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Language: ɲua

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nua  Glottocode: yuag1237 
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:Extreme Northern 
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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      
48 to sleep mani      
152 small gaᵐbe      
185 we word info      
185 we word info ðawa      
202 Six word info ponimaxe      
203 Seven word info poni maⁿdu      
204 Eight word info poni mago      
205 Nine word info poni maᵐba      
207 Twenty word info axe egu      
209 One Hundred word info ani egu      
4 leg/foot ko je   1  
6 road/path ⁿde   1  
7 to come ami   1  
14 belly kio je   1  
17 liver ko ije   1  
18 breast t̪i je   1  
18 breast t̪’i n   1  
35 to vomit muga   1  
35 to vomit muge   1  
43 ear keni je   1  
45 eye me je   1  
49 to lie down word info kono   1  
61 house moa   1  
75 to die, be dead maxi   1  
97 bird meni   1  
109 mosquito neᵐbu   1  
114 leaf ⁿdo je   1  
117 fruit po: je   1  
119 earth/soil ⁿdili   1  
120 stone pa:   1  
121 sand o:   1  
128 sky ⁿdone   1  
130 star pio   1  
136 wind ⁿde   1  
140 dry word info mau   1  
146 ash ⁿda   1  
162 old word info muⁿdo   1  
170 when? word info init̪a   1  
183 thou jo   1  
184 he/she je   1  
186 you θawa   1  
188 what? word info ⁿda   1  
198 Two word info poru   1  
199 Three word info poko   1  
201 Five word info poni   1, 15  
182 I nu   1, 22?  
149 red mi:   1, 55  
2 left kolo mo   1, 59  
50 to dream noi   1, 60  
200 Four word info popa   1, 65  
187 they la   1, 70  
195 no, not ’ai   10  
147 black ᵐba   100  
166 correct, true gumagu   101  
21 to think ’axa   103  
160 painful, sick ʰkinu   106?  
92 to open, uncover t̪ala   10?  
1 hand ’i je   11  
107 worm (earthworm) ᵐbe   11  
138 warm word info t̪o:   110  
179 near ge no nu   112  
165 bad, evil t̪ava   114  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ’ine   116  
72 to hit word info t̪oe   117  
29 to sniff, smell aca   119  
55 woman/female mo:u   119  
55 woman/female mo:u je   119  
13 back word info kai je   12  
139 cold word info t̪uco   129  
64 to say koᵐboe   13, 103  
95 to fall word info t̪oᵐbo   130  
78 to cut, hack word info ca   136  
27 nose ʰmʷeⁿdi je   14  
197 One word info poxe   14  
32 tongue kume je   14, 7  
113 branch word info ije   15  
96 dog kuau   17  
25 neck no je   18  
60 father ke je   19  
174 in, inside no:   19  
151 green ᵐbuᵐbu   19?  
188 what? word info ni ⁿdao   1?  
65 rope wa   2  
115 root we je   2  
122 water word info we   2  
192 and ma   2  
57 husband ajo je   2, 31  
11 dust puᵐbu ⁿdili   20, 78  
31 tooth paro je   21, 1?  
193 if po   23  
196 to count pina   26  
157 thick word info ’ugu   28  
131 cloud word info ne   3  
148 white put̪o   3  
26 hair word info pu ᵐboa je   31  
167 night t̪’o   32  
30 mouth mepoa je   36  
19 shoulder ᵐbu je   37  
181 where? word info mi   39?  
75 to die, be dead ᵐburo   43  
134 thunder ɲo   43  
68 needle ⁿduᵐbo   44  
101 to fly pu   45  
141 wet ᵐbe   45  
23 blood kut̪a je   45, 1  
162 old word info ’uama   46  
79 stick/wood ja   49  
3 right kolo moawa   5  
42 to suck kuku   5  
143 fire iai   50  
206 Ten word info t̪uci   50  
129 moon moanu   52, 71  
164 good ðo   53  
37 to eat ’upo   54  
5 to walk t̪umeno   55  
58 wife mo:u je   56  
133 rain poa   59  
40 to drink kuⁿdo   6  
168 day t̪e   6  
156 thin word info cit̪aⁿda   64  
124 sea no weða   65  
163 new ape   65  
40 to drink pojo   66?  
93 to pound, beat word info pawe   69  
85 to choose kemeni   7  
153 big ’axai   7  
54 man/male emoe   73  
54 man/male emoe nai je   73  
62 thatch/roof ceʝa   75  
84 to plant t̪oe   76  
44 to hear t̪one   80  
145 smoke word info puᵐbu   88  
59 mother caca   89  
24 head ᵐboa je   9  
46 to see no   9  
111 fish no:   9  
8 to turn word info poepoeⁿde   92  
16 intestines ’ono je   93  
150 yellow mi: ka pa   93  
150 yellow mi: ᵐba   93  
110 spider ʰnogi   94  
102 rat caipo   95  
135 lightning ɲoni   95  
53 person/human being egu ije   96  
9 to swim ðo:   97  
56 child poxa   97  
56 child poi je   97  
180 far ’o:   98  
180 far ge’o:   98  

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