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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:
175 above      
191 all      
192 and ŋe   2  
192 and me   2  
146 ash ʰnat̪esið      
173 at      
13 back word info ðu   82  
165 bad, evil ŋazo   120  
14 belly ʰni      
176 below      
153 big katu      
97 bird waco   57  
147 black wet̪ewet̪   90  
23 blood maⁿd͡ʒa   1  
15 bone      
113 branch word info picine i aŋeic      
18 breast θi   1  
56 child nekø i aŋeic   5  
131 cloud word info iaw   12  
139 cold word info nanazið   135  
166 correct, true ɲipici   108  
168 day ⁿd͡ʒai   6  
10 dirty      
96 dog vailai   7  
96 dog kuli [ᵐb]   L L
140 dry word info weliwel   118  
82 dull, blunt      
11 dust xaxau      
43 ear ʰnaŋeɲë   1?  
119 earth/soil ⁿdo   1  
98 egg      
204 Eight word info keni ŋemen   19  
45 eye alamek   1  
180 far naɲ      
104 fat/grease      
60 father keme i aŋeic   1  
99 feather      
208 Fifty word info      
143 fire   1  
111 fish i   1  
201 Five word info t̪ipi   1?  
116 flower      
132 fog      
200 Four word info eket̪e   1  
117 fruit wene   1  
164 good loi   18  
118 grass      
151 green ’at̪      
26 hair word info i’ nai’e      
1 hand ime   1, 65  
1 hand iwanakoim   1, 66  
184 he/she      
24 head ’e i aŋeic      
142 heavy      
61 house uma   1  
194 how? word info      
57 husband fø i ɲiⁿdo      
182 I ni   1, 22  
182 I ŋe   1  
193 if moine   3, 12  
174 in, inside ŋøn   15?  
16 intestines ixele   92  
126 lake      
114 leaf ⁿd͡ʒøn i. a   1  
2 left mi   1, 59  
4 leg/foot waca   13  
4 leg/foot iwaca   13  
135 lightning samek   15?, 100  
17 liver iⁿd͡ʒe   1  
155 long word info      
108 louse word info      
54 man/male t̪aʰmaɲ   1, 14  
54 man/male at̪e i ɲiⁿdo      
54 man/male ðoxa iuɲiⁿdo      
103 meat/flesh      
129 moon t̪eu   60  
109 mosquito t̪esit̪      
59 mother θine i aŋeic   1  
30 mouth ɣʷe   1  
63 name      
158 narrow      
179 near easʰeɲ   56  
25 neck ɲinawa   18  
68 needle nilan L   L
68 needle ðem L   L
163 new ɲipixe   68  
167 night ðiⁿd   11  
205 Nine word info ekan ŋemen      
195 no, not o’ea   45  
27 nose ʰnafiði i aŋeic   52  
162 old word info nekø      
197 One word info cas   1  
209 One Hundred word info tipi lao at̪      
210 One Thousand word info      
190 other      
160 painful, sick wezipo   52  
160 painful, sick mec   1  
53 person/human being at̪e i aŋeic   4  
133 rain mani   62  
102 rat aði   71  
149 red maⁿd͡ʒa   1?  
3 right maca   5, 13  
6 road/path goðⁿdeɲ   1  
115 root it̪e wan   2  
65 rope eu   25  
112 rotten word info      
125 salt      
121 sand ŋøni   1  
124 sea ʰnageðë      
203 Seven word info lue ŋemen   27  
81 sharp      
154 short word info      
19 shoulder ʰnaiape   70  
161 shy, ashamed      
202 Six word info caŋemen   1  
12 skin      
128 sky ʰneŋøⁿd͡ʒai   1  
152 small kaco   146  
145 smoke word info so ne eë   2  
106 snake un   43  
110 spider iaðuðu      
130 star wët̪esið   91  
79 stick/wood wanamamik      
120 stone et̪ë   1  
105 tail      
206 Ten word info luepi      
178 that      
62 thatch/roof nalima      
187 they      
157 thick word info ka ʰmekøn   3  
156 thin word info kaʰmelele   22  
177 this      
183 thou      
199 Three word info kenit̪   1  
134 thunder ’eⁿdeŋ   107  
41 to bite      
137 to blow word info      
28 to breathe      
144 to burn word info      
91 to buy      
38 to chew word info      
85 to choose      
172 to climb word info      
7 to come t̪aɣʷa      
39 to cook word info      
196 to count e      
196 to count numera     L
34 to cry      
78 to cut, hack word info θupa   135?  
75 to die, be dead menumenu      
90 to dig      
50 to dream puð   75  
40 to drink   69  
40 to drink ’uce   6?  
37 to eat xen   1  
95 to fall word info kei   132  
22 to fear      
123 to flow      
101 to fly sʰesʰë   93  
86 to grow word info      
44 to hear t̪eɣʷen      
171 to hide word info      
72 to hit word info aca ʰna   8?  
89 to hold word info      
69 to hunt word info      
74 to kill      
20 to know, be knowledgeable at̪e   142  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ʰmekun   84  
33 to laugh      
49 to lie down word info mekøl   37  
76 to live, be alive      
92 to open, uncover fe      
84 to plant tan   2  
93 to pound, beat word info ʰna      
64 to say ɣʷoða      
77 to scratch word info      
46 to see goëen   123  
67 to sew word info      
70 to shoot word info      
51 to sit      
48 to sleep      
29 to sniff, smell ʰŋøleʰŋølën      
36 to spit      
80 to split word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
52 to stand      
73 to steal      
42 to suck t̪imet̪imën      
87 to swell word info      
9 to swim   30  
21 to think ɣʷouen      
94 to throw word info      
66 to tie up, fasten      
8 to turn word info uðëneðë ɣʷëmeken ’ut̪on   91?  
35 to vomit ʰmit̪a   1  
5 to walk t̪o      
83 to work word info      
47 to yawn      
32 tongue θineme   7  
31 tooth ɲø   1  
207 Twenty word info ’ano      
198 Two word info luet̪e   1  
138 warm word info iⁿdeuθ      
122 water word info t̪im   8  
185 we word info      
141 wet maɲik   115  
188 what? word info nemen   80  
170 when? word info eu   91  
181 where? word info   88  
148 white wië   22  
189 who? word info      
159 wide      
58 wife fø i niⁿdë      
136 wind   1  
100 wing      
55 woman/female føe      
55 woman/female fø i ɲiⁿdo      
127 woods/forest      
107 worm (earthworm) piagot̪   1  
169 year      
150 yellow ɣʷeⁿd   94  
186 you      

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