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Language: Nese

Resources:

• Ethnologue/World Atlas of Language Structures Information is not available
•  Wikipedia page on Nese
•  Pacific Linguistics: Nese - a diminishing speech variety of Northwest Malakula ( Vanuatu )
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 20 entries

• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2016-07-05 22:02:13)
• Source: (Word 139) - John Lynch (2007-02-07 22:12:47)
• Changed from "vise" (Word 194) - John Lynch (2007-01-21 23:32:56)
• Changed from "lalaine" (Word 174) - John Lynch (2007-01-08 22:47:21)
• Changed from "nedeknarran" (Word 128) - John Lynch (2007-01-07 23:54:58)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 192) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:57:29)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 185) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:37:47)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 169) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:24:52)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 127) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 01:54:42)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 119) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 13:14:40)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 112) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 13:04:37)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 90) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 12:34:34)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 62) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 09:03:43)
• Changed from "tenen nat-" (Word 57) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 08:47:38)
• Changed from "rreve" (Word 64) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-08 11:55:23)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 22) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-07 08:56:06)
• Changed from "neteng naj-" (Word 16) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-07 08:31:26)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2006-11-16 10:15:08)
• Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-11-16 10:11:15)
• Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-11-16 10:09:32)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	navarra-		16
2	left
3	right
4	leg/foot	nabalako-	leg	33
5	to walk	yas		87
6	road/path	nasal		1
7	to come	ma		1
8	to turn	rrorr	turn over/turn around	34, 106
9	to swim	swo		12
10	dirty
11	dust	nebetmakhav		94
12	skin	nev'il-		1, 81
13	back	nejubuna-
14	belly	nesin-		19, 34
15	bone	nejin-
16	intestines	neteng naj-	= "basket excrement"	34
17	liver
18	breast	nasus		1
18	breast	nesus-		1
19	shoulder	nebil-		38
20	to know, be knowledgeable	rrong usong		19
21	to think	rrumrrum		13
22	to fear	lukho	'afraid'	19
23	blood	narre		1
23	blood	nerre-		1
24	head	nabat-		9
25	neck
26	hair
27	nose	nukuns-		1, 58
28	to breathe
29	to sniff, smell
30	mouth	nejungo-		55
31	tooth	nalve		1, 35
31	tooth	nuluvo-		1, 35
32	tongue	nem'em'-		7, 41
33	to laugh	ngirr		93
34	to cry	ngarr		5
35	to vomit	lulu		8
36	to spit	livtov		37, 101
37	to eat	waji		13
38	to chew
39	to cook
40	to drink	num		1, 34
41	to bite	khas		1, 60
42	to suck	sus		25
43	ear
44	to hear	rrongo		1
45	eye	nanata-		1
46	to see	les		14, 94
47	to yawn	nanav		19
48	to sleep	naturr		1
49	to lie down
50	to dream
51	to sit	yat		109
52	to stand	trro		2, 69
52	to stand	tutrro		2, 69
53	person/human being
54	man/male	nemerrte	man	73
54	man/male	nemerre	men	73
55	woman/female	lekhtarr
55	woman/female	tavat		24
56	child	jiblakh		79
56	child	nat-		5
57	husband	tenen nat-	=father of child	17
58	wife	lekhtarr		29
58	wife	nau-		1?
59	mother	b'ev'e		20
59	mother	nerra-		52?
60	father	tana-		1
60	father	tete		19
61	house	naine		1
61	house	nem-		1
62	thatch/roof	niat	thatch	1
63	name	nangse		1, 36
63	name	nengsa-		1, 36
64	to say	rreve		29
65	rope
66	to tie up, fasten	jali
66	to tie up, fasten	jel tokhon
67	to sew	rrurr		13
68	needle
69	to hunt	khorrkhorr		59, 64
70	to shoot	jorro		16
71	to stab, pierce
72	to hit	rrub	hit/kill	87
72	to hit	tukh		8
73	to steal	v'anakh		1, 58
74	to kill	rrub		71
75	to die, be dead	nas		1
76	to live, be alive	norrwo		1, 76
77	to scratch	koji	**guji	69
77	to scratch	kojikoji		69
78	to cut, hack	side
79	stick/wood	nakha		1
80	to split	tavakh		43
81	sharp	mon		24
82	dull, blunt	batot		15
83	to work	vesakhsakh		33
84	to plant	rruv	plant anything but yam	9
84	to plant	wak	plant yam	6?
85	to choose
86	to grow
87	to swell
88	to squeeze
89	to hold	vurrsi		34
90	to dig	khili		1
91	to buy	vul		1
91	to buy	vulvul		1
92	to open, uncover	rrekhej	open
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw
95	to fall	jov		13
96	dog	neviri		7, 75, 80
97	bird	nanankho		1
98	egg	norrul-		1, 66
99	feather	lolo-	Chicken feather	24
100	wing	nakhab'e-		1
101	to fly	tasi		32
102	rat
103	meat/flesh
104	fat/grease
105	tail
106	snake	namat		12
107	worm (earthworm)
108	louse	nakhut		1
109	mosquito	namkho		1
110	spider	nela		1
111	fish	nanaj		53
112	rotten	bo		52
113	branch	nerreng-		1, 21
114	leaf	norrokha		51, 53
114	leaf	norrokho-		51, 53
115	root
116	flower
117	fruit	novo-		1, 26
117	fruit	nuvu-		1, 26
118	grass	nanus		51
119	earth/soil	natan		1
120	stone	nav'at		1
121	sand	naon	sand/beach	1
122	water	nua		2
122	water	nusuwu-		27
123	to flow
124	sea	natas		1
125	salt
126	lake
127	woods/forest	novorrkha	"the bush"
128	sky	nedekna|rran	sky/heaven	31
129	moon	navle	moon/month	1
130	star	novovorr		70
131	cloud	noboborr		38
132	fog	natalol
133	rain	nause		1
133	rain	souse		1
134	thunder	nakurr		2
135	lightning	nev'ilakh		26
136	wind	nalang		1, 77
137	to blow	suv		62
138	warm	khavkhav	hot
139	cold	nalngarri
139	cold	nalas		51
140	dry	nanas		11
141	wet	ninin		36
142	heavy	rrov		31
143	fire	nakhab'		19
144	to burn	sul		4
145	smoke	nies nakhab'		2
146	ash	nebetmakhav		75, 83
147	black	long		80
148	white	vok		13
148	white	vusave		1?
149	red	nial		1, 55
150	yellow	melekh		44?
151	green	nalakhej	green/blue	43, 8
152	small
153	big	lab'		10
154	short	murrol		32
155	long	darav
156	thin	marraj		13
157	thick
158	narrow
159	wide
160	painful, sick	rroj	sick	32
160	painful, sick	rrurrngorr	painful	34?
161	shy, ashamed
162	old
163	new
164	good	nakis		107
165	bad, evil	sat		1
166	correct, true
167	night	bung		1
168	day
169	year	narram	=yam	30
170	when?	tasve		31?
171	to hide	kusuakh		6
172	to climb	sakh		2
173	at	rre	in/on/at	20
174	in, inside	rrangan	locative
174	in, inside	lala|ine	inside/indoors, ine = 'house'	1
174	in, inside	rre	in/on/at
175	above	marro		10
176	below	vitan	down/below	9
177	this
178	that	khe		15
179	near
180	far
181	where?	khade		3
182	I	khina	I/me	1, 21, 22
183	thou	khunokh	you (sg).	1, 18, 26
184	he/she	khai		1, 29
185	we	kanan	pl excl.	2
185	we	kananrru	dl. excl.	2
185	we	kanantil	tl.excl.
185	we	nekles	we incl.	I
186	you	kanirru	you dl.	x
186	you	kani	you pl.	1, 13
186	you	kanitil	you tl.	x
187	they	kharr	they/them (pl)	1, 69
187	they	kharrtil	they/them (tl)	x
187	they	kharru	they/them (dl)	x
188	what?	nese		1
189	who?	khise		1
190	other
191	all
192	and	ti		30
193	if	seve	sub.	32?
194	how?	severrse		58, 31
195	no, not
196	to count	serrtengi		42
197	One	sakhal		42
198	Two	rru		1
199	Three	til		1
200	Four	v'at		1, 65
201	Five	line		1
202	Six	kh|on		1
203	Seven	kho|dit		1
204	Eight	kho|al		3
205	Nine	khe|sve		5
206	Ten	sangav'il		5
207	Twenty	ngavulrru		9
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
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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