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Language: Numfor

Source/Author:  Blust, from: van Hasselt & van Hasselt (1947) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:bhw  Glottocode: biak1248 
Notes:  van Hasselt, J.L. & van Hasselt, F. J. F. (1947). Noemfoorschwoordenboek. Amsterdam: N.V. Drukkerij enUitgervijJ. H.de Bussy. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Debasish Roy  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:South Halmahera-West New Guinea:West New Guinea:Cenderawasih Bay:Biakic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand rwa   16  
2 left sār   55  
3 right kaku   5, 70  
4 leg/foot we   1, 100  
5 to walk   40?  
6 road/path nĕyan      
7 to come rāma   30  
8 to turn word info kabĕr      
9 to swim ās   19  
10 dirty akĕm      
10 dirty fambrum      
11 dust ananef      
11 dust yorĕf      
12 skin rib      
13 back word info kru[ri]   23  
14 belly sne[ri]   58  
15 bone kor   70  
16 intestines sne|war[si]   1?  
17 liver ke|n   1?  
18 breast sus   1  
19 shoulder radar[si]      
20 to know, be knowledgeable fau      
21 to think swār      
22 to fear mkāk   1  
23 blood rik [cf. #149] 14  
24 head rwu   1?  
25 neck sasu[ri]      
26 hair word info snumburaïm      
27 nose sno[ri]      
28 to breathe mnasu   1?  
29 to sniff, smell nasĕm      
30 mouth sbā[ri]      
31 tooth na      
32 tongue kaprer      
32 tongue kaprendi      
33 to laugh mbrif   3  
34 to cry kanĕs   1  
35 to vomit aw[u]      
36 to spit aninef      
37 to eat ān   1  
38 to chew word info mam   1  
39 to cook word info [fa]fnap      
40 to drink inĕm   1  
41 to bite ar|k   1  
42 to suck sum   1  
42 to suck syosĕf   1  
43 ear kna   1  
44 to hear mnaf      
45 eye mga   1  
46 to see mam      
46 to see mgasi      
47 to yawn mabab   19  
48 to sleep enĕf   8  
49 to lie down word info barĕk      
50 to dream mafu      
51 to sit keïn      
52 to stand orĕs      
53 person/human being kaw|asa      
54 man/male man   1  
55 woman/female bin   1, 41  
56 child okir      
57 husband swa[ri]   2  
58 wife swa[ri]   1  
59 mother nāni      
59 mother sna[ri]   1?  
60 father mami   1, 10  
60 father kĕma   1  
61 house rum   1  
62 thatch/roof os      
63 name snon-snon   1?  
64 to say faya   13  
64 to say kofen      
65 rope rabrab      
66 to tie up, fasten yabĕk      
67 to sew word info sapsip      
68 needle ret   12  
69 to hunt word info yafyof      
70 to shoot word info kfo      
71 to stab, pierce kuk      
72 to hit word info rab      
73 to steal karau      
74 to kill [ma]mun   1  
75 to die, be dead mār   1?  
76 to live, be alive kenĕm      
77 to scratch word info rār      
78 to cut, hack word info karuk      
79 stick/wood a   1  
79 stick/wood ai   1  
80 to split word info kabas   18?  
80 to split word info kes      
80 to split word info mef      
81 sharp sār      
82 dull, blunt dip      
83 to work word info fararur      
84 to plant karker      
85 to choose sra      
86 to grow word info sur      
87 to swell word info biar      
88 to squeeze word info ramĕs   1  
88 to squeeze word info o|mĕs   1  
89 to hold word info kin      
90 to dig ba      
90 to dig er      
91 to buy kobĕs      
92 to open, uncover bās      
93 to pound, beat word info nuk   20, 2  
94 to throw word info so   18  
95 to fall word info mĕmgokĕf      
96 dog naf      
97 bird man   1  
98 egg penor      
99 feather kum      
100 wing waprer      
101 to fly rob   1  
102 rat robēfrar      
103 meat/flesh kraf      
104 fat/grease mafĕn   1  
104 fat/grease mani   1  
105 tail pura[ri]      
106 snake ikak      
107 worm (earthworm) arsyawek      
108 louse word info uk   1  
109 mosquito mumĕs   18  
110 spider kabokakin      
111 fish in   1  
112 rotten word info pokĕm      
113 branch word info snau      
114 leaf rām      
115 root rarĕs      
116 flower pampen      
117 fruit ai|bon   1  
118 grass abris      
119 earth/soil saprop      
120 stone keru      
121 sand [ka]yen   1  
122 water word info wār   2  
123 to flow ki      
124 sea masĕn   17?  
124 sea swān   17?  
125 salt masĕn   3, 45  
126 lake dokĕn      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky nanĕk   1?  
128 sky naŋe      
129 moon paik   16  
130 star mak      
131 cloud word info mandif      
132 fog afio      
133 rain mekĕm      
134 thunder kadadu   2  
135 lightning wewĕr      
136 wind wām   22?  
137 to blow word info wuf      
138 warm word info sam      
139 cold word info prim      
140 dry word info miaïs      
140 dry word info pnaïs      
140 dry word info pnās      
141 wet dimek      
142 heavy      
143 fire for      
144 to burn word info kun   1  
145 smoke word info ās   2  
146 ash pat      
147 black pa|isĕm [cf/ uj pit?m] 1?  
148 white piupĕr      
149 red rik [cf. #23]    
150 yellow naniar      
151 green mandumek      
152 small kasun      
152 small baba      
153 big ba   50  
154 short word info kwaïmba      
155 long word info kwaïn      
156 thin word info mbrĕkip      
157 thick word info kpor   1  
158 narrow fios      
159 wide bam      
160 painful, sick duf      
161 shy, ashamed ma   1  
162 old word info -sar      
163 new babo   1?  
164 good bye   1?  
165 bad, evil barbor      
166 correct, true kaku      
167 night rob      
168 day ras [<M]    
169 year taun   1  
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info yofĕk      
172 to climb word info aber      
173 at ro      
174 in, inside do      
175 above bo   2  
176 below sop      
176 below wabni      
177 this ine   1  
178 that buro      
179 near fanam      
180 far biŋkwaïm      
181 where? word info mobo      
182 I ya   1  
183 thou au   1  
184 he/she i   1  
185 we word info ko   1  
185 we word info ŋgo   2  
186 you rwori      
187 they si [?] 1  
188 what? word info roseï   10  
189 who? word info iseï   1  
190 other wesĕ      
191 all kam      
192 and ma   2  
193 if bo|ma   3?  
194 how? word info rariso      
195 no, not ba   25  
196 to count kor      
197 One word info saï   1, 61  
198 Two word info duï   1  
199 Three word info kior   1  
200 Four word info fiak   1  
201 Five word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
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      

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