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

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