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Language: ⁿDe’u

Source/Author:  Leenhardt (1946) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:dhv  Glottocode: dehu1237 
Notes:  Leenhardt, Maurice. 1946. Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie 
Problems:  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  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Loyalty Islands 
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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      
48 to sleep      
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      
85 to choose      
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      
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      
183 thou      
184 he/she      
185 we word info      
186 you      
187 they      
189 who? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
194 how? word info      
208 Fifty word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
5 to walk t̪o      
7 to come t̪aɣʷa      
11 dust xaxau      
14 belly ʰni      
21 to think ɣʷouen      
24 head ’e i aŋeic      
26 hair word info i’ nai’e      
29 to sniff, smell ʰŋøleʰŋølën      
42 to suck t̪imet̪imën      
44 to hear t̪eɣʷen      
54 man/male at̪e i ɲiⁿdo      
54 man/male ðoxa iuɲiⁿdo      
55 woman/female føe      
55 woman/female fø i ɲiⁿdo      
57 husband fø i ɲiⁿdo      
58 wife fø i niⁿdë      
62 thatch/roof nalima      
64 to say ɣʷoða      
68 needle nilan L   L
68 needle ðem L   L
75 to die, be dead menumenu      
79 stick/wood wanamamik      
92 to open, uncover fe      
93 to pound, beat word info ʰna      
109 mosquito t̪esit̪      
110 spider iaðuðu      
113 branch word info picine i aŋeic      
124 sea ʰnageðë      
138 warm word info iⁿdeuθ      
146 ash ʰnat̪esið      
151 green ’at̪      
153 big katu      
162 old word info nekø      
180 far naɲ      
196 to count e      
196 to count numera     L
205 Nine word info ekan ŋemen      
206 Ten word info luepi      
207 Twenty word info ’ano      
209 One Hundred word info tipi lao at̪      
6 road/path goðⁿdeɲ   1  
17 liver iⁿd͡ʒe   1  
18 breast θi   1  
23 blood maⁿd͡ʒa   1  
30 mouth ɣʷe   1  
31 tooth ɲø   1  
35 to vomit ʰmit̪a   1  
37 to eat xen   1  
45 eye alamek   1  
59 mother θine i aŋeic   1  
60 father keme i aŋeic   1  
61 house uma   1  
107 worm (earthworm) piagot̪   1  
111 fish i   1  
114 leaf ⁿd͡ʒøn i. a   1  
117 fruit wene   1  
119 earth/soil ⁿdo   1  
120 stone et̪ë   1  
121 sand ŋøni   1  
128 sky ʰneŋøⁿd͡ʒai   1  
136 wind   1  
143 fire   1  
160 painful, sick mec   1  
182 I ŋe   1  
197 One word info cas   1  
198 Two word info luet̪e   1  
199 Three word info kenit̪   1  
200 Four word info eket̪e   1  
202 Six word info caŋemen   1  
54 man/male t̪aʰmaɲ   1, 14  
182 I ni   1, 22  
2 left mi   1, 59  
1 hand ime   1, 65  
1 hand iwanakoim   1, 66  
134 thunder ’eⁿdeŋ   107  
166 correct, true ɲipici   108  
167 night ðiⁿd   11  
141 wet maɲik   115  
140 dry word info weliwel   118  
131 cloud word info iaw   12  
165 bad, evil ŋazo   120  
46 to see goëen   123  
4 leg/foot waca   13  
4 leg/foot iwaca   13  
95 to fall word info kei   132  
139 cold word info nanazið   135  
78 to cut, hack word info θupa   135?  
20 to know, be knowledgeable at̪e   142  
152 small kaco   146  
174 in, inside ŋøn   15?  
135 lightning samek   15?, 100  
25 neck ɲinawa   18  
164 good loi   18  
204 Eight word info keni ŋemen   19  
43 ear ʰnaŋeɲë   1?  
149 red maⁿd͡ʒa   1?  
201 Five word info t̪ipi   1?  
84 to plant tan   2  
115 root it̪e wan   2  
145 smoke word info so ne eë   2  
192 and ŋe   2  
192 and me   2  
148 white wië   22  
156 thin word info kaʰmelele   22  
65 rope eu   25  
203 Seven word info lue ŋemen   27  
157 thick word info ka ʰmekøn   3  
193 if moine   3, 12  
9 to swim   30  
49 to lie down word info mekøl   37  
53 person/human being at̪e i aŋeic   4  
106 snake un   43  
195 no, not o’ea   45  
56 child nekø i aŋeic   5  
3 right maca   5, 13  
27 nose ʰnafiði i aŋeic   52  
160 painful, sick wezipo   52  
179 near easʰeɲ   56  
97 bird waco   57  
168 day ⁿd͡ʒai   6  
129 moon t̪eu   60  
133 rain mani   62  
163 new ɲipixe   68  
40 to drink   69  
40 to drink ’uce   6?  
32 tongue θineme   7  
96 dog vailai   7  
19 shoulder ʰnaiape   70  
102 rat aði   71  
50 to dream puð   75  
122 water word info t̪im   8  
188 what? word info nemen   80  
13 back word info ðu   82  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ʰmekun   84  
181 where? word info   88  
72 to hit word info aca ʰna   8?  
147 black wet̪ewet̪   90  
130 star wët̪esið   91  
170 when? word info eu   91  
8 to turn word info uðëneðë ɣʷëmeken ’ut̪on   91?  
16 intestines ixele   92  
101 to fly sʰesʰë   93  
150 yellow ɣʷeⁿd   94  
96 dog kuli [ᵐb]   L L

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