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

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