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Language: Niku

Source/Author:  Takau, Bessis, & Walworth (2022) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode: lame1259 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Lana Takau  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Epi:Lamenu-Baki:Lamenu-Lewo 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
32 tongue      
61 house      
68 needle      
9 to swim oje      
28 to breathe blopoña      
29 to sniff, smell ŋg̊ona      
30 mouth ᵐralijema      
49 to lie down word info oloru      
57 husband oʰu      
80 to split word info ase:paja      
85 to choose sneman      
92 to open, uncover misaʷa      
103 meat/flesh data      
126 lake wiːmare      
135 lightning jepla      
136 wind laŋgĭ      
139 cold word info mĭjaʷa      
141 wet metu      
142 heavy urum      
144 to burn word info miɔl      
145 smoke word info miju      
146 ash pɔsnojal      
147 black malelɒ      
149 red piaŋga      
150 yellow perero      
151 green mak      
152 small takak      
153 big keviju      
154 short word info plaːsja      
155 long word info piaʰu      
156 thin word info minini      
158 narrow brapa tekak      
159 wide brapa keviju      
160 painful, sick manuka      
161 shy, ashamed memawa      
162 old word info urŭmarua      
163 new urviju      
165 bad, evil piuwaŋa      
166 correct, true mɛsmɛsŭ      
167 night lemelɒ      
168 day lɛŋgiena      
170 when? word info poŋgoaj      
171 to hide word info sapulu      
172 to climb word info apwiju      
173 at enene      
175 above maʷa      
176 below ʷaːsano      
177 this naŋa nani      
178 that nagarnaŋi      
179 near lavis      
180 far pɛrna      
183 thou      
185 we word info iⁿsa      
185 we word info sata      
189 who? word info aːj      
190 other tapona      
191 all laːla      
192 and amĭjo      
193 if pona      
194 how? word info sanaːpe      
195 no, not meraːe      
196 to count apuluːja      
197 One word info saŋga      
200 Four word info ʷaːri      
202 Six word info orɑj      
204 Eight word info aʷɛri      
205 Nine word info avɛri      
207 Twenty word info lualima ʷa lua      
208 Fifty word info lua ʷa lima      
209 One Hundred word info lualima ʷa lualima      
210 One Thousand word info ponoti      
16 intestines sĭnena   1  
22 to fear merau   1  
23 blood saːna   1  
34 to cry saŋgĭ   1  
37 to eat kinaːna   1  
40 to drink muña   1  
44 to hear ᵐblõŋge   1  
45 eye kinamerana   1  
51 to sit ososano   1  
70 to shoot word info apinija   1  
75 to die, be dead mɛre   1  
83 to work word info ᵐjuma   1  
90 to dig kilja   1  
91 to buy pulja   1  
97 bird mɐnu   1  
99 feather ʷilulusia   1  
108 louse word info kurŭ   1  
109 mosquito nam   1  
111 fish ika   1  
121 sand noːne   1  
124 sea si   1  
125 salt siʷe   1  
133 rain juwa   1  
188 what? word info ia   1  
198 Two word info lua   1  
199 Three word info selu   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
120 stone klaʍer   1, 40  
43 ear kiliŋgana   1, 41  
76 to live, be alive maːal   1, 76  
186 you kamju   1, 13  
174 in, inside laʰuma   1, 18  
182 I onu   1, 21, 22  
79 stick/wood laki   1, 25  
31 tooth minema   1, 35?  
63 name saⁿki   1, 39  
187 they laːla   1, 48  
27 nose pulkununa   1, 58  
73 to steal pinaun   1, 58  
2 left pa mwɛl   1, 59  
184 he/she naŋga   1, 6  
119 earth/soil kotosano   1, 69  
98 egg kututusia   1, 70  
110 spider kotomalil   101  
71 to stab, pierce mijuria   104  
11 dust jaə   107  
56 child niⁿsisi   108  
164 good po   108  
53 person/human being jererina   11  
140 dry word info mema   11  
5 to walk mial   110  
21 to think stomiana   111  
58 wife oʰu   113  
36 to spit siloro   116  
106 snake mara   12  
54 man/male jerumene   126  
8 to turn word info obyluⁿko   130  
89 to hold word info ᵐblaraːria   130  
39 to cook word info praɛkap   133  
46 to see opsuja   135?  
101 to fly ka   14  
81 sharp maːl   14, 79, 81  
78 to cut, hack word info asivija   146  
82 dull, blunt butubut   15  
10 dirty kototak   150  
66 to tie up, fasten oʋiar   160  
20 to know, be knowledgeable kilia   18  
48 to sleep omono   19  
60 father aːta   19  
143 fire kap   19  
122 water word info wiː   2  
203 Seven word info olua   2  
100 wing kupeːna   2, 62  
74 to kill mʷemaria   2, 69  
19 shoulder purkaɔnena   21  
52 to stand osmalu   25  
128 sky sinapane   29  
102 rat kaʷe   3  
157 thick word info mererɔl   3  
181 where? word info pe   3  
132 fog maʰu   3, 12, 32  
64 to say oʷere   30  
26 hair word info ʷiluna   31  
118 grass wilumene   31  
12 skin kuliɛpena   34  
17 liver puriara   34  
13 back word info matuna   35  
4 leg/foot laːna   37  
206 Ten word info lualima   4  
6 road/path ᵐbrapa   41  
115 root piliŋgas   45, 47  
114 leaf lumak   46  
18 breast ᵐbrajuna   49  
47 to yawn omaːmaljo   49  
59 mother aʰuja   49  
65 rope kilka   5  
3 right pa marua   5, 37  
112 rotten word info menuːn   51  
116 flower ʷinak   56  
117 fruit ᵐbralak   58  
129 moon kuparijo   6, 29  
67 to sew word info osuluja   60  
123 to flow wiːkiriːri   60  
105 tail eːna   61, 83  
86 to grow word info kapur   63  
169 year kasia   66  
113 branch word info korowas   68  
95 to fall word info mĭloru   7  
96 dog kuli   7  
130 star ʷerue   70  
15 bone purijuna   71  
104 fat/grease mura   72  
1 hand luwas   73  
77 to scratch word info koparia   73  
7 to come ovrim   74  
14 belly mapona   74  
93 to pound, beat word info mʷea   77  
84 to plant mapla   78  
55 woman/female sira   79  
35 to vomit mĭlulua   8  
38 to chew word info karja   81  
62 thatch/roof lumajaro   81  
25 neck komɛlkiːna   82  
134 thunder pulul   83  
33 to laugh pisaːle   84  
50 to dream omununuja   85  
88 to squeeze word info buña   85  
94 to throw word info kuaⁿlua   85  
24 head parna   87  
137 to blow word info oᵐjuja   88  
138 warm word info pisusun   89  
41 to bite karpaja   90  
87 to swell word info mĭlapa   90  
72 to hit word info mʷea   93  
107 worm (earthworm) kular   93  
131 cloud word info lul   93  
42 to suck preʰa   95  
69 to hunt word info miliaŋ kuli   96  
127 woods/forest lokoːna   96  
148 white miwe   98  

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