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Language: Nahavaq

Source/Author:  Laura Dimock 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:sns  Glottocode: sout2857 
Notes:  labiovelars considered on segment: pw mbw ßw mw
prenasalised considered one segment: nd mb mbw ŋg 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Laura Dimock  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Malekula Coastal 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand ßara-   16  
2 left ndilmejir   1, 59  
3 right mbaraŋgin   30  
4 leg/foot mbuli-   33  
5 to walk loŋ   60  
6 road/path na-hal   1  
7 to come ßweleŋ   25  
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim ŋgar   5  
10 dirty molol   43  
11 dust na-las   4  
12 skin ni-mben   71  
13 back word info taʔun   12  
14 belly ßeti-   5  
15 bone ni-mboloʔ   37  
16 intestines ni-hini-   1  
17 liver na-mwa-   7?  
18 breast nu-huhu-   1  
19 shoulder mbataßan = head + arm 65?, 36  
20 to know, be knowledgeable roŋhur   19, 92  
21 to think ndimndim   13  
22 to fear mataʔ   1  
23 blood ne-ndej   1  
24 head mbwati-   9  
25 neck ndolo-   42  
26 hair word info siplen   31, 33  
27 nose ŋginhu-   1, 58  
28 to breathe ŋaraŋar   13  
29 to sniff, smell ŋarnombwon   42, 63  
30 mouth mboŋo-   41  
31 tooth livwo-   1, 35  
32 tongue malambu-   30  
33 to laugh mwas   58  
34 to cry teŋ   1  
35 to vomit lu   8  
36 to spit ßurej   35  
37 to eat ʔan   1  
38 to chew word info ʔasʔas   12  
39 to cook word info rar   56  
40 to drink min   1, 49  
41 to bite ʔas   1, 60  
42 to suck      
43 ear ndilŋe-   1, 40  
44 to hear roŋ   1  
45 eye mete-   1  
46 to see les   14, 94  
47 to yawn mowlej   19, 34  
48 to sleep metur   1  
49 to lie down word info liŋndew   25  
50 to dream mbwerej   10  
51 to sit sum(pw)   40  
52 to stand taris   61  
53 person/human being morot   35  
54 man/male morot   14, 73  
55 woman/female momoʔ   23  
56 child vuti-   48  
57 husband marleʔeleʔ      
57 husband ʔajßwut   67  
58 wife tinvyn   5, 27  
59 mother hinen   1  
59 mother hinam   1  
59 mother amwoʔ   23  
60 father temen   1  
60 father tamam   1  
60 father tataj   19  
61 house ne-jum(w)   1  
62 thatch/roof niwurjet   1  
63 name neʔhe-   1, 18  
64 to say ßwer   30  
65 rope netel   1  
66 to tie up, fasten tiʔtiʔ   51  
67 to sew word info tur   13  
68 needle nijir loan?    
69 to hunt word info sal   30  
70 to shoot word info vini   1  
71 to stab, pierce ndurndur   14  
72 to hit word info mbwil   94  
73 to steal vanaʔ   1, 58  
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead mes   1  
76 to live, be alive mewur   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info ŋgarum   59  
78 to cut, hack word info terej   1  
79 stick/wood naʔaj   1  
80 to split word info tarpor   1  
81 sharp kan   14  
82 dull, blunt mwah   34  
83 to work word info raʔ   46  
84 to plant ʔambwiʔ   60  
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info tip   1  
87 to swell word info tim(b)   12  
88 to squeeze word info vusvus   18, 71  
89 to hold word info vur   34  
90 to dig ʔil   1  
91 to buy vul   1  
92 to open, uncover seßen   24  
93 to pound, beat word info tuʔtuʔ   20  
94 to throw word info ʔom   54  
95 to fall word info sep   13  
96 dog kilu   7, 77, 80  
97 bird nemen   1  
98 egg noʔonlin   1  
99 feather ni-mbumbo-   25  
100 wing vara-   61  
101 to fly ßißem   46  
102 rat lambut   45  
103 meat/flesh maru   41  
104 fat/grease      
105 tail mbysy-   76  
106 snake na-mwat   12  
107 worm (earthworm) ne-wul   24  
107 worm (earthworm) ni-ndules   68, 64  
108 louse word info na-ʔut   1  
109 mosquito tuʔes   38, 48, 89  
110 spider ŋgiŋgaplew   33  
111 fish mahal   52  
112 rotten word info mwom   51  
113 branch word info na-mbal   31  
114 leaf ne-reʔej   1  
115 root ni-si|leßyn   18  
116 flower ni-tiphun   1?  
117 fruit navan   1, 26  
118 grass mwenej   31  
119 earth/soil ne-ten   1  
120 stone ne-vet   1  
121 sand mbinwen   1, 79  
122 water word info ne-wej   2  
123 to flow ßwaraßwar   31  
124 sea ne-tes   1  
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest lembynʔaj   43  
128 sky namwap   63  
129 moon neßyl   1  
130 star mysi   13  
131 cloud word info meliŋ(g)   34  
132 fog mbwansi   64  
133 rain ne-wuh   1  
134 thunder neßyl ßaraßar   15, 38  
135 lightning gculum (is this a misprint? - JL)    
136 wind na-laŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info hup (b.) 62, 63  
138 warm word info pilpil   52  
139 cold word info malʔah   51  
140 dry word info mehmeh   11  
141 wet mil   35  
142 heavy ndip   14  
143 fire na-ʔam(b)   19  
144 to burn word info      
145 smoke word info na-ʔam nduŋnduŋ   94  
146 ash mbwisnep   75  
147 black metemet   1  
148 white meßys   1  
149 red mamal   1, 55  
150 yellow lutlut   43  
151 green ʔasen   8  
152 small ßwariʔ   42?  
153 big mbow   50  
154 short word info mbyʔmbyʔ   3  
155 long word info mbarap   16  
156 thin word info menemenem(b)   1  
157 thick word info mburit   56  
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick meheʔ   1  
161 shy, ashamed maʔan   1?  
162 old word info marlam(b)   26  
163 new vivew   1  
164 good leh   59  
165 bad, evil het   1  
166 correct, true mbaraŋgin   72  
167 night livaʔat   42  
168 day lereŋ   6  
169 year ne-tew   1  
170 when? word info nejih   1, 43  
171 to hide word info luʔ   34  
172 to climb word info haʔ   2  
173 at      
174 in, inside len   1  
175 above ran      
176 below eßyn   41, 74  
177 this etiŋ   52  
178 that etaŋ   39  
179 near masasag   90  
180 far silej   5  
181 where? word info ambeh   3, 59  
182 I kinaŋ(g)   1, 21, 22, 23  
183 thou inuŋ(g)   1, 18  
184 he/she ʔey   1, 29  
185 we word info kamem (excl). E2  
185 we word info niŋgind(d) (incl). 1  
186 you niŋcim   1, 13  
187 they ʔar   1, 70  
188 what? word info na-havaʔ   1  
189 who? word info jaʔ   1  
190 other ti-silej   42  
191 all mwah   36  
192 and en   1?  
193 if ko-noʔ   60  
194 how? word info temwin   27?  
195 no, not veʔ      
195 no, not awaq   104  
196 to count mbuluŋ(g)   1  
197 One word info siqʔ   56  
198 Two word info ru   1  
199 Three word info tul   1  
200 Four word info ves   1, 65  
201 Five word info lim   1  
202 Six word info sow-siq   31?  
203 Seven word info sow-ru   9  
204 Eight word info sow-tul   11, 7  
205 Nine word info sow-vey   5  
206 Ten word info laŋavul   5, 8  
207 Twenty word info morlalaʔ   13  
208 Fifty word info morlalaʔ iru noʔoron ilaŋavul      
209 One Hundred word info morlalaʔ ilim   13  
210 One Thousand word info      

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