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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      
101 to fly -al   75  
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  
33 to laugh -bɪsɛᵑgal   84, 49  
38 to chew word info -gasɪŋas   12  
94 to throw word info -guᵐʙuk   84  
46 to see -li   14  
35 to vomit -lualua   8  
171 to hide word info -lumʷolumʷok   40  
9 to swim -lɛlɛsɛ   8  
87 to swell word info -lɛᵐbe   67  
76 to live, be alive -maur   1, 76  
81 sharp -maᵑgan   14, 79  
73 to steal -merəg   52  
29 to sniff, smell -mus-   65  
75 to die, be dead -mæs   1  
36 to spit -mɛmsɪr   42  
147 black -mɛtlɛmɛt   1  
40 to drink -mʊn   1, 49  
21 to think -navo-   16  
144 to burn word info -nɛnɛ   58  
72 to hit word info -rabis   86, 100  
74 to kill -rabis ᵐbin   74, 1  
83 to work word info -rak   46  
95 to fall word info -rak   95  
44 to hear -rɛŋa   1  
172 to climb word info -sak   2  
165 bad, evil -sɛde   1  
51 to sit -sɛmᵇ   40  
92 to open, uncover -sɛvan   24  
80 to split word info -takɛᵐbarvar   1, 62  
37 to eat -tautau   45  
67 to sew word info -tr   13  
66 to tie up, fasten -tu-   102  
52 to stand -tuare   2, 63  
199 Three word info -tul   1  
199 Three word info -tul   1  
34 to cry -uarɛtɛ   61  
137 to blow word info -upiup   4, 81  
70 to shoot word info -vini   1  
148 white -βoβolau   101, 102  
91 to buy -βul   1  
82 dull, blunt -ᵐbuk   64, 65  
196 to count -ᵐbuluᵑk   1  
77 to scratch word info -ᵑgaiᵑgai   71  
78 to cut, hack word info -ᵑgaras   102  
84 to plant -ᵑgawak   60  
48 to sleep -ᵑgaːs   97  
28 to breathe -ᵑgɛrɛ   13  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -ⁿdraŋ-   19  
164 good -ⁿdɛŋəmɛ   123  
102 rat a-asua   3, 77  
134 thunder a-aᵐbɛlɛ   82  
121 sand a-movəsuan   1, 77  
62 thatch/roof a-rauiɛte   1, 61  
109 mosquito a-togas   38, 48  
115 root a-waːrnə   2  
189 who? word info aimat   2?  
182 I aŋɛnɛ   1, 21, 22  
59 mother aⁿde   17  
3 right boraŋənə   30  
202 Six word info i-lausua   33  
202 Six word info i-lausua   33  
201 Five word info i-ləmɛ   1  
201 Five word info i-ləmɛ   1  
198 Two word info i-rua   1  
198 Two word info i-rua   1  
197 One word info i-sua   5  
200 Four word info i-vas   1, 65  
200 Four word info i-vas   1, 65  
181 where? word info iosɛ   34  
195 no, not isgai   10  
194 how? word info itɛmʷok   62  
55 woman/female je-tɘβʷʌte   24  
206 Ten word info la:βɪn   5, 8  
168 day laran   6  
142 heavy laᵐb Problematic: the same form as wet? 79  
142 heavy laᵐb   79  
142 heavy laᵐb   79  
167 night luvote   42  
180 far lɛk   64  
175 above lɛmɛsau   11  
153 big lɛᵐbɛⁿdʳau   10, 84  
150 yellow lʉtlʉt   43  
17 liver maːmbora   7, 53  
149 red miɛlɛ   1, 55  
151 green mɛrmɛr   43  
2 left mʷoir   1, 59  
108 louse word info na-agʊt   1  
18 breast na-asis   1, 55  
114 leaf na-avus      
14 belly na-aβt-   5, 15  
79 stick/wood na-iga   1  
111 fish na-iga   1  
127 woods/forest na-iⁿduɔ   61  
97 bird na-man   1  
131 cloud word info na-map   32  
98 egg na-movi   67  
106 snake na-mʷotɛ   12  
133 rain na-uer   1?  
12 skin na-wivɪnɪs   28  
143 fire na-ɣam   19  
11 dust na-ᵐboniapsɛle   66  
4 leg/foot na-ᵐbulɛ-   33  
96 dog naɣiluts      
61 house ne-mɔ   1  
22 to fear ne-mɛtakme   1  
122 water word info ne-ɛᵐʙ   50  
31 tooth nɛ-lɛb   1, 35  
128 sky nɛ-mɛsau   63  
16 intestines nɛ-sən   1  
13 back word info nɛ-taːg-   12  
119 earth/soil nɛ-tɛnɛ   1  
120 stone nɛ-vat   1  
26 hair word info nɛ-vɛl-   31  
1 hand nɛ-vɛra-   16  
15 bone nɛ-βʷigai   72  
19 shoulder nɛ-ᵐbʷosvɛre   1, 65  
145 smoke word info nɛ-ⁿdɛŋə   94  
188 what? word info nɛva   1  
152 small rɘxβmɜ   66, 117  
179 near saŋasaŋa   90  
10 dirty taːᵐbɛᵑgɛse      
56 child teɪᵐbulai   78  
140 dry word info tɛrɛmɛsɛ   11  
174 in, inside vanua   49  
163 new vovo   1  
176 below vɛnɛ   41  
162 old word info wutiɛne   1, 118?  
30 mouth ə-ᵐbəŋ-   1, 81?  
105 tail ɛ-bɛlɛᵐbusne   76, 64  
146 ash ɛ-mosuane   77  
54 man/male ɛ-mægʊt   94  
136 wind ɛ-mɛlasɛ   78  
32 tongue ɛ-mɛluw-   7, 42  
45 eye ɛ-mɛt-   1  
113 branch word info ɛ-saŋə   2  
130 star ɛ-vunəvʊt   1  
100 wing ɛ-vɛlɛgaunɛ   38, 69, 70  
129 moon ɛ-ᵐbaše   6  
24 head ɛ-ᵐbʷat-   9  
25 neck ɛ-ⁿdɛl-   42  
43 ear ɛ-ⁿdɛlɛg-   1, 40  
107 worm (earthworm) ɛ-ⁿtɛlas   68, 64  
23 blood ɛⁿdre   1  
27 nose ᵑgars-   1, 50  
160 painful, sick ᵑgəlɛte   94  
112 rotten word info ᵑgɛtɛ   93, 95  

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