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Language: Naman

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Litzlitz
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Naman (Litzlitz)
•  Ethnologue Information for lzl
•  OLAC Information for lzl
•  Naman: a vanishing language of Malakula ( Vanuatu )
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 15 entries

• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Vanuatu, (F), Malekula Interior, Malekula Central, (A) To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Malekula Interior, Malekula Central - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:35:26)
• Changed from "khan" (Word 144) - (2008-01-16 00:26:22)
• Changed from "ikhëj" (Word 93) - (2008-01-16 00:25:52)
• Changed from "misnirin" (Word 128) - John Lynch (2007-01-07 23:54:15)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 183) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:53:07)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 183) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:52:53)
• Changed from "khan" (Word 144) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 02:31:13)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 143) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 02:28:59)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 138) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 02:20:42)
• Changed from "deswe" (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 01:48:21)
• Changed from "mour" (Word 86) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 12:29:29)
• Changed from "tiëkh nsuvën" (Word 28) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-07 09:01:59)
• Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-11-16 10:17:32)
• Updated Language Details - Russell Gray (2006-11-13 14:55:33)
• Language Added - Russell Gray (2006-11-13 13:42:00)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	nəverən		16
2	left	xəmir		1, 59
3	right	xəmutu		5, 37
4	leg/foot	dalen		34
5	to walk	ilel		10, 63
5	to walk	lungolung		60
5	to walk	seso
6	road/path	nesel		1
7	to come	vale		25
7	to come	velet		25
8	to turn	rəvəxes		31
8	to turn	vələs		24?
9	to swim	garagar	(swim from one place to another)	5
9	to swim	seroɣ	(underwater)	72
10	dirty
11	dust	dilmoxosxos		15?
12	skin	nevnen		28
13	back	netren		12
14	belly	daba(x)an		36, 99
15	bone	bologon		37
16	intestines	nesnen		1
17	liver	mobun		7
18	breast	nisən		1
19	shoulder	berberən		1, 65
20	to know, be knowledgeable	rongdur		19, 91
21	to think	nsəmnsəm		13
21	to think	var		40
22	to fear	mətoxtoxon		1
23	blood	nede		1
24	head	batən		9
25	neck	nowen		18
26	hair	naansvələn (batən)		31, 33
27	nose	gunsən		1, 58
28	to breathe	tiəɣ nsuvən	= pull + wind	36?
29	to sniff, smell	ingus		64
30	mouth	bongon		41
31	tooth	nelvən		1, 35
32	tongue	nelwemen		7, 17
33	to laugh	vətmas		47
34	to cry	iteng		1
35	to vomit	luolu		8
36	to spit	vərəxən		35
36	to spit	telbəs		15
37	to eat	xan		1
38	to chew	xas		22
39	to cook	tabəɣ		86
40	to drink	mən		1, 49
41	to bite	xas		1, 60
42	to suck	isəs		25
43	ear	borən		16
43	ear	delngen		1, 40
44	to hear	rong		1
45	eye	meten		1
46	to see	lis		14, 94
47	to yawn	xanmo		36
48	to sleep	metər		1
49	to lie down	vələsan	on ground
50	to dream	metmetər bori		11, 10
51	to sit	leg		110
52	to stand	səɣ		27
53	person/human being	moxot		35
54	man/male	numin		1
55	woman/female	nevdoro		87
56	child	netən		5
56	child	netite		5
57	husband	matərvarəɣ
57	husband	niliəɣ		38
58	wife	lektərvarəɣ		29
58	wife	nevdoro
58	wife	tenivən		5, 27
59	mother	nane		1, 83
59	mother	sənen		1
60	father	matərvarəɣ
60	father	tate		19
60	father	temen		1
61	house	neim		1
61	house	nemaɣ		51
62	thatch/roof	niet		1
63	name	nangsən		66
64	to say	var		30
65	rope	noxo		25
66	to tie up, fasten	miləns		80
66	to tie up, fasten	ləɣ		1, 39
66	to tie up, fasten	bəg (do)		41?
67	to sew	nsəl		31
68	needle
69	to hunt
70	to shoot	lue		15
71	to stab, pierce
72	to hit	vər		94?
73	to steal	venoɣ		1, 58
74	to kill	ixəj		13
74	to kill	vər
74	to kill	vibən(bən)		1
74	to kill	bən		1
75	to die, be dead	imes		1
76	to live, be alive	ijəɣ
76	to live, be alive	leg		23
76	to live, be alive	mour		1, 76
77	to scratch	xorxor	itch	12
78	to cut, hack	bət
78	to cut, hack	təbe		40
79	stick/wood	naxe		1
80	to split	ngar(angar)		28
81	sharp	terer		86
82	dull, blunt	ingot	blunt	32
83	to work	irəb		47?
84	to plant	xov		10
85	to choose
86	to grow	iraɣ		20
86	to grow	mour	live, be alive	x
87	to swell	lub		67
88	to squeeze	ivi		17?
88	to squeeze	sese		45
88	to squeeze	vəs		18
89	to hold	togo		49
90	to dig	xəl		1
91	to buy	vəl		1
92	to open, uncover	movoɣ		1
93	to pound, beat	ixəj	beat	10
93	to pound, beat	vər bəlautan		30
94	to throw	vəsan		53?
95	to fall	igər
96	dog	libaɣ		29
97	bird	nimin		1
98	egg	nadəl		1, 66
99	feather	nowen		6
100	wing	noxoverən		61, 68
101	to fly	isel xən		31
102	rat	labət		45
103	meat/flesh	nejoxon		10
104	fat/grease
105	tail	iber
106	snake	namat		12
107	worm (earthworm)
108	louse	noxot		1
109	mosquito	nenom		1
110	spider
111	fish	niəɣ		1
112	rotten	ibu		52
112	rotten	sov		53?
113	branch	nerangasən		1, 21
114	leaf	ner (naxe)		1
114	leaf	nereun		1
115	root	nuxurən		2, 41
116	flower	nevngan		1
117	fruit	navan		1, 26
118	grass	nəvilviləs		1
119	earth/soil	neten	soil	1
120	stone	nevet		1
121	sand	dabnowen		1, 79
122	water	nowe		2
123	to flow
124	sea	deswe	des+we = water	1, 47
125	salt
126	lake
127	woods/forest	naadu met		61
127	woods/forest	vasan toro
128	sky	misni|rin		31
129	moon	nivəl		1
130	star	mənse		13
131	cloud	langnous		37
131	cloud	babar		38
132	fog	tevtevbang
133	rain	nous		1
134	thunder	belever		15, 38
135	lightning	nivəlivəl		26
136	wind	neleng		1, 77
137	to blow	sesar	of the wind	26
138	warm	sesov	hot	42
139	cold	melaas		51
140	dry	mes		11
141	wet	imim		36
142	heavy	iduv		14
143	fire	naab		19
144	to burn	xan	= eat	40
144	to burn	səli		4
145	smoke	niisən		2
146	ash	misnav		75
147	black
148	white	mivəs		1
148	white	uvov		41
149	red	miel		1, 55
150	yellow	yangayang		9
151	green	xansxansen		8
152	small	(itə)varəɣ		1, 42
153	big	bolo
153	big	təleb		10
154	short	buxubuɣ		3
155	long	iber		16
156	thin	milmiləv		1, 43
157	thick	mitəl		3
158	narrow
159	wide
160	painful, sick	tetən	painful
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	toro		27, 126
163	new	imed		19
164	good	ides		110
165	bad, evil	iis		1
166	correct, true	varedog	true	24
167	night	bung		1
168	day	metenal		1, 54
169	year	nesɣo		29
170	when?	nangsen		1, 43
171	to hide	iban		1?
172	to climb	siəɣ xən		2
173	at
174	in, inside	i		4
175	above	raxe		25
176	below	raadin		9
177	this	evan	this one
178	that	evan	that one
179	near	jəxən		54
180	far	tuoso	far away	1
181	where?	(e)abe		3
182	I	kine		1, 21, 22
183	thou	ag		1, 17
183	thou	axug		1, 17
184	he/she	ai		1
185	we	kamem(a)ru	dl. excl.	2
185	we	kamru	dl. excl.	2
185	we	(i)getaru	dl. incl.	1
185	we	(i)gətaru	dl. incl.	1
185	we	kam(em)	pl. excl.	2
185	we	(i)gət	pl. incl.	1
185	we	(i)get	pl. incl.	1
186	you	(i)gəm	pl.	1
186	you	igem	pl.	1
187	they	(r)aru	dl.	x
187	they	air	pl.	1, 70
188	what?	(n)san		1
189	who?	tan		62, 63
190	other	nsebnseb		37
191	all	tabaɣ
192	and	bəle
192	and	e		1?
193	if	bar		17
193	if	bavar(si)		17
194	how?	tusɣəni
194	how?	vəsaan		57
194	how?	vəsaɣ		57
195	no, not	esəɣ		10
196	to count	(dongo)dongon		42
197	One	savaɣ		1, 40
198	Two	iru		1
199	Three	itəl		1
200	Four	ives		1, 65
201	Five	iləm		1
202	Six
203	Seven	nsuru		9
204	Eight	nsutəl		11, 7
205	Nine	nsoves		5
206	Ten	sangavəl		5
207	Twenty	(na)ngavəl iru		9
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred	nongot		12
210	One Thousand

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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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