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Language: Mekeo, North-West

Source/Author:  Schlossberg (2012) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mek  Glottocode: nort2851 
Notes:  Schlossberg's data come from various sources.
See Schlossberg 2012 for details 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Malcolm Ross  Checked By: Malcolm Ross 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Peripheral:Central Papuan:West Central Papuan:Nuclear 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
8 to turn word info      
18 breast      
19 shoulder      
28 to breathe      
34 to cry      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
58 wife      
61 house      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
70 to shoot word info      
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead      
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info      
78 to cut, hack word info      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
102 rat      
109 mosquito      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
116 flower      
132 fog      
134 thunder      
135 lightning      
137 to blow word info      
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed      
168 day      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
175 above      
176 below      
197 One word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand ima   1, 65  
2 left apeŋau-gai-na      
3 right gaiu-gai-na      
4 leg/foot au   80  
5 to walk vea      
6 road/path enene      
7 to come mai   1  
9 to swim ŋau   51  
10 dirty opu   21  
11 dust kaŋapa      
12 skin pa   54  
13 back word info oa   110  
14 belly ina   19, 34  
15 bone uŋia-ŋa   40  
16 intestines ŋua   90  
17 liver ake   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable oŋo   19  
21 to think ovo      
22 to fear maniki   87  
23 blood ipa   63  
24 head gania   79  
25 neck eku   30  
26 hair word info pupu      
27 nose gua   1  
29 to sniff, smell poŋa   42  
30 mouth age   15  
31 tooth nia   24  
32 tongue maea   7  
33 to laugh aka      
35 to vomit uŋa   7  
36 to spit kuve   19, 88  
37 to eat ani   1  
40 to drink inu   1  
41 to bite aŋa   1  
42 to suck mika      
43 ear aina   1  
44 to hear oŋo   1, 36  
45 eye ma   1  
46 to see ia   1  
48 to sleep pi      
49 to lie down word info ga-givo   103  
51 to sit aŋu   159  
52 to stand ava   42  
53 person/human being au   1  
54 man/male maŋuvaŋa   1, 69  
55 woman/female vavie   1, 120  
56 child imi   95  
57 husband agawa   2  
59 mother ina   1  
60 father ama   1  
63 name aga   1, 18  
64 to say kavi      
65 rope ue   89  
66 to tie up, fasten ŋove   141  
67 to sew word info iŋi-a      
69 to hunt word info kala      
71 to stab, pierce pau-ŋa   7  
72 to hit word info u-ŋa   50  
89 to hold word info api-a   23  
90 to dig avi-a   59  
94 to throw word info kapo   98  
95 to fall word info kua-lai   39  
95 to fall word info voi   127  
96 dog auke   41  
97 bird ini      
98 egg aina   1  
99 feather pupu-ŋa   1  
100 wing vani   2  
101 to fly ŋovo   1  
103 meat/flesh maki      
104 fat/grease oko   22  
105 tail aŋe      
106 snake paevo      
107 worm (earthworm) kakimu      
108 louse word info moka      
111 fish uimaki-na      
112 rotten word info mami      
114 leaf ŋaŋau   1  
115 root ŋamuŋamu   3  
117 fruit vua   1  
118 grass gavina      
119 earth/soil aŋo   1  
120 stone gevo   14  
121 sand ŋoau      
122 water word info ui   2  
123 to flow givo   81  
124 sea aku   19  
125 salt tsitsimalu   14  
126 lake ovu-oa   15  
127 woods/forest anioŋa      
128 sky upa   17  
129 moon ŋawa   13  
130 star mikimiki   87  
131 cloud word info agu-agu      
133 rain kimu   12  
136 wind kamakama      
138 warm word info kakaŋa      
139 cold word info kamakama   79  
140 dry word info oŋoŋo   114  
141 wet pika      
142 heavy miu   48  
143 fire moiva      
144 to burn word info aŋa   17  
144 to burn word info uma      
145 smoke word info agu   2  
146 ash umu   92  
147 black umu   18  
148 white gagaeŋa      
149 red vitoŋa   37  
150 yellow lopaŋa   87  
151 green uŋiŋiŋa      
152 small titino      
152 small kikino      
153 big mau      
154 short word info potoa   9  
154 short word info pokoa   9  
155 long word info maeaŋa      
156 thin word info manivina   1  
157 thick word info kapua   69  
158 narrow manivi      
159 wide paŋava      
162 old word info uei-na   1  
163 new mamaŋa   19  
164 good lovia-ŋa      
165 bad, evil avaea   113  
166 correct, true goa   50  
167 night ŋavi   21  
169 year kinivo   87  
170 when? word info ŋaiga   1  
173 at -ai   12  
174 in, inside o-ŋa-ai      
177 this ike      
178 that eke      
179 near keŋaimo   106  
180 far kauŋai abaea      
181 where? word info gavai   3  
182 I iu   1, 21  
183 thou oi   1  
184 he/she ia   1  
185 we word info ika      
185 we word info ai      
186 you oi   19  
187 they ia      
188 what? word info gavaŋu      
189 who? word info gai   1  
190 other ikoi-na   65  
191 all mako   94  
192 and ge   63  
193 if aia-ma      
194 how? word info gai go      
195 no, not maini      
196 to count va-kaoa   29  
198 Two word info iŋa   1  
198 Two word info uŋa   1  
199 Three word info kokapuŋa      
200 Four word info vani   1, 69  
201 Five word info ima   1  

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