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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   45  
8 to turn word info nouloninu   130  
9 to swim no-kul   71  
10 dirty korak   150  
11 dust jaʏ   107  
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   1  
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   19  
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   108  
57 husband wona naijermʷen      
58 wife wona nasira   119  
59 mother awija   49  
60 father ata   19  
61 house juma   1  
62 thatch/roof amaero   81  
63 name kija   52  
64 to say ousa   107  
65 rope kilka   5  
66 to tie up, fasten owijareja   160  
67 to sew word info osuluja   60  
68 needle pulju nasuluena      
69 to hunt word info alralokul   103  
69 to hunt word info atorsurteten      
70 to shoot word info əwʏnija   1  
71 to stab, pierce ojurija   104  
72 to hit word info      
73 to steal oupnawunija      
74 to kill oʷomarija   2, 66  
75 to die, be dead mære   1  
76 to live, be alive mæl   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info kuparija   73  
78 to cut, hack word info oteja   1  
79 stick/wood laki   1, 25  
80 to split word info otepaija   4, 6  
81 sharp mæl   14, 79, 81  
82 dull, blunt mælrepo   82  
83 to work word info jumwæ   1, 89  
84 to plant omepla   78  
85 to choose okiloloŋeja      
86 to grow word info pitəʏ (child)    
86 to grow word info kapur (human)    
87 to swell word info sirop   87  
88 to squeeze word info owinija   87  
89 to hold word info olaraija   130  
90 to dig okilija   1  
91 to buy owulija   1  
92 to open, uncover owitəɸ̚ʷanija      
93 to pound, beat word info oweja   77  
94 to throw word info okoɸ̚wenija   85  
95 to fall word info mloru   7  
96 dog lokuli   7  
97 bird mænu   1  
98 egg koplulusa      
99 feather wijilijʏpena   1  
100 wing kupena   2, 62  
101 to fly laŋo   100  
102 rat kawe   3  
103 meat/flesh tata   111  
104 fat/grease sinaʏta   110  
105 tail kesina   61  
106 snake lomara   12  
107 worm (earthworm) sisu   99  
108 louse word info kur   1  
109 mosquito nam   1  
110 spider kormalil   101  
111 fish ika   1  
112 rotten word info pijowa (fruit)    
112 rotten word info menun (clothes, body parts) 51  
113 branch word info koroʷasa   68  
114 leaf mʷaki   46  
115 root pəlŋasa   45, 47  
116 flower meme   89  
117 fruit mbʷəlak   58  
118 grass ɯlumin   31  
119 earth/soil protano   1, 67  
120 stone klæwer   1, 40  
121 sand none   1  
122 water word info wi   2  
123 to flow wikirir   60  
124 sea jotena      
125 salt      
126 lake læpa   37  
127 woods/forest jəmaruwa   129  
128 sky asinapɛne      
129 moon kuparijo   6, 29  
130 star meruwe   70  
131 cloud word info lul   93  
132 fog mau   3, 32  
133 rain juʷa   1  
134 thunder polil      
135 lightning jerkapla   26, 70, 71, 72  
136 wind laŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info wijiwi   89  
138 warm word info jepsusun   89  
139 cold word info mijæpæ   51  
140 dry word info jʊmema   11  
141 wet jepap      
142 heavy urmi   78  
143 fire kap   19  
144 to burn word info oskapija   84  
145 smoke word info ŋkapiju   2, 76  
146 ash posnojawe      
147 black mælolo   41  
148 white mijuwowo   98, 101  
149 red pʏjaŋa   91  
150 yellow məleler   76  
151 green memæʲena   8, 71  
152 small mitokak   104  
153 big keiju   106  
154 short word info plasa   113  
155 long word info pijəʏ   112  
156 thin word info maula   73  
157 thick word info merorol   3  
158 narrow peninkokosa   96  
159 wide mlæpæ      
160 painful, sick mæjena   134  
161 shy, ashamed əmæwa   55, 61  
162 old word info urmaruwa   1  
163 new urwiju   71  
164 good po   108  
165 bad, evil pijowa   101  
166 correct, true mesmes   114  
167 night kolomælo   65  
168 day jemlaŋ   74  
169 year ka:sa   66  
170 when? word info poŋwei   72  
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info awiju   38  
173 at      
174 in, inside teloima   1, 18  
175 above metaɸ̚ʷa   72  
176 below ɸ̚ʷætæno   9  
177 this nanini   1  
178 that nanŋare   36  
179 near lawis   132  
180 far perina   88  
181 where? word info pe   3  
182 I inu   1, 21, 22  
183 thou ko   1, 17  
184 he/she naŋa   1, 6  
185 we word info inta (incl) imim (excl)      
186 you ko   55  
187 they lala   1, 48  
188 what? word info ja   1  
189 who? word info ai   1  
190 other tapʷena      
191 all surlala      
192 and amijo   2, 46  
193 if sa   98  
194 how? word info sanape   58  
195 no, not peraŋa   127  
196 to count auluweja   81  
197 One word info taŋa   14, 78  
198 Two word info luwa   1  
199 Three word info telu   1  
200 Four word info ɸ̚ʷæri   23  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info orai   24  
203 Seven word info olwa   2  
204 Eight word info owɛr   3  
205 Nine word info orelu   50  
206 Ten word info luwalima   4  
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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