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Language: Naman

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 )
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 15 entries

• 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)
• Changed from "misnirin" (Word 128) - John Lynch (2007-01-07 23:54:15)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 183) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:53:07)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 183) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:52:53)
• Changed from "khan" (Word 144) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 02:31:13)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 143) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 02:28:59)
• Source: John Lynch (Word 138) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 02:20:42)
• Changed from "deswe" (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 01:48:21)
• Changed from "mour" (Word 86) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 12:29:29)
• Changed from "tiëkh nsuvën" (Word 28) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-07 09:01:59)
• Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-11-16 10:17:32)
• Updated Language Details - Russell Gray (2006-11-13 14:55:33)
• Language Added - Russell Gray (2006-11-13 13:42:00)

Entries:

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

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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.

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