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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      
7 to come -imi   1  
101 to fly -ka   14  
41 to bite -karia   1, 55  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -kilia   18  
90 to dig -kilia   1  
37 to eat -kinana   1  
94 to throw word info -koβenia   85  
9 to swim -kulu   71  
77 to scratch word info -kupʷaria   73  
123 to flow -kəriri =run 60  
89 to hold word info -lararia   3?  
35 to vomit -lilua   8  
29 to sniff, smell -loponia   76  
95 to fall word info -loru   7  
44 to hear -loŋe   1  
76 to live, be alive -mali   1, 76  
48 to sleep -mono   19  
49 to lie down word info -mono   15  
40 to drink -munia   1, 73  
42 to suck -munia   11, 52  
22 to fear -mærau   1  
75 to die, be dead -mære   1  
69 to hunt word info -mʷena      
21 to think -sdomia   13, 51  
144 to burn word info -skaβia   84  
67 to sew word info -suluia   60  
52 to stand -sumalu   25  
34 to cry -taŋi   1  
78 to cut, hack word info -tea   1  
80 to split word info -tepaia   4, 6  
51 to sit -totano   1  
66 to tie up, fasten -tərania   95  
74 to kill -we mʷaria   66, 2  
72 to hit word info -wea   93  
88 to squeeze word info -winia   87  
196 to count -wuloia **(wu)loia 81  
5 to walk -yali Loan word from Mate/ Filakara/ Nul? 10, 63  
71 to stab, pierce -yelia   14  
137 to blow word info -yuia   62  
28 to breathe -yuwewe   62  
8 to turn word info -βiloŋ-ko   4?  
64 to say -βisi   47  
46 to see -βisuia   86  
33 to laugh -βitale   84  
36 to spit -βlasir   104  
189 who? word info ai   1  
186 you amiu pl. 1, 13  
186 you amiulua dl. x  
60 father ata Address term 19  
59 mother awia   49  
189 who? word info hane   64  
111 fish ika   1  
185 we word info imimi pl. excl. E  
185 we word info imimlua dl. excl.    
182 I inu   1, 21, 22  
185 we word info ita pl. incl. I  
185 we word info ita lua dl. incl.    
143 fire kapi   19  
169 year kasia   66  
102 rat kawe   3  
65 rope kelika   5  
105 tail kesina   61  
153 big keβiu   106  
63 name kia   66  
45 eye kila-mæræ-u   1  
120 stone kila-βæru   1, 40  
43 ear kiliŋa-u   1, 41  
103 meat/flesh klamʷiyu   15, 81, 82  
183 thou ko   1, 17  
25 neck komelkiu   82  
98 egg koβlu lakaporo   1, 70  
12 skin kulusia   1  
27 nose kunu-u   1, 58  
129 moon kupario   6, 29  
100 wing kupena   2, 62  
108 louse word info kuru   1  
23 blood kuru-ta   45  
4 leg/foot la-u   30  
79 stick/wood laki   1, 25  
187 they lala they 1, 48  
187 they lalua they (dual) x  
136 wind laŋ   1, 77  
167 night lemæliko   65  
168 day leŋiena   6  
201 Five word info limæ   1  
96 dog lo-kuli   7 L
106 snake lo-mʷara   12  
198 Two word info lua   1  
206 Ten word info lualimæ   4  
131 cloud word info lul   93  
1 hand luma-u   1, 64  
150 yellow m-leleru   76  
160 painful, sick mai   1  
59 mother mama   5  
139 cold word info manin   1, 99  
39 to cook word info manowa   21  
81 sharp ma·li   14, 79, 81  
140 dry word info me-mæ   11  
147 black melkolko   41  
147 black melolo   41?  
151 green memaena   8, 71  
156 thin word info meniniβ   1  
112 rotten word info menunu   51  
157 thick word info merorol   3  
166 correct, true mesmesu straight x  
139 cold word info miapa      
148 white miuwowo   98, 101  
18 breast mra-yu-u   47  
6 road/path mrapa   41  
31 tooth mæ-luwo-u   1, 35, 43  
97 bird mænu   1  
3 right mæruæ   5, 37  
117 fruit məraki   36  
114 leaf mʷaki   46  
132 fog mʷanin   64  
13 back word info mʷasu-u   35  
2 left mʷel   1, 59  
14 belly mʷopʷo-u   74  
121 sand n-one   1  
109 mosquito nam   1  
10 dirty namname   65  
56 child nar-u   5  
184 he/she naŋa   1, 6  
203 Seven word info o-lua   2  
204 Eight word info o-relu   7  
205 Nine word info o-βæri   20  
202 Six word info orai   24  
24 head par-u   9  
141 wet pa·pa      
181 where? word info pe   3, 59  
155 long word info piaβi   16  
165 bad, evil piowa   101  
138 warm word info pisinu   89  
145 smoke word info piu      
164 good po   108  
134 thunder polilu   83  
119 earth/soil poro-tano   1, 67  
146 ash posno-yaβi   75  
170 when? word info poŋia   72  
15 bone pur-iu   71  
17 liver puri-are   34  
19 shoulder purkau ne-u   21  
32 tongue puru-mene-u   7, 43  
149 red pœwæŋa   91  
115 root pʷeliŋa   45, 47  
63 name sa·ki   1, 39  
124 sea si   1  
128 sky sinapani   29  
16 intestines sine-u   1  
55 woman/female sira   79  
197 One word info taŋa   14, 78  
199 Three word info telu   1  
60 father tete Address term 19  
130 star weruwe   70  
122 water word info wi   2  
57 husband wo-u   2, 59  
58 wife wo-u   1, 57  
142 heavy wurmi   78  
162 old word info wuru-mæruwa   1  
163 new wuru-βiu   10, 59  
188 what? word info yane   1  
53 person/human being yaru   57  
54 man/male yaru      
11 dust yaw   1  
54 man/male yirumʷen   1, 14  
135 lightning yo-pila   26, 70, 72  
127 woods/forest yomarua   79  
61 house yumʷa   1  
83 to work word info yumʷaena   1, 89  
71 to stab, pierce yuria   14  
133 rain yuwa   1  
30 mouth ŋo-u   80  
158 narrow βetomaki small x  
26 hair word info βilu par-u   31, 60  
99 feather βilu-s   1  
118 grass βilumʷini   31  
116 flower βinasia   56  
152 small βitokaki   104  
200 Four word info βæri   1, 65  

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