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Language: Teanu

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Buma
•  Ethnologue Information for tkw
•  OLAC Information for tkw
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for bum
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 16 entries

• Changed from "-nu", source: Alex François (Word 40) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:39:19)
• Changed #1295 from "aeɬe", "", "90", "" (Word 1295) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #1652 from "-ɬe", "", "", "" (Word 1652) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #4151 from "beɬe", "", "23", "" (Word 4151) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #29498 from "- ɬa ŋatene", "", "", "" (Word 29498) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #44849 from "toloto ne ŋogoro", "[',lagoon in bush']", "6?", "" (Word 44849) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #78481 from "ŋogoro", "[atero 'hunting ground']", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #78482 from "atero", "[atero 'hunting ground']", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #56273 from "mona tae", "['much plenty']", "", "" (Word 56273) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #60200 from "ebieve", "L?", "21?", "" (Word 60200) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #60557 from "miŋa", "['coral tree']", "15", "" (Word 60557) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #61628 from "ne", "['up']", "18", "" (Word 61628) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #62699 from "-abu", "['up']", "2", "" (Word 62699) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed #63056 from "pwene", "['down']", "", "" (Word 63056) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:38:58)
• Changed from "uniunia", source: Alex François (Word 191) - Simon Greenhill (2010-02-21 09:37:13)
• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Eastern Outer Islands, Vanikoro To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Utupua-Vanikoro - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:26:13)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	ma		1, 78
2	left	mouro		1, 59
3	right	moso		5
4	leg/foot	aele		90
5	to walk	-le
6	road/path	anoko		17
7	to come	-ka
8	to turn	-lubi
9	to swim	-wou		25
10	dirty	sukuro		36
11	dust	awi niawa	[< awi + ne + iawo]	16
12	skin	bele		23
13	back	ute		28
13	back	uta		28
14	belly	sa		1
15	bone	die		2
16	intestines	bea		25
17	liver	owo	[? 'heart']	11
18	breast	masasa	chest	10
18	breast	ero	nipple	11
19	shoulder	utele bisa
20	to know, be knowledgeable	-ovei		125
21	to think	-vodo		10
22	to fear	-madau		1
23	blood	abo		19
24	head	basa		9
25	neck	awa		18
26	hair	vie		21
27	nose	veseŋele		24
28	to breathe	-katei mevia
29	to sniff, smell	-leŋi mie		95
30	mouth	mua		29
31	tooth	ije		20
32	tongue	memia		7
33	to laugh	-ekeke		83
34	to cry	-eteŋi		1
35	to vomit	-loro		8
36	to spit	-ravioe		57
37	to eat	-e	[transitive]	1
37	to eat	-voŋo	[intransitive]	1, 53
38	to chew	-kanu		63
39	to cook	-apinu
40	to drink	-anu		1
41	to bite	-ke		41
42	to suck	-katei	[pull]
43	ear	tania		1
44	to hear	-leŋi		1?
45	eye	mata		1
46	to see	-romo		21
47	to yawn	-mo		19
48	to sleep	-mokoio		1
49	to lie down	-wene		1
50	to dream
51	to sit	-te
52	to stand	-vio		103
53	person/human being	mwaliko		21
54	man/male	mwalikote		28
55	woman/female	emele		21
56	child	menu		17
57	husband	mwalikote
58	wife	emele
59	mother	ete		13
60	father	aia		22
61	house	moe		1
62	thatch/roof	ote	[< m]	1
63	name	eŋa		20
64	to say	-ko		64
65	rope	veve		26
66	to tie up, fasten	-nago		145
67	to sew	-a|sai		2
68	needle	nadakele
69	to hunt	-vio
70	to shoot
71	to stab, pierce	-woi		60
72	to hit	-wete		29?
73	to steal	-punuo		1, 58
74	to kill	-abu		51
75	to die, be dead	-bu		19
76	to live, be alive	-maluo		21
77	to scratch	-akale		10
78	to cut, hack	-toe		74
79	stick/wood	-vilo
80	to split	-tevele		33?
80	to split	-panade
81	sharp	metene		36
82	dull, blunt	basa		30
83	to work	- la ŋatene
84	to plant	-do
85	to choose
86	to grow
87	to swell	-osubu		12
88	to squeeze	-epele		1?
89	to hold	-labu
90	to dig	-ae
91	to buy	-sava
92	to open, uncover	-ko
93	to pound, beat	-vo
94	to throw	-laioi
95	to fall	-sabu		41?
96	dog	kuli	[PNL]	7	L
97	bird	menuko		1
98	egg	waluluo		1
99	feather	via menu ko	['hair bird']
100	wing	ava		28
101	to fly	-ava		36?
102	rat	uvilo		29
103	meat/flesh	anise		40
104	fat/grease	teia		28
105	tail	dekele		19
106	snake	abilo		28
107	worm (earthworm)	mebele
108	louse	uko		12
109	mosquito	muko	1,99	1, 99
110	spider	ave		38
111	fish	namuko		28
112	rotten	-mwaulu		1
113	branch	ela vilo		12
114	leaf	uie vilo		22
115	root	kara		2
116	flower	mana		25
117	fruit	ua		1
117	fruit	wa		1
118	grass	abo		29
119	earth/soil	tanoe		1
120	stone	voko		20
121	sand	ole		28
122	water	ero		20
123	to flow	-pu		11
124	sea	revo		32
125	salt	kidisa revo
126	lake	toloto ne ŋogoro	lagoon in bush	6?
127	woods/forest	ŋogoro
127	woods/forest	atero	hunting ground
128	sky	meteliko		20
129	moon	metele		20
130	star	kani moro		22
131	cloud	adawo		11
132	fog	miawo		20
133	rain	tebo		30
134	thunder	i-abu i-epa
135	lightning	megilo		22
136	wind	ŋiro		32
137	to blow	-aka		27
138	warm	pana		1
139	cold	medigo		1
140	dry	kokoro		29
141	wet	-dobuo
142	heavy	motoro
143	fire	iawo		24
144	to burn	-voŋo	[see #37]	104
145	smoke	kaiawo		48
146	ash	beniawo		18
147	black	boro		25
148	white	koro		32
149	red	moloe		1
150	yellow	ŋalukilo imodo		31
151	green	abuaŋa toloto		32
152	small	apiɬaka		25
153	big	pine		30
154	short	kuledi		29
155	long	biouro		16
156	thin	menieviro		1
157	thick	abia		24
158	narrow	mona tae	much plenty
159	wide	mona
160	painful, sick	-tavie		31
161	shy, ashamed	-metei
162	old	velia
163	new	motoe		19
164	good	wako		35
165	bad, evil	tamwaliko		21
166	correct, true	susuko		11
167	night	bogo		1
168	day	tomoro		14	L?
169	year	ebieve		21	L?
170	when?	miŋa	coral tree	15
171	to hide
172	to climb	-vene		7
173	at	ne	up	18
174	in, inside	ne lema		1
175	above	-vene
176	below	-abu	up
177	this	pwene	down
178	that	ponu
179	near	vitoko		12
180	far	somu		1
181	where?	vele		22
182	I	ene		1, 22
183	thou	eo		1?
184	he/she	ini		1, 6
185	we	kia pa		1
185	we	ku pa
186	you	kai pa		x
187	they	da pa		14
188	what?	ŋanae		15
189	who?	ŋele		18
190	other	iote
191	all	abia	['indep']
192	and	ka		1
193	if	ŋa		31
194	how?	ŋa pwae
195	no, not	tae		4
196	to count	-wo
197	One	iune		19
198	Two	ti|lu		1?
199	Three	te|te		1
200	Four	te|va		1
201	Five
202	Six
203	Seven
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.00868)

Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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