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

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