Language: Nissan
Source/Author: | Blust, from Todd (1978), Mayr (1931) | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:nsn Glottocode: neha1247 | |
Notes: | Mayr, E. (1931) Wörter der Nissan-Sprache. Zeitschrift für Eingeborenen Sprachen, 21:252-256. Todd, E.M. (1978) A sketch of Nissan (Nehan) grammar. In S.A. Wurm & L. Carrington (Eds.), Second International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics: Proceedings (pp. 1181-1239). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. | |
Data Entry: | Typed By: Peng Du Checked By: Simon Greenhill | |
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Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic:Nehan-North Bougainville:Nehan | |
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Resources:
- ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Nehan Hape
- ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Nehan
- Ethnologue Information for nsn
- OLAC Information for nsn
- World Atlas of Language Structures Information for neh
- Bill Palmer's Northwest Solomonic materials
- [Suggest a resource]
Change History:
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- Source: John Olstad (Word 21) - Simon Greenhill (2013-02-07 11:17:35)
- Changed from "wok" (Word 83) - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-27 04:05:47)
- Changed from "kalekinale" (Word 83) - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-27 04:05:47)
Entries:
ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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1 | hand | lima- | 1, 64 | ||
2 | left | kais | borrowing? TP kais | 15 | |
3 | right | kawiwih | < *ka-wiRi 'left' | ||
3 | right | makos[o] | |||
4 | leg/foot | keke- | 1 | ||
5 | to walk | lala | 1, 69 | ||
6 | road/path | lel | 8 | ||
7 | to come | la|me | 1, 85 | ||
8 | to turn | tapokisi | 35 | ||
9 | to swim | huhu | 12 | ||
10 | dirty | beŋ | |||
10 | dirty | uh[o] | |||
11 | dust | wau | 1 | ||
12 | skin | kapoko- | 12 | ||
13 | back | mudin | 3 | ||
14 | belly | balan | 18 | ||
15 | bone | hiro- | 9 | ||
16 | intestines | ||||
17 | liver | kodan | 10 | ||
18 | breast | huhu- | 1 | ||
19 | shoulder | huhuata- | 13 | ||
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | ate | 35 | ||
21 | to think | naman | 28 | ||
22 | to fear | sokoro | 10 | ||
23 | blood | dewacin | 8 | ||
24 | head | lu- | 1 | ||
25 | neck | wekweko- | 26 | ||
26 | hair | ulu- | 31 | ||
27 | nose | ŋusu- | 27 | ||
28 | to breathe | uŋa | 19 | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | amuh | 14 | ||
30 | mouth | wawa- | 36 | ||
31 | tooth | liwo- | 1, 35 | ||
32 | tongue | mia- | 7 | ||
33 | to laugh | wanio- | 19 | ||
34 | to cry | ||||
35 | to vomit | lua | 8 | ||
36 | to spit | lou | 24 | ||
37 | to eat | an[i] | 1 | ||
38 | to chew | ||||
39 | to cook | moh[o] | 19, 82 | ||
39 | to cook | wasuluŋ | 14 | ||
40 | to drink | inum | 1 | ||
41 | to bite | etir | 11 | ||
42 | to suck | ||||
43 | ear | taliŋa | 1 | ||
44 | to hear | loŋor[o] | 1, 36 | ||
45 | eye | mata- | 1 | ||
46 | to see | baŋa | 16 | ||
47 | to yawn | ||||
48 | to sleep | hohow[o] | 13 | ||
49 | to lie down | rikin | 12 | ||
50 | to dream | borboriana | 10 | ||
51 | to sit | tabil[a] | 22 | ||
52 | to stand | tur | 2, 69 | ||
53 | person/human being | tamata | 1, 66 | ||
54 | man/male | bulot | 16 | ||
55 | woman/female | kuah[a] | 10 | ||
56 | child | keketik | 10 | ||
56 | child | tu- | 5 | ||
57 | husband | nabulot | 16 | ||
58 | wife | kuah[a] | 15 | ||
59 | mother | tina- | 1 | ||
60 | father | tama- | 1 | ||
61 | house | um[a] | 1 | ||
62 | thatch/roof | kukuna-rum | 13 | ||
63 | name | haŋa | 1, 18 | ||
64 | to say | kulo | |||
65 | rope | iawon | 14 | ||
65 | rope | woh | 27 | ||
66 | to tie up, fasten | wenut | |||
67 | to sew | susuki | 17, 48 | ||
68 | needle | ||||
69 | to hunt | hihip | 18 | ||
70 | to shoot | pilan | 27 | ||
70 | to shoot | wan[a] | 1 | ||
71 | to stab, pierce | haka | |||
71 | to stab, pierce | sop | 17 | ||
72 | to hit | haluh | 1 | ||
73 | to steal | wenaw[a] | 1, 32 | ||
74 | to kill | pos | 17 | ||
75 | to die, be dead | mat | 1 | ||
76 | to live, be alive | waŋol | |||
77 | to scratch | keh | 5 | ||
78 | to cut, hack | tokot | 3, 141 | ||
79 | stick/wood | dok | 4 | ||
80 | to split | polaka | 1 | ||
81 | sharp | man | 24 | ||
82 | dull, blunt | ||||
83 | to work | wok | L | L | |
83 | to work | kalekinale | 16 | ||
84 | to plant | ||||
85 | to choose | ||||
86 | to grow | ||||
87 | to swell | isiŋ | 14 | ||
88 | to squeeze | tiŋia | |||
89 | to hold | ||||
90 | to dig | tawi | 59 | ||
91 | to buy | ||||
92 | to open, uncover | ||||
93 | to pound, beat | ||||
94 | to throw | ||||
95 | to fall | puŋ[a] | 21 | ||
96 | dog | lo | 12 | ||
97 | bird | tetiaw[a] | 12 | ||
98 | egg | tagun[a] | 11 | ||
99 | feather | lale | 38 | ||
99 | feather | ulu- | 1 | ||
100 | wing | tetia|wan | 14 | ||
101 | to fly | luluh | 1 | ||
102 | rat | kih | 3, 88 | ||
103 | meat/flesh | sinsiŋin | 18 | ||
104 | fat/grease | uleki- | |||
105 | tail | ||||
106 | snake | soi | 17 | ||
107 | worm (earthworm) | ||||
108 | louse | ut | 1 | ||
109 | mosquito | kohik | 15 | ||
110 | spider | ||||
111 | fish | ian[a] | 1 | ||
112 | rotten | beŋ | 21 | ||
113 | branch | raŋ | 1, 21 | ||
114 | leaf | kamanan | 14 | ||
115 | root | wan | 39 | ||
116 | flower | kalaŋuh[u] | |||
116 | flower | purpur | 13 | L? | |
117 | fruit | wawan | 1 | ||
118 | grass | ||||
119 | earth/soil | kot | 15 | ||
120 | stone | palaw[a] | 9 | ||
121 | sand | i|on | 1 | ||
122 | water | kodom[o] | 7 | ||
122 | water | wonun[a] | |||
123 | to flow | ||||
124 | sea | laur | 6 | ||
124 | sea | lor | 6 | ||
124 | sea | teh | 1 | ||
125 | salt | teh | 20 | ||
126 | lake | lobolob | |||
127 | woods/forest | lolon | 31 | ||
128 | sky | laŋit | 1 | ||
129 | moon | bialok | 9 | ||
130 | star | pitopit | <(m) | 1, 81 | |
131 | cloud | laŋit | 3 | ||
132 | fog | malahoŋ | |||
133 | rain | huan[a] | 1, 19 | ||
134 | thunder | pil | 23 | ||
135 | lightning | kanau | 14 | ||
136 | wind | rom | 15 | ||
137 | to blow | hag | |||
138 | warm | welsuk[u] | 15 | ||
139 | cold | malahoŋ | 15 | ||
139 | cold | mamawa | 56 | ||
139 | cold | molomol | |||
140 | dry | kadak | 17 | ||
140 | dry | papadak | 17 | ||
141 | wet | bus | 16 | ||
142 | heavy | ||||
143 | fire | hue | 22 | ||
144 | to burn | wa-luh | 13 | ||
145 | smoke | diku | 15 | ||
146 | ash | kumahuan | 12 | ||
146 | ash | taun | 28 | ||
147 | black | kurkurum[u] | 13 | ||
148 | white | ||||
149 | red | kubkubar | 20 | ||
150 | yellow | iawiawel | 16 | ||
151 | green | pelek | 18 | ||
152 | small | kit[i] | irregular *q > k | 121 | |
152 | small | lik | irregular l reflex of *r | 66, 82 | |
153 | big | ulek | 16 | ||
154 | short | puhin[a] | 15 | ||
155 | long | barah | 16 | ||
156 | thin | ||||
157 | thick | bulut[u] | |||
157 | thick | obot | 14 | ||
158 | narrow | kisoŋ | 34 | ||
159 | wide | rabian | 47 | ||
159 | wide | tahaŋ | |||
160 | painful, sick | momoh | 17 | ||
161 | shy, ashamed | matalo | cp.moken | 10 | |
162 | old | mahoh | |||
163 | new | timuh | 11 | ||
164 | good | wia | 1 | ||
165 | bad, evil | sa | 1 | ||
166 | correct, true | man[a] | 14 | ||
167 | night | boŋ | 1 | ||
168 | day | daan | 6 | ||
168 | day | maran | 6 | ||
169 | year | krismas[i] | Loan | L | |
170 | when? | maŋiha | 1, 48 | ||
171 | to hide | ||||
172 | to climb | moto | 12 | ||
173 | at | i | 1 | ||
174 | in, inside | lolon[a] | 1 | ||
175 | above | i rana | 12 | ||
176 | below | kukule | |||
177 | this | gine | 1 | ||
178 | that | gila | |||
179 | near | wahuhut[u] | 16 | ||
180 | far | irah | 17 | ||
181 | where? | ia | 37 | ||
182 | I | iŋo | 14 | ||
183 | thou | iŋa | 7 | ||
184 | he/she | iŋn[o] | 7 | ||
184 | he/she | git | |||
185 | we | iŋeg | 14 | ||
185 | we | iŋam | 14 | ||
186 | you | iŋam | 8 | ||
187 | they | gisin[o] | 6 | ||
187 | they | gisit | 6 | ||
188 | what? | hapa | 1 | ||
188 | what? | hawa | 1 | ||
189 | who? | mae | 11 | ||
190 | other | gisamehe | |||
190 | other | giomeher | |||
191 | all | udel | |||
191 | all | wakap[a] | 46 | ||
192 | and | doh | 13 | ||
193 | if | get | 8 | ||
194 | how? | hapa | 15 | ||
195 | no, not | ahik | 1, 16 | ||
196 | to count | ||||
197 | One | kah | 32 | ||
197 | One | siok[o] | 12 | ||
198 | Two | torik[i] | 5 | ||
199 | Three | towon[o] | 5 | ||
200 | Four | towat[i] | 1, 65 | ||
201 | Five | ||||
202 | Six | ||||
203 | Seven | ||||
204 | Eight | ||||
205 | Nine | ||||
206 | Ten | ||||
207 | Twenty | ||||
208 | Fifty | ||||
209 | One Hundred | ||||
210 | One Thousand |