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

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