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Language: Mwerlap (Merlav)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mrm  Glottocode: merl1237 
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:East Vanuatu 
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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      
78 to cut, hack word info      
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      
154 short word info      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
175 above      
176 below      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand lima-k   1, 64  
2 left ɣala   14  
3 right mato   5, 37  
4 leg/foot raŋo-k   17  
5 to walk ɣuluɣ   96  
6 road/path met-sal   1, 43  
7 to come βan me   23, 1  
8 to turn word info turis   46?  
9 to swim ɣarɣar   5  
11 dust βoβo   1, 50  
12 skin βuni-k   28  
13 back word info ɣatɣo-k   80  
14 belly takʷa-k   36  
15 bone suri-k   52  
16 intestines tinae-k   1  
17 liver βara-k   17  
18 breast susu-k   1  
19 shoulder pane-k   36  
21 to think ⁿduⁿdum   13  
22 to fear matawut   1  
23 blood ⁿdara-k   1  
24 head ᵏpʷatu-k   9  
25 neck ⁿdalo-k   42  
26 hair word info βulu-k   31  
27 nose ŋusu-k   1, 58  
28 to breathe mʷomsa   14  
29 to sniff, smell ᵐbon   42  
30 mouth βolo-k   42  
31 tooth liwo-k   1, 35  
32 tongue lueme-k   7, 17  
33 to laugh man   51  
34 to cry ŋara   5  
35 to vomit lolo   8  
36 to spit lot   37  
37 to eat ɣænɣæn   1  
39 to cook word info manoɣ   21  
40 to drink sim   52  
41 to bite ɣæt   1, 55  
42 to suck süs   25  
43 ear kʷuru-k   16  
44 to hear roroŋ   1  
45 eye mʷœto-k   1  
46 to see mata   8  
48 to sleep matur   1  
49 to lie down word info an sou   1, 71  
51 to sit siaɣ   72  
52 to stand tur   2, 69  
53 person/human being tœⁿdun   4, 51  
54 man/male ŋʷarat   73, 14  
55 woman/female βaβen   1, 106  
56 child natu-k   5  
57 husband tememem   17  
58 wife rœnatü-k   59  
59 mother i βeβ   20  
60 father tama-k   1  
61 house eaŋʷ   1  
63 name sasa-k   66  
64 to say sur   110  
64 to say mænæs   111  
65 rope ɣa   25  
66 to tie up, fasten wet   74  
67 to sew word info susur   15, 59  
69 to hunt word info ɣetiɣet      
71 to stab, pierce es   34  
71 to stab, pierce sor   14  
72 to hit word info tutuɣ   8  
74 to kill ⁿda ɣæmæt   57, 2  
75 to die, be dead mæt   1  
76 to live, be alive es   24  
77 to scratch word info teker   12, 28  
79 stick/wood ritanki      
80 to split word info wara   1  
80 to split word info sakʷ      
81 sharp ɣeɣen   14  
83 to work word info muɣmuɣi   81  
88 to squeeze word info βir   16  
89 to hold word info tor   35  
90 to dig ɣil   1  
94 to throw word info wæle   86  
95 to fall word info so   13  
96 dog kurut   7, 76  
97 bird man   1  
98 egg ɣutuli   1  
99 feather βolo-n   1  
100 wing ᵐbani   2  
101 to fly ɣaβ   14  
102 rat ɣasew   3  
103 meat/flesh ᵐbiɣᵐbiɣ   80  
104 fat/grease ɣorak   39  
105 tail ɣole   24  
106 snake ŋʷat   12  
108 louse word info wut   1  
109 mosquito nam   1  
111 fish   1  
112 rotten word info ⁿdar   19  
114 leaf ⁿdoⁿdo   1  
115 root ɣæri   2, 41  
116 flower miti tenke      
117 fruit wie   1, 26  
118 grass wo-βlis   1  
119 earth/soil na-tan   1  
120 stone βat   1  
121 sand on   1  
122 water word info ᵐbe   28  
123 to flow sow      
124 sea nau   42  
125 salt nau   30  
126 lake ᵐbi      
127 woods/forest no-won   81  
128 sky tokʷ   62  
129 moon βol   1  
130 star βiti   1  
131 cloud word info maleɣ   34  
132 fog mæræβ   3, 32  
133 rain re   48  
134 thunder βiəl   23  
135 lightning waŋ   12  
136 wind laŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info   4, 81  
138 warm word info sewsew   42  
140 dry word info masmas   11  
141 wet ᵐbom   15  
142 heavy wen   76  
143 fire   1  
144 to burn word info tiŋit   85  
145 smoke word info os   2  
146 ash βoβo   62  
147 black ᵐbolo   77  
148 white wenwen   100  
149 red meme   1  
150 yellow aŋaŋ   9  
151 green ⁿdosmat      
152 small wiriɣ   66  
153 big laβ   10  
155 long word info ᵐbumrə      
156 thin word info meβinβin   1, 50  
157 thick word info tütum      
160 painful, sick siaŋʷ   111  
162 old word info tærœn      
163 new ɣarakʷ   9  
164 good wiə   1  
165 bad, evil siset   1  
166 correct, true tares      
167 night kʷoŋ   1  
168 day kʷoŋ   16  
169 year   1  
170 when? word info niŋias   1, 43  
174 in, inside le   1  
177 this teke   52  
178 that ŋeŋea   1  
179 near ɣamtu   104  
180 far suwe   1  
181 where? word info aβea   3, 35  
182 I ina   1, 21, 22  
183 thou iniok   1, 17, 18  
184 he/she kisian   1  
188 what? word info na-sa   1  
189 who? word info ise   1  
190 other tuar   61  
191 all ⁿdœl   15  
192 and nen   2, 40  
193 if si   76  
194 how? word info ɣesβa   58, 82  
195 no, not teɣe   10  
196 to count βeβ   70  
197 One word info tuwal   9  
198 Two word info i-ro   1  
199 Three word info i-tol   1  
200 Four word info i-βæt   1, 65  
201 Five word info taβa-liam   1  
202 Six word info liβi-tiə   20  
203 Seven word info liβia-ro   13  
204 Eight word info liβia-tol   5, 7  
205 Nine word info laβ-βæt   20  
206 Ten word info saŋaβul   5  
139 cold word info marir 51? 1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable βalɣer <*vare-kila (1st element of unknown origin) 18, 77  
10 dirty ᵐbolo black 67  
186 you kamro dl. x  
185 we word info kamaro dl. excl.    
185 we word info ⁿdoro dl. incl.    
186 you kami pl. 1, 13  
185 we word info kamem pl. excl. E42  
185 we word info iɣian pl. incl. I  
158 narrow wiriɣ small x  
187 they kiar they 1, 69  
187 they kararo they (dual) x  

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