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Language: Lenakel

Source/Author:  John Lynch 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:tnl  Glottocode: lena1238 
Notes:  / marks non-penultimate stress 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Peng Du  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:South Vanuatu:Tanna 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
68 needle      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand nelm-   1, 64  
2 left mul   1, 59  
3 right mwatu   5, 77  
4 leg/foot nelk-   25  
5 to walk aliuok   97  
6 road/path suatu   47  
7 to come va   25  
8 to turn word info aləlín   123  
9 to swim aik   5, 24  
10 dirty amkəmək   14  
11 dust nəmoulúl   8  
12 skin nəviŋ-   28  
13 back word info nəmwataa-   35  
14 belly netp-   36  
15 bone nəkəlkəlii-   7  
16 intestines nəsŋaa-   1, 77  
17 liver nakanmop-   4, 7  
18 breast naha-   1  
19 shoulder nauik-      
20 to know, be knowledgeable hinatín   138  
22 to fear əŋn   60  
23 blood nətaa-   1  
24 head -kapwa   9, 17  
25 neck -rou   18  
26 hair word info nouanu-   59  
27 nose nəpwaŋhaŋ-   1, 33  
28 to breathe amiŋ   73  
30 mouth nhul-   76  
31 tooth nelu-   1, 35  
32 tongue nam-   7, 49  
33 to laugh əlhieelh   97  
34 to cry asak   33  
35 to vomit eua   8  
36 to spit aŋh   14, 83  
37 to eat kən   1  
38 to chew word info amai   1, 49  
39 to cook word info viin   50  
40 to drink amnuumw   1, 72  
41 to bite kəs   1, 60  
42 to suck təm   17  
43 ear nəmwa|telŋ-   1  
44 to hear arou   56  
45 eye nəmr-   1  
46 to see aamh   80  
47 to yawn ouaŋ-taat ['open-bad'] 12  
48 to sleep apul   11  
49 to lie down word info amel   8  
50 to dream amel-ait   13  
51 to sit owta   108  
52 to stand ail   64  
53 person/human being ieramím   55  
54 man/male iera|mwaan   1, 14  
55 woman/female peravən   1, 35  
56 child ner-   5  
57 husband ieramwaan man 17  
58 wife peravən woman 5, 58  
59 mother in-   1, 61  
60 father rəm-   1  
61 house nimwa   1  
62 thatch/roof nhaŋ-      
63 name netŋ-   1, 18  
64 to say əni   104  
65 rope nelaus   11  
66 to tie up, fasten əliis   1, 39  
67 to sew word info til   71  
69 to hunt word info eukpən   11  
70 to shoot word info əru      
71 to stab, pierce ətik   76  
72 to hit word info ho   85  
73 to steal aklha   10  
74 to kill hoapwnín compound of /ho/ "hit" and /apwn/ "kill" 1  
75 to die, be dead məs   1  
76 to live, be alive amiuh   60  
77 to scratch word info aki   13  
78 to cut, hack word info arai   1  
79 stick/wood nouanək noua- is "fruit of" prefix, n*k reflects article + *k of *kayu 1  
80 to split word info arpiai   98  
81 sharp asla   17  
82 dull, blunt əpus   16  
83 to work word info asumw   1, 13  
84 to plant su   28  
85 to choose haukər      
86 to grow word info ipwər   1?  
87 to swell word info asiis   11  
88 to squeeze word info avət   90  
89 to hold word info os   33  
90 to dig il   1  
92 to open, uncover atita      
93 to pound, beat word info atia   11  
94 to throw word info atkín   52  
95 to fall word info əm   40  
97 bird menuk   1  
98 egg nouanhal- -nhal- < * (qa)toluR 1, 61  
99 feather nəmomwi-   23  
100 wing nəkavkav- <*kapak 1  
101 to fly ivək   1  
102 rat kahau   3  
103 meat/flesh nauŋa   16  
104 fat/grease nelpwa   15  
105 tail nəpik-   1, 31  
106 snake taŋalua   14  
107 worm (earthworm) mwatíkalo   38  
108 louse word info kur   1  
109 mosquito mumuk   1  
110 spider makal   30  
111 fish nam   51  
112 rotten word info amramər   116  
113 branch word info nelm- = hand 67  
114 leaf nəmwal- n*mwa- is a prefix for covering things, l- is what is left of root 30  
115 root nuk-   2  
116 flower nouŋ-   1  
117 fruit noua-   1, 26  
118 grass nəmwanvhaal compound form with prefix n*mwan/vhall < *palisi with matathesis 1  
119 earth/soil nəmop|tən   1, 34  
120 stone kopwiel   6  
121 sand nəmwakəlakəl *kele with prefixes 30  
122 water word info nu n is the article, u < *w of *waiR 2  
123 to flow aih   57  
124 sea tehe   1  
125 salt nəŋal   8  
126 lake nəsiu   10  
127 woods/forest nəkinhamra   99  
128 sky neai   12  
129 moon mouk   28  
130 star mahau   13  
131 cloud word info napua   16  
132 fog oro verb 3  
133 rain nihin   1  
134 thunder kalvəlva   2, 64, 18  
135 lightning alukomw verb    
138 warm word info mhan   1, 72  
139 cold word info arap   29  
140 dry word info ausək   15  
141 wet ptəŋ   13  
142 heavy pkom   30  
143 fire nəkom   19  
144 to burn word info vaan   83  
145 smoke word info nhankom n*kom = fire, n/ha- < *qasu 2  
146 ash nəmraau   1, 73  
147 black apən   9  
148 white tuan   14  
149 red ləvləv   52  
150 yellow auhia   42  
151 green ami|mra   1  
152 small esuaas   142  
153 big asuul   47  
154 short word info erupwerupw      
155 long word info apwomh   14  
156 thin word info akəlkəl   20  
157 thick word info pək   71  
158 narrow evtetín   14  
159 wide asuul [=big] x  
160 painful, sick amha   1  
161 shy, ashamed auləs   36  
162 old word info ahiŋəl   84  
163 new vi   1  
164 good vət   61  
165 bad, evil taat   1  
166 correct, true etuatu   x  
167 night la|pən   1  
168 day nian   6  
169 year nuw [=YAM] 41  
170 when? word info nahan   1, 43  
171 to hide word info elhuaiŋ   7  
172 to climb word info ət   39  
173 at le   20  
174 in, inside nakani-      
175 above ilis   26  
176 below lahau      
177 this uk   47  
178 that aan   1  
179 near iuokət   32  
180 far i|sou   1  
181 where? word info ihie   91  
182 I io   1, 21  
183 thou iik   1, 17  
184 he/she in   1, 43  
185 we word info kat|ar   1  
185 we word info kam|ar   2  
186 you kami|ar   1, 13  
187 they il|ar   1, 75  
188 what? word info neta   78  
189 who? word info pe|he   1, 30  
190 other psən   71  
191 all petəmw      
192 and məne [NP] 2, 68  
192 and kani [VP] 1  
193 if takamwa   22  
194 how? word info etu- verb prefix 87  
195 no, not kapwa   105  
196 to count avhín   26  
197 One word info karena   14, 44  
198 Two word info kiu   1  
199 Three word info kəsil   1  
200 Four word info kuver   1  
201 Five word info katilim   1, 14  
202 Six word info katilum karena      
203 Seven word info katilum kiu      
204 Eight word info katilum kəsil      
205 Nine word info katilum kuvər      
206 Ten word info katilum katilum      
21 to think nəki-n r-ho his mind strikes 65 1
29 to sniff, smell arou + 62, 74 1
91 to buy os nəmr-n   73? 1
96 dog kuri PN Loan 7 L
136 wind nəmataaŋ (PN LOAN) 1, 66 L
137 to blow word info ilíl   16 L
137 to blow word info hal   26 L

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