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Language: Mele

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mxe  Glottocode: mele1251 
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:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:Samoic-Outlier:Futunic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
70 to shoot word info      
73 to steal      
82 dull, blunt      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
104 fat/grease      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
125 salt      
128 sky      
132 fog      
151 green      
154 short word info      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
175 above      
176 below      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
10 dirty penupenu      
14 belly paleleke      
24 head tukonoa      
49 to lie down word info malesi      
59 mother etata      
69 to hunt word info puapua      
79 stick/wood uipa      
88 to squeeze word info worasukina      
89 to hold word info pačia      
89 to hold word info kamoa      
94 to throw word info temala      
103 meat/flesh atai      
112 rotten word info sa      
126 lake paŋolulukutai      
141 wet leusa      
150 yellow monomono      
156 thin word info lakela      
157 thick word info fuka      
158 narrow malakaokao      
180 far emʷap      
188 what? word info ekua      
192 and ŋo L from Nakanamanga   L
193 if tausia      
6 road/path ara   1  
12 skin te-kiri   1  
16 intestines sinae   1  
17 liver ate   1  
18 breast susu   1  
22 to fear mataku   1  
27 nose usu   1  
31 tooth nifo   1  
40 to drink unu   1  
43 ear tariŋa   1  
45 eye mata   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
78 to cut, hack word info taia   1  
90 to dig keria   1  
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg atolu   1  
108 louse word info kutu   1  
109 mosquito namu   1  
111 fish ika   1  
114 leaf rau   1  
117 fruit afua   1  
120 stone fatu   1  
124 sea tai   1  
133 rain ua   1  
143 fire afi   1  
149 red emea   1  
160 painful, sick masaki   1  
163 new fou   1  
165 bad, evil sa   1  
167 night po   1  
169 year tau   1  
178 that tena   1  
183 thou akoe   1  
184 he/she aia   1  
188 what? word info afa   1  
189 who? word info kuai   1  
198 Two word info rua   1  
199 Three word info toru   1  
201 Five word info rima   1  
202 Six word info ono   1  
203 Seven word info fitu   1  
4 leg/foot βae   1, 100  
185 we word info taua dl. incl. 1, 29  
185 we word info tateu pl. incl. 1, 39  
1 hand te-rima   1, 64  
187 they rateu they 1, 72  
44 to hear raŋona   1, 83  
60 father emama L from Efate lgs 1, 10 L
182 I aβau   1, 21, 18  
7 to come finimai   1, 23  
55 woman/female tefine   1, 35  
37 to eat kaina   1, 47  
139 cold word info makariri   1, 52  
41 to bite kačia   1, 55  
100 wing pekau   1, 59  
2 left masui   1, 59, 74  
136 wind mataŋi   1, 66  
200 Four word info fa   1, 66  
53 person/human being taŋata   1, 66, 97  
121 sand waraone   1, 75  
29 to sniff, smell sauŋa   10  
71 to stab, pierce taroa   10  
72 to hit word info taia   10  
77 to scratch word info karučia   10  
119 earth/soil kere   10  
153 big poulapa L from Efate lgs 10 L
48 to sleep moe   10, 109  
83 to work word info wosiana   10, 67  
195 no, not sai   10, 84  
46 to see seia   104  
166 correct, true marie   106  
101 to fly rere   11  
105 tail pupue   11  
194 how? word info nofeiŋa   11  
106 snake ŋata   12  
137 to blow word info suia   12  
131 cloud word info puao   12, 67  
54 man/male taŋata   12, 14  
28 to breathe maro   13  
130 star masoi   13  
152 small kalakela   13  
67 to sew word info tuitui   13, 16  
61 house te-fare   14  
66 to tie up, fasten laia   14  
102 rat kimoa   14  
134 thunder pačiri   14  
81 sharp mačikai   14, 16  
51 to sit nofoiaro   16  
164 good marie   16  
186 you koteu pl. 16?  
116 flower memea   18  
127 woods/forest malasi L from Namakura or Nakanamanga 18 L
190 other rateu   19?  
5 to walk fano   2  
8 to turn word info firiu   2  
30 mouth ŋutu   2  
74 to kill taia-fakamatea   2  
122 water word info βai   2  
135 lightning wira   2  
185 we word info maua dl. excl. 2, 29  
185 we word info mateu pl. excl. 2, 39  
115 root kasikoa   2, 28  
25 neck penaua   21, 18  
57 husband taŋata   23  
123 to flow sale   24  
64 to say takua   27  
129 moon ŋale   3  
204 Eight word info βaru   3  
181 where? word info ifea   3, 35  
102 rat kisue   3, 88  
23 blood toto   4  
80 to split word info tawotaia   4  
26 hair word info ra-uru   40  
197 One word info tasi   41  
142 heavy mafa   46  
162 old word info tuai   48  
9 to swim kaukau   5  
170 when? word info nafea   5  
174 in, inside i roto   5  
205 Nine word info siβa   5  
206 Ten word info siŋafuru   5  
3 right matau   5, 13  
58 wife tefine   5, 69  
39 to cook word info moa   51  
15 bone teiβi   52, 5  
34 to cry ka   58  
56 child tama   6  
63 name iŋoa   6  
191 all eueči   60  
13 back word info tepua   62  
144 to burn word info βera   63  
145 smoke word info silaŋo   63  
147 black paku   64  
140 dry word info matu   66  
146 ash arefu   67  
118 grass manamu   68  
33 to laugh kata   7  
42 to suck komia   7  
96 dog kori   7  
168 day rea   7  
32 tongue limena cf. Vanuatu languages 7, 17  
177 this tenei   7, 1  
116 flower fuma   72  
155 long word info toetoe   73  
65 rope βaβa   74  
19 shoulder pamu   79  
52 to stand telawo   79  
35 to vomit rua   8  
138 warm word info efera   8  
148 white tetea   8  
196 to count tetao   8  
99 feather βaero   80  
36 to spit tanue   85  
95 to fall word info melu   89  
21 to think manatunatu   9  
179 near tata   9  
20 to know, be knowledgeable taea   95  
11 dust penu   X  
76 to live, be alive nofo   x  
186 you korua dl. x  
187 they raua they (dual) x  

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