Austronesian

Basic Vocabulary Database

• Home
• About
• Collaborators
• Links to other sites
• FAQ & Information
• Contact Us
• Our Research
• News

• Languages
• Words
• Search
• Advanced Display
• Classification
• Language Map

• Add Data

• Display Family Tree

Language: Yabem

Resources:

•  Ethnologue Information for jae
•  OLAC Information for jae
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for jab
•  Wikipedia Page
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 43 entries

• Changed from "-sèleŋ/-nseleŋ" (Word 123) - Simon Greenhill (2022-02-08 00:25:15)
• Changed from "latu" (Word 56) - Simon Greenhill (2021-10-17 23:11:46)
• Changed from "sàmòb" (Word 191) - Simon Greenhill (2019-12-06 12:40:40)
• Changed from "-be" (Word 64) - Simon Greenhill (2017-07-26 12:00:34)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 9) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:19:24)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 9) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:19:13)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 9) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:18:59)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 79) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:18:46)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 19) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:18:38)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 100) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:18:15)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 100) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:18:03)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 16) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:17:37)
• Changed from "-lib", source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 42) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:16:30)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 42) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:16:19)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 42) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:15:56)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 47) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:15:27)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 93) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:15:18)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 107) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:15:07)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 108) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:14:57)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 109) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:14:46)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 98) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:14:38)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 103) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:14:25)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 105) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:14:06)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 105) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:14:00)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 104) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:13:31)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 102) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:13:23)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 121) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:13:10)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 132) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:13:02)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 131) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:12:54)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 139) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 11:12:47)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 141) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 04:24:33)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 141) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 04:24:23)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 125) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 04:23:49)
• Source: Joel Bradshaw (Word 209) - Simon Greenhill (2011-10-28 04:23:39)
• Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2008-01-09 02:59:33)
• Source: Francisc Czobor (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:48:54)
• Source: Francisc Czobor (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:47:54)
• Source: Francisc Czobor (Word 203) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:47:04)
• Source: Francisc Czobor (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:46:41)
• Source: Francisc Czobor (Word 205) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:46:28)
• Source: Francisc Czobor (Word 206) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:45:41)
• Source: Francisc Czobor (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:45:22)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2006-04-19 01:42:28)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
76	to live, be alive
77	to scratch
85	to choose
87	to swell
126	lake
150	yellow
158	narrow
159	wide
161	shy, ashamed
171	to hide
208	Fifty
210	One Thousand
5	to walk	-na	irrealis.
8	to turn	-ô
9	to swim	-poac	'float' (Streicher 1937)
10	dirty	ŋatêmui
19	shoulder	magi-	[only in compounds] (Streicher 1937, 1982)
20	to know, be knowledgeable	kauc	knowledge
21	to think	-(m)be	to think, mean, want
22	to fear	-têc
24	head	môkê	his or her head
28	to breathe	làu	breath
42	to suck	-lib	'suck [through straw] (Streicher 1937, 1982)
47	to yawn	-jam/-nam pamêc	'make yawn' (Streicher 1937)
48	to sleep	-nêc bêc	to lie sleep
52	to stand	-kô
53	person/human being	ŋamalac
56	child	ŋapalê	child ( general )
57	husband	akweŋ
58	wife	àwê
62	thatch/roof	sàlôm
64	to say	-sôm	-be also means 'to speak'
65	rope	lêpoa	string, cord, rope
69	to hunt	-janda
71	to stab, pierce	-guŋ	to spear
73	to steal	-nam geŋgeŋ	make theft
74	to kill	-jàc	realis
74	to kill	-nac	irrealis
78	to cut, hack	-pa
79	stick/wood	kagêdô	(Streicher 1937) [ka 'tree, wood']
80	to split	-sêlê
83	to work	-jam	realis
83	to work	-nam	irrealis
84	to plant	-puŋ
89	to hold	-kôc
90	to dig	-kwê
92	to open, uncover	lasê	open ( adjective, adverb )
93	to pound, beat	-jac/-nac	[combines with *many* resultatives] (Streicher 1982)
99	feather	wàô
102	rat	gwaŋ
103	meat/flesh	ŋa-mêsôm	(Streicher 1982)
104	fat/grease	ŋa-lêsi	(Streicher 1937)
105	tail	ŋa-lami	'tail feathers' (Streicher 1937)
105	tail	ŋa-lêŋuc	of animal (Streicher 1937)
107	worm (earthworm)	têmoa	'grubs, maggots, small worms' (Streicher 1982)
110	spider	kamoalêc
116	flower	òla	blossom
118	grass	òba
119	earth/soil	nom
121	sand	gaŋac	(Streicher 1937)
123	to flow	-sèleŋ	to drip, flow (realis)
123	to flow	-nseleŋ	to drip, flow (irrealis)
124	sea	gwêc
125	salt	gwêc	'saltwater, salt' (Streicher 1982)
127	woods/forest	saleŋ
128	sky	undambê
131	cloud	tao	(Streicher 1937)
132	fog	ômbiŋ	(Streicher 1937)
133	rain	kom
136	wind	mu
141	wet	ŋa-wambuc	'wet, wetness' (Streicher 1937)
141	wet	ŋa-gêbôm	'damp' (Streicher 1937)
145	smoke	dauŋ
147	black	jejec
148	white	kwalam-kwalam	< kwalam 'white cockatoo'
149	red	kokoc	< koc 'betel chew'
151	green	juju	dark green, bluish green
153	big	kapôêŋ
154	short	dambê
156	thin	wapi
157	thick	ŋa-dani
162	old	làŋgwa
164	good	ŋajàm	good, beautiful
168	day	geleŋ
170	when?	gêdêŋ òndoc	realis ( when in the past )
170	when?	ềndêŋ òndoc	irrealis ( when in the future )
173	at	àŋga	preposition
176	below	làbu
178	that	tonaŋ	that near to you
178	that	tônê	what is near neither you nor me
180	far	jàêc
181	where?	òndoc
188	what?	(w)à-geŋ
190	other	teŋ
190	other	ŋagêdô
191	all	sàmòb
194	how?	àmboac òndoc
195	no, not	atom
196	to count	-sam
200	Four	àc-lề
202	Six	lemeŋteŋ ŋanô ta	"our hand right one"
203	Seven	lemeŋteŋ ŋanô luàgêc
204	Eight	lemeŋteŋ ŋanô têlêàc
205	Nine	lemeŋteŋ ŋanô àclề
206	Ten	lemeŋlu	"our hands two"
206	Ten	lemelu	"our hands two"
207	Twenty	ŋacsàmuc	("whole person")
209	One Hundred	ŋacsàmuc ŋalemeŋteŋ	'man-whole (x) five' (Streicher 1937)
4	leg/foot	à	his or her leg or foot	1
7	to come	-mêŋ		1
12	skin	ôli		1
17	liver	atê		1
18	breast	su		1
22	to fear	-takê		1
23	blood	dec		1
27	nose	lusu	his or her nose	1
29	to sniff, smell	-ôc	to sniff	1
34	to cry	-taŋ		1
37	to eat	-ềŋ	realis	1
37	to eat	-niŋ	irrealis	1
40	to drink	-nôm		1
43	ear	taŋa	his or her ear	1
44	to hear	-ŋô		1
45	eye	mata	his or her eye	1
53	person/human being	tau		1
59	mother	têna	his or her mother	1
60	father	tama	his or her father	1
68	needle	ŋa-sêli		1
70	to shoot	-pê		1
75	to die, be dead	-mac ềndu	to get sick dead	1
86	to grow	-tôp		1
91	to buy	ồli		1
98	egg	ŋa-kêcsulu		1
111	fish	i		1
113	branch	laka		1
114	leaf	lauŋ		1
120	stone	poc		1
130	star	uti		1
143	fire	ja		1
144	to burn	-tuŋ		1
146	ash	wào		1
163	new	wakuc		1
165	bad, evil	sec		1
174	in, inside	lêlôm	inside	1
186	you	amàc		1
189	who?	asa		1
198	Two	luà-gêc		1
199	Three	têlê-àc		1
201	Five	lemeŋteŋ	"our hand one"	1
50	to dream	mê		1, 37
15	bone	têkwa	his or her bone	1, 10
55	woman/female	àwê	woman	1, 106
63	name	(ŋa-)ê	(its) name	1, 18
182	I	aê		1, 21
31	tooth	lồ		1, 35
1	hand	lêma	his or her hand	1, 64
183	thou	aôm		1, 67
167	night	bêc		1, 77
6	road/path	intêna		10
134	thunder	wapap		104
39	to cook	-no		108
140	dry	masê	dry, ripe, hard	11
72	to hit	-jàc	realis	111
72	to hit	-nac	irrealis	111
106	snake	moac		12
46	to see	-lic		13
64	to say	-be		13
66	to tie up, fasten	-sồ		130
38	to chew	koc	chew betel	14
54	man/male	ŋac	man	14
172	to climb	-pi		14
197	One	teŋ		14
197	One	tageŋ		14
2	left	gasêŋa		15
11	dust	ŋakekop		17
166	correct, true	ŋanô	true ( lit. 'its fruit' )	17
138	warm	ŋandaŋ		18
14	belly	tâê	his or her belly	19
36	to spit	-kasôp		19
71	to stab, pierce	-ŋfuŋ	pierce: realis	19
97	bird	moc		1?
101	to fly	-lồb	realis	1?
101	to fly	lôp	irrealis	1?
185	we	aêàc	( there is no incl.excl. distinction )	1?
115	root	ŋa-wakac	its root	2
135	lightning	ôsic		2
175	above	ồ		2
192	and	ma		2
3	right	anôŋa		20
66	to tie up, fasten	-kic		20
179	near	-(n)da(m)biŋ		20
88	to squeeze	-pip		21
184	he/she	eŋ		21
94	to throw	-baliŋ	realis	28
94	to throw	-mbaliŋ	irrealis	28
193	if	èmbe		28
16	intestines	têntac	(Streicher 1982)	29
67	to sew	-si		2?
108	louse	tôm	'louse, tick' (Streicher 1982)	3
32	tongue	imbêla	his or her tongue	33
30	mouth	àwà	his mouth	36
81	sharp	ŋamata	sharp, pointed	36
95	to fall	-su		39
33	to laugh	-ômac		3?
137	to blow	-uc		4
26	hair	lauŋ		40
96	dog	kêam		42
152	small	sauŋ		44
122	water	bu		45
142	heavy	wapac		46
117	fruit	ŋanô	its fruit	47
56	child	latu	his or her child	5
42	to suck	-nôm	'drink, absorb' (Streicher 1937, 1982)	50, 36
112	rotten	gê-môb	it is rotten	52, 107
155	long	baliŋ		54
13	back	dêmôê	his or her back	61
187	they	êsêàc		62, 41
25	neck	gêsu	his or her neck	66
84	to plant	-sê		66
109	mosquito	kawaŋ	(Streicher 1937)	67
129	moon	ajôŋ		67
5	to walk	-jà	to go (there): realis	68
177	this	tonec		68
61	house	àndu		7
160	painful, sick	-mac	to get or be sick	71
144	to burn	-laŋ		75
41	to bite	-ŋac		77
139	cold	ŋa-lùc	[low tone] (Streicher 1982)	77
51	to sit	-ŋgôŋ	to sit, stay, remain	79
35	to vomit	-luc		8
48	to sleep	-ềc	to lie sleep	8
100	wing	magê	(Streicher 1982)	80
100	wing	mocmagê	'birdwing'] (Streicher 1982)	80
9	to swim	-kêkôc	'swim (actively)' (Streicher 1937)	90
9	to swim	-im	'immerse oneself' (Streicher 1937)	94
49	to lie down	-ềc	realis	98
49	to lie down	-nêc	irrealis	98
82	dull, blunt	ŋamatatuc	'sharp' + 'not'	x
169	year	jala	German 'jahr'	x	L

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.01752)

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.

Max Planck EVA Imprint/Impressum.