Language: Marshallese
| Source/Author: | Bender et al. (2003a,b), Additions from Nikolas Willson |
| Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:mah Glottocode: mars1254 |
| Notes: | Bender, W.B., Goodenough, W.H., Jackson, F.H., Marck, J.C., Rehg, K.L., Sohn, H., Trussel, S. & Wang, J.W. (2003) Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions I & II. |
| Data Entry: | Typed By: Simon Greenhill Checked By: |
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| Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Micronesian:Micronesian Proper:Marshallese |
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Entries:
| ID: |
Word: |
Item: |
Annotation: |
Cognacy: |
Loan: |
| 1 |
hand |
pay |
|
8 |
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| 1 |
hand |
peyi- |
|
8 |
|
| 2 |
left |
(han)-miyiŋ |
left handed hand, left half of human body |
13 |
|
| 3 |
right |
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| 4 |
leg/foot |
ney |
leg |
63 |
|
| 4 |
leg/foot |
neye-(n) |
leg of |
63 |
|
| 5 |
to walk |
yetal |
walk |
8 |
|
| 6 |
road/path |
yiyaļ |
|
1 |
|
| 6 |
road/path |
yiyyaļ |
|
1 |
|
| 7 |
to come |
|
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|
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| 8 |
to turn
|
|
|
|
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| 9 |
to swim |
haheh |
|
|
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| 10 |
dirty |
ttōton |
|
62 |
|
| 11 |
dust |
|
|
|
|
| 12 |
skin |
kil |
|
1 |
|
| 13 |
back
|
jakʷir |
shell of turtle or crab |
12 |
|
| 14 |
belly |
wébʷ |
chest |
11 |
|
| 14 |
belly |
wibʷe- |
|
11 |
|
| 14 |
belly |
(law)-jéy |
|
1 |
|
| 14 |
belly |
jéy |
|
1 |
|
| 14 |
belly |
(law)-jiye |
|
1 |
|
| 14 |
belly |
jiye- |
|
1 |
|
| 15 |
bone |
diy |
|
2 |
|
| 15 |
bone |
diyi- |
|
2 |
|
| 16 |
intestines |
mʷajŋal |
|
1, 13 |
|
| 17 |
liver |
yaj |
liver, spleen |
1 |
|
| 18 |
breast |
yittit |
breast |
1 |
|
| 18 |
breast |
tittit |
nipple |
1 |
|
| 18 |
breast |
yitti- |
teat |
1 |
|
| 19 |
shoulder |
hayer |
|
1 |
|
| 19 |
shoulder |
hayeray |
|
1 |
|
| 20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
(j)-ahjéy |
not know, recognize, realize, distinguish |
35 |
|
| 20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
kiley |
be familiar with, identify, notice, perceive |
18 |
|
| 21 |
to think |
maŋ |
know better, learn not to |
11 |
|
| 22 |
to fear |
mi-jak |
frighten, horror, afraid. |
1 |
|
| 23 |
blood |
dah |
|
1 |
|
| 23 |
blood |
ddah |
|
1 |
|
| 24 |
head |
bʷōr- |
|
9 |
|
| 25 |
neck |
(ken)wa(ha)- |
|
18 |
|
| 26 |
hair
|
kooļ |
|
25 |
|
| 27 |
nose |
bʷawat(iy) |
|
1, 12 |
|
| 28 |
to breathe |
|
|
|
|
| 29 |
to sniff, smell |
(ya)-teŋʷ |
to smell (something). |
11 |
|
| 30 |
mouth |
|
|
|
|
| 31 |
tooth |
ŋiy |
|
30 |
|
| 32 |
tongue |
lew |
|
17 |
|
| 32 |
tongue |
lewe- |
|
17 |
|
| 33 |
to laugh |
réyréy |
to laugh |
9 |
|
| 33 |
to laugh |
kajji-réyréy |
to laugh at/ridicule |
9 |
|
| 34 |
to cry |
jaŋ |
cry |
1 |
|
| 34 |
to cry |
jaŋi-t |
cry for (someone) |
1 |
|
| 35 |
to vomit |
mʷmʷéj |
|
1 |
|
| 36 |
to spit |
|
|
|
|
| 37 |
to eat |
mʷeŋay |
to eat food |
8 |
|
| 37 |
to eat |
kaŋ |
eat something |
1 |
|
| 38 |
to chew
|
|
|
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|
| 39 |
to cook
|
mat |
cooked |
19, 82 |
|
| 40 |
to drink |
ni-me- |
(ones) thing to drink; reflex of PMic *nima 'drinkable object, with possessive classifier' |
1, 59 |
|
| 40 |
to drink |
li-me- |
(ones) thing to drink |
1, 59 |
|
| 41 |
to bite |
kik |
bite |
9 |
|
| 41 |
to bite |
kki-j |
bite |
9 |
|
| 41 |
to bite |
ki-jiy |
bite something |
9 |
|
| 42 |
to suck |
niŋniŋ |
|
87 |
|
| 43 |
ear |
(law-)jilŋ(iy) |
ear |
1 |
|
| 44 |
to hear |
reŋʷ |
|
1 |
|
| 45 |
eye |
maj |
|
1 |
|
| 45 |
eye |
meja- |
|
1 |
|
| 46 |
to see |
llew |
see/detect/find |
14 |
|
| 46 |
to see |
lew-(ey) |
see something |
14 |
|
| 47 |
to yawn |
|
|
|
|
| 48 |
to sleep |
majirʷ |
|
1 |
|
| 49 |
to lie down
|
bʷahbʷiw |
|
|
|
| 50 |
to dream |
tteņa-k |
to dream |
9 |
|
| 51 |
to sit |
jiyjōt |
|
143 |
|
| 52 |
to stand |
jiw-(tak) |
stand up |
2 |
|
| 53 |
person/human being |
harméj |
|
67, 70 |
|
| 54 |
man/male |
mʷmʷahan |
man, male, wifes brother |
1 |
|
| 55 |
woman/female |
liye- |
female, woman (with dem. suf.) |
6 |
|
| 56 |
child |
hajriy |
child |
7, 84 |
|
| 56 |
child |
naji- |
kid |
5 |
|
| 56 |
child |
néji- |
kid |
5 |
|
| 56 |
child |
(ha)-jriy |
toddler |
7, 84 |
|
| 57 |
husband |
paleye- |
spouse |
16 |
|
| 57 |
husband |
riyi |
spouse |
|
|
| 58 |
wife |
paleye- |
spouse |
10 |
|
| 58 |
wife |
riyi |
spouse |
|
|
| 59 |
mother |
jine- |
|
1 |
|
| 60 |
father |
jema- |
|
1 |
|
| 61 |
house |
yémʷ |
|
1, 48 |
|
| 61 |
house |
yimʷe- |
|
1, 48 |
|
| 61 |
house |
mʷe-(n) |
|
1 |
|
| 62 |
thatch/roof |
haj |
thatch |
1 |
|
| 63 |
name |
yat |
|
1, 18 |
|
| 64 |
to say |
bʷah |
|
13 |
|
| 65 |
rope |
jaljél |
roll up or coil, jaliy |
1 |
|
| 66 |
to tie up, fasten |
yawyéw |
bind |
11 |
|
| 66 |
to tie up, fasten |
pawpéw |
lash; Bender et al. (2003) suggest that this form is an ancient doublet with yawyew. |
11 |
|
| 67 |
to sew
|
|
|
|
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| 68 |
needle |
|
|
|
|
| 69 |
to hunt
|
|
|
|
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| 70 |
to shoot
|
|
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| 71 |
to stab, pierce |
|
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| 72 |
to hit
|
|
|
|
|
| 73 |
to steal |
kawat |
|
24 |
|
| 74 |
to kill |
mʷanmʷan |
|
90 |
|
| 75 |
to die, be dead |
méj |
|
1 |
|
| 76 |
to live, be alive |
méwir |
live, life, existence, alive, cured |
1, 76 |
|
| 77 |
to scratch
|
kar |
(?) scratch |
12 |
|
| 78 |
to cut, hack
|
jay |
to cut, chop |
18 |
|
| 79 |
stick/wood |
rah |
branch |
2 |
|
| 80 |
to split
|
bʷel-ŋak |
be split open/spread legs wide open |
1, 76 |
|
| 81 |
sharp |
kkaŋ |
|
14, 68 |
|
| 82 |
dull, blunt |
kkébʷ |
|
13 |
|
| 83 |
to work
|
jerbʷal |
|
37 |
|
| 84 |
to plant |
|
|
|
|
| 85 |
to choose |
(kka)-yalyél |
choose |
1 |
|
| 86 |
to grow
|
ddek |
|
49 |
|
| 87 |
to swell
|
bʷbʷej |
swollen, swell, lump |
9 |
|
| 88 |
to squeeze
|
|
|
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| 89 |
to hold
|
|
|
|
|
| 90 |
to dig |
ttéw |
|
8 |
|
| 90 |
to dig |
tiwij(iy) |
|
8 |
|
| 91 |
to buy |
wiyah |
|
55 |
|
| 92 |
to open, uncover |
|
|
|
|
| 93 |
to pound, beat
|
jikʷjikʷ |
pound breadfruit or taro |
20, 2 |
|
| 93 |
to pound, beat
|
jikʷjikʷiy |
pound/mash it. |
20, 2 |
|
| 94 |
to throw
|
kad |
throw (a net) |
14 |
|
| 94 |
to throw
|
kadey |
throw (a net) |
14 |
|
| 95 |
to fall
|
|
|
|
|
| 96 |
dog |
kidiw |
loan from Polynesian |
|
L |
| 97 |
bird |
bʷahwew |
|
|
|
| 98 |
egg |
lep |
|
82 |
|
| 99 |
feather |
|
|
|
|
| 100 |
wing |
|
|
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|
| 101 |
to fly |
|
|
|
|
| 102 |
rat |
kij-dik |
'mouse; < 'rat' + 'little' |
16, 66 |
|
| 103 |
meat/flesh |
yitekʷ |
whale meat |
10 |
|
| 104 |
fat/grease |
|
|
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|
| 105 |
tail |
|
|
|
|
| 106 |
snake |
|
|
|
|
| 107 |
worm (earthworm) |
|
|
|
|
| 108 |
louse
|
kij |
louse, bacterium, bug, flea |
1 |
|
| 109 |
mosquito |
ņamʷ |
|
1 |
|
| 110 |
spider |
|
|
|
|
| 111 |
fish |
yapil |
a fish |
26 |
|
| 112 |
rotten
|
|
|
|
|
| 113 |
branch
|
rah |
branch |
1 |
|
| 114 |
leaf |
|
|
|
|
| 115 |
root |
wekar |
|
2 |
|
| 116 |
flower |
wit |
|
63 |
|
| 117 |
fruit |
wiwah |
bear much fruit or many flowers |
1 |
|
| 118 |
grass |
wijewej |
|
93 |
|
| 119 |
earth/soil |
bʷidej |
|
87 |
|
| 120 |
stone |
hajji-(kad) |
throw stones repeatedly |
|
|
| 121 |
sand |
ppéy |
sandbank |
12 |
|
| 121 |
sand |
piyépéy |
sandbank |
12 |
|
| 122 |
water
|
dan |
|
1 |
|
| 122 |
water
|
dandan |
|
1 |
|
| 123 |
to flow |
heļ |
flow |
12 |
|
| 124 |
sea |
me-tew |
|
13 |
|
| 124 |
sea |
(law)-jét |
|
1 |
|
| 125 |
salt |
|
|
|
|
| 126 |
lake |
ļam |
bay |
8 |
|
| 127 |
woods/forest |
|
|
|
|
| 128 |
sky |
laŋ |
sky/weather/heaven |
1 |
|
| 129 |
moon |
halleŋ |
|
62 |
|
| 130 |
star |
yijiw |
|
1 |
|
| 131 |
cloud
|
kedaw |
cloud, rain, overcast |
15 |
|
| 132 |
fog |
|
|
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|
| 133 |
rain |
wét |
rain |
1 |
|
| 133 |
rain |
wit |
rain |
1 |
|
| 133 |
rain |
witey |
to rain on |
1 |
|
| 134 |
thunder |
jewirwir |
|
97 |
|
| 135 |
lightning |
jarem |
|
23 |
|
| 136 |
wind |
haŋ |
|
1 |
|
| 137 |
to blow
|
wiwik |
to blow (as wind) |
15 |
|
| 137 |
to blow
|
wiwiki-(y) |
to blow on something |
15 |
|
| 138 |
warm
|
|
|
|
|
| 139 |
cold
|
méd |
cooled off (of food once hot) |
1 |
|
| 139 |
cold
|
(pi)-yaw |
chilly |
11 |
|
| 139 |
cold
|
(pi)-yawyéw |
cool |
11 |
|
| 140 |
dry
|
meray |
|
|
|
| 141 |
wet |
tiwtiw |
|
|
|
| 142 |
heavy |
ddew |
|
9 |
|
| 143 |
fire |
kijeyek |
|
42 |
|
| 144 |
to burn
|
|
|
|
|
| 145 |
smoke
|
(bʷa)-hathat |
to smoke |
2 |
|
| 146 |
ash |
(wi)-pahaj |
fireplace, ash |
7 |
|
| 147 |
black |
dawal |
dye |
8 |
|
| 148 |
white |
mewij |
|
96 |
|
| 149 |
red |
bʷirehreh |
|
96 |
|
| 150 |
yellow |
yiyaļéw |
Loan? |
|
L |
| 151 |
green |
mahrewrew |
green |
13 |
|
| 151 |
green |
-mahrew |
blue |
13 |
|
| 152 |
small |
dik |
|
81 |
|
| 152 |
small |
(wi)-ddik |
|
81 |
|
| 152 |
small |
niŋ |
small/little/young/tiny/puny |
39 |
|
| 153 |
big |
ļap |
|
10 |
|
| 153 |
big |
ļapļap |
|
10 |
|
| 153 |
big |
ļļap |
|
10 |
|
| 154 |
short
|
|
|
|
|
| 155 |
long
|
leyelley |
a great distance, far |
13 |
|
| 156 |
thin
|
ma-niy |
thin/flimsy |
1 |
|
| 157 |
thick
|
mi-jel |
thick |
3 |
|
| 157 |
thick
|
mi-jeljel |
thickness |
3 |
|
| 158 |
narrow |
|
|
|
|
| 159 |
wide |
de-(pakpak) |
wide/broad |
11 |
|
| 160 |
painful, sick |
metak |
painful/hurt |
1 |
|
| 160 |
painful, sick |
wita-mʷéy |
sick |
14 |
|
| 161 |
shy, ashamed |
|
|
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| 162 |
old
|
|
|
|
|
| 163 |
new |
kayal |
|
52 |
|
| 164 |
good |
(ye)-mʷan |
|
|
|
| 165 |
bad, evil |
nahnah |
|
81 |
|
| 166 |
correct, true |
mʷewel |
|
|
|
| 167 |
night |
bʷéŋʷ |
|
1 |
|
| 168 |
day |
rahan |
|
6 |
|
| 168 |
day |
rahani- |
|
6 |
|
| 169 |
year |
|
|
|
|
| 170 |
when?
|
ŋaya-t |
|
1, 24 |
|
| 171 |
to hide
|
(til)-yékyék |
hide, be obscured. |
45 |
|
| 172 |
to climb
|
|
|
|
|
| 173 |
at |
yiy |
|
1 |
|
| 173 |
at |
yi- |
|
1 |
|
| 174 |
in, inside |
(i)-lew |
in |
1 |
|
| 174 |
in, inside |
(i)-lewah |
inside |
1 |
|
| 175 |
above |
|
|
|
|
| 176 |
below |
|
|
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|
| 177 |
this |
yéy |
this |
1, 18 |
|
| 178 |
that |
yeņ |
that |
1 |
|
| 179 |
near |
tirʷi- |
next to/close to |
97 |
|
| 179 |
near |
(yi)-tirʷi- |
near/beside |
|
|
| 180 |
far |
ttew-(ļakʷ) |
distant |
1 |
|
| 181 |
where?
|
yi’yah |
|
37 |
|
| 182 |
I |
ŋah |
|
12 |
|
| 183 |
thou |
kʷe- |
(independent prn.) |
1 |
|
| 183 |
thou |
kʷey |
(independent prn.) |
1 |
|
| 184 |
he/she |
yéy |
independent pronoun |
1 |
|
| 185 |
we
|
kém |
excl ( eastern dialect ) |
2 |
|
| 185 |
we
|
kémʷ |
excl ( western dialect) |
2 |
|
| 186 |
you |
kemiy |
|
1, 13 |
|
| 186 |
you |
kʷémʷ |
|
1 |
|
| 187 |
they |
yer |
|
1, 70 |
|
| 187 |
they |
re- |
|
1, 70 |
|
| 187 |
they |
yér |
|
1, 70 |
|
| 188 |
what?
|
tah |
what?, which? |
1, 52 |
|
| 189 |
who?
|
wen |
|
45 |
|
| 190 |
other |
|
|
|
|
| 191 |
all |
hawelep |
|
72 |
|
| 192 |
and |
yem |
and (with) |
11 |
|
| 192 |
and |
yim |
and (with) *Note metathesis. |
11 |
|
| 193 |
if |
yeļaŋŋey |
|
66 |
|
| 194 |
how?
|
|
|
|
|
| 195 |
no, not |
yahabʷ |
no |
|
|
| 196 |
to count |
watwat |
count up/estimate by counting |
10 |
|
| 196 |
to count |
wate-k |
count up (something) |
10 |
|
| 196 |
to count |
bénbén |
arithmetic/count/audit/compute. |
28 |
|
| 197 |
One
|
ji-(wen) |
|
14 |
|
| 198 |
Two
|
riwe- |
|
1 |
|
| 199 |
Three
|
jili- |
|
1 |
|
| 199 |
Three
|
jili-w |
|
1 |
|
| 200 |
Four
|
-yaŋ |
four (suf. to pronouns) |
1, 67 |
|
| 201 |
Five
|
lima- |
|
1 |
|
| 201 |
Five
|
(ļa)-lém |
|
1 |
|
| 202 |
Six
|
jiljinew |
|
|
|
| 203 |
Seven
|
jiljilimjiwen |
|
|
|
| 204 |
Eight
|
(ri)-wali-(yték) |
|
3 |
|
| 205 |
Nine
|
riwahtimjiwen |
|
|
|
| 206 |
Ten
|
(je)-ŋwéwil |
|
5 |
|
| 207 |
Twenty
|
rʷeŋewil |
|
|
|
| 208 |
Fifty
|
lém-ŋéwil |
|
1 |
|
| 209 |
One Hundred
|
(ji)-bwikwiy |
|
20, 36 |
|
| 210 |
One Thousand
|
|
|
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