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

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