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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91653 | Dedua | you pl. (pronoun d:2p) | ŋeni | ye | ye | |
| 91177 | Dedua | not | mi | not | not | |
| 91163 | Dedua | name | kiwa | (its) name | (its) name | |
| 91149 | Dedua | cold (weather) | moteŋa | cold | cold | |
| 91135 | Dedua | dry (be dry) | kereŋ- | (it is) dry | (it is) dry | |
| 91121 | Dedua | new | gboria | new | new | |
| 91107 | Dedua | hot | gerek | hot | hot | |
| 91093 | Dedua | good | gombuŋa | good | good | |
| 90743 | Dedua | many | homak | many | many | |
| 92353 | Dedua | to work | ua | work | work | |
| 92311 | Dedua | to count | âso- | (he) counts | (he) counts | |
| 92325 | Dedua | to play | ariak | (they) play | (they) play | |
| 90477 | Dedua | we (pronoun d:1p) | nini | we | we | |
| 92367 | Dedua | spear (N) | damu | spear | spear | |
| 92381 | Dedua | to blow (wind) | fifi- | (he) blows | (he) blows | |
| 92395 | Dedua | to swell | siwiŋe- | (it) swells | (it) swells | |
| 90771 | Dedua | long | herea | long | long | |
| 90939 | Dedua | hair | dzowe- | (its) hair | (its) hair | |
| 91569 | Dedua | meat (flesh) | fusi- | (its) meat | (its) meat | |
| 91555 | Dedua | tail | dzi- | (its) tail | (its) tail | |
| 91611 | Dedua | head | fufu- | (its) head | (its) head | |
| 91597 | Dedua | skin | sebi- | (its) skin | (its) skin | |
| 90449 | Dedua | I (pronoun d:1s) | ni | I | I | |
| 90463 | Dedua | thou | ge | thou | thou | |
| 91541 | Dedua | foot | hani- | (its) foot | (its) foot | |
| 90911 | Dedua | fat | wokemaŋ- | (its) fat | (its) fat | |
| 91751 | Dedua | left-side | kana | left side | left side | |
| 90925 | Dedua | neck | ube- | its neck | its neck | |
| 91079 | Dedua | yellow | dzagea | yellow | yellow | |
| 91065 | Dedua | red | sak sak | red | red | |
| 91051 | Dedua | white | koŋak | white | white | |
| 91037 | Dedua | green | ârâŋbârik | green | green | |
| 91023 | Dedua | black | dzadzu | black | black | |
| 91009 | Dedua | to bite | ki- | (he) bites it | (he) bites it | |
| 91737 | Dedua | right-side | foi | right (side) | right (side) | |
| 90995 | Dedua | to eat | ne- | (he) eats | (he) eats | |
| 90981 | Dedua | to sleep | fe- | (he) sleeps | (he) sleeps | |
| 91723 | Dedua | there | edi | there | there | |
| 91793 | Dedua | to turn (change one's direction) | meren- | (he) turns | (he) turns | |
| 91779 | Dedua | to fall (drop rather than topple) | ma- | (he) falls | (he) falls | |
| 91765 | Dedua | to hold (in hand) | me- | (he) holds | (he) holds | |
| 90785 | Dedua | big | kuneŋ | big | big | |
| 90799 | Dedua | small | kapia | small | small | |
| 91891 | Dedua | some | go- | some | some | |
| 91905 | Dedua | short | wegen | short | short | |
| 91919 | Dedua | wind | firaŋ | wind | wind | |
| 91849 | Dedua | to wash | dzuak- | (he) washes | (he) washes | |
| 91443 | Dedua | bird | neŋ | bird | bird | |
| 91429 | Dedua | dog | kasi | dog | dog | |
| 91415 | Dedua | louse | yomiŋ | louse | louse |