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Language: Lewo (Nikaura 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 lum-au   1, 64  
2 left pamʷel   1, 59  
3 right pamaruwa   5, 37  
4 leg/foot la-u   37  
5 to walk mejɛl   110  
6 road/path mbrapa   41  
7 to come neijim      
8 to turn word info nouloninu   130  
9 to swim no-kul      
10 dirty korak      
11 dust jaʏ      
12 skin kulusne-u   1  
13 back word info masu   35  
14 belly mopo-ma   74  
15 bone puriju   71  
16 intestines sine-u   1  
17 liver purijare   34  
18 breast mbraju   49  
19 shoulder purkauneʲo   21  
20 to know, be knowledgeable kilijaena   18  
21 to think nakilijaena   113  
22 to fear ne-merau   1  
23 blood kuruta   45  
24 head paru-ma   9  
25 neck kulmeki-ju   82  
26 hair word info ulparu-mo   82  
27 nose kunu-ma   1, 58  
28 to breathe nemi-jʏwɛwe   109  
29 to sniff, smell ne-mloponja   76  
30 mouth ŋo-ma   80  
31 tooth mɛlwe-ma   1, 35  
32 tongue purmene-ma   7, 40  
33 to laugh ne-ptale   84  
34 to cry ne-taŋ   1  
35 to vomit naŋa-mliluwa   8  
36 to spit neknana      
37 to eat ne-telmænija      
38 to chew word info naŋa-telmænija   83  
39 to cook word info ne-praŋkap   133  
40 to drink ne-praŋkap      
41 to bite ne-karoja   91  
42 to suck o-momonja   11, 97  
43 ear kilŋa-u   1, 41  
44 to hear ne-mloŋe   1  
45 eye klamera-u   1  
46 to see      
47 to yawn ne-malou   55  
48 to sleep ne-memælijo      
49 to lie down word info mlormontano   119  
50 to dream mwenija   85  
51 to sit ototano   1  
52 to stand osmʷal   25  
53 person/human being      
54 man/male ijermʷen   128  
55 woman/female sira   79  
56 child ninsis      
57 husband wona naijermʷen      
58 wife wona nasira      
59 mother awija      
60 father ata      
61 house juma   1  
62 thatch/roof amaero      
63 name kija      
64 to say ousa      
65 rope kilka   5  
66 to tie up, fasten owijareja      
67 to sew word info osuluja      
68 needle pulju nasuluena      
69 to hunt word info alralokul      
69 to hunt word info atorsurteten      
70 to shoot word info əwʏnija   1  
71 to stab, pierce ojurija      
72 to hit word info      
73 to steal oupnawunija      
74 to kill oʷomarija      
75 to die, be dead mære   1  
76 to live, be alive mæl   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info kuparija      
78 to cut, hack word info oteja      
79 stick/wood laki   1, 25  
80 to split word info otepaija      
81 sharp mæl      
82 dull, blunt mælrepo      
83 to work word info jumwæ      
84 to plant omepla      
85 to choose okiloloŋeja      
86 to grow word info pitəʏ (child) kapur (human)      
87 to swell word info sirop      
88 to squeeze word info owinija      
89 to hold word info olaraija      
90 to dig okilija      
91 to buy owulija      
92 to open, uncover owitəɸ̚ʷanija      
93 to pound, beat word info oweja      
94 to throw word info okoɸ̚wenija      
95 to fall word info mloru      
96 dog lokuli      
97 bird mænu   1  
98 egg koplulusa      
99 feather wijilijʏpena      
100 wing kupena   2, 62  
101 to fly laŋo      
102 rat kawe   3  
103 meat/flesh tata      
104 fat/grease sinaʏta      
105 tail kesina      
106 snake lomara   12  
107 worm (earthworm) sisu      
108 louse word info kur   1  
109 mosquito nam      
110 spider kormalil      
111 fish ika   1  
112 rotten word info pijowa (fruit)    
112 rotten word info menun (clothes, body parts)    
113 branch word info koroʷasa      
114 leaf mʷaki      
115 root pəlŋasa      
116 flower meme      
117 fruit mbʷəlak      
118 grass ɯlumin      
119 earth/soil protano      
120 stone klæwer      
121 sand none      
122 water word info wi      
123 to flow wikirir      
124 sea jotena      
125 salt      
126 lake læpa      
127 woods/forest jəmaruwa      
128 sky asinapɛne      
129 moon kuparijo      
130 star meruwe      
131 cloud word info lul      
132 fog mau   3, 32  
133 rain juʷa      
134 thunder polil      
135 lightning jerkapla      
136 wind laŋ      
137 to blow word info wijiwi      
138 warm word info jepsusun      
139 cold word info mijæpæ      
140 dry word info jʊmema      
141 wet jepap      
142 heavy urmi   78  
143 fire kap      
144 to burn word info oskapija      
145 smoke word info ŋkapiju      
146 ash posnojawe      
147 black mælolo      
148 white mijuwowo      
149 red pʏjaŋa      
150 yellow məleler      
151 green memæʲena      
152 small mitokak      
153 big keiju      
154 short word info plasa      
155 long word info pijəʏ      
156 thin word info maula      
157 thick word info merorol   3  
158 narrow peninkokosa      
159 wide mlæpæ      
160 painful, sick mæjena      
161 shy, ashamed əmæwa      
162 old word info urmaruwa      
163 new urwiju      
164 good po   108  
165 bad, evil pijowa      
166 correct, true mesmes      
167 night kolomælo      
168 day jemlaŋ      
169 year ka:sa      
170 when? word info poŋwei      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info awiju      
173 at      
174 in, inside teloima      
175 above metaɸ̚ʷa      
176 below ɸ̚ʷætæno      
177 this nanini      
178 that nanŋare      
179 near lawis      
180 far perina   88  
181 where? word info pe      
182 I inu      
183 thou ko      
184 he/she naŋa      
185 we word info inta (incl) imim (excl)      
186 you ko      
187 they lala      
188 what? word info ja      
189 who? word info ai      
190 other tapʷena      
191 all surlala      
192 and amijo      
193 if sa      
194 how? word info sanape      
195 no, not peraŋa      
196 to count auluweja      
197 One word info taŋa      
198 Two word info luwa      
199 Three word info telu      
200 Four word info ɸ̚ʷæri      
201 Five word info lima      
202 Six word info orai   24  
203 Seven word info olwa      
204 Eight word info owɛr      
205 Nine word info orelu      
206 Ten word info luwalima      
207 Twenty word info luwalima paluwa      
208 Fifty word info luwalima palima      
209 One Hundred word info luwalila paluwalma      
210 One Thousand word info manutaŋa      

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