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Language: Nalik

Source/Author:  Lindström fieldnotes 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nal  Glottocode: nali1244 
Notes:  Vocab collected in Lugagun village from Wolter Sizia, Agnes Bolai Tolivai, and Gregory Soles, and others in 2004. 
Problems:  Maybe ask Craig Volker to have a look? He's worked on Nalik for quite a long time. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Eva Lindström  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:Lavongai-Nalik 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
8 to turn word info      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
13 back word info      
19 shoulder      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
22 to fear      
23 blood      
25 neck      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
32 tongue      
33 to laugh      
35 to vomit      
39 to cook word info      
50 to dream      
53 person/human being      
57 husband      
58 wife      
63 name      
68 needle      
74 to kill      
76 to live, be alive      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
85 to choose      
89 to hold word info      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info      
98 egg      
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info      
114 leaf      
116 flower      
117 fruit      
118 grass      
123 to flow      
126 lake      
128 sky      
132 fog      
137 to blow word info      
142 heavy      
144 to burn word info      
151 green      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
169 year      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
177 this      
178 that      
180 far      
181 where? word info      
188 what? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
196 to count      
201 Five word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand mit   24  
4 leg/foot aɣak   1  
5 to walk zəŋəs   31  
6 road/path ləlen   1  
7 to come lawus   59  
12 skin awen   28  
14 belly aɣu   56  
16 intestines bilau   26  
17 liver iat   1  
18 breast zus   1  
24 head awat   9  
26 hair word info (a)vur   41  
27 nose is   1  
30 mouth bəlam   51  
34 to cry raŋas   1  
36 to spit kanis   14  
37 to eat fəŋən   1, 53  
38 to chew word info zəm   21  
40 to drink imen   1  
41 to bite kərət   1  
42 to suck səŋ      
43 ear laŋam      
45 eye maram   1  
46 to see tain   92  
46 to see tamai   92  
47 to yawn mauf   19  
51 to sit izi      
52 to stand iru   2  
56 child nəlik      
59 mother nana   1, 83  
60 father tete   15  
61 house val   14  
64 to say dodor   91  
69 to hunt word info zəzələpiu      
73 to steal vinau   1, 32  
75 to die, be dead mat   1  
77 to scratch word info ɣawal   92  
80 to split word info snak   40  
83 to work word info vamuzes   79  
84 to plant fəzu   6  
84 to plant vazu   6  
86 to grow word info wof      
90 to dig zuat   81  
97 bird mani   1  
100 wing bibinə   34  
101 to fly ləf   50  
105 tail (a)zum   36  
106 snake amurə      
109 mosquito anamu   1  
111 fish ien   1  
115 root aɣətkədər   37  
120 stone avat   1  
121 sand aɣon   1  
124 sea ras   1  
129 moon flen   1  
130 star awətpəda   23  
133 rain davur   24  
134 thunder embərak   51  
135 lightning wilak   26  
136 wind maliu   34  
136 wind raraif   70  
141 wet midaus      
143 fire auvərə      
146 ash mimbərət      
147 black maɣit   1  
148 white aɣofkof   38  
149 red memek   1  
150 yellow ɣiɣis   39  
152 small kəmumut      
152 small nət   41  
153 big ləpuk   10  
153 big ləbe   10  
160 painful, sick gis   69  
160 painful, sick vəgis   69  
164 good dəɣo   54  
165 bad, evil raksat   23  
165 bad, evil rəksət   23  
165 bad, evil rakset   23  
166 correct, true mase      
167 night ləbuŋ   1  
167 night suk   39  
168 day ləvanas   38  
170 when? word info leseŋ   21  
176 below awanə      
176 below lawanə   41, 74  
179 near ləparə   61  
185 we word info di   9  
185 we word info mam   1  
186 you nim   26  
186 you numtal   x  
189 who? word info nəs   1, 28  
197 One word info zaɣai   8  
198 Two word info uru   1  
199 Three word info orol   1  
200 Four word info oroləvat   1, 65  
122 water word info danim 'drinking water; river' 1  
174 in, inside ləməkəna 'inside'    
162 old word info bəiək 'old man or woman' but likely attributive too; 'old' of things: mumuE 99  
2 left lakawa 'to your left'    
3 right ləpəl 'to your right'    
12 skin awinpin ('your skin': awinum; num=2sgPOSS) 28  
79 stick/wood aiəi (?) there is also iazu for digging stick and bale ('spear') for husking coconuts 1  
99 feather vura mani (bird hair) 75  
125 salt rəs maɣəs (cf 'sea') 20  
139 cold word info mindawət (not clear of what) 47  
140 dry word info məgələ (not clear of what) 31  
131 cloud word info bərə (not clear what type) 63  
145 smoke word info ambun (noun) 40  
48 to sleep milaif =lie down 45  
49 to lie down word info milaif =sleep 68  
88 to squeeze word info pot ? of wet clothing? 18  
96 dog awiu ?aviu 46  
9 to swim kaiok also 'float'    
54 man/male arəte also 'husband' 14?  
119 earth/soil pirə also 'land' 44  
65 rope iarus also 'lianna' etc 2  
44 to hear ləŋər also 'obey'. 'Listen': lEngErEn 1, 36  
55 woman/female aravin also 'wife' 1, 106  
163 new vaɣur also 'young' 1  
15 bone arun animals and fish etc. 1, 10  
93 to pound, beat word info pnes as in pounding octopus    
138 warm word info ləgəf at least of water 44  
42 to suck zus baby suckling; irregular initial z 25  
127 woods/forest ləurən bush in general 45  
108 louse word info auriŋ Engut/EngEt first given but withdrawn 15  
66 to tie up, fasten pei fasten with rope as in making fence    
66 to tie up, fasten soɣo fasten with strips as when fastening thatch rows for roof 130  
78 to cut, hack word info rarai for firewood, banana stock etc.; 'cut off branch' wor; 'cut a pig': ftok 1  
62 thatch/roof vataval head of house 40  
71 to stab, pierce woi hold and stab with spear 60  
15 bone ruan humans 1, 10  
46 to see tamən itr: ramai (=tamai) 92  
102 rat əskif metathesis 3  
182 I ni ni=independent form. subj: ga 1, 22  
67 to sew word info sok no clothes traditionally..., used for making thatch rows for roof (sharp rattan(?) threaded up and down)' (cf 'pierce') 56  
87 to swell word info wof not sure of abcess, also 'growing' 55  
175 above laɣor on, over 57  
31 tooth ləvam or 1? 22  
71 to stab, pierce sok pierce, sow 67  
195 no, not awət possibly negative existential; kawEt='no, nothing'    
62 thatch/roof aias rafter x  
72 to hit word info zop sak for hitting child or dog (implement not quite clear) 62  
80 to split word info dar specifically for bamboo 62  
80 to split word info zaxal split of firewood (metathesis) 40  
186 you nagu subj x  
187 they nande subj: di 25  
183 thou nu subj: gu 1, 18  
184 he/she nan subj: ka/xa 1, 6  
70 to shoot word info pawoi throw spear (no bows and arrows in New Ireland)    
80 to split word info tok paxal to halve of food, betelnut, coconut 13  
127 woods/forest bual unused, untended, wild bush    
72 to hit word info sak zop given for hitting dog (implement not quite clear) 74  

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