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Language: Jawe

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:jaz  Glottocode: jawe1237 
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:Northern:North:Nemi 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
10 dirty      
12 skin      
15 bone      
22 to fear      
28 to breathe      
33 to laugh      
34 to cry      
36 to spit      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
41 to bite      
47 to yawn      
51 to sit      
52 to stand      
57 husband      
58 wife      
63 name      
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info      
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
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      
94 to throw word info      
98 egg      
99 feather      
100 wing      
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail      
106 snake      
108 louse word info      
112 rotten word info      
116 flower      
118 grass      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
132 fog      
137 to blow word info      
142 heavy      
144 to burn word info      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
169 year      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
189 who? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
194 how? word info      
208 Fifty word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
60 father caun   45  
139 cold word info caxuk   12  
29 to sniff, smell caᵐbi   117  
93 to pound, beat word info caᵐbi   68  
59 mother cen   1  
167 night gen   1  
163 new guakaʝa   53  
13 back word info jai n   12  
124 sea jat̪ik   1  
185 we word info je      
3 right jelen xe juein   24  
2 left jelen xe mo:n   1, 59  
43 ear jene n   1  
14 belly jie n   1  
166 correct, true juxejuk   99  
53 person/human being kac like   4  
54 man/male kalo n   22  
102 rat kat̪ava   5  
54 man/male kaʝuk   22  
96 dog ke kaɲ   43  
49 to lie down word info kego   1?  
17 liver kei n   1  
72 to hit word info keliek   112  
165 bad, evil kenuk      
48 to sleep keuleŋ   111  
195 no, not koi   45  
121 sand kon   1  
164 good kop   53  
37 to eat kun   1, 16  
37 to eat kuni   1, 16  
23 blood kura n   45, 1  
133 rain kut̪   1  
32 tongue kuvema n   14, 7  
40 to drink kuⁿduk   6  
187 they le   1, 70  
183 thou m   27  
192 and ma   2  
62 thatch/roof main ŋa   52  
75 to die, be dead maxiᵐboan   1, 44  
79 stick/wood maʝan cek   46, 47  
149 red mi:a   1, 55  
152 small moaɲ      
141 wet moguk   115  
184 he/she n   1, 6  
109 mosquito naguk   1  
56 child nain   5, 52  
110 spider nak   94  
50 to dream nep   1, 60  
131 cloud word info neɲ   3  
205 Nine word info ni ʰpoec      
201 Five word info nim   1, 15  
209 One Hundred word info nim kac      
202 Six word info nisec      
203 Seven word info niseluk      
204 Eight word info nisen      
134 thunder niuk   43  
25 neck no n   18  
46 to see noen      
111 fish nuk   9  
120 stone paik   1  
206 Ten word info paiⁿdu   12  
31 tooth paʝea n   21  
64 to say peci   166  
130 star piuk   1  
128 sky poa   75  
193 if poane   23, 12  
117 fruit poen   1  
97 bird poen manik   1  
5 to walk poeno   2  
148 white pulo   3  
26 hair word info pun ᵐboa n   31  
150 yellow puɲ   91  
151 green puɲen cek   19?  
197 One word info sec   14  
207 Twenty word info sec kac      
198 Two word info seluk   1  
199 Three word info sen   1  
188 what? word info sue ve   23?  
179 near suk   57  
101 to fly t̪an   90  
92 to open, uncover t̪ari      
95 to fall word info t̪awa   133  
170 when? word info t̪en   78  
44 to hear t̪ena   80  
156 thin word info t̪erep   63  
84 to plant t̪eu   46?  
8 to turn word info t̪’eruⁿdei      
78 to cut, hack word info t̪’eᵐbuna   135  
18 breast t̪’i n   1  
45 eye t̪’ivae n   34  
35 to vomit uja   1  
162 old word info uⁿden   65  
162 old word info va’i   71  
115 root wa:n   2  
122 water word info we   2  
186 you we   1  
65 rope weᵐbiʝi   2  
182 I ŋ   1  
61 house ŋa   1  
55 woman/female ŋanen      
30 mouth ɣʷa n   36  
129 moon ɣʷanuk   71  
6 road/path ɣʷaran   5, 1?  
27 nose ɣʷaⁿdi n   14  
85 to choose ɲamui   7  
143 fire ʝak   1?  
140 dry word info ʝaᵐboat̪   52  
181 where? word info ʝe pe   3  
174 in, inside ʝe ren   1, 15  
145 smoke word info ʰmu   2, 76  
11 dust ʰmun guc   105, 1  
55 woman/female ʰnemo   119  
160 painful, sick ʰpalik   38  
40 to drink ʰpelo   67  
196 to count ʰpina   26  
200 Four word info ʰpoec   1, 65  
147 black ʰpom      
135 lightning ʰɲoni   95  
107 worm (earthworm) ᵐbe   11  
185 we word info ᵐbe      
24 head ᵐboa n   9  
4 leg/foot ᵐboan kare’e n   1  
1 hand ᵐboan kare’i n   11  
19 shoulder ᵐbu n   37  
153 big ’ac   7  
21 to think ’arat̪      
4 leg/foot ’e n   1  
7 to come ’eme   1  
1 hand ’i n   11  
113 branch word info ’i n   59  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ’ina   116  
138 warm word info ’inu   11  
9 to swim ’iom   97  
180 far ’o:t̪   97  
16 intestines ’oŋe n   33  
157 thick word info ’uju   28  
136 wind ⁿda:   1  
146 ash ⁿdap   1  
168 day ⁿdeni mala   1, 54  
119 earth/soil ⁿdilic   1  
42 to suck ⁿdit̪   25  
114 leaf ⁿdon   1  
68 needle ⁿdu ᵐboek   44  

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