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