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

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