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Language: Lewo (Nivu village)

Source/Author:  Mary Walworth 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:lww  Glottocode: lewo1242 
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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:
1 hand limanŋin   1, 64  
2 left pamʷel   1, 59  
3 right pamaruʷa      
4 leg/foot lankin   37  
5 to walk jalor      
6 road/path mæræʰapa      
7 to come oɸ̚inmi      
8 to turn word info oʷulonko      
9 to swim to-kul      
10 dirty namna      
11 dust puluje      
12 skin kulusnenjepeta      
13 back word info masinŋginu      
14 belly mopʷenkinu      
15 bone puriju   71  
16 intestines pʷesnema      
17 liver purijare   34  
18 breast ju      
19 shoulder purkauneta      
20 to know, be knowledgeable neklekena   18  
21 to think stomena      
22 to fear nemæræu   1  
23 blood kuruta      
24 head pariŋkita      
25 neck kulmekita      
26 hair word info ulparinkita      
27 nose kununkita      
28 to breathe ojuwewe      
29 to sniff, smell loponja   76  
30 mouth mongita      
31 tooth mæluwenkita      
32 tongue purmenenkita      
33 to laugh teɨtale      
34 to cry ne-taŋ      
35 to vomit nenlilwa      
36 to spit ne-plæsər      
37 to eat naŋa-kinana      
38 to chew word info takarmumui      
39 to cook word info teklakap      
40 to drink nu-munja      
41 to bite na-karoja      
42 to suck ourewi      
43 ear kiliŋa-nginu   1, 41  
44 to hear nem-loŋe      
45 eye kilamarankinu      
46 to see      
47 to yawn otaxəuto      
48 to sleep no-momæli      
49 to lie down word info oleromomælijo      
50 to dream nomonija      
51 to sit ne-tetano      
52 to stand ne-smalu      
53 person/human being      
54 man/male jermwen      
55 woman/female sira   79  
56 child ninsisis      
57 husband wonapajermwen      
58 wife uruwonanandekefanuwane      
59 mother awija      
60 father ata      
61 house juma   1  
62 thatch/roof wus nen juma      
63 name kija      
64 to say      
65 rope kilka      
66 to tie up, fasten oijarmʷarera      
67 to sew word info a-sluware      
68 needle maras nen turnasəluwaren kolos      
69 to hunt word info teiliw      
70 to shoot word info kwinija   1  
71 to stab, pierce ojurija      
72 to hit word info      
73 to steal nawunija      
74 to kill kwamare      
75 to die, be dead mærkwan      
76 to live, be alive mælsina   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info kupareja      
78 to cut, hack word info asija      
79 stick/wood leki      
80 to split word info taɸ̚ʷæja      
81 sharp mæl      
82 dull, blunt mas      
83 to work word info jumae      
84 to plant mepla      
85 to choose sinumanape      
86 to grow word info kapur      
87 to swell word info sirep      
88 to squeeze word info owinja      
89 to hold word info olalareja      
90 to dig tekilija      
91 to buy towulija      
92 to open, uncover neɸ̚ʷijotawa      
93 to pound, beat word info owaja      
94 to throw word info okwanuwa      
95 to fall word info mileru      
96 dog lokuli      
97 bird menu      
98 egg mopluto      
99 feather ɸ̚ʷelulusija      
100 wing kupena      
101 to fly kaka      
102 rat kawe      
103 meat/flesh tata      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail kesina      
106 snake lomara      
107 worm (earthworm) pular      
108 louse word info kur      
109 mosquito nam      
110 spider kotomalil      
111 fish ika      
112 rotten word info menun      
113 branch word info korowasija      
114 leaf lumoki      
115 root palaŋsija      
116 flower ɸ̚ʷinasija      
117 fruit meræleki      
118 grass ilumʷin      
119 earth/soil porotano      
120 stone klaɸ̚ʷeru      
121 sand none      
122 water word info wi      
123 to flow wimilau      
124 sea punasi      
125 salt si      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest emaruwa      
128 sky snapane      
129 moon kupæriju      
130 star ɸ̚ʷerwe      
131 cloud word info lul      
132 fog mau      
133 rain juwa      
134 thunder pulul      
135 lightning jekarpila      
136 wind laŋ      
137 to blow word info mijuwi      
138 warm word info pisisin      
139 cold word info mijapa      
140 dry word info jomema      
141 wet mesu      
142 heavy murumi      
143 fire kap      
144 to burn word info askapija      
145 smoke word info kapiju      
146 ash pulujʏu      
147 black mælko      
148 white mjʏuwe      
149 red mene      
150 yellow mleler      
151 green memæina      
152 small witoma      
153 big faowa      
154 short word info plas      
155 long word info pijʏwi      
156 thin word info marasŋa      
157 thick word info milapa      
158 narrow ŋwetakis      
159 wide kewʏju      
160 painful, sick mæena      
161 shy, ashamed mærau      
162 old word info jermæruwa      
163 new uruwiju      
164 good pʷona      
165 bad, evil pjuwaŋa      
166 correct, true mesmes      
167 night jemælko      
168 day jemæra      
169 year kasija      
170 when? word info poŋoe      
171 to hide word info olawanja      
172 to climb word info owijunja      
173 at      
174 in, inside lojima      
175 above mætewə      
176 below latano      
177 this nenani      
178 that nanaŋare      
179 near lawisŋe      
180 far perina      
181 where? word info pe      
182 I kinu      
183 thou ko      
184 he/she naŋa      
185 we word info kita (incl) amŋa (excl)      
186 you ko      
187 they lalŋa      
188 what? word info jane      
189 who? word info ai      
190 other tapwena      
191 all mækeŋa      
192 and amijowa      
193 if sa      
194 how? word info sanapi      
195 no, not wolŋa      
196 to count awʏlowja      
197 One word info taŋa      
198 Two word info luwa      
199 Three word info telu      
200 Four word info weri      
201 Five word info lima      
202 Six word info oræi      
203 Seven word info owæri      
204 Eight word info oɸ̚ʷæri      
205 Nine word info orel      
206 Ten word info luwalima      
207 Twenty word info luwalima taŋa pen luwa      
208 Fifty word info luwalima pan lima      
209 One Hundred word info ponotija taŋa      
210 One Thousand word info      

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