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

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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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