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Language: Ngadha

Resources:

•  Ethnologue Information for nxg
•  OLAC Information for nxg
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for ngd
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

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• Changed "source" from "'@book{96970, address = {Posieux (Fribourg, Suisse)}, number = {15}, pages = {646}, publisher = {Anthropos-Institut}, series = {Studia Instituti Anthropos}, title = {Wörterbuch der Ngadhasprache}, volume = {15}, year = {1961}, bibtexkey = {arndt_worterbuch-ngadhasprache1961}, class_loc = {PL5432.Z5}, document_type = {B}, hhtype = {dictionary}, inlg = {German [deu]}, inlg_code = {deu}, macro_area = {Papua}, mpi_eva_library_shelf = {PL 5432 .Z5 ARN 1961}, src = {langsci, mpieva}, srctrickle = {langsci#Arndt:61, mpieva#Arndt1961Worterbu}, subject_headings = {Ngada language–Dictionaries–German, Ngada language, Ngada language–Dictionaries–German – Ngada language}, author = {Arndt, Paul} }'" - sander (2017-09-17 18:02:13)
• Changed #133504 from "rua butu", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Antoinette Schapper (2016-07-28 10:17:29)
• Changed #133505 from "ter esa", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Antoinette Schapper (2016-07-28 10:17:29)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	[ɬ]ima		1, 64
2	left	léu		4
3	right	vana		1
4	leg/foot	vai		1, 100
5	to walk	laa		1
6	road/path	zala		1
7	to come	mai		1
8	to turn	kili		70
9	to swim	naŋu		1, 45
10	dirty	zaki		1
11	dust	avu	(<M, cp.#43)	1
12	skin	suki		1
13	back	logo		6
14	belly	tuka		4
15	bone	toko		3
16	intestines	golo
17	liver	até		1
18	breast	susu		1
19	shoulder	kasa
20	to know, be knowledgeable	béo		7
20	to know, be knowledgeable	toa		114
21	to think	maya		85
21	to think	siu
21	to think	vé		73
22	to fear	mizo		4
23	blood	ra		1
23	blood	raa		1
24	head	ulu		1
25	neck	teŋu		7
26	hair	fu		1
27	nose	ŋ|izu	or 1?	1
28	to breathe	ŋaci		4
29	to sniff, smell	vacu
30	mouth	boro		6
30	mouth	vuca		6?
31	tooth	ŋii		1?
32	tongue	l|ema		6
33	to laugh	tawa		1
34	to cry	naŋi		1
35	to vomit	muta		1
36	to spit	tefa		9
37	to eat	ka		1
38	to chew	ŋadzu		4
38	to chew	mama		1
39	to cook	pedhé		5
39	to cook	nasu		3
39	to cook	zaka		2
40	to drink	inu		1
41	to bite	kiki		1
41	to bite	kégé		1?
42	to suck	bheso
42	to suck	temo
42	to suck	susu		1
43	ear	siŋa		1
44	to hear	zeŋé		1
45	eye	mata		1
46	to see	iso		1
47	to yawn	moca		19
48	to sleep	nade		5
49	to lie down	nade
50	to dream	nipi		1, 60
51	to sit	moku
52	to stand	davi		1
53	person/human being	ata		4
54	man/male	saki		7
55	woman/female	faci
56	child	ana		1
57	husband	saki		7
58	wife	faci
59	mother	iné		1
60	father	amé		1
61	house	sao		3
62	thatch/roof	yubhu		4
63	name	ŋaza		1
64	to say	punu		5?
65	rope	azé		6
66	to tie up, fasten	rati		3
67	to sew	zéi		2
67	to sew	raku		3
68	needle	[nadel]	loan		L
69	to hunt	za
70	to shoot	pasa		2
71	to stab, pierce	vuta		6?
72	to hit	pia
72	to hit	vela
73	to steal	naka		1, 59
74	to kill	maté		2
75	to die, be dead	mata		1
76	to live, be alive	muzi		1, 76
77	to scratch	kasi		5
78	to cut, hack	pako		4
79	stick/wood	kadzu		1
80	to split	vela		1
81	sharp	teka		5
82	dull, blunt	bugu		36
82	dull, blunt	dubu		38
83	to work	ŋo		3
83	to work	gaga
84	to plant	mula		1
85	to choose	pili		1
85	to choose	sili		1
86	to grow	mézé		2
87	to swell	si
88	to squeeze	kuku		14
88	to squeeze	oté
89	to hold	davé
90	to dig	kocé		5
90	to dig	kaci		58
90	to dig	kela		1
91	to buy	veli		1
92	to open, uncover	gégé		18
93	to pound, beat	tébi
94	to throw	vuca
95	to fall	bodu		112
96	dog	lako		5
97	bird	[fogel]	< Dutch		L
98	egg	telo		1
99	feather	[feder]			L
100	wing	lebé		4
101	to fly	beya		1?
102	rat	téu		7
103	meat/flesh	suci		1?
104	fat/grease	luvu
105	tail	éko		1
106	snake	nipa		1
107	worm (earthworm)	ulé		5
108	louse	kutu		1
109	mosquito	emu
109	mosquito	semu
110	spider	[spinne]	German?		L?
111	fish	ika		1
112	rotten	vacu
112	rotten	zéé
113	branch	tara		1
113	branch	daa		1
114	leaf	vunu		6
115	root	kabu		6
116	flower	voŋa		1
117	fruit	vuca		1
118	grass	pu
118	grass	semu
119	earth/soil	ota		1
119	earth/soil	tana		1
120	stone	vatu		1
121	sand	ena		1
122	water	vacé		2
123	to flow	béré		3
124	sea	mesi		8
125	salt	sié		1
126	lake	mesi
127	woods/forest	k|ala		1?
128	sky	lizu		8
129	moon	vula		1
130	star	dala		4
131	cloud	sa
132	fog	[nebel]
133	rain	uza		1
134	thunder	bhéla		7
135	lightning	bhéla		26
136	wind	vara		7
136	wind	koca
137	to blow	zupi		4
138	warm	bana		1
138	warm	pana		1
139	cold	dza
139	cold	keta		4
140	dry	royo
141	wet	basa		1
142	heavy	daté		1?
143	fire	api		1
144	to burn	vuca
144	to burn	roca
144	to burn	néi
145	smoke	nu		2
146	ash	avu		1
147	black	mite		1
148	white	bhara		3
149	red	toro		6
150	yellow	sese
150	yellow	kuné		1
151	green	ŋura		4?
152	small	kedhi		2
153	big	mézé		4
153	big	rica
154	short	bhoko		3
155	long	léva		6
156	thin	nipi		1
157	thick	kapa		1
158	narrow	pipé		4
158	narrow	piro		4
159	wide	toza
160	painful, sick	sakit		1
161	shy, ashamed	meca		1
162	old	bupu		6
163	new	muzi		5
164	good	modhé		5
165	bad, evil	zéé
166	correct, true	tuu		6
167	night	kobé		6
168	day	leza		25
169	year	kiva		4
170	when?	veŋi		4
171	to hide	sono		2
172	to climb	naci		1
173	at	vi		20
173	at	vé		20
173	at	dé		20
173	at	di		20
174	in, inside	oné
174	in, inside	dé
174	in, inside	di
175	above	vavo		2
176	below	vena		1?
177	this	di		13
178	that	ke|na		1
179	near	véé
180	far	dada
180	far	ta
181	where?	[wo]
182	I	dz|ao		1?
183	thou	kau		1
184	he/she	gazi
185	we	kita		1
185	we	kami		2
186	you	miu		1, 13
187	they	emu
188	what?	apa		1
189	who?	séci		1
190	other	goo
191	all	tako
192	and	néé		2?
193	if	vi
194	how?	mocé
195	no, not	bhai		6
196	to count	gé		4
197	One	esa		1
198	Two	zua		1
199	Three	telu		1
200	Four	vutu		1
201	Five	lima		1
202	Six	lima esa	5+1
203	Seven	lima rua	5+2
204	Eight	rua butu	2x4
205	Nine	ter esa	-1
206	Ten	habulu		5
207	Twenty	rua buluh
208	Fifty	lima buluh
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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