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Language: Moeneᵐbeŋ

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:msq  Glottocode: caac1237 
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:Extreme Northern 
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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      
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      
150 yellow      
151 green      
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      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
8 to turn word info ᵐbeveni aᵐbur vor      
21 to think a’aia      
37 to eat ’u      
48 to sleep koileŋ      
50 to dream nin      
55 woman/female t̪evo      
55 woman/female t̪evo      
62 thatch/roof gun ᵐboan moa      
72 to hit word info caᵐbi      
75 to die, be dead pu ᵐboeri vaɛn      
85 to choose weⁿdoio      
152 small kaᵐbe      
181 where? word info io      
185 we word info ɲa      
185 we word info a      
193 if neave      
202 Six word info eni cec      
203 Seven word info eniⁿdu      
204 Eight word info eni jin      
205 Nine word info eni pac      
209 One Hundred word info t̪ara nim ac      
4 leg/foot e n   1  
7 to come ome   1  
14 belly ji n   1  
17 liver ki: n   1  
18 breast t̪i n   1  
35 to vomit muja   1  
43 ear jeni n   1  
60 father camen   1  
61 house moa   1  
97 bird meni   1  
109 mosquito neᵐbʷic   1  
114 leaf ⁿdeun   1  
117 fruit poen   1  
119 earth/soil ⁿdilic   1  
120 stone peic   1  
121 sand o:n   1  
130 star piu:k   1  
133 rain kola   1  
136 wind ⁿda:   1  
146 ash ⁿdep   1  
160 painful, sick mac   1  
167 night ᵐbʷin   1  
182 I ɲ   1  
186 you wa   1  
188 what? word info ⁿda   1  
198 Two word info eru   1  
199 Three word info ecin   1  
201 Five word info nim   1, 15  
149 red mi:a   1, 55  
184 he/she n   1, 6  
200 Four word info e pac   1, 65  
187 they a   1, 70?  
59 mother ɲajo   1, 83  
58 wife ʝawen   102, 5  
195 no, not ᵐburo   103  
1 hand i n   11  
107 worm (earthworm) ᵐbe   11  
138 warm word info nu   11  
141 wet makar   115  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ’ina   116  
139 cold word info caᵐbuk   12  
206 Ten word info paiⁿdu   12  
78 to cut, hack word info t̪amuna   135  
2 left omeɲa   14  
27 nose mʷaⁿdi n   14  
197 One word info cec   14  
32 tongue kumen   14, 7  
174 in, inside nen   15  
64 to say eli   165  
25 neck noɲa   18  
49 to lie down word info kogo   1?  
5 to walk iamoan   2  
65 rope wer   2  
115 root wa:n   2  
122 water word info we   2  
192 and ma   2  
57 husband alo n   2, 31  
11 dust ai pum   20  
31 tooth peiõ n   21  
54 man/male alek   22  
54 man/male alek   22  
3 right jure iɲa   24  
196 to count vina   26  
183 thou m   27  
157 thick word info uju   28  
102 rat ciᵐbʷi   3  
131 cloud word info neɲ   3  
148 white fulo   3  
26 hair word info pun ᵐboa n   31  
45 eye t̪ivã n   34  
30 mouth wana n   36  
165 bad, evil moaɲ   36  
19 shoulder ᵐbu n   37  
92 to open, uncover t̪ívi   37  
53 person/human being ac   4  
29 to sniff, smell ᵐboni   42  
134 thunder ɲoni   43  
68 needle ⁿdu ᵐboek   44  
96 dog cawek   45  
101 to fly vuc   45  
23 blood koro n   45, 1  
95 to fall word info t̪iluk   46  
79 stick/wood moagep   48  
143 fire jep   48  
42 to suck kukuo ot̪in   5  
6 road/path waⁿdan   5, 1  
56 child nein   5, 52  
129 moon wãnuk   52, 71  
163 new jaca pele ɲa   53  
164 good jo   53  
140 dry word info meʝuk   54  
179 near jek   57  
113 branch word info ’i n   59  
40 to drink keⁿdek   6  
168 day t̪a   6  
156 thin word info i rerep   63  
124 sea wekac   65  
162 old word info ulac   65  
93 to pound, beat word info caᵐbi   68  
153 big wac   7  
84 to plant iamui   73  
128 sky repoa   75  
170 when? word info t̪en   78  
44 to hear t̪ena   80  
13 back word info ⁿdu n   82  
145 smoke word info pum   88  
24 head ᵐboa n   9  
46 to see noja   9  
111 fish nek   9  
16 intestines oxe n   94  
110 spider ɲagi   94  
135 lightning ɲoni   95  
180 far jain moa   96  
9 to swim ieum   97  
147 black ⁿdeⁿdo   98  
166 correct, true ajuk   99  

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