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

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