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Language: Wamoaŋ

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:wmn  Glottocode: waam1236 
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:Hmwaveke 
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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      
208 Fifty word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
195 no, not ai   10  
84 to plant cami   73  
102 rat capoek   95  
45 eye cãma n   33, 1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ca’inan   116  
59 mother cen   1  
200 Four word info fave   1, 65  
23 blood feⁿdali n   46  
196 to count fina   26  
147 black fiŋ   99  
6 road/path foaⁿdan   5, 1  
2 left ja ja’e walaᵐben   32  
13 back word info jai n   12  
124 sea jat̪ik   1  
3 right ja’e juθin   24  
43 ear jena n   1  
14 belly jia n   1  
166 correct, true jukejuke   99  
188 what? word info ko ⁿda   1  
185 we word info le      
187 they le   1, 70  
199 Three word info l’ien   1  
183 thou m   27  
192 and ma   2  
44 to hear maca   79  
49 to lie down word info majit̪   37  
97 bird manik   1  
48 to sleep mit̪’io      
61 house moa   1  
55 woman/female moaⁿdan   119  
141 wet moguk   115  
35 to vomit muja ke   1  
21 to think muɲima   28  
75 to die, be dead mɛᵐboan   1, 44  
184 he/she n   1, 6  
56 child nain   5, 52  
181 where? word info nave   3  
201 Five word info nim   1, 15  
209 One Hundred word info nim xac      
205 Nine word info nim ᵐboa fave      
202 Six word info nim ᵐboa θac      
203 Seven word info nim ᵐboa θaluk      
204 Eight word info nimᵐboat̪’ien      
25 neck no n   18  
46 to see not̪   9  
30 mouth nua n   36  
111 fish nuk   9  
130 star piuk   1  
95 to fall word info poaɣʷe   130  
179 near poet̪emoano   113  
129 moon poɛ   52  
135 lightning savo   97  
140 dry word info saᵐboat̪   52  
136 wind siup   91  
62 thatch/roof t̪agimoa   20  
174 in, inside t̪an   15  
149 red t̪ana   2?  
92 to open, uncover t̪aven   37  
128 sky t̪aⁿdaec   61  
72 to hit word info t̪eat̪ea   10?  
193 if t̪emo      
170 when? word info t̪et̪   78  
101 to fly t̪ẽn   90  
95 to fall word info t̪ipoa   130  
148 white t̪oavoat̪   11  
78 to cut, hack word info t̪’agavi   134  
55 woman/female t̪’amo   119  
85 to choose t̪’amui   7  
40 to drink t̪’avo   68  
93 to pound, beat word info t̪’aŋ   68  
8 to turn word info t̪’aɣʷet̪eŋ   93  
157 thick word info t̪’aᵐbo   70  
18 breast t̪’i n   1  
133 rain ut̪a   1  
31 tooth vacinua n   6, 1  
120 stone vaik   1  
162 old word info va’i   71  
206 Ten word info va’iⁿdu   12  
64 to say vi   13, 103  
26 hair word info vu ᵐboa n   31  
151 green vun   19?  
115 root wa:n   2  
5 to walk wa’eno   2  
122 water word info we   2  
186 you we   1  
65 rope wek   2  
150 yellow we’eŋ   92  
32 tongue wu’ pa n   47  
40 to drink wuⁿdu   6  
53 person/human being xace a   4  
109 mosquito xaeʰp   26  
96 dog xakan   43  
156 thin word info xalenⁿdep   63  
46 to see xaliŋ   128  
168 day xat̪   51  
57 husband xat̪o n   2, 31  
54 man/male xau   22  
54 man/male xau nea   22  
164 good xe’a   136  
78 to cut, hack word info xe’anuan   137  
17 liver xi: n   1  
4 leg/foot xo’ n   1  
165 bad, evil xʰa:   1, 99  
50 to dream xʰanip   1, 60  
117 fruit xʰapoe   1  
139 cold word info xʰim   128  
138 warm word info xʰinu’aŋ   11  
153 big xʰopoen   14  
16 intestines xʰot̪’a n   91  
37 to eat xʰuixaman   1, 55  
79 stick/wood xʰulaðek   7, 47  
143 fire ðak   1?  
29 to sniff, smell ðaᵐbi   117  
182 I ŋ   1  
134 thunder ɣʷala   2  
152 small ɣʷat̪in      
110 spider ɲak   94  
121 sand ʰmean   31  
79 stick/wood ʰmoauvan ðek   48, 50, 47  
11 dust ʰmu ᵐbuc   105, 1  
27 nose ʰmʷaⁿdi n   14  
163 new ʰnaŋ   61  
145 smoke word info ʰnu   2, 76?  
197 One word info θac   14  
207 Twenty word info θace xac      
198 Two word info θaluk   1  
131 cloud word info θat̪’e   85  
1 hand θi n   10  
102 rat θine   96  
160 painful, sick θinu   106?  
113 branch word info θiðek   58  
9 to swim θom   97  
185 we word info ᵐbe      
107 worm (earthworm) ᵐbet̪   11  
24 head ᵐboa n   9  
19 shoulder ᵐboauket̪’i n   65  
163 new ᵐboaxea   53  
167 night ᵐboɛn   1  
119 earth/soil ᵐbuc   70  
7 to come ’ame   1  
180 far ’o:t̪   97  
58 wife ’t̪apon   5, 105  
60 father ’uvan   47  
146 ash ⁿdap   1  
42 to suck ⁿdit̪   25  
114 leaf ⁿdo   1  
68 needle ⁿdo ᵐboa   44  

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