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Language: Lamenu (Nikaura)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:lmu  Glottocode: lame1260 
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:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Epi:Lamenu-Baki:Lamenu-Lewo 
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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      
126 lake      
154 short word info      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
180 far      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
54 man/male yaru      
69 to hunt word info -mʷena      
139 cold word info miapa      
141 wet pa·pa      
145 smoke word info piu      
185 we word info ita lua dl. incl.    
185 we word info imimlua dl. excl.    
7 to come -imi   1  
11 dust yaw   1  
12 skin kulusia   1  
16 intestines sine-u   1  
22 to fear -mærau   1  
34 to cry -taŋi   1  
37 to eat -kinana   1  
44 to hear -loŋe   1  
45 eye kila-mæræ-u   1  
51 to sit -totano   1  
61 house yumʷa   1  
75 to die, be dead -mære   1  
78 to cut, hack word info -tea   1  
90 to dig -kilia   1  
97 bird mænu   1  
99 feather βilu-s   1  
108 louse word info kuru   1  
109 mosquito nam   1  
111 fish ika   1  
121 sand n-one   1  
124 sea si   1  
133 rain yuwa   1  
156 thin word info meniniβ   1  
160 painful, sick mai   1  
162 old word info wuru-mæruwa   1  
188 what? word info yane   1  
189 who? word info ai   1  
198 Two word info lua   1  
199 Three word info telu   1  
201 Five word info limæ   1  
183 thou ko   1, 17  
79 stick/wood laki   1, 25  
120 stone kila-βæru   1, 40  
43 ear kiliŋa-u   1, 41  
187 they lala they 1, 48  
41 to bite -karia   1, 55  
58 wife wo-u   1, 57  
1 hand luma-u   1, 64  
119 earth/soil poro-tano   1, 67  
76 to live, be alive -mali   1, 76  
136 wind laŋ   1, 77  
83 to work word info yumʷaena   1, 89  
139 cold word info manin   1, 99  
186 you amiu pl. 1, 13  
54 man/male yirumʷen   1, 14  
182 I inu   1, 21, 22  
31 tooth mæ-luwo-u   1, 35, 43  
63 name sa·ki   1, 39  
27 nose kunu-u   1, 58  
2 left mʷel   1, 59  
184 he/she naŋa   1, 6  
200 Four word info βæri   1, 65  
98 egg koβlu lakaporo   1, 70  
40 to drink -munia   1, 73  
163 new wuru-βiu   10, 59  
5 to walk -yali Loan word from Mate/ Filakara/ Nul? 10, 63  
165 bad, evil piowa   101  
36 to spit -βlasir   104  
152 small βitokaki   104  
153 big keβiu   106  
164 good po   108  
140 dry word info me-mæ   11  
42 to suck -munia   11, 52  
106 snake lo-mʷara   12  
21 to think -sdomia   13, 51  
71 to stab, pierce -yelia   14  
71 to stab, pierce yuria   14  
101 to fly -ka   14  
81 sharp ma·li   14, 79, 81  
197 One word info taŋa   14, 78  
49 to lie down word info -mono   15  
103 meat/flesh klamʷiyu   15, 81, 82  
155 long word info piaβi   16  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -kilia   18  
48 to sleep -mono   19  
60 father ata Address term 19  
60 father tete Address term 19  
143 fire kapi   19  
122 water word info wi   2  
203 Seven word info o-lua   2  
57 husband wo-u   2, 59  
100 wing kupena   2, 62  
205 Nine word info o-βæri   20  
19 shoulder purkau ne-u   21  
39 to cook word info manowa   21  
202 Six word info orai   24  
52 to stand -sumalu   25  
135 lightning yo-pila   26, 70, 72  
128 sky sinapani   29  
102 rat kawe   3  
157 thick word info merorol   3  
181 where? word info pe   3, 59  
118 grass βilumʷini   31  
26 hair word info βilu par-u   31, 60  
17 liver puri-are   34  
13 back word info mʷasu-u   35  
117 fruit məraki   36  
4 leg/foot la-u   37  
89 to hold word info -lararia   3?  
206 Ten word info lualimæ   4  
80 to split word info -tepaia   4, 6  
6 road/path mrapa   41  
147 black melkolko   41  
147 black melolo   41?  
23 blood kuru-ta   45  
115 root pʷeliŋa   45, 47  
114 leaf mʷaki   46  
18 breast mra-yu-u   47  
64 to say -βisi   47  
59 mother awia   49  
8 to turn word info -βiloŋ-ko   4?  
56 child nar-u   5  
59 mother mama   5  
65 rope kelika   5  
3 right mæruæ   5, 37  
112 rotten word info menunu   51  
116 flower βinasia   56  
53 person/human being yaru   57  
168 day leŋiena   6  
129 moon kupario   6, 29  
67 to sew word info -suluia   60  
123 to flow -kəriri =run 60  
105 tail kesina   61  
28 to breathe -yuwewe   62  
137 to blow word info -yuia   62  
132 fog mʷanin   64  
189 who? word info hane   64  
10 dirty namname   65  
167 night lemæliko   65  
63 name kia   66  
169 year kasia   66  
74 to kill -we mʷaria   66, 2  
95 to fall word info -loru   7  
96 dog lo-kuli   7 L
204 Eight word info o-relu   7  
32 tongue puru-mene-u   7, 40  
130 star weruwe   70  
9 to swim -kulu   71  
15 bone pur-iu   71  
170 when? word info poŋia   72  
77 to scratch word info -kupʷaria   73  
14 belly mʷopʷo-u   74  
146 ash posno-yaβi   75  
29 to sniff, smell -loponia   76  
150 yellow m-leleru   76  
142 heavy wurmi   78  
55 woman/female sira   79  
127 woods/forest yomarua   79  
35 to vomit -lilua   8  
151 green memaena   8, 71  
30 mouth ŋo-u   80  
196 to count -wuloia **(wu)loia 81  
25 neck komelkiu   82  
134 thunder polilu   83  
33 to laugh -βitale   84  
144 to burn word info -skaβia   84  
94 to throw word info -koβenia   85  
46 to see -βisuia   86  
88 to squeeze word info -winia   87  
138 warm word info pisinu   89  
24 head par-u   9  
149 red pœwæŋa   91  
72 to hit word info -wea   93  
131 cloud word info lul   93  
66 to tie up, fasten -tərania   95  
148 white miuwowo   98, 101  
185 we word info imimi pl. excl. E  
185 we word info ita pl. incl. I  
158 narrow βetomaki small x  
166 correct, true mesmesu straight x  
186 you amiulua dl. x  
187 they lalua they (dual) x  

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