*ī |- | sun || *rua |- | water || *doŋ |- | betelnut || *mōti |- | branch || *āgu |- | coconut (tree) || *mou |- | fruit, seed || *tinaŋ |- | leaf || *pɔda |- | mango || *baiti |- | sugarcane || *tɔnɔŋ |- | sweet potato || (*ane) |- | tobacco || *buru |- | tree || *koi |- | (tree) trunk || *mono |- | bird || *bɔrege |- | dog || *masika |- | eel || *baramɔ |- | fowl, chicken || *kokore |- | rat || *koto |- | bad || *orara |- | big || *pɔn(n)ɔ |- | black || *muŋ[i,o] |- | cold || *kamari |- | dirty || *kumi |- | far || *iti- |- | hungry || *perɔ |- | long, tall || *iti- |- | old || *uri- |- | sick || *tipɔ |- | thick || *mōtu |- | warm, hot || *tɔkɔtɔkɔ |- | white || *kākɔtɔ |- | fall || *ru- |- | flow || *tū |- | go || *be- |- | push || *tūme |- | put || *ti- |- | turn || *bero- |- | breathe, live || *roma- |- | cough || *k(o)u- |- | die || *bō |- | drink, eat || *nai |- | hear || *tarɔ- |- | sleep || *ati- |- | smell || *nū- |- | spit || *tutu- |- | suck || *muti- |} Austronesian influence South Bougainville words of likely Proto-Oceanic origin: {| ! language !! family !! pig !! fence !! left !! fish !! back !! shark |- ! Nagovisi !! South Bougainville | polo || para || akona- || kalege || vilo || — |- ! Nasioi !! South Bougainville | poro || parang || mare- || taki || bilo' || — |- ! Buin !! South Bougainville | uuru || holo || mori- || iana || muure || paaoi |- ! Motuna !! South Bougainville | huuru || horo || mori- || koringi || muuri || pakoi |- ! Proto-Oceanic !! Austronesian | *borok || *bara || *mawiri || *ikan || *muri- || *bakiwa |- ! Torau !! Austronesian | boo || barabara || mairi- || iala || mudi- || vavoi |- ! Uruava !! Austronesian | boro || bara || || iana || pou- || bakubaku |- ! Mono-Alu !! Austronesian | boʔo || — || karaka