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

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