Language: Numèè (Nââ Numèè)

Source/Author:	RIVIERRE Jean-Claude, ??-2018
Identifiers:	ISO-639-3:kdk Glottocode: nume1242
Notes:	The lexical data entered here are coming from a yet to be ended and published Dictionnaire Numèè-Français made by Jean-Claude RIVIERRE (†). This linguist has work, before this lexicon, on a phonoligical comparaison of the New Caledonia south languages, including the Numèè language, still spoken nowadays in this area (RIVIERRE, J-C, 'Phonologie comparée des dialectes d'extrème sud de la Nouvelle-Calédonie', Paris : Selaf, pp. 216). This lexicon provides recent lexical data, from the Numèè language to French, and, through the transcription alphabet used, phonetic data. However, there is no phonetical or phonological introduction. To complete the transcription, this list has used the more recent description work on the Numèè language. This work is the Fabrice Wallice thesis, "Description morpho-syntaxique du nââ numèè (langue de Yaté, Extrême-Sud de la Nouvelle-Calédonie) " (co-dir. C. Moyse-Faurie & J. Vernaudon, univ. de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), INALCO, defended on the 8th of november 2013. This work presents a usefully and reliable synthesis of all the writings that has been propoed for the Numèè language. Note on the methodology : - The borrowed lexical item have been signaled in the source lexicon and have not been retained here - The word that are morphologically dependant, working as attached words, has been transcribed with a dash before or after the word - When several words in the source lexicon have been found for a single english word in the list, the one with a meaning closer to the english word have been retained. - When it has been impossible to find the semantic distinction between several words, they all have been entered, althought the lack of found distinction has been noted in the 'Author annotation' collumn. - When a morphologically dependant word has been found along with a fully independant word, the fully independant word has been retained.
Data Entry:	Typed By: David PIEKUT Checked By:
Statistics:	Total Data: 182 Number of Retentions: Proto Malayo-Polynesian:4 Proto-Oceanic:4 Number of Loans: 0
Classification:	Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:New Caledonian:Southern:Extreme Southern
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Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2021-05-14 05:19:34)
Changed #3226248 from "waɲẽɽõ,waɲɛ̃ɽõ", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:29:30)
Changed #3226267 from "a. ku:, mẽ:", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:29:30)
Changed #3226310 from "ᵐbeko (1) cuku, vicuku (2)", "(1) Translated by 'to fall', without any further specification (2) Same", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:29:30)
Changed #3226319 from "a. nia", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:29:30)
Changed #3226341 from "a. ŋũ, ũ: b. ŋu", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:29:30)
Changed #3226343 from "a. pupʷa, me: b. tékɛ:", "a. The distinction between those two lexical items is not clear", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:29:30)
Changed #3226374 from "ekʷãrã (excl)", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:29:30)
Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:27:46)
Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2019-04-02 09:27:00)

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ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:
1	hand	mẽ		14
2	left	-kõɽõmẽ		21
2	left	ⁿdakõɽõmẽ		21
3	right	ⁿdamø:		88
4	leg/foot	vɛ		33
5	to walk	vɛ̃
6	road/path	waɲẽɽõ
6	road/path	waɲɛ̃ɽõ
7	to come
8	to turn
9	to swim
10	dirty	ⁿdɽa
11	dust	ᵐbuɽuwi	Means 'dust', as well as 'eau limoneuse' (in french)	20, 104
12	skin	ŋẽɽẽ		1
12	skin	ɲẽɽẽ		1
13	back
14	belly	wɛ
15	bone	ɲẽɽẽ
15	bone	ɲĩɽẽ
16	intestines
17	liver
18	breast
19	shoulder
20	to know, be knowledgeable	ʈõŋẽɽẽ
21	to think	ŋẽ:
22	to fear
23	blood	dɽɛ
24	head
25	neck	kukʷa
26	hair
27	nose
28	to breathe	mʷø̃:
29	to sniff, smell
30	mouth	wokʷa
31	tooth	ɣe:no
32	tongue	nẽ:kʷẽnẽ
32	tongue	nẽkʷẽnẽ
33	to laugh	kẽ:
34	to cry	ŋʷi:	The distinction between those two lexical items is not clear
34	to cry	tã:
35	to vomit	muɽe
36	to spit	ᶮɟukãɽẽ
37	to eat	kʷɛ
38	to chew	ku:	a.
38	to chew	mẽ:
39	to cook
40	to drink	kũ:
41	to bite	kʷɛ
42	to suck
43	ear	wɛnẽ:
44	to hear	wãɽã
45	eye	ɣe:mo
45	eye	ɣe:mɛ
46	to see	tõã
47	to yawn
48	to sleep	mi:
49	to lie down	kẽmɛ	Means 'to lie down without sleeping'
49	to lie down	xamɛ
50	to dream	mi:ŋẽtoã
51	to sit	juɛ
52	to stand	na	The distinction between those two lexical items is not clear
52	to stand	tete
53	person/human being	va:re
53	person/human being	vaweɽe
54	man/male	ɲie
55	woman/female	ɲõ	The distinction between those two lexical items is not clear
55	woman/female	vø̃::
56	child
57	husband	ᶯɖumʷaɲõ
58	wife	ɲõkẽ:
59	mother	ɲã:
60	father	tẽ:
61	house	mʷã
62	thatch/roof
63	name	vane
64	to say	nĩ:		104
65	rope
66	to tie up, fasten	caɽɛ	Means 'to tie up', and in addition (in french) 'nouer, serrer
67	to sew
68	needle	ɲẽ
69	to hunt
70	to shoot	tu
71	to stab, pierce	ci-	Means 'to pierce, to use a pointed object' Described by the author as a verbal prefix
72	to hit	kã:
73	to steal	vø̃ɽõ
73	to steal	võɽõ
74	to kill	jɛ
74	to kill	ijɛ
75	to die, be dead	mɛ		1
76	to live, be alive	mʷoɽo
77	to scratch
78	to cut, hack	︉ⁿdipo:	Means 'to cut with an axe'
79	stick/wood	itue
79	stick/wood	jitue
80	to split	-po:
81	sharp	ŋẽ
81	sharp	ŋø̃
82	dull, blunt
83	to work	mara
84	to plant	mʷãɽĩ:
85	to choose	nẽ:
86	to grow	tɪ:
86	to grow	tei
87	to swell	i:
87	to swell	ji:
88	to squeeze
89	to hold
90	to dig	ju
91	to buy
92	to open, uncover	cike:
92	to open, uncover	wucike:
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	juŋẽ
94	to throw	joŋẽ
95	to fall	ᵐbeko
95	to fall	cuku
95	to fall	vicuku
96	dog
97	bird	mø̃ɽõ
98	egg	ko
99	feather
100	wing
101	to fly	ɲã
102	rat	cĩ:ᵐbu
103	meat/flesh	vy:ma:
104	fat/grease	mʷãɽẽ
105	tail	mʷãpʷy:
106	snake
107	worm (earthworm)	ᵐbie	Translated by 'worm' without any further specification of the types of worm it referes to	11
108	louse	nia	a.
109	mosquito
110	spider	mʷãkõã
111	fish	mɪ:
112	rotten	ku:		120
112	rotten	aku:		120
112	rotten	muɽɛ
113	branch
114	leaf
115	root	ŋu:ŋe:
116	flower
117	fruit	wã
117	fruit	wã:
118	grass	ᶮɟoᵐbʷia
119	earth/soil	ᶯɖa
120	stone	vʊ:
121	sand	kʷẽ
122	water	ᶮɟo
123	to flow	wa
123	to flow	ua
124	sea	nẽ:-ᶮɟo
124	sea	nẽnẽ:-ᶮɟo
125	salt
126	lake
127	woods/forest
128	sky	kʷa
129	moon	me:
130	star	veo:		21?
131	cloud	kõʈe
132	fog	ku:
133	rain	xi
134	thunder	ʈe:
135	lightning	i:vɛ:
135	lightning	jivɛ:
136	wind	kʷie
137	to blow	ŋũ	a.
137	to blow	ũ:	a.
137	to blow	ŋu	b.
138	warm	me:
139	cold
140	dry	pupʷa	a.
140	dry	me:	a.
140	dry	tékɛ:	b.
141	wet	mĩẽ	The distinction between those two lexical items is not clear
141	wet	vanu:
142	heavy	mɛnɛ̃nɛ̃
142	heavy	vetonɛ̃nɛ̃
143	fire	ʈã
144	to burn	ŋẽrẽ
145	smoke	kɛ:ʈã
145	smoke	ke:ʈã
146	ash	ᶯɖɛ		1
147	black	ᶯɖi:nẽ
148	white	ᵐbʷa:
149	red	ᵐbʷi	Means 'red' as well as 'well cooked' or 'mûr' as a fruit
149	red	ᵐbʷe	in french
150	yellow	kari:
151	green	meru:
152	small
153	big	tẽ:ɣɛ	Means 'big', as well as 'tall'
154	short	kue	Means 'short', without any further specification of height or length acceptation of this word
155	long	mʷa:	Means 'long', without any further specification of height or length acceptation of this word
156	thin	ca:ɣɪ:
157	thick	coe:ⁿdɛ
158	narrow
159	wide
160	painful, sick	veju:
161	shy, ashamed	va:
162	old	va:rekẽ:
162	old	vawerekẽ:
163	new	va
164	good	meci
165	bad, evil	-ne
166	correct, true	ⁿdo-	Means 'true'
167	night	mʷẽɽẽ
168	day	ɲi:
169	year	nĩ:
170	when?
171	to hide	ʈokʷɛ:
172	to climb
173	at
174	in, inside
175	above
176	below	ka:
177	this
178	that
179	near
180	far
181	where?	eʈie	Seems to be the more likely 'where' protoform used for question
182	I
183	thou
184	he/she	nẽ	Note that the author of the source lexicon define the pronoun as a respectful way to refere to 'he, him' The most common 3S pronoun distinct from the 3P prounoun, has not been found in the source lexicon
185	we	ekʷãrã	excl.
186	you
187	they	nẽ
188	what?
189	who?	ʈie
190	other
191	all	ŋʷẽĩ:
191	all	ũwẽĩ:
191	all	wẽĩ:
191	all	wãĩ:
192	and
193	if
194	how?
195	no, not	ja:	Means 'no'
196	to count
197	One	ta:
198	Two	ᵐbo:
199	Three	ᵐbɛtĩ:
200	Four	ᵐbɛvo:
200	Four	ᵐbɛvʊ:
201	Five	veɽe
202	Six
203	Seven
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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