Language: Lenakel
Source/Author: | Tryon (1976) | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:tnl Glottocode: lena1238 | |
Notes: | Tryon, DT. 1976. New Hebrides Languages: An internal classification. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. | |
Data Entry: | Typed By: Kirsty Maurits Checked By: | |
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Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:South Vanuatu:Tanna | |
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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Lenakel
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Lenakel (Lenaukas)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Lenakel (Lonasilian)
Ethnologue Information for tnl
OLAC Information for tnl
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for len
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ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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38 | to chew
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47 | to yawn | ![]() |
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50 | to dream | ![]() |
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62 | thatch/roof | ![]() |
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68 | needle | ![]() |
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70 | to shoot
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73 | to steal | ![]() |
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82 | dull, blunt | ![]() |
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83 | to work
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84 | to plant | ![]() |
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85 | to choose | ![]() |
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86 | to grow
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87 | to swell
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91 | to buy | ![]() |
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92 | to open, uncover | ![]() |
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93 | to pound, beat
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106 | snake | ![]() |
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107 | worm (earthworm) | ![]() |
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110 | spider | ![]() |
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113 | branch
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154 | short
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159 | wide | ![]() |
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161 | shy, ashamed | ![]() |
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171 | to hide
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172 | to climb
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173 | at | ![]() |
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175 | above | ![]() |
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176 | below | ![]() |
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207 | Twenty
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208 | Fifty
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209 | One Hundred
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210 | One Thousand
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1 | hand | nə-ləmə-n | 1, 64 | ||
2 | left | mul | 1, 59 | ||
3 | right | mʷatu | 5, 77 | ||
4 | leg/foot | ne-lkə-n | 25 | ||
5 | to walk | -aliuok | 97 | ||
6 | road/path | suatu | 47 | ||
7 | to come | -βa | 25 | ||
8 | to turn
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-hualəlin | 123 | ||
9 | to swim | -aik | 5, 24 | ||
10 | dirty | amkəmək | 14 | ||
11 | dust | nə-moulul | 8 | ||
12 | skin | nə-βiŋən | 28 | ||
13 | back
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nə-mʷata-n | 35 | ||
14 | belly | təpʷewa | 36 | ||
15 | bone | nə-kəlkəli-n | 7 | ||
16 | intestines | nə-sŋa-n | 1, 77 | ||
17 | liver | na-kanmopu-n | 4, 7 | ||
18 | breast | na-ha-n | 1 | ||
19 | shoulder | na-wikə-n | 59 | ||
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | -hinatin | 138 | ||
21 | to think | nəki- | 75 | ||
22 | to fear | -aŋən | 60 | ||
23 | blood | nə-ta-n | 1 | ||
24 | head | tankabwa | 9, 17 | ||
25 | neck | nenrow | 18 | ||
26 | hair
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no-wanu-n | 59 | ||
27 | nose | nə-pʷaŋ-$aŋə-n | 1, 33 | ||
28 | to breathe | -amiŋ | 73 | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | -apien | 42, 73 | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | arou | 62, 74 | ||
30 | mouth | nə-pʷaŋ-nowa- | 41 | ||
31 | tooth | ne-lu-n | 1, 35 | ||
32 | tongue | na-mə-n | 7, 49 | ||
33 | to laugh | -el̥yel̥ | 97 | ||
34 | to cry | -asək | 33 | ||
35 | to vomit | -ewa | 8 | ||
36 | to spit | -aŋ̥ | 14, 83 | ||
39 | to cook
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rənmatak | 19 | ||
40 | to drink | -amnumʷ | 1, 72 | ||
41 | to bite | -kəs | 1, 60 | ||
42 | to suck | -amha | 25, 57 | ||
42 | to suck | təm | 17 | ||
43 | ear | nə-mʷa-teləŋə-n | 1 | ||
44 | to hear | -arou | 56 | ||
44 | to hear | teləŋ | 1, 84 | ||
45 | eye | nə-mrə-n | 1 | ||
46 | to see | -am̥ | 80 | ||
48 | to sleep | -apʷul | 11 | ||
49 | to lie down
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-amel | 8 | ||
51 | to sit | -oβətə | 108 | ||
52 | to stand | -ail | 64 | ||
53 | person/human being | ieramim | 55 | ||
54 | man/male | yeremʷan | 1, 14 | ||
55 | woman/female | pəraβən | 1, 35 | ||
56 | child | nərə-k | 5 | ||
57 | husband | ieraman | 17 | ||
58 | wife | pəraβen | 5, 58 | ||
59 | mother | in- | 1, 61 | ||
60 | father | rəmokʷ | 1 | ||
61 | house | ni-mʷa | 1 | ||
63 | name | ne-təŋə-n | 1, 18 | ||
64 | to say | -əni | 104 | ||
65 | rope | n-ul | 61 | ||
65 | rope | toula | 57 | ||
66 | to tie up, fasten | -əlis | 1, 39 | ||
67 | to sew
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-til | 71 | ||
69 | to hunt
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71 | to stab, pierce | -ətik | 76 | ||
72 | to hit
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-ep | 92 | ||
74 | to kill | -auna-pnin | 1 | ||
75 | to die, be dead | -məs | 1 | ||
76 | to live, be alive | -amiuh | 60 | ||
77 | to scratch
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-aki | 13 | ||
78 | to cut, hack
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-arai | 1 | ||
79 | stick/wood | noua-nək | 1 | ||
80 | to split
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-arpiai | 98 | ||
81 | sharp | asla | 17 | ||
88 | to squeeze
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-aβət | 90 | ||
89 | to hold
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-os | 113 | ||
90 | to dig | -il | 1 | ||
94 | to throw
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-atək | 114 | ||
94 | to throw
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alakin | 52 | ||
95 | to fall
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-əm | 40 | ||
96 | dog | kuri | 7 | L | |
97 | bird | menuk | 1 | ||
98 | egg | no-wan̥alən | 1, 61 | ||
99 | feather | ne-momʷi | 23 | ||
100 | wing | nə-kaβkaβə-n | 1 | ||
101 | to fly | -iβək | 1 | ||
102 | rat | kahaw | 3 | ||
103 | meat/flesh | nauŋa | 16 | ||
104 | fat/grease | ne-lpʷa | 15 | ||
105 | tail | nə-pikə-n | 1, 31 | ||
108 | louse
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kur | 1 | ||
109 | mosquito | mumuk | 1 | ||
111 | fish | nam | 51 | ||
112 | rotten
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amramər | 116 | ||
114 | leaf | nə-mʷalən | 30 | ||
115 | root | n-uk- | 2 | ||
116 | flower | no-uŋ- | 1 | ||
117 | fruit | no-ua-nək | 1, 26 | ||
118 | grass | nə-βhal | 1 | ||
119 | earth/soil | nə-mop-tən | 1, 34 | ||
120 | stone | kopʷiel | 6 | ||
121 | sand | nə-makəl | 30 | ||
122 | water
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n-u | 2 | ||
123 | to flow | -aih | 57 | ||
124 | sea | tehe | 1 | ||
125 | salt | nə-kom | 44 | ||
126 | lake | nə-siu | 10 | ||
127 | woods/forest | nə-pun | 123 | ||
127 | woods/forest | leluan | 123 | ||
128 | sky | n-eai | 12 | ||
129 | moon | mouk | 28 | ||
130 | star | mʷahau | 13 | ||
131 | cloud
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na-pua | 16 | ||
132 | fog | no-roan | 3 | ||
133 | rain | ni-hin | 1 | ||
134 | thunder | kalualua | 2, 64, 18 | ||
135 | lightning | na-siapumlan | 79 | ||
136 | wind | nə-mətaŋ | 1, 66 | ||
137 | to blow
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-halapu | 61 | ||
138 | warm
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atiβan | 1, 98 | ||
139 | cold
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arap | 29 | ||
139 | cold
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amra | 51 | ||
140 | dry
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rawsək | 15 | ||
141 | wet | raptɘŋ | 13 | ||
142 | heavy | rapəkom | 30 | ||
143 | fire | nə-kom | 19 | ||
144 | to burn
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-βan | 83 | ||
144 | to burn
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145 | smoke
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n̥a-nkom | 2 | ||
146 | ash | nə-mraw | 1, 73 | ||
147 | black | rapən | 9 | ||
148 | white | rətuan | 14 | ||
149 | red | rəleβleβ | 52 | ||
150 | yellow | tauhia | 42 | ||
151 | green | məra | 1 | ||
152 | small | reswas | 142 | ||
153 | big | rəpʷər | 10 | ||
153 | big | asul | 47 | ||
155 | long
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apʷomh | 14 | ||
156 | thin
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aβileŋ | 70 | ||
156 | thin
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akəlkəl | 20 | ||
157 | thick
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pək | 71 | ||
157 | thick
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ipʷər | 71 | ||
158 | narrow | eβtetin | 14 | ||
160 | painful, sick | rəməs | 1 | ||
162 | old
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ouas | 83 | ||
162 | old
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ahiŋəl | 84 | ||
163 | new | βi | 1 | ||
164 | good | rəβət | 61 | ||
165 | bad, evil | rətat | 1 | ||
167 | night | lapən | 1 | ||
168 | day | nian | 6 | ||
169 | year | n-u | 41 | ||
170 | when?
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ton̥ən | 1, 43 | ||
174 | in, inside | le | 1 | ||
177 | this | hua | |||
177 | this | uk | 47 | ||
178 | that | an | 1 | ||
178 | that | apʷa | |||
179 | near | iuokət | 32 | ||
180 | far | isou | 1 | ||
181 | where?
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ihie | 91 | ||
182 | I | yo | 1, 21 | ||
183 | thou | yik | 1, 17 | ||
184 | he/she | in | 1, 43 | ||
188 | what?
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nəta | 78 | ||
189 | who?
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pehe | 1, 30 | ||
190 | other | pəsən | 71 | ||
191 | all | atahun | |||
192 | and | məne | 2, 68 | ||
193 | if | kapamʷa | 22 | ||
194 | how?
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retuol | 87 | ||
195 | no, not | kapʷa | 105 | ||
196 | to count | -aβhin | 26 | ||
197 | One
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karena | 14, 44 | ||
198 | Two
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k-iu | 1 | ||
199 | Three
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kəsəl | 1 | ||
200 | Four
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ku-βer | 1 | ||
201 | Five
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katilum | 1, 14 | ||
202 | Six
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203 | Seven
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204 | Eight
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205 | Nine
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katilum kuβer | |||
206 | Ten
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186 | you | kamilaw | dl. | x | |
185 | we
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kamlaw | dl. excl. | ||
185 | we
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kalaw | dl. incl. | ||
37 | to eat | -kən | intransitive verb | 1 | |
37 | to eat | awəŋən | intransitive verb | 1, 53 | |
186 | you | kamyar | pl. | 1, 13 | |
185 | we
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kamar | pl. excl. | ||
185 | we
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katar | pl. incl. | I | |
166 | correct, true | aukər | straight | x | |
166 | correct, true | etuatu | straight | x | |
187 | they | ilar | they | 1, 75 | |
187 | they | ilaw | they (dual) | x |