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Language: Nenema

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nee  Glottocode: nene1250 
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      
56 child      
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      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
208 Fifty word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
48 to sleep mago      
48 to sleep magojali      
152 small poamoaʝu      
185 we word info ’ã      
185 we word info va      
202 Six word info poanemgik      
203 Seven word info poanem ⁿdu      
204 Eight word info poanem gan      
205 Nine word info poanem ᵐbak      
207 Twenty word info axi ak      
209 One Hundred word info anem ak      
4 leg/foot kua n   1  
6 road/path ⁿdan   1  
7 to come ome   1  
14 belly kiʝa n   1  
17 liver kaxi n   1  
18 breast t̪’i n   1  
23 blood ⁿda ie   1  
43 ear kila n   1  
49 to lie down word info kalap   1  
60 father kaman   1  
61 house moa   1  
75 to die, be dead maxim   1  
97 bird ma:lic   1  
109 mosquito naᵐbuc   1  
113 branch word info ⁿdegat̪   1  
114 leaf ⁿdut̪   1  
117 fruit poat̪   1  
119 earth/soil ⁿdo   1  
120 stone panat̪   1  
121 sand o:n   1  
124 sea ⁿdalak   1  
128 sky ⁿdan   1  
130 star piguk   1  
133 rain kot̪   1  
143 fire ʝavic   1  
146 ash ⁿdap   1  
170 when? word info eneⁿda   1  
182 I ɲ   1  
186 you wa   1  
188 what? word info ⁿda   1  
188 what? word info ⁿdavan   1  
198 Two word info poaⁿdu   1  
199 Three word info poagan   1  
201 Five word info poanem   1, 15  
11 dust ⁿdavuⁿdo   1, 58, 65  
184 he/she n   1, 6  
50 to dream nivi   1, 60  
200 Four word info poaᵐbak   1, 65  
187 they lak   1, 70  
1 hand s.i n   10  
195 no, not ai   10  
166 correct, true keᵐbuk   101  
21 to think ’axaxa   103  
160 painful, sick ʰkilu   106?  
107 worm (earthworm) ᵐbe   11  
138 warm word info ’un   11  
141 wet ip   114  
29 to sniff, smell t̪ãla   116  
29 to sniff, smell aia   118  
72 to hit word info t̪aja   118  
55 woman/female t̪’amoa   119  
139 cold word info caᵐbuk   12  
131 cloud word info poa xi kuru   12, 67, 83  
20 to know, be knowledgeable sela   121  
149 red ulo   13  
64 to say kaᵐboe   13, 103  
95 to fall word info t̪aᵐbo   130  
78 to cut, hack word info ca:xi   136  
78 to cut, hack word info cak   136  
2 left axaleɲ ᵐboama io   14  
27 nose ʰmʷaⁿdi n   14  
54 man/male ak   14  
150 yellow kari   14  
197 One word info poagik   14  
32 tongue kuma n   14, 7  
25 neck no n   18  
174 in, inside nat̪   19  
151 green ʝalop   19?  
46 to see axe   1?  
115 root wa:t̪   2  
122 water word info wi   2  
57 husband aron   2, 31  
31 tooth panuã n   21, 1  
42 to suck t̪et̪   25  
65 rope ʰka   25  
183 thou m   27  
157 thick word info ʰkugu   28  
148 white foro   3  
181 where? word info je pa   3  
3 right axamalena ᵐboa ma io   31  
26 hair word info po ᵐboa n   31  
167 night t̪an   31  
45 eye iⁿdawa n   34  
30 mouth nuã n   36  
165 bad, evil moaŋ   36  
19 shoulder ᵐbu n   37  
35 to vomit kok   38?  
35 to vomit koxe   38?  
162 old word info moᵐboat̪   41  
134 thunder ʰnixuk   43  
68 needle ⁿdu ᵐboak   44  
96 dog t̪avia   45  
101 to fly fuk   45  
5 to walk walem   46  
95 to fall word info nuk   46  
79 stick/wood ’aⁿda cic   49, 47  
9 to swim ʰʝa   5  
206 Ten word info t̪ujie   50  
168 day naxat̪   51  
62 thatch/roof maxi   52  
129 moon ʰmoaluk   52, 71  
164 good so:   53  
37 to eat kuvo   54  
140 dry word info maxuk   54  
58 wife mawan   56, 5  
179 near jeuk   57  
40 to drink kuxu   6  
156 thin word info ava   62  
162 old word info ’ulak   65  
163 new aᵐben   65  
40 to drink paro   67  
93 to pound, beat word info fa   69  
85 to choose ʰkami   7  
153 big ’ãk   7  
84 to plant t̪’axe   76  
92 to open, uncover t̪anu   79  
44 to hear t̪ãla   80  
13 back word info ⁿduaxa   82  
196 to count ʰkomi   85  
145 smoke word info pu:ᵐbu   88  
59 mother caʝa   89  
24 head ᵐboa n   9  
46 to see not̪   9  
111 fish nok   9  
8 to turn word info ᵐboage   92  
136 wind kuru   93?  
16 intestines ʰmoejana n   95  
102 rat caivak   95  
110 spider ãp   95  
53 person/human being agut̪   96  
135 lightning waⁿdeva   96  
180 far ʰmoen   96  
147 black ⁿdaⁿdan   98  
147 black favaaŋ   99?  

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