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

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