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

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