Language: Naman
| Source/Author: | Crowley, T. (2006). Naman: a vanishing language... | |
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| Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:lzl Glottocode: litz1237 | |
| Notes: | Crowley, T. (2006). Naman: a vanishing language of Malakula (Vanuatu). Edited by John Lynch. Pacific Linguistics. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. The Australian National University. /kh/ = velar fricative, /ng/ = velar nasal, /ë/ = schwa | |
| Problems: | Andreea: replaced /kh/ with velar fricative: -- voiced velar fricative intervocalically, word initially -- voiceless velar fricative word finally, or adjacent to unvoiced consonants (cf. Malcolm Ross) Also replaced ë with ə. | |
| Data Entry: | Typed By: Russell Gray 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:Malekula Interior:Malekula Central | |
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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Litzlitz
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Naman (Litzlitz)
Ethnologue Information for lzl
OLAC Information for lzl
Naman: a vanishing language of Malakula ( Vanuatu )-
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Change History:
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- Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Vanuatu, (F), Malekula Interior, Malekula Central, (A) To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Malekula Interior, Malekula Central - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:35:26)
- Changed from "khan" (Word 144) - (2008-01-16 00:26:22)
- Changed from "ikhëj" (Word 93) - (2008-01-16 00:25:52)
Entries:
| ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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| 1 | hand | nəverən | 16 | ||
| 2 | left | xəmir | 1, 59 | ||
| 3 | right | xəmutu | 5, 37 | ||
| 4 | leg/foot | dalen | 34 | ||
| 5 | to walk | ilel | 10, 63 | ||
| 5 | to walk | lungolung | 60 | ||
| 5 | to walk | seso | |||
| 6 | road/path | nesel | 1 | ||
| 7 | to come | vale | 25 | ||
| 7 | to come | velet | 25 | ||
| 8 | to turn
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rəvəxes | 31 | ||
| 8 | to turn
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vələs | 24? | ||
| 9 | to swim | garagar | (swim from one place to another) | 5 | |
| 9 | to swim | seroɣ | (underwater) | 72 | |
| 10 | dirty | |
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| 11 | dust | dilmoxosxos | 15? | ||
| 12 | skin | nevnen | 28 | ||
| 13 | back
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netren | 12 | ||
| 14 | belly | daba(x)an | 36, 99 | ||
| 15 | bone | bologon | 37 | ||
| 16 | intestines | nesnen | 1 | ||
| 17 | liver | mobun | 7 | ||
| 18 | breast | nisən | 1 | ||
| 19 | shoulder | berberən | 1, 65 | ||
| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable | rongdur | 19, 91 | ||
| 21 | to think | nsəmnsəm | 13 | ||
| 21 | to think | var | 40 | ||
| 22 | to fear | mətoxtoxon | 1 | ||
| 23 | blood | nede | 1 | ||
| 24 | head | batən | 9 | ||
| 25 | neck | nowen | 18 | ||
| 26 | hair
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naansvələn (batən) | 31, 33 | ||
| 27 | nose | gunsən | 1, 58 | ||
| 28 | to breathe | tiəɣ nsuvən | = pull + wind | 36? | |
| 29 | to sniff, smell | ingus | 64 | ||
| 30 | mouth | bongon | 41 | ||
| 31 | tooth | nelvən | 1, 35 | ||
| 32 | tongue | nelwemen | 7, 17 | ||
| 33 | to laugh | vətmas | 47 | ||
| 34 | to cry | iteng | 1 | ||
| 35 | to vomit | luolu | 8 | ||
| 36 | to spit | vərəxən | 35 | ||
| 36 | to spit | telbəs | 15 | ||
| 37 | to eat | xan | 1 | ||
| 38 | to chew
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xas | 22 | ||
| 39 | to cook
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tabəɣ | 86 | ||
| 40 | to drink | mən | 1, 49 | ||
| 41 | to bite | xas | 1, 60 | ||
| 42 | to suck | isəs | 25 | ||
| 43 | ear | borən | 16 | ||
| 43 | ear | delngen | 1, 40 | ||
| 44 | to hear | rong | 1 | ||
| 45 | eye | meten | 1 | ||
| 46 | to see | lis | 14, 94 | ||
| 47 | to yawn | xanmo | 36 | ||
| 48 | to sleep | metər | 1 | ||
| 49 | to lie down
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vələsan | on ground | ||
| 50 | to dream | metmetər bori | 11, 10 | ||
| 51 | to sit | leg | 110 | ||
| 52 | to stand | səɣ | 27 | ||
| 53 | person/human being | moxot | 35 | ||
| 54 | man/male | numin | 1 | ||
| 55 | woman/female | nevdoro | 87 | ||
| 56 | child | netən | 5 | ||
| 56 | child | netite | 5 | ||
| 57 | husband | matərvarəɣ | |||
| 57 | husband | niliəɣ | 38 | ||
| 58 | wife | lektərvarəɣ | 29 | ||
| 58 | wife | nevdoro | |||
| 58 | wife | tenivən | 5, 27 | ||
| 59 | mother | nane | 1, 83 | ||
| 59 | mother | sənen | 1 | ||
| 60 | father | matərvarəɣ | |||
| 60 | father | tate | 19 | ||
| 60 | father | temen | 1 | ||
| 61 | house | neim | 1 | ||
| 61 | house | nemaɣ | 51 | ||
| 62 | thatch/roof | niet | 1 | ||
| 63 | name | nangsən | 66 | ||
| 64 | to say | var | 30 | ||
| 65 | rope | noxo | 25 | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | miləns | 80 | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | ləɣ | 1, 39 | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | bəg (do) | 41? | ||
| 67 | to sew
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nsəl | 31 | ||
| 68 | needle | |
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| 69 | to hunt
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| 70 | to shoot
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lue | 15 | ||
| 71 | to stab, pierce | |
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| 72 | to hit
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vər | 94? | ||
| 73 | to steal | venoɣ | 1, 58 | ||
| 74 | to kill | ixəj | 13 | ||
| 74 | to kill | vər | |||
| 74 | to kill | vibən(bən) | 1 | ||
| 74 | to kill | bən | 1 | ||
| 75 | to die, be dead | imes | 1 | ||
| 76 | to live, be alive | ijəɣ | 23 | ||
| 76 | to live, be alive | leg | 23 | ||
| 76 | to live, be alive | mour | 1, 76 | ||
| 77 | to scratch
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xorxor | itch | 12 | |
| 78 | to cut, hack
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bət | |||
| 78 | to cut, hack
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təbe | 40 | ||
| 79 | stick/wood | naxe | 1 | ||
| 80 | to split
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ngar(angar) | 28 | ||
| 81 | sharp | terer | 86 | ||
| 82 | dull, blunt | ingot | blunt | 32 | |
| 83 | to work
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irəb | 47? | ||
| 84 | to plant | xov | 10 | ||
| 85 | to choose | |
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| 86 | to grow
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iraɣ | 20 | ||
| 86 | to grow
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mour | live, be alive | x | |
| 87 | to swell
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lub | 67 | ||
| 88 | to squeeze
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ivi | 17? | ||
| 88 | to squeeze
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sese | 45 | ||
| 88 | to squeeze
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vəs | 18 | ||
| 89 | to hold
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togo | 49 | ||
| 90 | to dig | xəl | 1 | ||
| 91 | to buy | vəl | 1 | ||
| 92 | to open, uncover | movoɣ | 1 | ||
| 93 | to pound, beat
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ixəj | beat | 10 | |
| 93 | to pound, beat
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vər bəlautan | 30 | ||
| 94 | to throw
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vəsan | 53? | ||
| 95 | to fall
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igər | |||
| 96 | dog | libaɣ | 29 | ||
| 97 | bird | nimin | 1 | ||
| 98 | egg | nadəl | 1, 66 | ||
| 99 | feather | nowen | 6 | ||
| 100 | wing | noxoverən | 61, 68 | ||
| 101 | to fly | isel xən | 31 | ||
| 102 | rat | labət | 45 | ||
| 103 | meat/flesh | nejoxon | 10 | ||
| 104 | fat/grease | |
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| 105 | tail | iber | |||
| 106 | snake | namat | 12 | ||
| 107 | worm (earthworm) | |
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| 108 | louse
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noxot | 1 | ||
| 109 | mosquito | nenom | 1 | ||
| 110 | spider | |
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| 111 | fish | niəɣ | 1 | ||
| 112 | rotten
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ibu | 52 | ||
| 112 | rotten
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sov | 53? | ||
| 113 | branch
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nerangasən | 1, 21 | ||
| 114 | leaf | ner (naxe) | 1 | ||
| 114 | leaf | nereun | 1 | ||
| 115 | root | nuxurən | 2, 41 | ||
| 116 | flower | nevngan | 1 | ||
| 117 | fruit | navan | 1, 26 | ||
| 118 | grass | nəvilviləs | 1 | ||
| 119 | earth/soil | neten | soil | 1 | |
| 120 | stone | nevet | 1 | ||
| 121 | sand | dabnowen | 1, 79 | ||
| 122 | water
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nowe | 2 | ||
| 123 | to flow | |
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| 124 | sea | deswe | des+we = water | 1, 47 | |
| 125 | salt | |
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| 126 | lake | |
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| 127 | woods/forest | naadu met | 61 | ||
| 127 | woods/forest | vasan toro | |||
| 128 | sky | misni|rin | 31 | ||
| 129 | moon | nivəl | 1 | ||
| 130 | star | mənse | 13 | ||
| 131 | cloud
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langnous | 37 | ||
| 131 | cloud
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babar | 38 | ||
| 132 | fog | tevtevbang | |||
| 133 | rain | nous | 1 | ||
| 134 | thunder | belever | 15, 38 | ||
| 135 | lightning | nivəlivəl | 26 | ||
| 136 | wind | neleng | 1, 77 | ||
| 137 | to blow
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sesar | of the wind | 26 | |
| 138 | warm
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sesov | hot | 42 | |
| 139 | cold
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melaas | 51 | ||
| 140 | dry
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mes | 11 | ||
| 141 | wet | imim | 36 | ||
| 142 | heavy | iduv | 14 | ||
| 143 | fire | naab | 19 | ||
| 144 | to burn
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xan | = eat | 40 | |
| 144 | to burn
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səli | 4 | ||
| 145 | smoke
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niisən | 2 | ||
| 146 | ash | misnav | 75 | ||
| 147 | black | |
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| 148 | white | mivəs | 1 | ||
| 148 | white | uvov | 41 | ||
| 149 | red | miel | 1, 55 | ||
| 150 | yellow | yangayang | 9 | ||
| 151 | green | xansxansen | 8 | ||
| 152 | small | (itə)varəɣ | 1, 42 | ||
| 153 | big | bolo | 111 | ||
| 153 | big | təleb | 10 | ||
| 154 | short
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buxubuɣ | 3 | ||
| 155 | long
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iber | 16 | ||
| 156 | thin
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milmiləv | 1, 43 | ||
| 157 | thick
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mitəl | 3 | ||
| 158 | narrow | |
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| 159 | wide | |
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| 160 | painful, sick | tetən | painful | ||
| 161 | shy, ashamed | |
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| 162 | old
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toro | 27, 126 | ||
| 163 | new | imed | 19 | ||
| 164 | good | ides | 110 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | iis | 1 | ||
| 166 | correct, true | varedog | true | 24 | |
| 167 | night | bung | 1 | ||
| 168 | day | metenal | 1, 54 | ||
| 169 | year | nesɣo | 29 | ||
| 170 | when?
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nangsen | 1, 43 | ||
| 171 | to hide
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iban | 1? | ||
| 172 | to climb
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siəɣ xən | 2 | ||
| 173 | at | |
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| 174 | in, inside | i | 4 | ||
| 175 | above | raxe | 25 | ||
| 176 | below | raadin | 9 | ||
| 177 | this | evan | this one | ||
| 178 | that | evan | that one | ||
| 179 | near | jəxən | 54 | ||
| 180 | far | tuoso | far away | 1 | |
| 181 | where?
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(e)abe | 3 | ||
| 182 | I | kine | 1, 21, 22 | ||
| 183 | thou | ag | 1, 17 | ||
| 183 | thou | axug | 1, 17 | ||
| 184 | he/she | ai | 1 | ||
| 185 | we
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kamem(a)ru | dl. excl. | 2 | |
| 185 | we
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kamru | dl. excl. | 2 | |
| 185 | we
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(i)getaru | dl. incl. | 1 | |
| 185 | we
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(i)gətaru | dl. incl. | 1 | |
| 185 | we
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kam(em) | pl. excl. | 2 | |
| 185 | we
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(i)gət | pl. incl. | 1 | |
| 185 | we
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(i)get | pl. incl. | 1 | |
| 186 | you | (i)gəm | pl. | 1 | |
| 186 | you | igem | pl. | 1 | |
| 187 | they | (r)aru | dl. | x | |
| 187 | they | air | pl. | 1, 70 | |
| 188 | what?
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(n)san | 1 | ||
| 189 | who?
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tan | 62, 63 | ||
| 190 | other | nsebnseb | 37 | ||
| 191 | all | tabaɣ | |||
| 192 | and | bəle | |||
| 192 | and | e | 1? | ||
| 193 | if | bar | 17 | ||
| 193 | if | bavar(si) | 17 | ||
| 194 | how?
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tusɣəni | |||
| 194 | how?
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vəsaan | 57 | ||
| 194 | how?
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vəsaɣ | 57 | ||
| 195 | no, not | esəɣ | 10 | ||
| 196 | to count | (dongo)dongon | 42 | ||
| 197 | One
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savaɣ | 1, 40 | ||
| 198 | Two
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iru | 1 | ||
| 199 | Three
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itəl | 1 | ||
| 200 | Four
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ives | 1, 65 | ||
| 201 | Five
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iləm | 1 | ||
| 202 | Six
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| 203 | Seven
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nsuru | 9 | ||
| 204 | Eight
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nsutəl | 11, 7 | ||
| 205 | Nine
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nsoves | 5 | ||
| 206 | Ten
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sangavəl | 5 | ||
| 207 | Twenty
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(na)ngavəl iru | 9 | ||
| 208 | Fifty
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| 209 | One Hundred
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nongot | 12 | ||
| 210 | One Thousand
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