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Language: Letemboi (Nevatanyene)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nms  Glottocode: lete1241 
Notes:  Transcription -- broad -- done with standard IPA with the exception that [ᴅ] was represented as "dʳ". 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Aviva Shimelman  Checked By: Aviva Shimelman 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Malekula Interior:Small Nambas 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
5 to walk      
6 road/path      
7 to come      
8 to turn word info      
39 to cook word info      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
47 to yawn      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream      
53 person/human being      
57 husband      
58 wife      
60 father      
63 name      
64 to say      
65 rope      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
90 to dig      
93 to pound, beat word info      
99 feather      
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease      
110 spider      
116 flower      
117 fruit      
118 grass      
123 to flow      
124 sea      
125 salt      
126 lake      
132 fog      
135 lightning      
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info      
141 wet      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
166 correct, true      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
173 at      
177 this      
178 that      
183 thou      
184 he/she      
185 we word info      
186 you      
187 they      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
10 dirty taːᵐbɛᵑgɛse      
96 dog naɣiluts      
114 leaf na-avus      
16 intestines nɛ-sən   1  
22 to fear ne-mɛtakme   1  
23 blood ɛⁿdre   1  
44 to hear -rɛŋa   1  
45 eye ɛ-mɛt-   1  
61 house ne-mɔ   1  
70 to shoot word info -vini   1  
75 to die, be dead -mæs   1  
79 stick/wood na-iga   1  
91 to buy -βul   1  
97 bird na-man   1  
108 louse word info na-agʊt   1  
111 fish na-iga   1  
119 earth/soil nɛ-tɛnɛ   1  
120 stone nɛ-vat   1  
130 star ɛ-vunəvʊt   1  
147 black -mɛtlɛmɛt   1  
163 new vovo   1  
165 bad, evil -sɛde   1  
188 what? word info nɛva   1  
196 to count -ᵐbuluᵑk   1  
198 Two word info i-rua   1  
198 Two word info i-rua   1  
199 Three word info -tul   1  
199 Three word info -tul   1  
201 Five word info i-ləmɛ   1  
201 Five word info i-ləmɛ   1  
162 old word info wutiɛne   1, 118?  
43 ear ɛ-ⁿdɛlɛg-   1, 40  
18 breast na-asis   1, 55  
149 red miɛlɛ   1, 55  
62 thatch/roof a-rauiɛte   1, 61  
80 to split word info -takɛᵐbarvar   1, 62  
19 shoulder nɛ-ᵐbʷosvɛre   1, 65  
76 to live, be alive -maur   1, 76  
121 sand a-movəsuan   1, 77  
30 mouth ə-ᵐbəŋ-   1, 81?  
182 I aŋɛnɛ   1, 21, 22  
31 tooth nɛ-lɛb   1, 35  
40 to drink -mʊn   1, 49  
27 nose ᵑgars-   1, 50  
2 left mʷoir   1, 59  
200 Four word info i-vas   1, 65  
200 Four word info i-vas   1, 65  
195 no, not isgai   10  
153 big lɛᵐbɛⁿdʳau   10, 84  
148 white -βoβolau   101, 102  
66 to tie up, fasten -tu-   102  
78 to cut, hack word info -ᵑgaras   102  
140 dry word info tɛrɛmɛsɛ   11  
175 above lɛmɛsau   11  
13 back word info nɛ-taːg-   12  
38 to chew word info -gasɪŋas   12  
106 snake na-mʷotɛ   12  
164 good -ⁿdɛŋəmɛ   123  
28 to breathe -ᵑgɛrɛ   13  
67 to sew word info -tr   13  
46 to see -li   14  
81 sharp -maᵑgan   14, 79  
1 hand nɛ-vɛra-   16  
21 to think -navo-   16  
59 mother aⁿde   17  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -ⁿdraŋ-   19  
143 fire na-ɣam   19  
133 rain na-uer   1?  
113 branch word info ɛ-saŋə   2  
115 root a-waːrnə   2  
172 to climb word info -sak   2  
52 to stand -tuare   2, 63  
55 woman/female je-tɘβʷʌte   24  
92 to open, uncover -sɛvan   24  
12 skin na-wivɪnɪs   28  
189 who? word info aimat   2?  
102 rat a-asua   3, 77  
3 right boraŋənə   30  
26 hair word info nɛ-vɛl-   31  
131 cloud word info na-map   32  
4 leg/foot na-ᵐbulɛ-   33  
202 Six word info i-lausua   33  
202 Six word info i-lausua   33  
181 where? word info iosɛ   34  
89 to hold word info -burɛndau The prenasalization is a morphematic feature 34, 88  
89 to hold word info -burɛndau   34, 88  
89 to hold word info -burɛndau   34, 88  
109 mosquito a-togas   38, 48  
100 wing ɛ-vɛlɛgaunɛ   38, 69, 70  
137 to blow word info -upiup   4, 81  
51 to sit -sɛmᵇ   40  
171 to hide word info -lumʷolumʷok   40  
176 below vɛnɛ   41  
25 neck ɛ-ⁿdɛl-   42  
36 to spit -mɛmsɪr   42  
167 night luvote   42  
150 yellow lʉtlʉt   43  
151 green mɛrmɛr   43  
37 to eat -tautau   45  
83 to work word info -rak   46  
174 in, inside vanua   49  
197 One word info i-sua   5  
14 belly na-aβt-   5, 15  
206 Ten word info la:βɪn   5, 8  
122 water word info ne-ɛᵐʙ   50  
73 to steal -merəg   52  
144 to burn word info -nɛnɛ   58  
129 moon ɛ-ᵐbaše   6  
168 day laran   6  
84 to plant -ᵑgawak   60  
34 to cry -uarɛtɛ   61  
127 woods/forest na-iⁿduɔ   61  
194 how? word info itɛmʷok   62  
128 sky nɛ-mɛsau   63  
180 far lɛk   64  
82 dull, blunt -ᵐbuk   64, 65  
29 to sniff, smell -mus-   65  
11 dust na-ᵐboniapsɛle   66  
152 small rɘxβmɜ   66, 117  
87 to swell word info -lɛᵐbe   67  
98 egg na-movi   67  
107 worm (earthworm) ɛ-ⁿtɛlas   68, 64  
32 tongue ɛ-mɛluw-   7, 42  
17 liver maːmbora   7, 53  
77 to scratch word info -ᵑgaiᵑgai   71  
15 bone nɛ-βʷigai   72  
74 to kill -rabis ᵐbin   74, 1  
101 to fly -al   75  
105 tail ɛ-bɛlɛᵐbusne   76, 64  
146 ash ɛ-mosuane   77  
56 child teɪᵐbulai   78  
136 wind ɛ-mɛlasɛ   78  
142 heavy laᵐb Problematic: the same form as wet? 79  
142 heavy laᵐb   79  
142 heavy laᵐb   79  
9 to swim -lɛlɛsɛ   8  
35 to vomit -lualua   8  
134 thunder a-aᵐbɛlɛ   82  
94 to throw word info -guᵐʙuk   84  
33 to laugh -bɪsɛᵑgal   84, 49  
72 to hit word info -rabis   86, 100  
24 head ɛ-ᵐbʷat-   9  
179 near saŋasaŋa   90  
112 rotten word info ᵑgɛtɛ   93, 95  
54 man/male ɛ-mægʊt   94  
145 smoke word info nɛ-ⁿdɛŋə   94  
160 painful, sick ᵑgəlɛte   94  
95 to fall word info -rak   95  
48 to sleep -ᵑgaːs   97  

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