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Language: Ifira-Mele (Mele-Fila)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Mele
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fila
•  Ethnologue Information for mxe
•  OLAC Information for mxe
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

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• Changed "source" from "@article{POLLEX, journal = {Oceanic Linguistics}, number = {2}, pages = {551--559}, title = {{POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online}}, volume = {50}, year = {2011}, author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Clark, Ross} }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 21:18:00)
• Changed #88321 from "sinae", "Guts [<]", "1", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 21:18:00)
• Changed #27374 from "karu/karu", "Scratch B. [<]", "9", "L" (Word 27374) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 21:18:00)
• Changed #39155 from "kalaalaa", "Spider [<]", "1?", "L" (Word 39155) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 21:18:00)
• Changed #105396 from "lepa", "Mud (Clk) [<]", "11", "L?" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 21:18:00)
• Changed #55577 from "manivinivi", "Thin [<]", "1", "L" (Word 55577) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 21:18:00)
• Changed #62717 from "aro", "Below, beneath [<]", "8", "L" (Word 62717) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 21:18:00)
• Changed #123117 from "sara", "All, every kind of ?B. (Clk) [<]", "49", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 21:18:00)
• Source: Sakiusa Kalsakau (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2013-09-27 03:21:27)
• Source: Sakiusa Kalsakau (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2013-09-27 03:21:18)
• Source: Sakiusa Kalsakau (Word 98) - Simon Greenhill (2013-09-27 03:21:00)
• Source: Anthony Kalorib-Kerr (Word 10) - Simon Greenhill (2010-10-30 23:22:30)
• Source: Clark (1988) (Word 134) - Simon Greenhill (2010-01-05 23:46:54)
• Source: (Word 204) - (2006-05-01 06:11:37)
• Source: (Word 204) - (2006-05-01 05:57:06)
• Source: (Word 178) - (2006-05-01 05:52:27)
• Source: (Word 177) - (2006-05-01 05:52:06)
• Source: (Word 155) - (2006-05-01 05:50:31)
• Source: (Word 147) - (2006-05-01 05:49:17)
• Source: (Word 140) - (2006-05-01 05:48:38)
• Source: (Word 113) - (2006-05-01 05:46:36)
• Source: (Word 102) - (2006-05-01 05:42:02)
• Source: (Word 99) - (2006-05-01 05:41:39)
• Source: (Word 56) - (2006-05-01 05:36:27)
• Source: (Word 11) - (2006-05-01 05:33:55)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
7	to come
8	to turn
12	skin
13	back
14	belly
19	shoulder
20	to know, be knowledgeable
28	to breathe
29	to sniff, smell
30	mouth
36	to spit
38	to chew
46	to see
47	to yawn
53	person/human being
57	husband
59	mother
60	father
62	thatch/roof
64	to say
68	needle
69	to hunt
70	to shoot
76	to live, be alive
82	dull, blunt
83	to work
84	to plant
88	to squeeze
89	to hold
90	to dig
91	to buy
92	to open, uncover
94	to throw
95	to fall
103	meat/flesh
104	fat/grease
106	snake
115	root
116	flower
118	grass
123	to flow
125	salt
126	lake
127	woods/forest
130	star
132	fog
138	warm
145	smoke
150	yellow
153	big
158	narrow
159	wide
161	shy, ashamed
174	in, inside
180	far
187	they
190	other
193	if
195	no, not
196	to count
208	Fifty
152	small	-riki	Small (Clk)	66
183	thou	a/koe	Second person singular free-form pronoun	1
183	thou	a/koe	Second person singular free-form pronoun	1
170	when?	aafea	When? (future) (Clk)	5
188	what?	afa	What?	1
143	fire	afi	Fire	1
168	day	ao	Daylight	1, 54
6	road/path	ara	Path, road (Clk)	1
32	tongue	arero	Tongue (Clk)	15
176	below	aro	Below, beneath [<]	8
17	liver	ate	Liver	1
182	I	av/au/	I, me (Clk)	1, 21
136	wind	aŋi	Wind	1
87	to swell	f/fura	Swell up	7
200	Four	faa	Four	1, 66
55	woman/female	faa/fine/	Women	1, 106
55	woman/female	faafine	Women	1, 106
61	house	fare	House	14
78	to cut, hack	fasi/a	To split	13
120	stone	fatu	Stone	1
66	to tie up, fasten	fau/sia	Lash	11
181	where?	fea	Where?	3, 35
55	woman/female	fine	Woman	1, 41
85	to choose	firi/a	Select, choose	1
203	Seven	fitu	Seven.(Source: Pollex)	1
163	new	foou	New	1
117	fruit	fua	Fruit, roe, testicle, kidney (Clk)	1
206	Ten	gafuru	Ten.(Source: Pollex)	5, 32
173	at	i	At	1
184	he/she	ia	Third person singular personal pronoun	1
63	name	igoa	Name	6
111	fish	ika	Fish (General term that includes whales and porpoises but not turtles, eels or octopus (Clk)	1
15	bone	ivi	Bone	52, 5
37	to eat	kai	Eat, food	1, 47
73	to steal	kaiaa	Steal	7
172	to climb	kake	Climb	32
110	spider	kalaalaa	Spider [<]	1
77	to scratch	karu/karu	Scratch B. [<]	9
33	to laugh	kata	Laugh	7
41	to bite	kati/a	To bite	1, 55
191	all	katoa	All	13
9	to swim	kau	Swim (in a direction)	5
152	small	kela/kela	Small (Ebt)	13
119	earth/soil	kere(kere)	Earth, ground, soil	10
183	thou	ki	Second person singular preposed pronoun (Clk)	5
183	thou	ki	Second person singular preposed pronoun (Clk)	5
102	rat	kimoa	Pollex 06: Kimoa. :Rat.	14
42	to suck	koom/ia	Suck on something in the mouth (Clk)	7
186	you	kooteu	Second person plural cardinal pronoun (Clk)	16
78	to cut, hack	kooti/a	Cut open cooked food	9
96	dog	korii	Dog	7
189	who?	ku/ai	Who?	1
108	louse	kutu	Louse	1
152	small	le/leka	Small (Fla) (Cpl)	13
119	earth/soil	lepa	L from Efate lgs (Clark 1998)	11	L
185	we	ma	We, dual exclusive (Clk)	2
192	and	ma	And	2
156	thin	maamaa		1
21	to think	maanatu	Think, remember	9
160	painful, sick	maasaki	Sick	1
157	thick	maatoru	Thick (of board etc.) (Clk)	3
140	dry	maatuu	Pollex 06: Maatuu. :Dry (Clk).	66
65	rope	maea	Rope (European type)	10
113	branch	maga	Pollex 06: Maga. :Branch.	2, 35
81	sharp	maji/kai/	Sharp (Clk)	14, 16
139	cold	makariri	Cold (Clk)	1, 52
97	bird	manu	Bird	1
210	One Thousand	manu	Thousand.(Source: Pollex)	2
164	good	marie	Good (Bgs)	16
2	left	masui	Left (not right) (Clk)	1, 59, 74
45	eye	mata	Eye, face	1
136	wind	matagi	Wind	1, 66
22	to fear	mataku	Afraid, frightened	1
3	right	matau	Right (not left)	5, 13
75	to die, be dead	mate	Die	1
149	red	mea	Red	1
50	to dream	memiti	Dream	7, 36
209	One Hundred	mi/jikao/	Hundred *rima-tekau (Clk).(Source: Pollex)	2
160	painful, sick	mmae	Be in pain, hurt	10
142	heavy	mmafa	Heavy	46
48	to sleep	moe	Sleep, lie down (Clk)	10, 109
49	to lie down	moe	Sleep, lie down (Clk)	6
151	green	moto	Immature (of fruit), green, unripe (Bgs)	1, 10
124	sea	muana	Ocean	10
171	to hide	mumuni	Hide an object	1, 67
177	this	naa	Pollex 06: Naa. :This, that, near speaker or addressee (Clk).	1
178	that	naa	Pollex 06: Naa. :This, that, near speaker or addressee (Clk).	1
109	mosquito	namu	Mosquito Clk)	1
207	Twenty	ngofuru e'rua		6, 3
31	tooth	nifo	Tooth	1
51	to sit	nofo	Sit, stay, wait (Clk)	16
58	wife	nufine	Old woman, wife (Clk)	5, 66
202	Six	ono		1
72	to hit	paaki/a	Slap, hit with hammer, rock etc	6
134	thunder	pajjiri		14
10	dirty	paku		37
147	black	paku	Pollex 06: Paku. :Black.	64
194	how?	peefea	How?	11
100	wing	pekkau	Wing (Clk)	1, 59
25	neck	pena/ua/	Neck	21, 18
11	dust	penu	Pollex 06: Penu. :Dust, rubbish.
167	night	poo	Night	1
154	short	poo/poto/	Short	9
112	rotten	popo	Decayed, of wood (Clk)	14
131	cloud	pu/ao	Cloud	12
35	to vomit	r/rua/	Vomit	8
79	stick/wood	raakau	Tree, wood	1, 26
128	sky	ragi	Sky	1
114	leaf	rau	Leaf	1
26	hair	rauru	Hair, wig (Clk)	40
146	ash	refu	Ashes	67
101	to fly	rere	Fly	11
1	hand	rima	Five; hand-arm	1, 64
201	Five	rima	Five, hand-arm.(Source: Pollex)	1
44	to hear	ro/rogo	Hear	1
198	Two	rua	Two	1
175	above	ruga	Top, above (Clk)	9
141	wet	s/suu	Wet	11
165	bad, evil	saa	Bad	1
72	to hit	saa-ia	Hit, beat, thrash	12
5	to walk	sale	Walk in free-and -easy way, stroll, float, drift, put out to sea B. [<]	6, 76
191	all	sara	All, every kind of ?B. (Clk) [<]	49
137	to blow	sau	Blow (of wind)	12
78	to cut, hack	sere/a	To cut	16
129	moon	sina/marama	Moon (Clk)	37, 7
16	intestines	sinae	irregular	1
205	Nine	siva	Nine (Clk)[>].(Source: Pollex)	5
86	to grow	somo	Grow (of plant) (Clk)	7
71	to stab, pierce	suki/a	Pierce, stab	1, 8
105	tail	suku	Tail of animal or fish, but not bird (Ebt)	13
18	breast	susu	Breast (Bgs)	1
107	worm (earthworm)	suulaji	Worm	1, 8
72	to hit	ta/ia	Hit, kill	8
74	to kill	ta/ia	Hit, kill	8
54	man/male	taane	Male	1, 11
71	to stab, pierce	taaro/a	Spear, throw a spear or knife at something (Clk)	10
34	to cry	tagi	Weep	1
54	man/male	tamaaroa	Young man (Clk)	x
39	to cook	tao/na	To cook	10
80	to split	tapasi/a	Break, split, separate (Clk)	4
43	ear	tariga	Ear	1
56	child	tariki	Pollex 06: Tariki. :Child (of man).	6, 63
197	One	tasi	One	41
179	near	tata	Be near	9
169	year	tau	Year	1
55	woman/female	te	Women	35
148	white	tea/tea	White	8
98	egg	tolu		1
166	correct, true	too/tonu/	Straight, true, correct	8
155	long	tootoe	Pollex 06: Tootoe. :Long (Clk).	73
199	Three	toru	Three	1
23	blood	toto	Blood	4
185	we	tu	Pron. we (inclusive, plural i, subject ii) (Clk)	39
67	to sew	tui/a	Sew, string (Clk)	13, 16
72	to hit	tuki/a	Strike, pound	8
93	to pound, beat	tuki/a	Strike, pound	2
86	to grow	tupu	Grow (of a person)	1
52	to stand	tuu	Stand	2
78	to cut, hack	tuu/jia	Cut	17
162	old	tuuai	Old (of things); long ago	48
144	to burn	tuugia	Put on the fire, burn; light (fire, lamp)	1, 7
133	rain	ua	Rain	1
24	head	ulu	Uru/ga	1
40	to drink	unu	Drink (Clk)	1
27	nose	usu	Nose	1
204	Eight	va'u	Pollex 06: VA`U. :Eight (I).	3
4	leg/foot	vae	Leg	1, 100
99	feather	vaero	Pollex 06: Vaero. :Feather (Clk).	80
122	water	vai	Fresh water	2
204	Eight	varu	Pollex 06: Varu. :Eight.	3
16	intestines	vava	(Clk)	11
135	lightning	wira	Lightning	2
121	sand	wora/one/	Sand (Clk)	1

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Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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