Language: Lamenu (Nul)
Source/Author: | Tryon (1976) | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:lww Glottocode: lewo1242 | |
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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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Lamenu (Mate)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Lewo (Mate village)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Lewo (Nivu village)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Lewo (Nikaura village)
Ethnologue Information for lww
OLAC Information for lww
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for lew
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ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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1 | hand | lima-u | 1, 64 | ||
2 | left | mʷeil | 1, 59 | ||
3 | right | marua | 5, 37 | ||
4 | leg/foot | la-u | 37 | ||
5 | to walk | -yali | 10, 63 | ||
6 | road/path | rapa | 41 | ||
7 | to come | -imi | 1 | ||
8 | to turn
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-ilumoi | 110 | ||
9 | to swim | -kulu | 71 | ||
10 | dirty | kororoki | |||
11 | dust | supu-yai | 83 | ||
12 | skin | kulusno-u | 1 | ||
13 | back
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mʷasu-u | 35 | ||
14 | belly | mʷopʷo-u | 74 | ||
15 | bone | pr-iu | 71 | ||
16 | intestines | sine-u | 1 | ||
17 | liver | puri-are | 34 | ||
18 | breast | ra-yu-u | 47 | ||
19 | shoulder | komelkiu | |||
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | -kilia | 18 | ||
21 | to think | -stemalia | 13, 51 | ||
22 | to fear | -marau | 1 | ||
23 | blood | ta-u | 1 | ||
24 | head | pʷa-u | 14 | ||
25 | neck | komelkiu | 82 | ||
26 | hair
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il βʷa-u | 31, 60 | ||
27 | nose | kunu-u | 1, 58 | ||
28 | to breathe | -weie | 62 | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | -loponia | 76 | ||
30 | mouth | kaŋo-u | 79 | ||
31 | tooth | ra-luwo-u | 1, 35, 43 | ||
32 | tongue | pur-no-u | |||
33 | to laugh | -witale | 84 | ||
34 | to cry | -taŋ | 1 | ||
35 | to vomit | -lualua | 8 | ||
36 | to spit | -wuli | 35? | ||
37 | to eat | -kinana | 1 | ||
38 | to chew
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39 | to cook
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meno | 21 | ||
40 | to drink | -munia | 1, 73 | ||
41 | to bite | -karia | 1, 55 | ||
42 | to suck | -lia | 63 | ||
43 | ear | kiliŋa-u | 1, 41 | ||
44 | to hear | -loŋoia | 1 | ||
45 | eye | ko-mara-u | 1 | ||
46 | to see | -lualia | 100 | ||
47 | to yawn | ![]() |
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48 | to sleep | -mælio | 60 | ||
49 | to lie down
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-mʷono | 15 | ||
50 | to dream | ![]() |
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51 | to sit | -teteno | 1 | ||
52 | to stand | -smalu | 25 | ||
53 | person/human being | yaru | 57 | ||
54 | man/male | yerumʷone | 1, 14 | ||
55 | woman/female | sira | 79 | ||
56 | child | nar-u | 5 | ||
57 | husband | o-u | 2, 59 | ||
58 | wife | o-u | 1, 57 | ||
59 | mother | ano-u | 51 | ||
60 | father | arma-u | 1, 30 | ||
61 | house | yumʷa | 1 | ||
62 | thatch/roof | ![]() |
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63 | name | saki | 1, 39 | ||
64 | to say | -isa | 107 | ||
65 | rope | kilika | 5 | ||
66 | to tie up, fasten | -witerania | 95 | ||
67 | to sew
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-lilia | 66 | ||
68 | needle | ![]() |
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69 | to hunt
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-lamæn | 60 | ||
70 | to shoot
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71 | to stab, pierce | -yuria | 14 | ||
72 | to hit
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-wea | 93 | ||
73 | to steal | ![]() |
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74 | to kill | -we mʷomʷaria | 66, 2 | ||
75 | to die, be dead | -mære | 1 | ||
76 | to live, be alive | -mali | 1, 76 | ||
77 | to scratch
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-kupʷaria | 73 | ||
78 | to cut, hack
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-tea | 1 | ||
79 | stick/wood | laki | 1, 25 | ||
80 | to split
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-tepʷaia | 4, 6 | ||
81 | sharp | ma·li | 14, 79, 81 | ||
82 | dull, blunt | ![]() |
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83 | to work
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yumʷaena | 1, 89 | ||
84 | to plant | ![]() |
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85 | to choose | ![]() |
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86 | to grow
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87 | to swell
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88 | to squeeze
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-unia | 87 | ||
89 | to hold
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-kmaraia | 3 | ||
90 | to dig | -kilia | 1 | ||
91 | to buy | ![]() |
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92 | to open, uncover | ![]() |
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93 | to pound, beat
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94 | to throw
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-kuania | 85 | ||
95 | to fall
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-leru | 7 | ||
96 | dog | lo-kuli | 7 | L | |
97 | bird | manu | 1 | ||
98 | egg | kuluto | 1, 70 | ||
99 | feather | ilu-sia | 1 | ||
100 | wing | kupena | 2, 62 | ||
101 | to fly | -ka | 14 | ||
102 | rat | kawe | 3 | ||
103 | meat/flesh | kilamʷe | 15, 70, 82 | ||
103 | meat/flesh | kuruβio | 15, 81, 82 | ||
104 | fat/grease | lapa | 15 | ||
105 | tail | kina | 61 | ||
106 | snake | lo-mʷara | 12 | ||
107 | worm (earthworm) | ![]() |
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108 | louse
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kur | 1 | ||
109 | mosquito | namu | 1 | ||
110 | spider | ![]() |
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111 | fish | ika | 1 | ||
112 | rotten
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menunu | 51 | ||
113 | branch
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114 | leaf | mʷaki | 46 | ||
114 | leaf | mʷasia | 46 | ||
115 | root | pulŋasia | 45, 47 | ||
116 | flower | inaki | 56 | ||
117 | fruit | raki | 36 | ||
118 | grass | mʷamʷuni | 31 | ||
119 | earth/soil | sna-teno | 1, 68 | ||
120 | stone | kla-yaru | 1, 40 | ||
121 | sand | n-o·n | 1 | ||
122 | water
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wi | 2 | ||
123 | to flow | -kəriri | 60 | ||
124 | sea | si | 1 | ||
125 | salt | ![]() |
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126 | lake | wi | |||
127 | woods/forest | yomʷarua | 79 | ||
128 | sky | sinapen | 29 | ||
129 | moon | kupario | 6, 29 | ||
130 | star | eruwe | 70 | ||
131 | cloud
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mæluko | 34 | ||
132 | fog | mʷauka | 3, 12, 32 | ||
133 | rain | yuwa | 1 | ||
134 | thunder | polul | 83 | ||
135 | lightning | yokar-pila | 26, 70, 71, 72 | ||
136 | wind | laŋ | 1, 77 | ||
137 | to blow
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-yuia | 62 | ||
138 | warm
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pisiusiunu | 89 | ||
139 | cold
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me-manini | 1, 99 | ||
140 | dry
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me-ma | 11 | ||
141 | wet | meme | 36 | ||
142 | heavy | urmi | 78 | ||
143 | fire | kap | 19 | ||
144 | to burn
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-skapia | 84 | ||
145 | smoke
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yopua | 73 | ||
146 | ash | spulu-iai | 78 | ||
147 | black | mokolko | 41 | ||
148 | white | miwo | 98 | ||
149 | red | pilili | 18 | ||
150 | yellow | leleru | 76 | ||
151 | green | memei | 8, 71 | ||
152 | small | etakito | 104 | ||
153 | big | kou | 106 | ||
154 | short
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155 | long
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piai | 16 | ||
156 | thin
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meniniu | 1 | ||
157 | thick
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mererel | 3 | ||
158 | narrow | ![]() |
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159 | wide | ![]() |
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160 | painful, sick | mai | 1 | ||
161 | shy, ashamed | ![]() |
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162 | old
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mærua | 1 | ||
163 | new | na·u | 1 | ||
164 | good | polilai | 122 | ||
165 | bad, evil | pʷopʷarua | 101 | ||
166 | correct, true | mesumesu | straight | x | |
167 | night | lemaliko | 65 | ||
168 | day | leŋiena | 6 | ||
169 | year | kasia | 66 | ||
170 | when?
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poŋiai | 72 | ||
171 | to hide
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172 | to climb
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173 | at | ![]() |
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174 | in, inside | ![]() |
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175 | above | ![]() |
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176 | below | ![]() |
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177 | this | nani | 1 | ||
178 | that | ![]() |
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179 | near | laisi | |||
180 | far | perina | *berina | 88 | |
181 | where?
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pe | 3, 59 | ||
182 | I | nu | 1, 21, 22 | ||
183 | thou | ko | 1, 17 | ||
184 | he/she | naŋa | 1, 6 | ||
185 | we
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ita | pl. incl. | I | |
185 | we
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mim | pl. excl. | E | |
185 | we
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ita lua | dl. incl. | ||
185 | we
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mimlua | dl. excl. | ||
186 | you | amiu | pl. | 1, 13 | |
186 | you | amiulua | dl. | x | |
187 | they | naŋala | they | 1, 33, 71 | |
187 | they | naŋala lua | they (dual) | x | |
188 | what?
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yakara | 1, 59, 71 | ||
189 | who?
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yai | 1 | ||
190 | other | topʷena | 55 | ||
191 | all | ![]() |
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192 | and | ![]() |
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193 | if | ![]() |
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194 | how?
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195 | no, not | ![]() |
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196 | to count | -uluia | 81 | ||
197 | One
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ta·ŋa | 14, 78 | ||
198 | Two
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lua | 1 | ||
199 | Three
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telu | 1 | ||
200 | Four
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yari | 1, 65 | ||
201 | Five
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lima | 1 | ||
202 | Six
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orai | 24 | ||
203 | Seven
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o-lua | 2 | ||
204 | Eight
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o-relu | 7 | ||
205 | Nine
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o-yari | 20 | ||
206 | Ten
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lualima | 4 | ||
207 | Twenty
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208 | Fifty
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209 | One Hundred
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210 | One Thousand
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