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
Statistics:	Total Data: 269 Number of Retentions: Proto Malayo-Polynesian:86 Number of Loans: 2
Classification:	Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Timor:Flores-Lembata
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Changed #288123 from "loʔe roun", "head + leaf (ASch)", "40,3", "" (Word 65535) - Antoinette Schapper (2016-07-13 09:02:14)
Changed #288124 from "loʔe", "= head without possessive -n", "", "" (Word 65535) - Antoinette Schapper (2016-07-13 09:02:14)
Changed #288123 from "loʔe roun", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Antoinette Schapper (2016-07-12 13:43:19)
Changed #288124 from "loʔe", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Antoinette Schapper (2016-07-12 13:43:19)
Changed #288361 from "bano", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288350 from "dani", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288357 from "ʔa", "1SG", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288340 from "rəna", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288334 from "gitaʔ", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288331 from "duʔe", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288327 from "duʔe", "e", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288329 from "dəri", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288142 from "əra", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288325 from "bana", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288166 from "pati", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288169 from "ʔaro", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288323 from "bati", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288316 from "bəra", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288318 from "gali", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288321 from "bai", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Changed #288278 from "lavun", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-06 21:23:51)
Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-05 22:16:18)
Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-05 22:09:48)

Entries:

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

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