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Language: Lamenu (Nul)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
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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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      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
125 salt      
154 short word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
178 that      
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      
1 hand lima-u   1, 64  
2 left mʷeil   1, 59  
3 right marua   5, 37  
4 leg/foot la-u   30  
5 to walk -yali   10, 63  
6 road/path rapa   41  
7 to come -imi   1  
8 to turn word info -ilumoi   110  
9 to swim -kulu   71  
10 dirty kororoki      
11 dust supu-yai   83  
12 skin kulusno-u   1  
13 back word info 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 word info 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   7, 43?  
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  
39 to cook word info 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  
48 to sleep -mælio   60  
49 to lie down word info -mʷono   15  
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  
63 name saki   1, 39  
64 to say -isa   107  
65 rope kilika   5  
66 to tie up, fasten -witerania   95  
67 to sew word info -lilia   66  
69 to hunt word info -lamæn   60  
71 to stab, pierce -yuria   14  
72 to hit word info -wea   93  
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 word info -kupʷaria   73  
78 to cut, hack word info -tea   1  
79 stick/wood laki   1, 25  
80 to split word info -tepʷaia   4, 6  
81 sharp ma·li   14, 79, 81  
83 to work word info yumʷaena   1, 89  
88 to squeeze word info -unia   87  
89 to hold word info -kmaraia   3  
90 to dig -kilia   1  
94 to throw word info -kuania   85  
95 to fall word info -leru   7  
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  
108 louse word info kur   1  
109 mosquito namu   1  
111 fish ika   1  
112 rotten word info menunu   51  
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 word info wi   2  
123 to flow -kəriri   60  
124 sea si   1  
126 lake wi      
127 woods/forest yomʷarua   79  
128 sky sinapen   29  
129 moon kupario   6, 29  
130 star eruwe   70  
131 cloud word info 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 word info -yuia   62  
138 warm word info pisiusiunu   89  
139 cold word info me-manini   1, 99  
140 dry word info me-ma   11  
141 wet meme   36  
142 heavy urmi   78  
143 fire kap   19  
144 to burn word info -skapia   84  
145 smoke word info 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  
155 long word info piai   16  
156 thin word info meniniu   1  
157 thick word info mererel   3  
160 painful, sick mai   1  
162 old word info 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? word info poŋiai   72  
177 this nani   1  
179 near laisi      
180 far perina *berina 88  
181 where? word info pe   3, 59  
182 I nu   1, 21, 22  
183 thou ko   1, 17  
184 he/she naŋa   1, 6  
185 we word info ita pl. incl. I  
185 we word info mim pl. excl. E  
185 we word info ita lua dl. incl.    
185 we word info 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? word info yakara   1, 59, 71  
189 who? word info yai   1  
190 other topʷena   55  
196 to count -uluia   81  
197 One word info ta·ŋa   14, 78  
198 Two word info lua   1  
199 Three word info telu   1  
200 Four word info yari   1, 65  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info orai   24  
203 Seven word info o-lua   2  
204 Eight word info o-relu   7  
205 Nine word info o-yari   20  
206 Ten word info lualima   4  
96 dog lo-kuli   7 L

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