedua | what? | dafi | what | what | |
| 91765 | Dedua | to hold (in hand) | me- | (he) holds | (he) holds | |
| 91779 | Dedua | to fall (drop rather than topple) | ma- | (he) falls | (he) falls | |
| 91793 | Dedua | to turn (change one's direction) | meren- | (he) turns | (he) turns | |
| 90939 | Dedua | hair | dzowe- | (its) hair | (its) hair |