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Language: Nɛmi

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nem  Glottocode: nemi1240 
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      
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      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand ’i n   11  
2 left omo:n   1, 59  
3 right o jeleⁿdu’in   24  
4 leg/foot ’o n   1  
5 to walk ’emaen      
6 road/path ceⁿda   1  
7 to come ’eme   1  
8 to turn word info ’t̪e ᵐboeri   92  
9 to swim ’iom   97  
11 dust ʰmun guc   105, 1  
13 back word info ⁿdai n   12  
14 belly jie n   1  
16 intestines ’ot̪’e n   91  
17 liver kei n   1  
18 breast t̪i n   1  
19 shoulder pueno n   64, 42  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ’ina   116  
21 to think pefanoa   104, 105  
23 blood kut̪a n   45, 1  
24 head ᵐboa n   9  
25 neck no n   18  
26 hair word info pun ᵐboa n   31  
27 nose ɣʷaⁿdi n   14  
29 to sniff, smell caᵐbi   117  
30 mouth wa n   36  
31 tooth paie’ wa n   21  
32 tongue kuvema n   14, 7  
35 to vomit uⁿda i   1  
37 to eat ɣʷiaman   1, 55  
40 to drink kuⁿduk   6  
40 to drink t̪’op   68  
40 to drink felo   67  
42 to suck ⁿdit̪   25  
43 ear jene n   1  
44 to hear t̪ena   80  
45 eye t̪ã.ma n   33, 1  
46 to see ɣʷen   123  
46 to see not̪   9  
48 to sleep kouleŋ      
49 to lie down word info kõna   1  
50 to dream nep   1, 60  
53 person/human being ka’o nek      
54 man/male kaʝu   22  
54 man/male ka’o nek   22  
55 woman/female no   123  
55 woman/female ʰn owen      
56 child nain   5, 52  
57 husband kalon   2, 31  
58 wife ʰnokon   101  
59 mother t̪’en   1  
60 father t̪’aun   45  
61 house ŋa   1  
62 thatch/roof iare ŋa   1, 61  
64 to say pei   13, 103  
65 rope wa:k   2  
68 needle ⁿdu ᵐboek   44  
72 to hit word info keliek   112  
75 to die, be dead pa:mɛᵐboan   1, 44  
78 to cut, hack word info t̪’egapi   134  
79 stick/wood ure cek   7, 47  
84 to plant t̪ami   73  
85 to choose t̪’amoi   7  
92 to open, uncover t̪ami   37  
93 to pound, beat word info t̪aᵐbi   68  
95 to fall word info t̪apoa   130  
95 to fall word info pawe   130  
96 dog ka xʰaɲ   43  
97 bird manik   1  
101 to fly t̪on   90  
102 rat kat̪’apa   5  
102 rat sine   96  
107 worm (earthworm) ᵐbet̪’o   11  
109 mosquito naguk   1  
110 spider nak   94  
111 fish nuk   9  
113 branch word info ’i n   59  
114 leaf ⁿdo   1  
115 root wa:kuxen   2, 41, 42  
115 root wa:n   2  
117 fruit poen   1  
119 earth/soil guc   70  
120 stone paik   1  
121 sand kon   1  
122 water word info we   2  
124 sea ⁿdalik   1  
128 sky ⁿdame   1?  
129 moon poɛ   52  
130 star piuk   1  
131 cloud word info neŋ   3  
133 rain kut̪   1  
134 thunder niuk   43  
135 lightning pipala      
136 wind ⁿda:   1  
138 warm word info xʰiut̪   109  
139 cold word info xʰim   128  
140 dry word info naᵐboat̪   52  
141 wet moguk   115  
143 fire ʝak   1?  
145 smoke word info ʰmu   2, 76  
146 ash ⁿdap   1  
147 black ɲup      
148 white pulo   3  
149 red mi:a   1, 55  
150 yellow puɲ   91  
151 green puɲ   19?  
152 small moaɲ      
153 big ’un   126  
156 thin word info t̪erep   63  
156 thin word info kaleⁿdep   63  
157 thick word info t̪aᵐbo   70  
160 painful, sick falic   38  
162 old word info va’i   71  
162 old word info ʝaun   65  
163 new gae kaca   53  
164 good ko’a   1  
165 bad, evil t̪a:c   1, 99  
166 correct, true ⁿdukẽⁿduk   99  
167 night gen   1  
168 day kaɣʷak   51  
170 when? word info t̪en   78  
174 in, inside ʝe nen   15  
179 near ŋen geno   112  
180 far ’o:t̪   97  
181 where? word info ʝe e      
182 I ŋ   1  
183 thou m   27  
184 he/she n   1, 6  
185 we word info i      
185 we word info mi      
186 you we   1  
187 they le   1, 70  
188 what? word info weᵐbø   23  
192 and ma   2  
193 if pã ne maligo   23, 12  
195 no, not ’ailuai   10  
196 to count fine   26  
197 One word info ’ec   14  
198 Two word info ’eluk   1  
199 Three word info ’eʝen   1  
200 Four word info ʰpovec   1, 65  
201 Five word info nim   1, 15  
202 Six word info niᵐbo’ec      
203 Seven word info niᵐbo’eluk      
204 Eight word info niᵐbo’eʝen      
205 Nine word info niᵐbovec      
206 Ten word info paiⁿdu   12  

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