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Language: Namakura (Bongabonga)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nmk  Glottocode: nama1268 
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:Central Vanuatu 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
16 intestines      
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      
103 meat/flesh      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
125 salt      
126 lake      
128 sky      
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      
1 hand na-lima-ŋ   1, 64  
2 left na-mo   1, 59  
3 right na-matiˀ   5, 37  
4 leg/foot na-tore-ŋ   81  
5 to walk -taliuw   100  
6 road/path na-hal   1  
7 to come -rah   30  
8 to turn word info -βil   24  
9 to swim -ˀaβ   39  
10 dirty maˀet black 2  
11 dust na-tororom   79  
12 skin na-kili-ŋ   1  
13 back word info na-woto   104  
14 belly na-tinaˀ Probably confused with guts 19, 34  
15 bone na-siuw   52  
17 liver na-nekam   12  
18 breast na-mumuh   30  
19 shoulder na-ᵐbarau-ŋ   60  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -ˀataˀ   35  
21 to think -miⁿdoⁿdo   13, 72  
22 to fear -matak   1  
23 blood na-ⁿdaˀ   1  
24 head na-ᵐbʷaʔi-ŋ   9  
25 neck na-noʔa-ŋ   18  
26 hair word info na-βili-ŋ   31  
27 nose na-kinihi-ŋ   1, 58  
28 to breathe -hoβahoβ   35  
29 to sniff, smell -roŋih   62  
30 mouth na-koroŋo-ŋ   45  
31 tooth na-ᵐbati-ŋ   6  
32 tongue ne-mena-ŋ   7, 40  
33 to laugh -ur   13  
34 to cry -ˀear   34  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
36 to spit -wuwura   35  
37 to eat -kan   1  
39 to cook word info mahi   19, 82  
40 to drink -munum   1, 49  
41 to bite -kat   1, 55  
42 to suck -tom   50  
43 ear na-tiliŋa-ŋ   1  
44 to hear -roŋ   1  
45 eye na-mata-ŋ   1  
46 to see -loˀoh   14, 94  
48 to sleep -matir   1  
49 to lie down word info -matir   37  
49 to lie down word info latumʷ      
51 to sit -ˀarahnatan   119  
52 to stand -tumarak   2, 66  
53 person/human being na-ˀat   4  
54 man/male na-ˀet-awoh   14  
55 woman/female na-βitarik   85  
56 child ke-nati-ŋ   5, 53  
57 husband ke-hoa-ŋ   2  
57 husband maˀarik   68  
58 wife ke-hoa-ŋ   1  
59 mother ke-ˀanuh   51  
59 mother ᵐbʷila-ŋ   22  
60 father ke-tama-ŋ   1  
61 house naimʷ   1  
63 name na-kiha-ŋ   66  
64 to say -βetoŋ   47  
65 rope na-tal   1  
66 to tie up, fasten -mʷinih      
67 to sew word info -tir   13  
69 to hunt word info -βaˀalak   10  
71 to stab, pierce -hiri   14  
72 to hit word info -βihaˀ   29  
74 to kill -βihaˀ-ᵐbini   59, 1  
75 to die, be dead -mat   1  
76 to live, be alive -maˀir   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info -kerah *keraji 81  
78 to cut, hack word info -taˀ   1  
79 stick/wood na-ka   1  
80 to split word info -taˀᵐbaˀaβaˀar      
81 sharp makal   14, 79, 81  
83 to work word info ᵐbohiˀian   7, 76  
88 to squeeze word info -wowos   18, 71  
89 to hold word info -la   71  
90 to dig -kil   1  
94 to throw word info -seik   89  
95 to fall word info -latumʷ   42  
96 dog na-kiri   7, 80  
97 bird na-man   1  
98 egg na-ˀatol   1  
99 feather na-βili-n   1  
100 wing na-ˀoβari-n   61, 68  
101 to fly -ol   75  
102 rat na-kahu   3  
104 fat/grease na-mut   72  
105 tail na-ki·-n   1  
106 snake na-mʷat   12  
108 louse word info na-kit   1  
109 mosquito na-nanam   1  
111 fish na-ik   1  
112 rotten word info maⁿdan   116  
114 leaf na-rikit   47  
115 root na-kihikah   48  
116 flower na-βiŋan   1  
117 fruit na-weˀetin   1, 26, 38  
118 grass na-kokoh   76  
119 earth/soil na-tan   1  
120 stone na-βat   1  
121 sand na-ˀon   1  
122 water word info na-ran   1  
123 to flow -hal   38  
124 sea na-tah   1  
127 woods/forest na-mitiˀan   78  
129 moon na-kiᵐbati   6  
130 star na-mʷahe   13  
131 cloud word info na-popour   98  
132 fog na-toam      
133 rain na-ˀih   1  
134 thunder na-taβa   42  
135 lightning na-βil   26  
136 wind na-laŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info -hu   4  
138 warm word info ⁿdorotor   62  
139 cold word info mimilaⁿdin   45  
140 dry word info ŋaraŋar   29  
141 wet loloβ   85?  
142 heavy marah   33  
143 fire na-kam   19  
144 to burn word info -βenin   58  
145 smoke word info na-ˀah   2  
146 ash na-tororom Also [nameleβar]    
147 black maˀet   1  
148 white ᵐbilaβil   42  
149 red lulu   52  
150 yellow mʷilol   44  
151 green mamalakeh   8, 43  
152 small susum   133  
153 big ⁿdakalam   108  
155 long word info ᵐbirereβ   16  
156 thin word info maniβiniβ   1  
157 thick word info matol   3  
158 narrow mʷahal   61  
160 painful, sick mahak   1  
162 old word info ⁿdua   1, 48  
163 new ᵐboˀo   1  
164 good aᵐboh   108  
165 bad, evil ahaˀ   1  
166 correct, true aᵐboh good x  
167 night eᵐboŋ   1  
168 day n-aleati   1, 18  
169 year na-hiko   29  
170 when? word info naŋaˀih   1, 43  
181 where? word info oᵐbe   3, 59  
182 I keˀino   1, 21, 22  
183 thou kaiŋ   1, 17, 26  
184 he/she kenini   1, 29  
185 we word info keˀiᵑgitemaŋ pl. incl. I  
185 we word info keˀiᵑgem pl. excl. E  
185 we word info keˀiᵑgit dl. incl.    
185 we word info keˀiᵑgem dl. excl.    
186 you kami pl. 1, 13  
186 you kami dl. 1, 13  
187 they keniar they 1, 33, 69  
187 they keniar they (dual) x  
188 what? word info ne-βe   1  
189 who? word info kehe   1, 43  
196 to count -wulik   1  
197 One word info iteh   41  
198 Two word info i-ru   1  
199 Three word info i-tol   1  
200 Four word info i-βat   1, 65  
201 Five word info i-lim   1  
202 Six word info lateh   20  
203 Seven word info la-ru   13  
204 Eight word info la-tol   5, 7  
205 Nine word info lo-βet   20  
206 Ten word info ⁿdualim   4  

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