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Language: Nguna

Source/Author:  Albert Schütz and Jack Tavimasoe 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:llp  Glottocode: ngun1274 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Debasish Roy  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Central Vanuatu 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
93 to pound, beat word info      
113 branch word info      
170 when? word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand nam̃elearu      
2 left mawiri   1, 59  
4 leg/foot natua   95  
5 to walk surata   102  
6 road/path napua   5  
7 to come u|mai   1  
8 to turn word info maradoa   105  
9 to swim loloso   8  
10 dirty loa   6  
11 dust nam̃otam̃ota   27  
12 skin nawili   1, 81  
13 back word info nataku   12  
14 belly nap̃ele   12  
15 bone navatu   38  
16 intestines namarita   15  
17 liver natanikapu   12  
18 breast susu   1  
19 shoulder napau   72  
20 to know, be knowledgeable atae   35  
21 to think midoki   13, 72  
22 to fear mataku   1  
23 blood nadā   1  
24 head nap̃au   14  
25 neck nanoa   63  
26 hair word info nalolu   61  
27 nose nagusu   1, 58  
28 to breathe maromaro   12  
29 to sniff, smell nap̃o   42  
29 to sniff, smell dam̃o   81  
30 mouth nawoka   1, 81  
31 tooth napati   6  
33 to laugh muru   13  
34 to cry vioso      
35 to vomit lua   8  
36 to spit taniu   85  
36 to spit puvurai   35  
37 to eat ganikani   1  
41 to bite kati   1, 55  
42 to suck susu   25  
43 ear nataliga   1  
44 to hear togo   1  
45 eye namata   1  
46 to see punusi   11  
48 to sleep maturu   1  
50 to dream p̃erea   10  
51 to sit tāsake   72  
52 to stand lawodu      
53 person/human being naatam̄oli   4, 7  
54 man/male naanoai   80  
55 woman/female nagoroi   84  
56 child piakiki      
57 husband anawota   61  
58 wife anagoroi   48  
59 mother p̃ila   22  
60 father tama   1  
62 thatch/roof takitaki   20?  
63 name nagisa   66  
64 to say noa   112  
65 rope natali   1  
66 to tie up, fasten likoti   1, 39  
66 to tie up, fasten solisoki   57  
67 to sew word info tuturi   13  
68 needle tea tuturi   66  
69 to hunt word info palako   10, 58  
70 to shoot word info tipe   8  
71 to stab, pierce puri   80  
72 to hit word info tip̃a   92  
73 to steal panako   1, 58  
74 to kill mari|punu|e   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
76 to live, be alive mauri   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info karuti   44  
78 to cut, hack word info tai   1  
79 stick/wood nakau   1  
80 to split word info mari|p̃ora|i   1  
81 sharp makali   14  
82 dull, blunt p̃olu   14  
83 to work word info p̃osiwosi   91  
84 to plant lawo   10  
85 to choose matadoa   32  
86 to grow word info p̃ora   18  
87 to swell word info puka   10  
88 to squeeze word info molitawonaki   36  
88 to squeeze word info m̃im̃isoki      
89 to hold word info tapesoki   36  
89 to hold word info puasoki   36  
90 to dig kili   1  
91 to buy pakotovi   9  
92 to open, uncover p̃olagati   13  
94 to throw word info nadi   75  
95 to fall word info towo   13  
96 dog koria   L  
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg atolu   1  
99 feather nam̃au   6  
100 wing nalivaru   61  
101 to fly tiri   40  
102 rat kusue   3  
103 meat/flesh nap̃okasi   15, 79  
104 fat/grease natavarevare      
105 tail napue   11  
106 snake m̃ata   12  
107 worm (earthworm) ula   24  
108 louse word info kutu   1  
109 mosquito namu   1  
109 mosquito patiriki   84  
110 spider kalao   1  
111 fish naika   1  
112 rotten word info matata   116  
114 leaf naulu   1  
116 flower napum̃a   1, 74  
117 fruit nawā   1, 26  
118 grass nam̃enau   31  
119 earth/soil natano   1  
120 stone vātu   1  
121 sand naworauni   1  
123 to flow sara   33  
124 sea natasi   1  
125 salt natasimena   20  
126 lake nama|rourou   8?  
127 woods/forest namalasi   18  
128 sky namalopa   38  
128 sky elagi   1  
129 moon atelagi   8  
130 star m̃asoe   13  
131 cloud word info napopouru   38  
132 fog namavu   3, 32  
133 rain usa   1  
134 thunder tovae   42  
135 lightning navila   26  
136 wind nal|agi   1, 77  
137 to blow word info sau   12  
137 to blow word info sui   62  
138 warm word info pivitinu   12, 94  
139 cold word info malati   45  
141 wet memeu   36  
142 heavy mataga   32  
143 fire nakapu   19  
144 to burn word info aso   4  
145 smoke word info nasua   2  
146 ash natano   10  
147 black loa   40  
148 white tare   12  
149 red miala   1, 55  
150 yellow m̃onom̃ono   33  
150 yellow m̃iloloa   44  
151 green mamalakesa   8, 43  
152 small kiki   78  
153 big warua   45  
154 short word info puru   9  
155 long word info parau   16  
156 thin word info manivenive   1  
157 thick word info matolu   3  
158 narrow napalasa      
159 wide p̃elewelea   34  
160 painful, sick masaki   1  
161 shy, ashamed maliere   7  
162 old word info tuwa|i   1, 35  
163 new vāu   1  
164 good wia   1  
165 bad, evil   1  
166 correct, true leana   32  
167 night p̃ogi   1  
168 day naleatia   1, 18  
169 year natau   1  
171 to hide word info tasuru   6  
172 to climb word info pagi   9  
173 at toko   6  
173 at e   1  
174 in, inside e kopu   39  
175 above tap̃au   2?  
176 below etano   9  
177 this wa|ia      
178 that wa|ina   1  
179 near malatigi   14  
180 far ufea   66  
181 where? word info esava   34, 3?  
181 where? word info wai   3?  
182 I a   1, 21, 22  
182 I ki|nau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou ku   1  
183 thou nīgo   1, 17, 18  
184 he/she [t]e   1  
184 he/she nae   1, 6  
185 we word info toro   66  
185 we word info tu   66  
185 we word info nigita   1  
185 we word info [t]aro      
185 we word info [t]au      
185 we word info kinami   2  
186 you koro   16?  
186 you ku   16?  
186 you nimu   24  
187 they [t]ero   1, 70  
187 they [t]eu      
187 they [t]ou      
187 they nara   1, 33  
188 what? word info nasava   1  
189 who? word info sei   1  
190 other pota   38  
191 all mamauputi      
192 and go   12  
193 if pe   28  
195 no, not ta   4?  
196 to count peve   70  
197 One word info sikai   42  
198 Two word info dua   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
200 Four word info pati   1, 65  
32 tongue namena accretion of 3sg suffix to root 7, 40  
201 Five word info lima Five, hand-arm.(Source: Pollex) 1  
39 to cook word info tao Pollex 06: Tao. :To cook (Stz). 10  
140 dry word info garagara possibly related to root *kaR? 29  
40 to drink m|unu [<A] 1, 49  
115 root nakoa [<M?] 2, 41, 42  
3 right matua [<M] 5, 37  
49 to lie down word info one [<M] 1, 59  
122 water word info noai [<m] 2  
194 how? word info dapala nasava [like what] 13  
61 house nasum̃a [S<+R] 1  

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