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Language: Ajiø

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:aji  Glottocode: ajie1238 
Notes:  Leenhardt, Maurice. 1946. Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie 
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Transcription converteⁿd to IPA based on author's phonetic descriptions.

Except: some vowels;
[r̃] = "dental nasalised liquid"; and
[’], which I assume to be glottal stop but the author does not explicitly discuss.
 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Mary Walworth & John Lynch  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:New Caledonian:Southern:South:Wailic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand kowi ø xerua   28  
2 left e ⁿdara   29  
3 right e gamë   60  
4 leg/foot kowi ø xeria   54  
5 to walk vana   2  
6 road/path weʝe   30  
7 to come mi   1  
8 to turn word info pugewe   92?  
9 to swim u   5  
10 dirty      
11 dust purujë   20, 6  
12 skin      
13 back word info ⁿdɛ ɛ   82  
14 belly poe e   36  
15 bone      
16 intestines koena e   82  
17 liver kamere e   62  
18 breast mɛsã e   8, 60  
19 shoulder ᵐbegunu e   64  
20 to know, be knowledgeable t̪awai   1  
21 to think ᵐbara   101  
22 to fear      
23 blood wara xiø   65, 1  
24 head goa e   9  
25 neck koegunu e   23  
26 hair word info punugoa e   31  
27 nose kʷi ø   11  
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell t̪apɛ   113  
30 mouth newã e   36  
31 tooth pewa e   21  
32 tongue koromɛ ɛ   14, 7  
33 to laugh      
34 to cry      
35 to vomit go:ru   39?  
36 to spit      
37 to eat      
37 to eat ara   39  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
40 to drink wa   66  
40 to drink waʝo   66  
41 to bite      
42 to suck ji   25  
43 ear ᵐboⁿde e   16  
44 to hear poer̃e   7  
44 to hear t̪apɛ      
45 eye piemɛ ɛ   31, 1  
46 to see rʃi      
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep kuru veine      
49 to lie down word info kuru   1  
50 to dream ŋøxë   64  
51 to sit      
52 to stand      
53 person/human being kamo xiø   93  
54 man/male wi      
54 man/male wi xiø      
55 woman/female ᵐboe   1?  
55 woman/female ᵐboɛ xiø   1?  
56 child osari xiø      
56 child ole e      
57 husband kui e   2  
58 wife kui e   1, 53  
59 mother pani ø   1, 45  
60 father pøva xiø   37  
61 house moa   1  
62 thatch/roof ⁿdeo:   1, 61  
63 name      
64 to say er̃e   165  
65 rope koe   25  
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle kaju      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info rʃovoxɛ   11  
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead mɛt̪e   1  
75 to die, be dead   1  
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info      
78 to cut, hack word info ke   133  
78 to cut, hack word info si   131  
79 stick/wood ùrù   7  
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant nai   44  
85 to choose paᵐbiri   42  
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover cĩi   78  
93 to pound, beat word info rʃa   66  
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info ᵐbei   128  
95 to fall word info ma   128  
96 dog lova      
96 dog t̪aua   45  
97 bird mùr̃ù   1  
98 egg      
99 feather      
100 wing      
101 to fly ce   93  
102 rat ᵐbarawe   1  
102 rat sipù   3  
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail      
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm) kavea      
108 louse word info      
109 mosquito na   1  
110 spider naᵐbo   91  
111 fish exoa   1  
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info jiø   15  
114 leaf ⁿdø e   1  
115 root koɛ ɛ   2, 41, 42  
116 flower      
117 fruit poẽ ɛ   1  
118 grass      
119 earth/soil   1  
120 stone pesa      
121 sand ⁿda:we   15  
122 water word info rʃë   1  
123 to flow      
124 sea nekuie   18  
124 sea nerʃë mai   23  
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky neko   35  
129 moon varui   21  
130 star arawire   28, 16?  
131 cloud word info ko:   12  
132 fog      
133 rain koa   27?  
134 thunder noro   2  
135 lightning kasø   1  
136 wind kasa      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info maxɛ   108  
138 warm word info pixe   37  
139 cold word info kieo   127  
140 dry word info meri   1  
141 wet ⁿdi   111  
142 heavy      
143 fire kemoru   45  
144 to burn word info      
145 smoke word info puru kemoru   89  
146 ash ⁿdɛ   1  
147 black ᵐboere   90  
148 white ue   22  
148 white   121  
149 red mi:   1, 55  
150 yellow mi:   x  
150 yellow kakoⁿdøxaru   96, 88  
151 green kono   44  
152 small sari      
153 big kau   101  
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info aranaᵐbi   60  
157 thick word info sivɛ      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick pei mɛ   51, 1  
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info mᵐbear̃i   16  
162 old word info joe   29  
163 new ⁿdovo   18  
164 good ø   53  
165 bad, evil sane      
166 correct, true avar̃i   1?  
167 night ᵐboe   1  
168 day karẽ   6?  
169 year      
170 when? word info ani   1  
170 when? word info waneʝe   1  
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside ro   1  
174 in, inside roi   1  
174 in, inside ru   1  
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near t̪o ve uᵐba   109  
180 far mai   96  
180 far t̪o ve mai   96  
181 where? word info we   3  
181 where? word info ari      
182 I ɲa   1, 22?  
183 thou i   1  
184 he/she e   1  
184 he/she ø   1  
185 we word info re      
185 we word info ve      
186 you   1  
187 they re   1, 70  
188 what? word info jiø   1  
188 what? word info jø wene   1  
189 who? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and ma   2  
193 if ki   86  
194 how? word info      
195 no, not ae   10  
196 to count vana   26  
197 One word info rʃa   14  
197 One word info rʃaxa   14  
198 Two word info karu   1  
199 Three word info kariri   1  
200 Four word info kavue   1, 65  
201 Five word info kani   1, 15  
202 Six word info kani na ma rʃaxa      
203 Seven word info kani na ma karu      
204 Eight word info kani na ma kariri      
205 Nine word info kani na ma kavue      
206 Ten word info paroro   12  
207 Twenty word info t̪awerɛ rʃa kamo      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info kani kamo      
210 One Thousand word info      

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