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Language: Poamei

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:pme  Glottocode: pwaa1237 
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 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand ’i n   11  
2 left jelan mo:n   1, 59  
3 right jelan kan ju ke’in   24  
4 leg/foot o n   1  
5 to walk pe’en   72  
6 road/path ʝeⁿdan   5, 1?  
7 to come ’eme   1  
8 to turn word info napot̪ei   92  
8 to turn word info t̪apuⁿdei   92  
9 to swim so   97  
10 dirty      
11 dust ʰmin guc   105, 1  
12 skin      
13 back word info jai n   12  
14 belly jia n   1  
15 bone      
16 intestines oat̪’a n   91  
17 liver kei n   1  
18 breast t̪’i n   1  
19 shoulder pukeno n   37, 42  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ca’inan   116  
21 to think pefa’aca   104, 103  
21 to think pefanemoa   104, 105  
22 to fear      
23 blood feⁿdali n   46  
24 head ᵐboa n   9  
25 neck no n   18  
26 hair word info pun ᵐboa n   31  
27 nose ɣʷãⁿdi n   14  
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell ʝaᵐbi   117  
30 mouth nua n   36  
31 tooth pecena n   6, 1  
32 tongue kupe’ ma: n   47, 7  
33 to laugh      
34 to cry      
35 to vomit ŋujai   1  
36 to spit      
37 to eat ɣʷiaman   1, 55  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
40 to drink kuⁿduk   6  
40 to drink t̪’op   68  
41 to bite      
42 to suck ⁿdit̪   25  
43 ear jena n   1  
44 to hear t̪ena   80  
45 eye cẽma: n   33, 1  
46 to see not̪   9  
46 to see umi   127  
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep mit̪’io      
49 to lie down word info majit̪   37  
50 to dream ’anep   1, 60  
51 to sit      
52 to stand      
53 person/human being kaʝuk neak   4  
54 man/male kauk   22  
54 man/male kauk neak   22  
55 woman/female t̪’eu   124  
55 woman/female ŋaⁿdan      
56 child nain   5, 52  
57 husband kat̪o: n   2, 31  
58 wife ŋaⁿdan   103  
58 wife t̪’enkon   104  
59 mother cãn   1  
60 father ’uvan   47  
60 father ceun   45  
61 house ŋa   1  
62 thatch/roof iat̪in ŋa   1, 61  
63 name      
64 to say pei   13, 103  
65 rope wek   2  
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle ⁿdo ᵐboak   44  
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info ɣʷeliak   112  
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead mece   1  
75 to die, be dead poa meᵐboan   1, 44  
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info      
78 to cut, hack word info t̪’aŋapi   134  
78 to cut, hack word info ʝace      
79 stick/wood ’ulan ʝek   7, 47  
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant cãmi   73  
85 to choose samui   7  
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      
92 to open, uncover t̪aven   37  
93 to pound, beat word info θai   20  
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info t̪ipoa ’igo   130  
96 dog ka kãn   43  
97 bird manik   1  
98 egg      
99 feather      
100 wing      
101 to fly t̪een   90  
102 rat kat̪’apa   5  
102 rat sine   96  
102 rat capʷek   95  
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail      
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm) ᵐbet̪   11  
108 louse word info      
109 mosquito kat̪uma      
110 spider ɲak   94  
111 fish nuk   9  
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info ’i n   59  
114 leaf ⁿdon   1  
115 root wa: n   2  
116 flower      
117 fruit poa n   1  
118 grass      
119 earth/soil guc   70  
120 stone paik   1  
121 sand ʰmewan   31  
122 water word info we   2  
123 to flow      
124 sea jat̪ik   1  
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky ⁿdawec   61  
129 moon poɛ   52  
130 star piuk   1  
131 cloud word info ʰneɲ   3  
132 fog      
133 rain kut̪a   1  
134 thunder ɣʷala   2  
135 lightning savo   97  
136 wind ⁿda:   1  
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info xʰiuk   109  
139 cold word info xʰim   128  
140 dry word info ʝagat̪   52?  
141 wet moguk   115  
142 heavy      
143 fire ʝa:k   1?  
144 to burn word info      
145 smoke word info ʰmu   2, 76  
146 ash ⁿdap   1  
147 black θiŋ   99  
148 white foavat̪   11  
149 red mi:a   1, 55  
150 yellow puɲ   91  
151 green puɲ   19?  
152 small ɣʷat̪in      
153 big ’opoen   14  
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info kaleⁿde   63  
157 thick word info t̪aᵐbo   70  
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick fat̪’ic   38  
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info va’i   71  
163 new gakaia   53  
163 new kalua   66  
164 good ka’a   1  
165 bad, evil ’awa   114  
166 correct, true jukejuk   99  
167 night gen   1  
168 day ma’at̪   57  
169 year      
170 when? word info t̪et̪   78  
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside t̪an   15  
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near kekẽno   111  
180 far ’o:t̪   97  
181 where? word info nave   3  
182 I   1  
183 thou co   1  
184 he/she neak      
185 we word info je      
185 we word info ᵐbe      
186 you cawe   1  
186 you we   1  
187 they le   1, 70  
188 what? word info ⁿda   1  
188 what? word info waᵐbeleŋ   23  
189 who? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and ma   2  
193 if t̪i’aŋa      
193 if ŋot̪uŋa      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not ’aiai   10  
196 to count fine   26  
197 One word info sec   14  
198 Two word info aluk   1  
199 Three word info ’iʝen   1  
200 Four word info favac   1, 65  
201 Five word info nim   1, 15  
202 Six word info nisec      
203 Seven word info nialuk      
204 Eight word info ni’iʝen      
205 Nine word info ni favac      
206 Ten word info paiⁿdu   12  
207 Twenty word info sec i kaʝuk      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info nim kaʝuk      
210 One Thousand word info      

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