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

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