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

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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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