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Language: Nias

Source/Author:  Blust 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nia  Glottocode: nias1242 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Debasish Roy  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands:Nias 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
8 to turn word info      
11 dust      
47 to yawn      
49 to lie down word info      
68 needle      
86 to grow word info      
126 lake      
151 green      
157 thick word info      
175 above      
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      
2 left kabera      
3 right kawõlõ      
13 back word info hulu      
14 belly talu      
19 shoulder alisi      
20 to know, be knowledgeable ila      
21 to think wai      
24 head hõgõ      
25 neck bagi      
28 to breathe mo-hanuhanu      
29 to sniff, smell ago      
34 to cry meʔe      
34 to cry mo-weŋuweŋu      
38 to chew word info mo-ŋaŋa      
39 to cook word info lõma      
39 to cook word info rino      
41 to bite usu      
42 to suck siõ      
45 eye hõrõ      
46 to see ila      
51 to sit dao      
52 to stand ma-oso      
53 person/human being niha      
54 man/male latano      
54 man/male ma-tua      
57 husband foʔomo      
57 husband doŋa      
58 wife foʔomo      
58 wife doŋa      
62 thatch/roof sagõ      
63 name tõi      
64 to say w̃aʔõ      
66 to tie up, fasten bugõ      
67 to sew word info afu      
67 to sew word info tagu      
71 to stab, pierce tuo      
72 to hit word info tifa      
73 to steal luʔa      
76 to live, be alive mo-noso      
77 to scratch word info xaʔa      
78 to cut, hack word info huta      
80 to split word info weha      
82 dull, blunt halo      
83 to work word info ilo      
84 to plant taru      
87 to swell word info mu-lõta      
89 to hold word info oxõ      
89 to hold word info tuyu      
90 to dig koʔo      
94 to throw word info handro      
94 to throw word info tebu      
95 to fall word info toru      
97 bird fofo      
100 wing afi      
101 to fly mu-hombo      
104 fat/grease fanixa      
109 mosquito di mbõhõ      
112 rotten word info a-bou      
123 to flow mo-hohou      
127 woods/forest tua      
129 moon baw̃a      
130 star dõfi      
131 cloud word info lawuo      
132 fog sau      
133 rain teu      
134 thunder rita mbanua      
135 lightning gari mbanua      
137 to blow word info mo-bura      
138 warm word info a-uxu      
138 warm word info lõxõ      
139 cold word info afu      
140 dry word info a-lõsõ      
143 fire alitõ      
145 smoke word info simbo      
149 red oyo      
150 yellow undre      
150 yellow ruzõ      
152 small bõtõ      
153 big ebua      
154 short word info a-doŋo      
158 narrow ise      
159 wide a-wolo      
160 painful, sick mo-foxo      
161 shy, ashamed ila      
164 good sõxi      
165 bad, evil lõ sõxi      
166 correct, true duhu      
168 day luo      
169 year dõfi      
170 when? word info he mega      
171 to hide word info biniʔõ      
174 in, inside ba      
176 below tou      
177 this daʔa      
178 that daʔõ      
179 near a-hatõ      
181 where? word info he      
185 we word info yaʔaga      
190 other bõʔõ      
191 all fefu      
191 all oi      
194 how? word info he wisa      
195 no, not lõʔõ      
195 no, not teŋa      
196 to count faya      
202 Six word info õnõ      
4 leg/foot ahe   1  
6 road/path lala   1  
7 to come mõi   1  
9 to swim mo-laŋi   1  
12 skin uli   1  
17 liver ate   1  
18 breast fosu   1  
18 breast susu   1  
22 to fear taʔu   1  
23 blood do   1  
26 hair word info bu   1  
27 nose ixu   1  
30 mouth bawa   1  
31 tooth ifõ   1  
33 to laugh taw̃a   1  
35 to vomit m-uta   1  
40 to drink inu   1  
43 ear taliŋa   1  
44 to hear roŋo   1  
50 to dream ifi   1  
56 child ono   1  
59 mother ina   1  
60 father ama   1  
61 house omo   1  
65 rope tali   1  
70 to shoot word info fana   1  
74 to kill bunu   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
79 stick/wood eu   1  
81 sharp a-tarõ   1  
85 to choose fili   1  
87 to swell word info bao   1  
88 to squeeze word info fera   1  
91 to buy [b]õli   1  
92 to open, uncover boka   1  
96 dog asu   1  
99 feather bu   1  
105 tail iʔo   1  
108 louse word info utu   1  
110 spider kalaw̃a   1  
111 fish īʔa   1  
113 branch word info daha   1  
116 flower buŋa   1  
117 fruit bua   1  
119 earth/soil tanõ   1  
120 stone baʔu   1  
120 stone kara   1  
121 sand ene   1  
122 water word info idanõ   1  
124 sea asi   1  
125 salt asi   1  
128 sky laŋi   1  
128 sky banua   1  
136 wind aŋi   1  
141 wet a-basõ   1  
142 heavy a-bua   1  
144 to burn word info tunu   1  
146 ash awu   1  
147 black a-itõ   1  
148 white fusi   1  
155 long word info a-nau   1  
156 thin word info nifi   1  
162 old word info a-ʔewo [cp. Mentawai] 1  
162 old word info a-tua [cp. Mentawai] 1  
163 new bohou   1  
167 night boŋi   1  
184 he/she yaʔia   1  
185 we word info yaʔita   1  
187 they yaʔira   1  
188 what? word info hadia   1  
198 Two word info dua   1  
199 Three word info tõlu   1  
200 Four word info õfa   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
203 Seven word info fitu   1  
186 you yaʔami   1, 13  
37 to eat maŋamaŋa   1, 14  
180 far a-rõu   1, 6  
197 One word info sa|ra   1, 86  
48 to sleep m-õrõ   16  
115 root lali   16?  
173 at ba   17  
1 hand taŋa   18  
114 leaf bulu   18  
10 dirty moŋdaʔi   1?  
15 bone tõla   1?  
69 to hunt word info alu   1?  
73 to steal tagõ   1?  
98 egg adulo   1?  
107 worm (earthworm) kelew̃azi   1?  
172 to climb word info nõi   1?  
182 I yaʔo   1?  
183 thou yaʔugõ   1?  
189 who? word info ha   1?  
5 to walk fanõ   2  
84 to plant tanõ   2  
106 snake ulõ   2  
115 root w̃aʔa   2  
118 grass duʔu   2  
192 and ba   2  
93 to pound, beat word info tutu or 20? 20  
16 intestines betuʔa   21  
16 intestines riʔi   21  
104 fat/grease tawõ   23  
193 if na   2?  
78 to cut, hack word info tata   3  
103 meat/flesh õsi   31  
55 woman/female a-lawe   33  
32 tongue lela [< +Zelaq] 4  
80 to split word info sila   40  
36 to spit ilo 0r 29 6  
102 rat teʔu [cp. Sika] 7  

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