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Language: Ciri

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:cir  Glottocode: tiri1258 
Notes:  Leenhardt, Maurice. 1946. Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie 
Problems:  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  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:Southern:South:Zire-Tiri 
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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      
200 Four word info ae   1, 65 ?  
55 woman/female afira ni      
58 wife afira ni   95?  
122 water word info alawo      
120 stone aleᵐbo      
107 worm (earthworm) alo   1?  
164 good alu   55  
206 Ten word info amolu      
206 Ten word info amoru      
170 when? word info ani   1  
201 Five word info anolo   24  
205 Nine word info anolo xai ae      
204 Eight word info anolo xai arʃili      
203 Seven word info anolo xai aulu      
202 Six word info anolo xai rʃa      
199 Three word info arʃili   1  
198 Two word info aulu   1  
166 correct, true avar̃i   1?  
54 man/male avoer̃e ni   73  
57 husband avoru na ni      
59 mother awiʰne ni   1, 45  
60 father awiⁿde ni      
181 where? word info ãe      
150 yellow eleⁿd’ele      
107 worm (earthworm) eliro   1, 49  
196 to count fala   1  
5 to walk faⁿd’o   2  
43 ear foiⁿde’ le ni   1  
110 spider gala   1  
1 hand gewe’i   28  
6 road/path ifaⁿde   1  
50 to dream iga      
188 what? word info je   1  
35 to vomit ko   39?  
35 to vomit ko rau   39?  
79 stick/wood kolorʃeli   44  
145 smoke word info kunã nɛ      
187 they li   1, 70  
140 dry word info mali   1  
149 red mã   1  
160 painful, sick me   1  
75 to die, be dead mege me   1  
48 to sleep meleʝo      
49 to lie down word info melo   37  
97 bird mewe   1  
138 warm word info mexi   108  
101 to fly meⁿd’o      
95 to fall word info mi   128  
54 man/male mo   73  
54 man/male mo na ni   73  
57 husband mo na ni      
61 house moa   1  
18 breast moat̪’o ni   62, 1  
55 woman/female muiã      
152 small mule      
139 cold word info   51  
7 to come   1  
192 and   2  
62 thatch/roof naã   1, 61  
84 to plant nãwo   44  
183 thou ne      
184 he/she ni   1, 6  
2 left ni kalaᵐbë   62  
193 if nia   12  
30 mouth nifo ni      
180 far nit̪’ue moa   96  
68 needle nivø   43  
3 right ni’i ret̪ie   86  
128 sky ni’u:      
135 lightning nome   15?  
134 thunder noro   2  
111 fish nu   9  
143 fire   46  
24 head o ni      
139 cold word info o:ve   51  
45 eye olomɛ ni   32?, 1  
40 to drink oʝo   66  
151 green õⁿdo   44  
46 to see pe      
167 night poe   1  
147 black pugolo      
44 to hear puili   7  
11 dust puleu   20, 104  
185 we word info ri      
182 I ro   1, 24  
174 in, inside ru   1  
181 where? word info rue   82  
174 in, inside rugi   1  
174 in, inside runøwø   1, 15  
93 to pound, beat word info rʃa   66  
197 One word info rʃa   14  
78 to cut, hack word info rʃarë      
157 thick word info rʃãᵐba   70  
20 to know, be knowledgeable rʃevari   1  
93 to pound, beat word info rʃeveco   66?  
72 to hit word info rʃexɛ   11  
8 to turn word info rʃeɲo      
130 star rʃuame   89  
85 to choose rʃønø      
102 rat siᵐbe   3  
195 no, not t̪ali      
165 bad, evil t̪a’a   1, 99  
119 earth/soil t̪o   1  
146 ash t̪’a      
23 blood t̪’a: na ni   1?  
96 dog t̪’aiki   92  
53 person/human being t̪’eanø na ni      
124 sea t̪’eʝe   1  
153 big t̪’i   125  
13 back word info t̪’o ni   12  
62 thatch/roof t̪’oɖo moa   1, 61?  
179 near t̪’ue’uᵐboei   109  
131 cloud word info u   12  
141 wet u’ù      
141 wet vaju      
160 painful, sick vaʝe   51  
31 tooth vewo ni   21  
115 root wa ni   2  
136 wind wane      
102 rat wawala      
26 hair word info wão ni   31  
32 tongue wa’ laᵐbɛ ni      
133 rain wie   27?  
16 intestines wifui ni      
186 you wiri   1?  
117 fruit wo ni   1, 26  
25 neck wo: ɖ ewo ni   18?  
14 belly wø ni   36  
185 we word info xevi      
168 day ɖa:   6  
114 leaf ɖi ni   1  
17 liver ɖø ni   1  
65 rope ɣʷi   25  
27 nose ɣʷiõ ni   3  
150 yellow ɲeⁿd’ele      
92 to open, uncover ɲoᵐbo      
1 hand ʰnaleᵐbe ni   14?  
109 mosquito ʰnau   1  
21 to think ᵐbala   101  
1 hand ᵐbe ni   14?  
4 leg/foot ᵐbe ni      
113 branch word info ᵐbe ni   3  
162 old word info ᵐbeali   16  
129 moon ᵐborʃi   52, 21  
156 thin word info ᵐboworʃiri      
37 to eat ’ara   39  
56 child ’emuilø na ni      
101 to fly ’i      
209 One Hundred word info ’i mɛ anolo t̪’eane      
4 leg/foot ’i ni      
207 Twenty word info ’i rʃa t̪’eane      
209 One Hundred word info ’i rʃa t̪’eane      
29 to sniff, smell ’imea      
64 to say ’iⁿd’o      
42 to suck ’t̪ü   25  
42 to suck ’t̪üvi   25?  
148 white ’ue   22  
19 shoulder ’uᵐbɛ ni   64  
9 to swim ’ø   86?  
121 sand ’ⁿdewe   15  
141 wet ⁿdi   111  
163 new ⁿdowo   18  

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