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

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