Language: Tîrî (Tsîrî - Tintin)

Source/Author:	George W. Grace
Identifiers:	ISO-639-3:cir Glottocode: tiri1261
Notes:	The data provided here come from a dictionnary Tîrî-English made by George W. Grace. During the summers of 1972 and 1973, he collected lexical data in the La Foa area, located between the center and the south region of the Main Land ('Grante Terre') of New Caledonia. The dictionary have been published in the Pacific Linguistics journal (Series C - n°12) of 1976. This work contains a short phonetical and phonological introduction and a Tîrî-English lexicon. Methodology used here : If for an english word in the list, there are several lexical item including one single lexical unit, a compound (i.e made of several lexical units), or even a word resulting of a derivation, the word being a single lexical unit has been retained before anything else If more than one word in Tîrî has been found for a single english word, some specifications about the use of the different words not being morphological variables have been, when possible, provided in the 'Author annotation' column The word with the most general meaning have been retained. If a word that is morphologically dependant and generally attached to an other word, it has been transcribed with a dash before or after word. If the semantic distinction between several words is not clear, those words have been provided with a comment in the 'Author annotation' column regarding to this lack of semantic distinction.
Problems:	The data provided by the dictionnary of George W. Grace has been trancribed phonetically, althought the authors gives his comments on this language alphabetization. The phonetical alphabet the author uses is, for some sounds, different from the actual International Phonetical Alphabet (IPA). This problem has been solved here, except for the sound that he is transcribing [ř]. As I have not found, for this sound, a transcription that fits the IPA, it has been transcribed like the original one George W. Grace uses ([ř]).
Data Entry:	Typed By: David PIEKUT Checked By:
Statistics:	Total Data: 218 Number of Retentions: Proto Malayo-Polynesian:5 Proto-Oceanic:5 Number of Loans: 0
Classification:	Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:New Caledonian:Southern:South:Zire-Tiri
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Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2021-05-14 05:19:01)
Changed #3225461 from "hirekařabɔ", "Litteraly means 'left hand'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225463 from "hi (1) me:hi (2)", "(1) Means 'leg' (2) Note that 'me:hi' means either 'hand' or 'foot'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225493 from "a. mã:", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225506 from "řɔrau", "Means 'to sit on something which gives way'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225530 from "me", "Means 'dead'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225531 from "mɔřɔ", "Means 'to be alive'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225552 from "ci:bǝ (1) wãwařa (2)", "(1) The 'non-native rat' (2) The 'indigenous rat'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225557 from "a. ǝřǝ", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225585 from "a. ʃuo b. d̪e", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225587 from "a. maři", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225600 from "t̪i (1) kahɛ̃ (2)", "(1) Means 'big, fast' (2) Means 'big, massive'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Changed #3225627 from "tsi (incl) kevi (excl)", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:13:13)
Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:11:39)
Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:11:15)
Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:10:31)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:
1	hand	me:hi	Note that 'me:hi' means either 'hand' or 'foot'	10
2	left	hirekařabɔ	Literally means 'left hand'	62
3	right	hiret̪ǝ		86
4	leg/foot	me:hi	either 'hand' or 'foot'
4	leg/foot	hi	'leg'
5	to walk	fad̪o
6	road/path	ifad̪e
7	to come
8	to turn	kaɛ	The distinction between those two lexical items is not clear
8	to turn	ʃeviřo
9	to swim	hǝ̃
10	dirty	nũã
11	dust	popo:
12	skin	ɔgi
13	back	tɔ:
14	belly	wǝ
15	bone	n̪ɔ̃
16	intestines	winã
17	liver
18	breast	me:t̪ɔ̃
19	shoulder	tu:bɛ̃
20	to know, be knowledgeable	tamʷã
21	to think	nɔdɔ
22	to fear	bara
23	blood	ta
24	head	ɔ̃
25	neck	wadewɔ
25	neck	wɔdewɔ
26	hair	wã
27	nose	wɛ̃jɛ̃
28	to breathe	fɔwɔ̃:wi
29	to sniff, smell
30	mouth	nĩfɔ
31	tooth	vewɔ
32	tongue	wařabɛ̃
33	to laugh	a
34	to cry
35	to vomit	ko:
36	to spit	t̪ufãřĩ
37	to eat	hara
38	to chew	mã:	a.
39	to cook	n̪ɔ̃řɔ̃
40	to drink	oðo
41	to bite	e
41	to bite	eɣe
42	to suck	t̪ivi
43	ear	dɛ̃řɛ̃
44	to hear	fiři
44	to hear	fʷiři
45	eye	ãřame:
46	to see	pe:
47	to yawn	ǝ:a:	The distinction between those two lexical items is not clear
47	to yawn	komã
48	to sleep	meřejɔ
49	to lie down	meřɔ
50	to dream	igã
51	to sit	řɔrau	'to sit on something which gives way'
52	to stand	tuřɔ
53	person/human being	teanǝ̃
54	man/male	teanǝ̃
55	woman/female	mʷĩɛ̃
56	child	nǝjǝ
57	husband	mo:
58	wife	afira:
58	wife	mʷĩɛ̃
59	mother	aunɛ̃
60	father	audɛ̃
61	house	mʷã		1
62	thatch/roof	aĩɔ̃ɔřɔ
63	name	fãřĩ
64	to say	hido
64	to say	hidɔ
65	rope	wi		25
66	to tie up, fasten	hoi
67	to sew	ʃi
68	needle	nivǝ
69	to hunt	kari:	The distinction between those two lexical items is not clear
69	to hunt	ɔ̃ɛ̃
70	to shoot	t̪ǝ
71	to stab, pierce	ʃoɣe
72	to hit	bu
73	to steal	mɛdɔ
74	to kill	paebe
75	to die, be dead	me	'dead'
76	to live, be alive	mɔřɔ	'to be alive'
77	to scratch	ei
78	to cut, hack	wirǝ
79	stick/wood
80	to split	pʷãria
80	to split	wiria
81	sharp	mɛ̃aro
82	dull, blunt	bʷawĩ:
83	to work	t̪eu:	Generally means 'to work' without any other specification
84	to plant	etɛ̃řɛ̃
84	to plant	ɔtɛ̃řɛ̃
85	to choose	hɛ̃řɛ̃
86	to grow
87	to swell	ʃowo
88	to squeeze	dɔ̃wi
89	to hold	hɔ̃wǝřǝ
90	to dig	ɔ̃řɛ̃
91	to buy	hɔ̃ʃi:
92	to open, uncover	wi:
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	ʃaɣe
94	to throw	waɣe
95	to fall	t̪ũ
96	dog
97	bird	mɛ̃:we
98	egg	pʷɛ̃:vɔ
99	feather	wã
100	wing
101	to fly	ĩ:
102	rat	ci:bǝ	'non-native rat'
102	rat	wãwařa	'indigenous rat'
103	meat/flesh	vie
104	fat/grease
105	tail	jawe
106	snake	mãřadi	Means 'sea snake'
107	worm (earthworm)	hãřido
107	worm (earthworm)	hãřĩro
108	louse	ǝřǝ	a.
109	mosquito	nãũ
110	spider	gařa
111	fish	nũ
112	rotten	pu
113	branch	bɛ̃
114	leaf	di
115	root	wã:
116	flower	n̪ã
117	fruit	wa
117	fruit	wɔ
118	grass	mĩ:
119	earth/soil	to:
120	stone	ařebo
121	sand	dã:wã
122	water	ařawa
122	water	ařɔ:
123	to flow	d̪o
124	sea	nĩwira:
125	salt
126	lake	nidɛ̃
127	woods/forest	niǝ
127	woods/forest	nio
128	sky	nĩhu:
129	moon	boʃĩ
130	star	ʃuame
131	cloud	hu
132	fog	ãǝ̃
133	rain	wie
134	thunder	nořo
135	lightning	nɔme
135	lightning	tɔmĩãɣara
136	wind	wane
137	to blow	ʃuo	a.
137	to blow	d̪e	b.
138	warm
139	cold	hɔve
140	dry	maři	a.
141	wet	pʷɛd̪u
141	wet	vaðu
142	heavy	mijǝ
143	fire	ne		46
144	to burn	dɔ̃
144	to burn	hɔdɔ̃
145	smoke	d̪ǝ:
146	ash	ta
147	black	pugɔ̃řɔ̃
147	black	t̪ɔřɔ̃
148	white	awãřã
148	white	hue
149	red	awařã
149	red	ma:
150	yellow	ɛ̃řɛdɛ̃řɛ̃
151	green	ɔdo
152	small	mʷǝřǝ
153	big	t̪i	'big, fast'
153	big	kahɛ̃	'big, massive'
154	short
155	long
156	thin	bɔwɔ
157	thick	ʃaba
158	narrow	kʌ̃		62
158	narrow	wãekʌ̃
159	wide	dařa
160	painful, sick	vajǝ
161	shy, ashamed	mɔ:
162	old	bɛ̃:řĩ
163	new	dowo
164	good	hařu
165	bad, evil	t̪a:
166	correct, true	to
167	night	pʷǝ
168	day	dã
169	year	fʷata
170	when?	anĩ
171	to hide	jui
172	to climb	ɔdajǝ	Generally means 'to climb'
173	at	ru
173	at	tu
174	in, inside	nǝwǝ
175	above
176	below
177	this
178	that	mʷa:řǝ
179	near	atuhubo
180	far	mʷa:
181	where?	hae
182	I	u
183	thou	kǝ
184	he/she	na		1, 6
185	we	tsi	incl.
185	we	kevi	excl.
186	you	wiri
187	they	ri		1, 70
188	what?	hɛnɛ̃
189	who?	ja:
190	other
191	all	hɔ̃venĩa	The distinction between those two lexical items is not clear
191	all	ʃau
192	and	mɛ̃		2
193	if	nĩ
194	how?	hae
194	how?	verahae
195	no, not	hʷe
195	no, not	tãřĩ
196	to count	fãřã		1
197	One	ʃa:
198	Two	auřu
198	Two	uřu
199	Three	aʃiři
199	Three	ʃiři
200	Four	ae		1
201	Five	anɔ̃řɔ̃
201	Five	nɔ̃řɔ̃
202	Six
203	Seven
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten	amɔ̃:ru
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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