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Language: Hewa

Source/Author:  Fricke 2014 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:ski  Glottocode: sika1262 
Notes:  Fricke, Hanna. 2014. Topics in the grammar of Hewa. A variety of Sika in Eastern Flores, Indonesia. LINCOM: Munich.

Hewa is a variety of Sika spoken in the southeastern edge of the Sika speaking area.

The items in this word list were collected during fieldwork in 2013 by Hanna Fricke and published in 2014.

The items are given in a phonemic transcription using IPA symbols.

Some verbs in Hewa agree with person and number of their subject. If this is the case for a verb in the list, the forms are given as annotation. More on verbal inflection in Hewa see Fricke (2014: 28-37). 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Hanna Fricke  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Timor:Flores-Lembata 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand lima   1, 64  
2 left virin   1  
3 right vanan   1  
4 leg/foot vaʔi   1, 100  
6 road/path laran   1  
7 to come mai   1  
7 to come main   1  
9 to swim nani   1, 45  
10 dirty milan   131  
12 skin ʔulit   1  
13 back word info toʔe   11  
14 belly dula      
15 bone lurin   2  
17 liver vaten   1, 58  
18 breast uhu   1  
19 shoulder palik   1, 89  
20 to know, be knowledgeable raʔitan   75  
22 to fear blauʔ   80  
23 blood mei   3  
24 head loʔen   67  
25 neck əru      
27 nose iru   1  
28 to breathe boʔ      
29 to sniff, smell movoʔ      
30 mouth va   1  
31 tooth niu   1  
32 tongue ma   7  
33 to laugh to   1  
35 to vomit mutaʔ   1  
36 to spit niru   14  
39 to cook word info hunaʔ      
39 to cook word info pura   49  
40 to drink -inu   1  
41 to bite baka      
42 to suck pləmet      
43 ear tilu   1, 4  
44 to hear diʔiŋ   67?  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see tenger   4  
46 to see papaŋ      
47 to yawn moaʔ   19  
48 to sleep ɡəpaŋ      
53 person/human being biʔan   82  
53 person/human being ata   4  
54 man/male laʔit   2  
55 woman/female duʔa      
57 husband laʔi   9  
58 wife duʔa      
59 mother ina   1  
60 father ama   1  
61 house ləpo   67  
62 thatch/roof ataʔ      
63 name naran   1  
64 to say marin   149  
64 to say həron      
65 rope tali   1  
66 to tie up, fasten mataʔ      
67 to sew word info raʔit   2  
68 needle luhir   6  
71 to stab, pierce tuhuk   33  
72 to hit word info rama      
73 to steal toʔi      
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
76 to live, be alive moret   1, 76  
80 to split word info plika   79  
80 to split word info pleka   79  
81 sharp diran   93  
82 dull, blunt bohuk   21  
83 to work word info krian   7  
84 to plant mula   1  
84 to plant pahe      
84 to plant paʔat   19  
85 to choose liʔi   1  
86 to grow word info ne      
87 to swell word info bovoʔ   3  
89 to hold word info pligo      
91 to buy boter      
92 to open, uncover dier      
94 to throw word info dəgu   107  
95 to fall word info goru      
96 dog ahu   1  
97 bird olon   77  
98 egg təlon   1  
100 wing kapik   1  
101 to fly horo   74  
102 rat teʔu   7  
103 meat/flesh ətan      
104 fat/grease vura      
106 snake ular      
107 worm (earthworm) doho      
108 louse word info ʔutu      
109 mosquito mur      
110 spider kuku raka      
111 fish iʔan      
112 rotten word info vauk      
113 branch word info kleren      
114 leaf roun      
115 root ramut      
116 flower puhun      
117 fruit vuan      
118 grass vaʔan      
119 earth/soil tana      
120 stone vatu      
122 water word info vair   2  
123 to flow ba      
124 sea tahi      
125 salt hini      
128 sky kəleŋ   9  
129 moon vulan   1  
130 star dala      
131 cloud word info kova      
133 rain uran   1  
134 thunder kleka liar      
135 lightning dəɡu      
136 wind anin   1  
137 to blow word info plupi      
138 warm word info dara      
138 warm word info dara ɡahuʔ      
139 cold word info blatan      
140 dry word info duʔur      
141 wet gəmaʔ      
142 heavy bərat      
143 fire api      
144 to burn word info holo      
145 smoke word info (api) nuhin      
146 ash avu      
147 black mitan      
148 white buraʔ      
149 red meran      
150 yellow heret      
151 green daʔan      
152 small anak   8  
153 big gəteʔ      
155 long word info blon      
156 thin word info bleler      
157 thick word info apar      
158 narrow təker      
160 painful, sick blaraʔ      
161 shy, ashamed meaŋ      
162 old word info blupur      
163 new vərun      
164 good əpan      
165 bad, evil vəngoʔ      
166 correct, true dəmen      
167 night guman      
168 day ləron      
169 year livan      
170 when? word info rəma pira      
171 to hide word info səsuʔ      
172 to climb word info haʔe      
174 in, inside unen      
175 above lala wutun      
175 above lala nan      
176 below wawa on      
176 below ləvun      
177 this ʔete      
178 that ʔia      
179 near roʔo      
180 far blavir      
181 where? word info upa      
182 I aʔu      
183 thou ʔau      
184 he/she nimu      
186 you miu      
187 they rimu      
188 what? word info apa      
189 who? word info hai      
190 other pehan      
191 all leʔu vaʔi ha      
194 how? word info ɡanu upan      
196 to count ɡasik      
197 One word info ha   1  
198 Two word info rua   1  
199 Three word info təlu   1  
200 Four word info hutu   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info əna   1  
203 Seven word info pitu   1  
204 Eight word info valu   3  
205 Nine word info hiva   5  
206 Ten word info pulu   5  
207 Twenty word info pulu rua      
208 Fifty word info pulu lima      
209 One Hundred word info ŋasu      
210 One Thousand word info rivu   5  
11 dust pua (?)    
97 bird kəna horon (literally: flying thing) 26  
165 bad, evil goʔid (mainly used for things that are not nice)    
37 to eat gea 1PL.EX 1  
40 to drink minu 1PL.EX 1  
37 to eat ʔea 1PL.IN 1  
40 to drink tinu 1PL.IN 1  
37 to eat ʔoa 1SG 1  
40 to drink ʔinu 1SG 1  
44 to hear ʔəna 1SG 1  
46 to see ʔitaʔ 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 1  
48 to sleep tuʔe 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 1  
49 to lie down word info tuʔe 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 97  
51 to sit təri 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 146  
70 to shoot word info pana 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 1  
78 to cut, hack word info pati 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 112  
88 to squeeze word info pəra 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 1  
90 to dig ʔali 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 1  
93 to pound, beat word info pai 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 1  
93 to pound, beat word info vai 1SG, 1PL.IN, 3PL 1  
5 to walk pano 1SG,1PL.IN,3PL 2  
34 to cry tani 1SG,1PL.IN,3PL 1  
52 to stand ʔəra 1SG,1PL.IN,3PL 89  
74 to kill pati 1SG,1PL.IN,3PL 92  
77 to scratch word info ʔaro 1SG,1PL.IN,3PL 1  
37 to eat gea 2PL 1  
40 to drink minu 2PL 1  
44 to hear bəna 2PL 1  
37 to eat goa 2SG 1  
40 to drink minu 2SG 1  
5 to walk bano 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 2  
34 to cry dani 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 1  
46 to see gitaʔ 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 1  
48 to sleep duʔe 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 1  
49 to lie down word info duʔe 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 97  
51 to sit dəri 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 146  
52 to stand gəra 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 89  
70 to shoot word info bana 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 1  
74 to kill bati 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 92  
77 to scratch word info garo 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 1  
78 to cut, hack word info bati 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 112  
88 to squeeze word info bəra 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 1  
90 to dig gali 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 1  
93 to pound, beat word info bai 2SG,3SG,1PL.EX, 2PL 1  
44 to hear rəna 2SG,3SG,1PL.IN,1PL.EX,2PL,3PL 1  
37 to eat ʔa 3PL 1  
40 to drink rinu 3PL 1  
37 to eat ga 3SG 1  
40 to drink ninu 3SG 1  
26 hair word info loʔe = head without possessive -n (ASch)    
79 stick/wood ʔai anak a. 1  
154 short word info buluk a.    
11 dust avu also means ash 1  
99 feather vulu also: body hair, animals hair 1  
132 fog apun also: dew    
21 to think suɡo also: remember 83  
79 stick/wood loreŋ b.    
154 short word info puʔur b.    
121 sand ʔəda building sand    
50 to dream mipin can also be a noun 1, 37  
56 child dediʔ child in terms of age    
195 no, not iva clause-final    
56 child me daughter or son 31  
185 we word info ʔami excl.    
38 to chew word info ŋalet for animals only    
127 woods/forest heri unen forest in general    
192 and nora from the verb -ora 'with'    
26 hair word info loʔe roun head leaf (ASch) 40  
95 to fall word info ʔela humans 108  
95 to fall word info lodoŋ humans    
185 we word info ʔita incl.    
8 to turn word info belok loan from Indonesian   L
159 wide - no general word for 'wide'    
193 if - no native word for 'if'    
121 sand nen on the beach    
38 to chew word info maʔmaʔ only for hard things (betel nut, meet, ...); for humans and animals, for humans one usually adds the verb for eat after mama 'chew' 1  
195 no, not eʔon preverbal    
105 tail iʔur tail of four legged animals    
105 tail kekor tail of two leɡɡed animals    
16 intestines tain vaten tain = intestine vaten = liver 1  
173 at - there is no generic word to express the preposition 'at'    
69 to hunt word info rakan this is for huntinɡ animals    
126 lake se This is probably a Dutch (or German) loan; it is likely that there is no native word for lake because there are no lakes in the area.   L
127 woods/forest tuʔan very old forest    

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