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

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