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Language: Nukeria

Source/Author:  Davletshin, Albert. 2013. Fieldwork data. 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nur  Glottocode: nuku1259 
Notes:  Phononological segments:
p (pp), v (vv), t (tt), k (kk), h/s (hh/ss), m (mm), n (nn), r/l (rr), i (ii), e (ee), a (aa), o (oo), u (uu).

Notes:
1. geminate consonants and vowels do not represent independent phonological segments,
2. s (ss) are considered borrowings from Takuu by native speakers,
3. singular and plural forms of verbs (s. and pl. below) are systematically contrasted, I give singular forms only and I give suppletive forms if found in my files.
 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Albert Davletshin  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:Samoic-Outlier:Ellicean 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
126 lake      
6 road/path haarena      
25 neck koomanu      
33 to laugh piha (s.)    
39 to cook word info kuki L from Tok Pisin   L
64 to say hua (s.)    
65 rope kave (to hang clothes on)    
65 rope kaavei (a kind of)    
66 to tie up, fasten haihai (tie up, knot)    
68 needle niila L from Tok Pisin   L
69 to hunt word info riki (adult birds)    
69 to hunt word info uhu (gather fruits, hunt nestlings and eggs)    
69 to hunt word info uru (wild pigs)    
72 to hit word info rriki (s.)    
85 to choose hiko (s.) (?)    
93 to pound, beat word info taa (beat)    
93 to pound, beat word info rriki (pound a nail)    
95 to fall word info heke      
96 dog manu-kai-tama Post-Contact: lit. "bird eating humans"    
116 flower purupuru      
116 flower haraoa L from English   L
125 salt horo L from Tok Pisin   L
127 woods/forest pupu      
128 sky kaniva      
131 cloud word info kaniva      
135 lightning tara (flash)    
137 to blow word info oko a. (hard)    
147 black riparara      
151 green uri      
157 thick word info hamataku (a rope)    
165 bad, evil haka-riaria (s.)    
165 bad, evil ha-riaria (s.)    
165 bad, evil takahara (s.)    
168 day maarama (daylight)    
169 year kirimahi L from Tok Pisin   L
170 when? word info ana-hee      
192 and noo (verbal phrases)    
192 and roo (verbal phrases)    
198 Two word info hiaoa (reporting)    
208 Fifty word info tipu rima      
210 One Thousand word info tipu te rau      
12 skin kiri also: bark 1  
17 liver ate   1  
18 breast uu (female) : also milk 1  
22 to fear mataku (s.) 1  
28 to breathe maanava   1  
31 tooth niho   1  
34 to cry tani (s.)also: weep, vail, sound (of musical instruments) 1  
38 to chew word info maamaa (s.) 'masticate, chew for infants' 1  
40 to drink inu   1  
44 to hear rono (s.) 1  
46 to see kite (s.) 1  
53 person/human being tama   1  
59 mother tinana also: auntie 1  
60 father tamana also: uncle 1  
70 to shoot word info hana   1  
75 to die, be dead mate (s.) 1  
90 to dig keri (s.) 1  
97 bird manu   1  
108 louse word info kutu a. and b., also flea (flea is Post-Contact) 1  
109 mosquito namu   1  
110 spider revereve   1  
111 fish ika (generic) 1  
113 branch word info mataaraa   1  
114 leaf rau   1  
117 fruit hua   1  
120 stone hatu   1  
124 sea tai (shallow sea near shore, shore) 1  
130 star hetuu   1  
133 rain ua   1  
143 fire ahi   1  
149 red mmea   1  
160 painful, sick maki (s.) 1  
162 old word info matua (s.) 1  
163 new hoou (s.) 1  
167 night poo   1  
173 at i   1  
177 this nei (1st pers.) 1  
178 that naa (2nd pers.) 1  
183 thou koe   1  
184 he/she ia frequently unmarked 1  
189 who? word info koai   1  
198 Two word info rua (counting) 1  
199 Three word info toru   1  
201 Five word info rima   1  
202 Six word info ono   1  
203 Seven word info hitu   1  
182 I nau   1, 22  
185 we word info taatou 1 pl. incl. 1, 39  
168 day ao (daylight, daytime) 1, 54  
1 hand rima   1, 64  
171 to hide word info haka-mmuni (s.) 1, 67  
11 dust rehu also: ashes, powder 1, 68  
138 warm word info mahana (s.) 1, 72  
187 they raatou (pl.) frequently unmarked 1, 72  
187 they laatou (pl.) frequently unmarked 1, 72  
27 nose kaisu   1, 10  
27 nose kaihu   1, 10  
4 leg/foot vae   1, 100  
55 woman/female hahine (s.) 1, 106  
45 eye kanomata also: face 1, 18  
45 eye kanamata also: face 1, 18  
43 ear kautarina   1, 25  
79 stick/wood raakau   1, 26  
2 left kaihi   1, 42  
86 to grow word info tipu (human beings, birds) 1, 43  
7 to come au-mai (s.) suppletive 1, 44  
7 to come oo-mai (pl.) (pl.) suppletive 1, 44  
37 to eat kai (s.) 1, 47  
139 cold word info makariri (s.) 1, 52  
2 left mauii   1, 59  
100 wing kapakau   1, 59  
92 to open, uncover huke (earth-oven) 1, 63  
104 fat/grease moomona   1, 65  
136 wind matani (generic) 1, 66  
200 Four word info haa   1, 66  
144 to burn word info ttuni (s.) 1, 7  
71 to stab, pierce unuki (with a needle) 1, 8?  
10 dirty kerekere (s.) 10  
39 to cook word info tao (in earth-oven, in leaf packets) 10  
65 rope maea (big, used for ships) 10  
77 to scratch word info araara (s.) 10  
119 earth/soil kerekere   10  
123 to flow tahe (of sea water) 10  
123 to flow tere (of stream and rain water, move fast of humans, go of boats) 10  
124 sea moana (open and deep) 10  
48 to sleep moe (s.) 10, 109  
92 to open, uncover taaraki (door) 10, 39  
24 head pokouru   10, 62  
19 shoulder ruamona   10?  
13 back word info kanatua   11  
13 back word info kantua   11  
66 to tie up, fasten hau (bind, lash) 11  
101 to fly rere (s.) 11  
101 to fly herrei (pl.) 11  
137 to blow word info iri b. (also fan) 11  
194 how? word info peehea   11  
195 no, not te   111  
16 intestines kaatae   12  
106 snake kata (generic) Phonologically irregular 12  
155 long word info rooroa (s.) 12, 105  
54 man/male tanata (s.) 12, 14  
64 to say hai (s.) 127  
20 to know, be knowledgeable iloa (s.) 13  
57 husband aavana also: wife 13  
88 to squeeze word info ttau (s.) 13  
105 tail moihuku   13  
112 rotten word info para (meat, flesh) 13  
112 rotten word info varevare (tuber, rice) 13  
145 smoke word info kohu (from distance, a column of, also steam, vapour) 13  
160 painful, sick ihu (s.) 13  
160 painful, sick isu (s.) 13  
180 far mmao (s.) 13  
191 all katoo   13  
67 to sew word info ttui (s.) 13, 16  
61 house hare   14  
102 rat kimoa   14  
103 meat/flesh kanohi   14  
112 rotten word info popo (wood, iron) 14  
127 woods/forest vao   14  
134 thunder hatturi   14  
164 good tau-rekareka (s.) 14  
81 sharp kaa (s.) 14, 15  
66 to tie up, fasten haka-mau (fasten, attach; close, a container with a lid) 149  
8 to turn word info huri (s.) 15  
8 to turn word info tahuri (s.) 15  
32 tongue arero   15  
71 to stab, pierce vvoro (with a spear) 15  
51 to sit noho (s.) 16  
186 you koutou (pl.) 16  
78 to cut, hack word info ttuu (s.) 17  
89 to hold word info taaohi (s.) (?) 17  
66 to tie up, fasten taka (fasten, a loincloth) 17?  
36 to spit haavare (s.) 18  
36 to spit saavare (s.) 18  
47 to yawn maava (s.) 19, 39  
39 to cook word info haka-rere (in pan) 2  
52 to stand tuu (s.) 2  
93 to pound, beat word info tuki (swamp taro) 2  
115 root aka (generic) 2  
115 root patiaka (surface roots), 2  
122 water word info vai   2  
135 lightning uira (bolt) 2  
145 smoke word info au (close, causing one's eyes to smart) 2  
192 and ma (noun phrases) 2  
209 One Hundred word info rau   2  
185 we word info maatou (excl.) 2, 39  
132 fog nehu   22  
42 to suck uu (breast milk) 25  
190 other raa (preposed, following articles) 25  
190 other laa (preposed, following articles) 25  
83 to work word info hekau (s.) 26  
157 thick word info maatoru (a leaf) 3  
204 Eight word info varu   3  
207 Twenty word info tipu rua   3  
181 where? word info i hee   3, 35  
181 where? word info i hea   3, 35  
87 to swell word info pupuu (s.) 30  
179 near taupiri mai (s.) 30  
121 sand kerekere   30, 74  
153 big ha-mataku (s.) 31  
172 to climb word info kake (s.) 32  
156 thin word info tua-rikiriki (a rope) 34  
140 dry word info pakupaku (s.) a & b 38  
141 wet para (s.) also: rotten (about meat and flesh) 38  
82 dull, blunt matapuupuu (?) 39, 49  
23 blood toto   4  
84 to plant toki (s.) 4, 5  
26 hair word info rauru   40  
18 breast hatahata (chest) 41  
197 One word info tahi (counting) 41  
197 One word info hokotasi (reporting) 41  
197 One word info hokotahi (reporting) 41  
29 to sniff, smell sunu (s.) 45?  
29 to sniff, smell hunu (s.) 45?  
142 heavy taenaha (s.) 46, 66  
159 wide raharaha (s.) 48  
161 shy, ashamed napa (s.) 48  
30 mouth pukua   49  
9 to swim kkau (s.) 5  
73 to steal huu (s.) also: hide, conceal 5  
80 to split word info hhaa (wood, hard things) 5  
98 egg hua   5  
99 feather paraa   5  
156 thin word info rrahi (a leaf) 5  
174 in, inside i loto   5  
174 in, inside i roto   5  
193 if ki mee   5  
205 Nine word info siva   5  
206 Ten word info hanahuru   5  
3 right maua   5, 37?  
205 Nine word info sivo   5, 43  
112 rotten word info mmahi L from Micronesian lgs 50 L
15 bone ivi   52, 5  
118 grass mouku   58  
5 to walk haare (s.) 6  
56 child tama   6  
63 name inoa   6  
76 to live, be alive ora (s.) 6  
196 to count ppau (s.) 63  
178 that raa (3rd pers.) 65  
68 needle tui (also awl) 66  
152 small puna-rikiriki (s.) 66  
146 ash rehu   67  
69 to hunt word info aahi (turtles) 6?  
50 to dream moe (s.) 7  
80 to split word info ttohi (soft things, as coconut sprout) 7  
86 to grow word info somo (plants) 7  
86 to grow word info homo (plants) 7  
87 to swell word info hhura (s.) 7  
129 moon marama   7  
168 day raa day (of the week) 7  
49 to lie down word info takoto (s.) 7, 10  
65 rope tuaa-uka (a kind of) 73  
65 rope uka (small, also string, cord, sinew, veins) 73  
65 rope haha (to steer sail with) 74  
65 rope kaha (braided of coconut fibre) 74  
62 thatch/roof tua hare   77  
94 to throw word info riaki (s.) 79, 127  
35 to vomit lua   8  
35 to vomit rua   8  
38 to chew word info nau (s.)' 8  
58 wife aavana also: husband 8  
137 to blow word info ani a. (gently) 8  
148 white maatea   8  
166 correct, true tonu (s.) 8  
176 below i laro   8  
176 below i raro   8  
74 to kill tiinai (s.) 82  
41 to bite takiluu   83  
188 what? word info heaa   83  
158 narrow tuu-rikiriki   84  
158 narrow tuu-rikiriki   84  
112 rotten word info vii (soup, toddy) 85  
14 belly manava   9  
21 to think maanatu (s.) 9  
77 to scratch word info rraku (s.) scratch with a nail 9  
77 to scratch word info rakuraku (s.) with claws 9  
94 to throw word info ttiri (s.) 9  
107 worm (earthworm) tama-kerekere   9  
154 short word info potopoto (s.) 9  
175 above i aruna   9  
91 to buy taauvi (s.) 9, 13  
150 yellow vai-ano   9?  
42 to suck homohomo (one's fingers) x  
42 to suck umiumi (one's fingers) x  
186 you kourua (dual) x  
187 they raaua (dual) frequently unmarked x  
187 they laaua (dual) frequently unmarked x  

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