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Language: ʰMoavekɛ

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mrk  Glottocode: hmwa1243 
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:North:Hmwaveke 
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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      
56 child      
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      
53 person/human being apuli kea   93, 95  
174 in, inside can   15  
102 rat capʷek   95  
72 to hit word info cat̪ea   10?  
84 to plant cãmi   73  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ca’inan   116  
128 sky caⁿdawec   61  
193 if celama   26, 3  
200 Four word info favac   1, 65  
23 blood feⁿdala n   46  
196 to count fine   26  
147 black fiŋ   99  
148 white foavat̪   11  
6 road/path foaⁿdan   5, 1  
27 nose foaⁿdi n   14  
185 we word info ga      
183 thou go   1  
13 back word info jai n   12  
60 father jamoa n   1  
124 sea jat̪i   1  
3 right ja’e ju sin   24  
2 left ja’e ɣʷalaᵐben   32  
43 ear jena n   1  
14 belly jia n   1  
166 correct, true jikiju   99  
184 he/she ke   1  
188 what? word info ko ⁿda   1  
184 he/she kon   1  
187 they le   1, 70  
192 and ma   2  
44 to hear macake   79  
143 fire mae   51  
49 to lie down word info majit̪   37  
97 bird manik   1  
48 to sleep mit̪’io      
61 house moa   1  
55 woman/female moaⁿdan   119  
35 to vomit muja ke   1  
21 to think muɲima   28  
75 to die, be dead mɛᵐboan   1, 44  
45 eye nejan man   1  
201 Five word info nim   1, 15  
209 One Hundred word info nim apulik      
205 Nine word info nim ᵐboa favak      
202 Six word info nim ᵐboa sec      
203 Seven word info nim ᵐboa t̪’alo      
204 Eight word info nim ᵐboa t̪’ien      
65 rope o:t̪   31  
179 near pat̪emoano   113  
95 to fall word info poaɣʷe   130  
129 moon poɛ   52  
85 to choose samui   7  
131 cloud word info sat̪’e   85  
135 lightning savo   97  
197 One word info sec   14  
207 Twenty word info sec apulik      
1 hand si   10  
113 branch word info sin ʝek   58  
102 rat sine   96  
160 painful, sick sinu   106?  
136 wind siup   91  
9 to swim som   97  
62 thatch/roof t̪aginoa   20  
198 Two word info t̪alo   1  
149 red t̪ana   2?  
92 to open, uncover t̪aven   37  
101 to fly t̪ẽn   90  
95 to fall word info t̪ipoa   130  
141 wet t̪it̪i   111  
93 to pound, beat word info t̪’a   20  
78 to cut, hack word info t̪’agavi   134  
93 to pound, beat word info t̪’ake   20  
55 woman/female t̪’amo   119  
40 to drink t̪’avo   68  
8 to turn word info t̪’awet̪eke   93  
157 thick word info t̪’aᵐbo   70  
18 breast t̪’i n   1  
199 Three word info t̪’ien   1  
32 tongue u ʰpa n   47  
133 rain ut̪a   1  
31 tooth vacinua n   6, 1  
120 stone vaik   1  
206 Ten word info vajilu   12  
162 old word info va’i   71  
64 to say vi   13, 103  
5 to walk voa fano   2  
186 you voe   1  
151 green vun   19?  
26 hair word info vun ᵐboa n   31  
115 root wa: n   2  
122 water word info we   2  
150 yellow we’aŋ   92  
40 to drink wuⁿdu   6  
96 dog xakan   43  
46 to see xalake   125  
156 thin word info xaleⁿdep   63  
168 day xat̪   51  
57 husband xat̪o n   2, 31  
54 man/male xaʝu   22  
54 man/male xaʝu kea   22  
78 to cut, hack word info xaʰneɲivoan   137  
109 mosquito xa’ep   26  
164 good xe’a   136  
4 leg/foot xʰa n   1  
165 bad, evil xʰa:   1, 99  
130 star xʰafut̪’iŋ   1?  
117 fruit xʰapoen   1  
50 to dream xʰaɲip   1, 60  
17 liver xʰi: n   1  
139 cold word info xʰim   128  
138 warm word info xʰinu’aŋ   11  
153 big xʰopoen   14  
16 intestines xʰot̪’a n   91  
102 rat xʰot̪’ap   95  
37 to eat xʰuixaman   1, 55  
79 stick/wood xʰulan ʝek   7, 47  
134 thunder ɣʷala   2  
152 small ɣʷat̪in      
59 mother ɲa   1, 83  
110 spider ɲak   94  
181 where? word info ɲave   3  
170 when? word info ɲet̪   1?  
30 mouth ɲivoa n   36  
25 neck ɲo n   18  
46 to see ɲot̪   9  
111 fish ɲuk   9  
29 to sniff, smell ʝaᵐbi   117  
140 dry word info ʝaᵐboat̪   52  
182 I ʝo   1  
121 sand ʰmewan   31  
79 stick/wood ʰmoauvan   48, 50  
145 smoke word info ʰmu   2, 76  
11 dust ʰmuⁿdop   105, 65  
185 we word info ᵐbe      
107 worm (earthworm) ᵐbet̪   11  
24 head ᵐboa n   9  
19 shoulder ᵐboaukesi n   65, 40  
163 new ᵐboaxa ʰnaŋ   53  
167 night ᵐboen   1  
195 no, not ’ai   10  
7 to come ’ame   1  
180 far ’o:t̪   97  
58 wife ’t̪apo n   5, 105  
146 ash ⁿdap   1  
42 to suck ⁿdit̪   25  
68 needle ⁿdo ᵐboa   44  
114 leaf ⁿdon   1  
119 earth/soil ⁿdop   11  

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