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Language: Emae (Makatea)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Emae
•  Ethnologue Information for mmw
•  OLAC Information for mmw
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

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• Changed "source" from "@book{52375, address = {Canberra}, note = {Bibliography: p. 541-545.}, pages = {v+545}, publisher = {Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University}, series = {Pacific Linguistics: Series C}, title = {New Hebrides Languages: An Internal Classification}, volume = {50}, year = {1976}, bibtexkey = {tryon_hebrides-internal1976}, class_loc = {PL6211.N44}, document_type = {B}, fn = {papua\tryon_new-hebrides1976pages.pdf, papua\tryon_new-hebrides1976.pdf, papua\tryon_new-hebrides1976pages_o.pdf}, hhtype = {overview;comparative;wordlist}, inlg = {English [eng]}, inlg_code = {eng}, isbn = {9780858831520}, macro_area = {Papua}, mpi_eva_library_shelf = {PL 6211 .N44 TRY 1976}, src = {hh, mpieva}, srctrickle = {hh#hvw:Tryon:NewHebrides, mpieva#Tryon1976NewHebri}, subject_headings = {Vanuatu–Languages, Melanesian languages–Vanuatu–Classification, Vanuatu–Languages – Melanesian languages–Vanuatu–Classification}, author = {Tryon, Darrell T.} }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:11:00)
• Changed #263226 from "leβaleβa", "", "", "L?" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:11:00)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
38	to chew
47	to yawn
50	to dream
62	thatch/roof
68	needle
70	to shoot
73	to steal
82	dull, blunt
84	to plant
85	to choose
86	to grow
87	to swell
91	to buy
92	to open, uncover
93	to pound, beat
107	worm (earthworm)
110	spider
113	branch
126	lake
154	short
159	wide
161	shy, ashamed
171	to hide
172	to climb
173	at
175	above
176	below
190	other
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand
1	hand	rima		1, 64
2	left	sema		11
3	right	matau		5, 13
4	leg/foot	βae		1, 100
5	to walk	saere		6
6	road/path	ara		1
7	to come	numai		1
8	to turn	fariu		2
9	to swim	kaokao		5
11	dust	refu		1, 68
12	skin	kiri		1
13	back	simatua		11
15	bone	sui		52
16	intestines	tinae		1
17	liver	ate		1
19	shoulder	pamu		79
20	to know, be knowledgeable	iroa		13
21	to think	fakaturia
22	to fear	mataku		1
23	blood	toto		4
24	head	na-uru		1
25	neck	ua		18
26	hair	fere-uru		31
27	nose	isu		1
28	to breathe	manaβa		1
29	to sniff, smell	saŋotia		9?
30	mouth	ŋutu		2
31	tooth	nifo		1
32	tongue	arero		15
33	to laugh	kata		7
34	to cry	taŋi		1
35	to vomit	rua		8
36	to spit	nusi		14, 84
37	to eat	kaikai		1, 47
37	to eat	foro
39	to cook	moso		L
40	to drink	βinu		1, 74
41	to bite	utia		9
43	ear	tariŋa		1
44	to hear	fanoŋo		1, 59
45	eye	mata		1
46	to see	kutea		1
48	to sleep	ŋoro		63
48	to sleep	moe		10, 109
49	to lie down	moe		6
51	to sit	nofoiraro		16
53	person/human being	taŋata		1, 66, 97
54	man/male	taŋata		12, 14
55	woman/female	fafine		1, 106
56	child	tamati·ti		6, 103
57	husband	matua		36
58	wife	finamatua		5, 9
59	mother	nau		7
59	mother	tinana		1
60	father	tama-n		1
61	house	fare		14
63	name	iŋoa		6
64	to say	muna		129?
65	rope	faβa		74
66	to tie up, fasten	salia		14
67	to sew	tuitui		13, 16
69	to hunt	kolikoli		8?
71	to stab, pierce	sukia		1, 8
71	to stab, pierce	laβoa
72	to hit	pakia		6
74	to kill	teia-kemate		2
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
76	to live, be alive	mauri		1, 76
77	to scratch	rakutia		9
78	to cut, hack	teia		1
79	stick/wood	rakau		1, 26
80	to split	tafaia		4
81	sharp	makakai		14, 16
83	to work	feisaŋa		10
88	to squeeze	toβia
89	to hold	tauai		17
90	to dig	keria		1
94	to throw	pesia		12
94	to throw	pepe		66?
95	to fall	to		14
96	dog	kuri		7
97	bird	manu		1
98	egg	fua-moa		5
99	feather	ᵐbala		5
100	wing	pakakau		1, 59, 88
101	to fly	rere		11
102	rat	kimoa		14
103	meat/flesh	puaka
103	meat/flesh	kanmate		14
104	fat/grease	ŋako		14
105	tail	siku		13
106	snake	ŋata		12
108	louse	kutu		1
109	mosquito	namu		1
111	fish	ika		1
112	rotten	popo		14
114	leaf	raurau		1
115	root	kai rakau		2
116	flower	se rakau		9
117	fruit	afua		1
118	grass	mauku		58
119	earth/soil	kere		10
120	stone	maka		4
121	sand	one		1
122	water	βai		2
123	to flow	tafe		10
124	sea	tai		1
125	salt	tai		20
127	woods/forest	aβao		14
128	sky	raŋi		1
129	moon	masina		37, 5
130	star	fetu		1
131	cloud	pauri
132	fog	ne-funefu		22
133	rain	u·a		1
134	thunder	fatiri		14
135	lightning	wira		2
136	wind	mataŋi		1, 66
137	to blow	rifia		5
138	warm	mafanafana		1, 72
139	cold	makariri		1, 52
140	dry	maro		13
141	wet	roro		123?
142	heavy	mamafa		46
143	fire	afi		1
144	to burn	tuŋia		1, 7
145	smoke	asuafi		2
146	ash	refu		67
147	black	uri		7
148	white	tea		8
150	yellow	ferofero		11
151	green	matamata		1
152	small	ti·ti		141
153	big	lasi		12
156	thin	manifinifi		1
157	thick	matorutoru		3
160	painful, sick	masaki		1
162	old	tuai		48
163	new	fou		1
164	good	sumarie		16, 141
167	night	po		1
168	day	aso		1, 54
169	year	tau		1
170	when?	afe		5
174	in, inside	i roto		5
177	this	reni		1
178	that	ira		65
179	near	fefetai		43
180	far	iᵐbua
181	where?	ife		3, 35
182	I	kou		1, 21
183	thou	kokoe		1
183	thou	akue		1
184	he/she	koia		1, 42
188	what?	rea		83
189	who?	koi		1
191	all	pini
192	and	ma		2
192	and	mare		2
193	if	ka		1
194	how?	fakafeina		35, 11
195	no, not	e·		13
196	to count	taua		8
197	One	tasi		41
198	Two	rua		1
199	Three	toru		1
200	Four	fa		1, 66
201	Five	rima		1
202	Six	ono		1
203	Seven	fitu		1
204	Eight	βaru		3
205	Nine	siβa		5
206	Ten	ŋafuru		5, 32
10	dirty	uri	black (again, not same semantic value)
186	you	korua	dl.	x
185	we	maua	dl. excl.	2, 29
185	we	taua	dl. incl.	1, 29
166	correct, true	sumarie	good	106
14	belly	nakau	intestines?
18	breast	mumu	L from (likely) Namakura	30	L
42	to suck	mumu	L from (likely) Namakura		L
149	red	loa	L from (likely) Namakura		L
165	bad, evil	sati	L from Van lgs (This looks like PNVC *sa'a-ti, not simply a retention of PCP *sa'a)	1	L
131	cloud	ᵐboroa	L from Vanuatu lgs	38	L
186	you	ko·tou	pl.	16
185	we	ma·tou	pl. excl.	2, 39
185	we	ta·tou	pl. incl.	1, 39
158	narrow	ti·ti	small	15
187	they	ra·tou	they	1, 72
187	they	raua	they (dual)	x
52	to stand	tuiruŋa	tu i runga	2
155	long	leβaleβa	WPN languages exhibit "leva" for 'a long time'

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.02091)

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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