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

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