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

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