Language: Fwâi
| Source/Author: | F. OZANNE-RIVIERRE and A-G HAUDRICOURT | |
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| Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:fwa Glottocode: fwai1237 | |
| Notes: | The lexical data used here come from the book writen by Françoise OZANNE-RIVIERRE and André-Georges HAUDRICOURT, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : PIJE – FWÂI – NEMI – JAWE (published in 1982). This book presents a thematic lexicon and a phonological comparaison of those four languages, based on several fieldworks made by two linguists : André-Georges HAUDRICOURT (in 1959) and Françoise OZANNE-RIVIERRE (1973, 1976, 1978). The lexicon is translating french words into those four targeted languages. They are spoken on the north-west side of the Grande Terre island in New Caledonia. | |
| Problems: | Data entry methodology remarks : - The words with the more general meaning have been entered. - When possible, only the lexical radicals have been entered here (those radicals are presented by the authors). - When the lexical item entered is a affixe, it starts or end with a dash - When several lexical items are possible for a word in the list, the phonological words have been retained before anything else. Note that there are no comments from the authors on how frequent each word is, when they are all refering to the same notion. Note as well that there are no comments on borrowings. - When several lexical items, with no general meaning, correspond to a word in the list, those meaning have been noted in the comments - The phonetic alphabet used by the authors is partially different from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) used here ; since the consonnant and vowel systems for Fwâi are presented by the authors, we have been able to transcribe according to the IPA the following sounds : [s] : [ç] [y] : [ʝ] Data entry general remarks :. - When the lexical item entered is a affixe, it starts or end with a dash. - If a lexical item is resulting of a lexicalized composition or derivation, the construction resulting in a word is noted by a dash (for instance pun-ⁿga, ‘hair-of the head’). | |
| Data Entry: | Typed By: David PIEKUT 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:Nemi | |
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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Poai
Ethnologue Information for fwa
OLAC Information for fwa
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for poa-
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Entries:
| ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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| 29 | to sniff, smell | |
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| 50 | to dream | |
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| 70 | to shoot
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| 104 | fat/grease | |
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| 118 | grass | |
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| 178 | that | |
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| 190 | other | |
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| 191 | all | |
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| 208 | Fifty
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| 210 | One Thousand
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| 5 | to walk | hʝathok | |||
| 6 | road/path | çẽ:ⁿdan | |||
| 8 | to turn
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tewe: | |||
| 9 | to swim | nem | To swim under water | ||
| 10 | dirty | ⁿge:k | |||
| 13 | back
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ⁿdai | |||
| 16 | intestines | ho:rhẽ | |||
| 21 | to think | ɲiɲami | |||
| 22 | to fear | numwa | |||
| 24 | head | ⁿga | |||
| 26 | hair
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pun-ⁿga | |||
| 28 | to breathe | po-hʝe:n hnahna | |||
| 31 | tooth | pa:-hwa | |||
| 32 | tongue | kuehma | |||
| 36 | to spit | çuhma | |||
| 38 | to chew
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hwai | b. 'To chew some bark or magnania' | ||
| 39 | to cook
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para:k | a. | ||
| 40 | to drink | ɸeloi | To drink something hot | ||
| 42 | to suck | huli | |||
| 45 | eye | thãma: | |||
| 46 | to see | hwene | |||
| 47 | to yawn | ohaem | |||
| 48 | to sleep | khõule:ŋ | |||
| 49 | to lie down
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ho:k | |||
| 53 | person/human being | hno:k (2) | woman, female | ||
| 53 | person/human being | kahok (1) | man, male | ||
| 54 | man/male | kahok | |||
| 55 | woman/female | hno:k | |||
| 56 | child | haok | |||
| 57 | husband | kalo: | |||
| 58 | wife | hno:e | |||
| 59 | mother | thẽ | |||
| 60 | father | thãu | |||
| 62 | thatch/roof | ⁿgan-ŋa | |||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | tha: | |||
| 67 | to sew
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thoi | |||
| 68 | needle | ⁿdu-ᵐbwek | |||
| 69 | to hunt
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βai | |||
| 71 | to stab, pierce | ⁿdua | |||
| 72 | to hit
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hnaβi | To whip | ||
| 72 | to hit
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ka:i | To hit/strike/kill without any other specification | ||
| 73 | to steal | ⁿgune | |||
| 74 | to kill | ka:i | |||
| 76 | to live, be alive | marip | |||
| 77 | to scratch
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ɟawi | |||
| 78 | to cut, hack
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the-ⁿgane | |||
| 79 | stick/wood | ᵐbwareⁿɟa | |||
| 80 | to split
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thiu | The translation given in the source lexicon is an intransitive verb (in french 'se séparer'). Its use is illustrated in the following example : 'those people are split in two parties' | ||
| 81 | sharp | cac | |||
| 83 | to work
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po-poɣa | |||
| 85 | to choose | thamwi | |||
| 86 | to grow
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cim | |||
| 87 | to swell
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hiⁿguk | Used as an adjective | ||
| 88 | to squeeze
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theᵐbile | |||
| 90 | to dig | hʝai | To dig | ||
| 90 | to dig | hʝaβi | to havest (yam) | ||
| 91 | to buy | thu: | |||
| 93 | to pound, beat
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to-ᵐbi: | To crush something (like coffee) with the hand' | ||
| 94 | to throw
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thai | |||
| 98 | egg | ɸi | |||
| 99 | feather | puni | Seems to be used for possessive contruction where the possessor is expressed by a pronoun (for instance: puni-n means 'her/his feather') | ||
| 99 | feather | pun-manik | 'bird's fur' | ||
| 100 | wing | hi-n manik | 'bird's arm' | ||
| 100 | wing | pun-hi | Seems to be used for possessive contruction where the possessor is expressed by a pronoun (for instance : pun-hi means 'her/his wing') | ||
| 101 | to fly | thõ:n | |||
| 103 | meat/flesh | hmaβe- | Those words are not the lexical root, but the possesse form to which a suffixe or a noun refering to the possessor is attached ('meat of') | ||
| 105 | tail | thiⁿge | |||
| 106 | snake | ka-tholaβi pula:k | A very specific sea snake, no general term for 'snake' | ||
| 108 | louse
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b. ci:k | |||
| 109 | mosquito | na:ⁿguk | |||
| 110 | spider | hʝahʝo:k | |||
| 113 | branch
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hi-n ce:k | May be literally translated by 'arm of the tree' | ||
| 117 | fruit | pwe | |||
| 119 | earth/soil | ⁿguc | |||
| 123 | to flow | hʝe | |||
| 125 | salt | ⁿdalik | |||
| 126 | lake | ⁿdan | |||
| 129 | moon | fwẽ | |||
| 130 | star | thanik | |||
| 132 | fog | ça:hmat | |||
| 137 | to blow
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thai | a. | ||
| 138 | warm
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khiut | |||
| 139 | cold
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khim | |||
| 140 | dry
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man | Means 'dry' as a river or a fruit | ||
| 140 | dry
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maʝuk | Means 'dry' as clothes | ||
| 140 | dry
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ʝaᵐbwat | Means 'dry' as clothes | ||
| 141 | wet | moⁿguk | |||
| 142 | heavy | the:c | |||
| 143 | fire | ʝa:k | |||
| 144 | to burn
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het | |||
| 148 | white | hulo | |||
| 149 | red | maⁿgat | |||
| 151 | green | fũɲ | |||
| 152 | small | mwaɲ | |||
| 153 | big | hun | |||
| 154 | short
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humwa | a. | ||
| 155 | long
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ⁿgahlia | |||
| 157 | thick
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thaᵐbo | |||
| 158 | narrow | uᵐbec | |||
| 159 | wide | kalaβa | |||
| 161 | shy, ashamed | ka-hwo:ŋ | |||
| 162 | old
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βahi | |||
| 163 | new | kaʝa | Those lexical items are used for humans; for 'new objects', those items are combined with gaa, illustrated as followed : gaa kaʝa | ||
| 164 | good | nehʝa | |||
| 166 | correct, true | ⁿduhẽⁿduk | |||
| 167 | night | ⁿgen | |||
| 169 | year | tok | |||
| 170 | when?
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thẽ:n | |||
| 171 | to hide
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ta-hẽⁿdua | |||
| 172 | to climb
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ʝoβa-ta | |||
| 174 | in, inside | rhẽ | |||
| 176 | below | rip | French translation : 'en bas' | ||
| 180 | far | ho:t | |||
| 182 | I | wo | |||
| 183 | thou | ⁿdo | |||
| 185 | we
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neⁿdu | (incl) | ||
| 185 | we
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neᵐbu | (excl) | ||
| 186 | you | ⁿdawe | (plural) | ||
| 186 | you | ⁿdau | (dual) | ||
| 187 | they | ʝelu | (dual) | ||
| 187 | they | ʝele | (plural) | ||
| 189 | who?
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rhu: | |||
| 189 | who?
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rhu:ⁿde | |||
| 193 | if | fwãne | |||
| 194 | how?
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hoᵐbe: | |||
| 195 | no, not | hʝan | Negative polarity sentence marker | ||
| 195 | no, not | hʝa pe:i | Negative polarity sentence marker | ||
| 197 | One
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he:c | |||
| 198 | Two
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heluk | |||
| 199 | Three
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heyen | |||
| 200 | Four
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foβec | |||
| 202 | Six
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ni-ᵐbwe:c | |||
| 202 | Six
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hemen he:c | |||
| 203 | Seven
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hemen heluk | |||
| 203 | Seven
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ni-ᵐbweluk | |||
| 204 | Eight
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ni-ᵐbweʝen | |||
| 204 | Eight
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hemen heʝen | |||
| 205 | Nine
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ni-ᵐboβec | |||
| 205 | Nine
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hemen foβac | |||
| 207 | Twenty
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he: kahok | Litteraly 'one man' | ||
| 209 | One Hundred
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nim kahok | Litteraly 'five men' | ||
| 7 | to come | he-me | 1 | ||
| 12 | skin | ci: | 1 | ||
| 14 | belly | ⁿɟic | 1 | ||
| 17 | liver | kec | 1 | ||
| 18 | breast | thi | 1 | ||
| 35 | to vomit | ũⁿda | 1 | ||
| 43 | ear | ⁿɟe:na | 1 | ||
| 61 | house | ŋa | 1 | ||
| 75 | to die, be dead | mac | 1 | ||
| 89 | to hold
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cimwi | 1 | ||
| 97 | bird | manik | 1 | ||
| 114 | leaf | ⁿdo | 1 | ||
| 116 | flower | fũ: | 1 | ||
| 120 | stone | paik | 1 | ||
| 121 | sand | kon | 1 | ||
| 124 | sea | ⁿdalik | Means 'salty water' | 1 | |
| 133 | rain | kut | 1 | ||
| 136 | wind | ⁿda:n | 1 | ||
| 146 | ash | ⁿdap | 1 | ||
| 164 | good | kohʝa | Refering to 'good feelings or morality' Refering to 'something (food) that taste good' | 1 | |
| 188 | what?
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ta | 1 | ||
| 11 | dust | hmu:n-ⁿguc | 1, 105 | ||
| 201 | Five
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nim | 1, 15 | ||
| 63 | name | ʝat | 1, 18 | ||
| 23 | blood | kura | 1, 45 | ||
| 168 | day | mala | 1, 54 | ||
| 37 | to eat | hwi-aman | 1, 55 | ||
| 2 | left | mo | 1, 59 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | ta:c | 1, 99 | ||
| 1 | hand | hi | 10 | ||
| 142 | heavy | pwaluk | 10 | ||
| 107 | worm (earthworm) | ᵐbet | 11 | ||
| 33 | to laugh | ŋa:n | 110 | ||
| 179 | near | ŋeŋeno | 112 | ||
| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable | hina | 116 | ||
| 112 | rotten
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hɲat | 118 | ||
| 206 | Ten
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paiⁿdu | 12 | ||
| 64 | to say | pe:i | 13, 103 | ||
| 95 | to fall
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tiwa | 133 | ||
| 95 | to fall
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tawa | 133 | ||
| 27 | nose | hwãⁿdi | 14 | ||
| 150 | yellow | kari | 14 | ||
| 25 | neck | no: | 18 | ||
| 173 | at | ne | 18 | ||
| 175 | above | ra | French translation : 'en haut' | 18 | |
| 184 | he/she | ʝe | 18 | ||
| 15 | bone | ⁿdu | 2 | ||
| 65 | rope | wãk | There are a lot of lexical items for the notion rope (part of rope, rope for a specific purpose, rope made up by a special material, etc) The word retained here is the less specific, meaning rope as well as liana | 2 | |
| 122 | water
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we | 2 | ||
| 181 | where?
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βe | With movement | 2 | |
| 192 | and | ma | 2 | ||
| 52 | to stand | tu:t | 2, 69 | ||
| 145 | smoke
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hmu | 2, 76 | ||
| 3 | right | ⁿduhi | 24 | ||
| 196 | to count | ɸine | 26 | ||
| 102 | rat | ci:ᵐbwi | 3 | ||
| 131 | cloud
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ne:ɲ | 3 | ||
| 181 | where?
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eβe | Without movement | 3, 35 | |
| 82 | dull, blunt | neɲ | 34 | ||
| 30 | mouth | hwa | 36 | ||
| 19 | shoulder | pue-hi | 37 | ||
| 92 | to open, uncover | taɸĩ | Those items means 'to open (the eye)' Other items with the meaning of 'opening up something (by cuting/splting it)' have not been selected giving the fact that their use is co-occuring with word refering to tools | 37 | |
| 160 | painful, sick | ɸali:c | 38 | ||
| 115 | root | wa: | 39 | ||
| 137 | to blow
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uβi | b. | 4 | |
| 51 | to sit | taⁿgo | 42 | ||
| 134 | thunder | niuk | 43 | ||
| 96 | dog | cawek | 45 | ||
| 195 | no, not | koi | As a reply meaning 'no' | 45 | |
| 41 | to bite | hwi: | 'To bite in order to eat some meat' | 57 | |
| 40 | to drink | khũⁿduk | To drink something cold | 6 | |
| 40 | to drink | khũⁿdi | To drink something cold | 6 | |
| 156 | thin
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terep | 63 | ||
| 40 | to drink | ɸelo | To drink something hot | 67 | |
| 93 | to pound, beat
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ta:-ᵐbi: | To crush something (like coffee) with the foot | 68 | |
| 127 | woods/forest | kuc | 7 | ||
| 84 | to plant | tami | 73 | ||
| 128 | sky | poa | 75 | ||
| 34 | to cry | hʝe | 80 | ||
| 44 | to hear | tena | 80 | ||
| 177 | this | -ⁿda | 80 | ||
| 4 | leg/foot | ho | 88 | ||
| 111 | fish | nuk | 9 | ||
| 135 | lightning | hɲonim | 95 | ||
| 9 | to swim | hʝo:m | To swim at the surface, the head above the water | 97 | |
| 147 | black | ɸi:ŋ | 99 |





