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Language: Lewo (Nivu village)

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