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Language: ʰMoaekɛ

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mkt  Glottocode: vama1243 
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 
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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      
1 hand i si n   10  
2 left jelan poan walaᵐbe   32  
3 right jelan poan ji ei      
4 leg/foot i xʰa n   1  
5 to walk ’an   2  
6 road/path i foaⁿdan   5, 1  
7 to come ’am   1  
8 to turn word info caguᵐboan      
9 to swim t̪om   97  
11 dust ʰmun ⁿdop   105, 65  
13 back word info i ᵐboan jai n   35, 12  
14 belly i jia n   1  
16 intestines ni xʰot̪’a n   91  
17 liver i xʰi: n   1  
18 breast i t̪’i n   1  
19 shoulder vin ᵐboaxisi n   65, 40  
20 to know, be knowledgeable t̪’a ʰnaŋe ke      
21 to think ʰmuɲiman   28  
23 blood i feⁿdala n   46  
24 head ᵐboa n   9  
25 neck i ɲo n   18  
26 hair word info ian ᵐboan   4  
27 nose ʰpoaⁿdi n   14  
29 to sniff, smell t̪ina   116  
30 mouth ɲivoa n   36  
31 tooth vasĩvoa n   6, 1?  
32 tongue u ʰpa n   47  
35 to vomit muja   1  
37 to eat ɣʷiaman   1, 55  
40 to drink a uⁿdu   6  
42 to suck a ⁿdit̪   25  
43 ear i jena n   1  
44 to hear t̪ina   80  
45 eye ɲane man   1  
46 to see xaleke   125  
48 to sleep meᵐbam      
49 to lie down word info majit̪   37  
50 to dream a voa xʰaɲip   1, 60  
53 person/human being apuli nea   93, 95  
54 man/male i xaʝu      
54 man/male apuli nea      
55 woman/female i t̪’amo   119  
55 woman/female i moaⁿden   119  
56 child i xawe nea      
57 husband i xat̪ot̪   2, 31  
58 wife i xat̪one t̪’amo      
59 mother i ɲan   1, 83  
60 father i jamoa n   1  
61 house i moa   1  
62 thatch/roof t̪age kon t̪ot̪   20  
64 to say avi   13, 103  
65 rope i o:t̪   31  
68 needle i ⁿdu ᵐboa   44  
72 to hit word info can t̪ea   10?  
75 to die, be dead   1  
78 to cut, hack word info t̪’agavi   134  
79 stick/wood ʰmuɲan ʝe   46  
84 to plant cãmi   73  
85 to choose t̪’amui   7  
92 to open, uncover t̪aven   37  
93 to pound, beat word info t̪’ake   20  
95 to fall word info sigo   130  
96 dog xawakan   43  
97 bird i mani   1  
101 to fly t̪’en can θoat̪it̪   90  
102 rat xʰot̪ap   5  
102 rat sine   96  
107 worm (earthworm) i ᵐbet̪   11  
109 mosquito ɲaᵐbu   1  
110 spider saʝo   93  
111 fish i ɲu   9  
113 branch word info i ai ŋan      
114 leaf i ⁿdon   1  
115 root i wa:n   2  
117 fruit i ⁿdapoen   1  
119 earth/soil ⁿdop   11  
120 stone i vai   1  
121 sand ʰmewan   31  
122 water word info we   2  
124 sea can jat̪i   1  
128 sky cana θoat̪it̪   61  
129 moon poɛ   52  
130 star xʰaʰput̪’in   1?  
131 cloud word info ʰnape θoat̪it̪   85  
133 rain ut̪a   1  
134 thunder iɣʷala   2  
135 lightning mianot̪   15?, 94  
136 wind i θat̪   1, 66?  
138 warm word info xet̪   109  
138 warm word info sinu’aŋ   11  
139 cold word info xʰim   128  
140 dry word info maiu   1  
141 wet foaike   115  
143 fire i mae   51  
145 smoke word info ʰmu   2, 76  
146 ash ⁿdap   1  
147 black fiŋ   99  
148 white foawat̪   11  
149 red t̪ana   2?  
150 yellow vaci ⁿdo’aŋ      
151 green vun   19?  
151 green ᵐbupu   19?  
152 small ju ɣʷat̪in      
153 big xapoen   14  
156 thin word info aleⁿdep   63  
157 thick word info t̪’aᵐbo   70  
160 painful, sick sinu   106?  
160 painful, sick   1  
162 old word info en a pa xaumu   64  
163 new en aᵐboa xaʰmaŋ   53  
164 good xaʰnaŋ   136, 137  
165 bad, evil ɲau      
166 correct, true jukeju   99  
167 night ᵐboen   1  
168 day θoat̪it̪   51  
170 when? word info ɲet̪   78  
174 in, inside can   15  
179 near a pat̪emoano   113  
180 far a’o:t̪   97  
181 where? word info a ave   3  
182 I o   1  
183 thou ko   1  
184 he/she kon   1  
184 he/she ke   1  
185 we word info ga      
185 we word info ᵐbe      
186 you gae   1  
187 they le   1, 70  
187 they ke   1, 69  
188 what? word info i ⁿda   1  
192 and go   12  
192 and ᵐboa   2  
193 if cama   26, 3  
195 no, not cika   10, 83  
196 to count fine   26  
197 One word info se   14  
198 Two word info t̪alo   1  
199 Three word info t̪’ien   1  
200 Four word info fava   1, 65  
201 Five word info nim   1, 15  
202 Six word info nim ᵐboa se      
203 Seven word info nim ᵐboa t̪’alo      
204 Eight word info nim ᵐboa t̪’ien      
205 Nine word info nim ᵐboa fava      
206 Ten word info vajilu   12  
207 Twenty word info se apuli      
209 One Hundred word info nim apuli      

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