Language: Nese
Source/Author: | Terry Crowley / John Lynch | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3: Glottocode: nese1235 | |
Notes: | Crowley (2006). Nese: a diminishing speech variety of Northwest Malakula (Vanuatu). Pacific Linguistics. Currently spoken by only one extended family in the village of Matanvat SDA. v', m' etc. represent apicolabials; r is a flap, rr a trill; ng = velar nasal | |
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:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Malekula Coastal | |
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Resources:
- Ethnologue/World Atlas of Language Structures Information is not available
- Wikipedia page on Nese
- Pacific Linguistics: Nese - a diminishing speech variety of Northwest Malakula ( Vanuatu )
- [Suggest a resource]
Change History:
Showing all of 20 entries
- Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2016-07-05 22:02:13)
- Source: (Word 139) - John Lynch (2007-02-07 22:12:47)
- Changed from "vise" (Word 194) - John Lynch (2007-01-21 23:32:56)
- Changed from "lalaine" (Word 174) - John Lynch (2007-01-08 22:47:21)
- Changed from "nedeknarran" (Word 128) - John Lynch (2007-01-07 23:54:58)
- Source: John Lynch (Word 192) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:57:29)
- Source: John Lynch (Word 185) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:37:47)
- Source: John Lynch (Word 169) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:24:52)
- Source: John Lynch (Word 127) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 01:54:42)
- Source: John Lynch (Word 119) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 13:14:40)
- Source: John Lynch (Word 112) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 13:04:37)
- Source: John Lynch (Word 90) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 12:34:34)
- Source: John Lynch (Word 62) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 09:03:43)
- Changed from "tenen nat-" (Word 57) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 08:47:38)
- Changed from "rreve" (Word 64) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-08 11:55:23)
- Source: John Lynch (Word 22) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-07 08:56:06)
- Changed from "neteng naj-" (Word 16) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-07 08:31:26)
- Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2006-11-16 10:15:08)
- Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-11-16 10:11:15)
- Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-11-16 10:09:32)
Entries:
ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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2 | left | ||||
3 | right | ||||
10 | dirty | ||||
17 | liver | ||||
25 | neck | ||||
26 | hair | ||||
28 | to breathe | ||||
29 | to sniff, smell | ||||
38 | to chew | ||||
39 | to cook | ||||
43 | ear | ||||
49 | to lie down | ||||
50 | to dream | ||||
53 | person/human being | ||||
65 | rope | ||||
68 | needle | ||||
71 | to stab, pierce | ||||
85 | to choose | ||||
86 | to grow | ||||
87 | to swell | ||||
88 | to squeeze | ||||
93 | to pound, beat | ||||
94 | to throw | ||||
102 | rat | ||||
103 | meat/flesh | ||||
104 | fat/grease | ||||
105 | tail | ||||
107 | worm (earthworm) | ||||
115 | root | ||||
116 | flower | ||||
123 | to flow | ||||
125 | salt | ||||
126 | lake | ||||
152 | small | ||||
157 | thick | ||||
158 | narrow | ||||
159 | wide | ||||
161 | shy, ashamed | ||||
162 | old | ||||
163 | new | ||||
166 | correct, true | ||||
168 | day | ||||
177 | this | ||||
179 | near | ||||
180 | far | ||||
190 | other | ||||
191 | all | ||||
195 | no, not | ||||
208 | Fifty | ||||
209 | One Hundred | ||||
210 | One Thousand | ||||
59 | mother | b'ev'e | 20 | ||
82 | dull, blunt | batot | 15 | ||
112 | rotten | bo | 52 | ||
167 | night | bung | 1 | ||
155 | long | darav | |||
66 | to tie up, fasten | jali | |||
66 | to tie up, fasten | jel tokhon | |||
56 | child | jiblakh | 79 | ||
70 | to shoot | jorro | 16 | ||
95 | to fall | jov | 13 | ||
185 | we | kanan | pl excl. | 2 | |
185 | we | kananrru | dl. excl. | 2 | |
185 | we | kanantil | tl.excl. | ||
186 | you | kani | you pl. | 1, 13 | |
186 | you | kanirru | you dl. | x | |
186 | you | kanitil | you tl. | x | |
181 | where? | khade | 3 | ||
184 | he/she | khai | 1, 29 | ||
187 | they | kharr | they/them (pl) | 1, 69 | |
187 | they | kharrtil | they/them (tl) | x | |
187 | they | kharru | they/them (dl) | x | |
41 | to bite | khas | 1, 60 | ||
138 | warm | khavkhav | hot | ||
178 | that | khe | 15 | ||
205 | Nine | khe|sve | 5 | ||
90 | to dig | khili | 1 | ||
182 | I | khina | I/me | 1, 21, 22 | |
189 | who? | khise | 1 | ||
69 | to hunt | khorrkhorr | 59, 64 | ||
204 | Eight | kho|al | 3 | ||
203 | Seven | kho|dit | 1 | ||
183 | thou | khunokh | you (sg). | 1, 18, 26 | |
202 | Six | kh|on | 1 | ||
77 | to scratch | koji | **guji | 69 | |
77 | to scratch | kojikoji | 69 | ||
171 | to hide | kusuakh | 6 | ||
153 | big | lab' | 10 | ||
174 | in, inside | lala|ine | inside/indoors, ine = 'house' | 1 | |
55 | woman/female | lekhtarr | |||
58 | wife | lekhtarr | 29 | ||
46 | to see | les | 14, 94 | ||
201 | Five | line | 1 | ||
36 | to spit | livtov | 37, 101 | ||
99 | feather | lolo- | Chicken feather | 24 | |
147 | black | long | 80 | ||
22 | to fear | lukho | 'afraid' | 19 | |
35 | to vomit | lulu | 8 | ||
7 | to come | ma | 1 | ||
156 | thin | marraj | 13 | ||
175 | above | marro | 10 | ||
150 | yellow | melekh | 44? | ||
81 | sharp | mon | 24 | ||
154 | short | murrol | 32 | ||
4 | leg/foot | nabalako- | leg | 33 | |
24 | head | nabat- | 9 | ||
61 | house | naine | 1 | ||
79 | stick/wood | nakha | 1 | ||
143 | fire | nakhab' | 19 | ||
100 | wing | nakhab'e- | 1 | ||
108 | louse | nakhut | 1 | ||
164 | good | nakis | 107 | ||
134 | thunder | nakurr | 2 | ||
151 | green | nalakhej | green/blue | 43, 8 | |
136 | wind | nalang | 1, 77 | ||
139 | cold | nalas | 51 | ||
139 | cold | nalngarri | |||
31 | tooth | nalve | 1, 35 | ||
106 | snake | namat | 12 | ||
109 | mosquito | namkho | 1 | ||
111 | fish | nanaj | 53 | ||
97 | bird | nanankho | 1 | ||
140 | dry | nanas | 11 | ||
45 | eye | nanata- | 1 | ||
47 | to yawn | nanav | 19 | ||
63 | name | nangse | 1, 36 | ||
118 | grass | nanus | 51 | ||
121 | sand | naon | sand/beach | 1 | |
169 | year | narram | =yam | 30 | |
23 | blood | narre | 1 | ||
75 | to die, be dead | nas | 1 | ||
6 | road/path | nasal | 1 | ||
18 | breast | nasus | 1 | ||
56 | child | nat- | 5 | ||
132 | fog | natalol | |||
119 | earth/soil | natan | 1 | ||
124 | sea | natas | 1 | ||
48 | to sleep | naturr | 1 | ||
58 | wife | nau- | 1? | ||
133 | rain | nause | 1 | ||
120 | stone | nav'at | 1 | ||
1 | hand | navarra- | 16 | ||
129 | moon | navle | moon/month | 1 | |
11 | dust | nebetmakhav | 94 | ||
146 | ash | nebetmakhav | 75, 83 | ||
19 | shoulder | nebil- | 38 | ||
128 | sky | nedekna|rran | sky/heaven | 31 | |
15 | bone | nejin- | |||
13 | back | nejubuna- | |||
30 | mouth | nejungo- | 55 | ||
185 | we | nekles | we incl. | I | |
110 | spider | nela | 1 | ||
32 | tongue | nem'em'- | 7, 41 | ||
61 | house | nem- | 1 | ||
54 | man/male | nemerre | men | 73 | |
54 | man/male | nemerrte | man | 73 | |
63 | name | nengsa- | 1, 36 | ||
59 | mother | nerra- | 52? | ||
23 | blood | nerre- | 1 | ||
113 | branch | nerreng- | 1, 21 | ||
188 | what? | nese | 1 | ||
14 | belly | nesin- | 19, 34 | ||
18 | breast | nesus- | 1 | ||
16 | intestines | neteng naj- | = "basket excrement" | 34 | |
12 | skin | nev'il- | 1, 81 | ||
135 | lightning | nev'ilakh | 26 | ||
96 | dog | neviri | 7, 75, 80 | ||
34 | to cry | ngarr | 5 | ||
207 | Twenty | ngavulrru | 9 | ||
33 | to laugh | ngirr | 93 | ||
149 | red | nial | 1, 55 | ||
62 | thatch/roof | niat | thatch | 1 | |
145 | smoke | nies nakhab' | 2 | ||
141 | wet | ninin | 36 | ||
131 | cloud | noboborr | 38 | ||
114 | leaf | norrokha | 51, 53 | ||
114 | leaf | norrokho- | 51, 53 | ||
98 | egg | norrul- | 1, 66 | ||
76 | to live, be alive | norrwo | 1, 76 | ||
117 | fruit | novo- | 1, 26 | ||
127 | woods/forest | novorrkha | "the bush" | ||
130 | star | novovorr | 70 | ||
122 | water | nua | 2 | ||
27 | nose | nukuns- | 1, 58 | ||
31 | tooth | nuluvo- | 1, 35 | ||
40 | to drink | num | 1, 34 | ||
122 | water | nusuwu- | 27 | ||
117 | fruit | nuvu- | 1, 26 | ||
174 | in, inside | rrangan | locative | ||
173 | at | rre | in/on/at | 20 | |
174 | in, inside | rre | in/on/at | ||
92 | to open, uncover | rrekhej | open | ||
64 | to say | rreve | 29 | ||
160 | painful, sick | rroj | sick | 32 | |
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | rrong usong | 19 | ||
44 | to hear | rrongo | 1 | ||
8 | to turn | rrorr | turn over/turn around | 34, 106 | |
142 | heavy | rrov | 31 | ||
198 | Two | rru | 1 | ||
72 | to hit | rrub | hit/kill | 87 | |
74 | to kill | rrub | 71 | ||
21 | to think | rrumrrum | 13 | ||
67 | to sew | rrurr | 13 | ||
160 | painful, sick | rrurrngorr | painful | 34? | |
84 | to plant | rruv | plant anything but yam | 9 | |
172 | to climb | sakh | 2 | ||
197 | One | sakhal | 42 | ||
206 | Ten | sangav'il | 5 | ||
165 | bad, evil | sat | 1 | ||
196 | to count | serrtengi | 42 | ||
193 | if | seve | sub. | 32? | |
194 | how? | severrse | 58, 31 | ||
78 | to cut, hack | side | |||
133 | rain | souse | 1 | ||
144 | to burn | sul | 4 | ||
42 | to suck | sus | 25 | ||
137 | to blow | suv | 62 | ||
9 | to swim | swo | 12 | ||
60 | father | tana- | 1 | ||
101 | to fly | tasi | 32 | ||
170 | when? | tasve | 31? | ||
80 | to split | tavakh | 43 | ||
55 | woman/female | tavat | 24 | ||
57 | husband | tenen nat- | =father of child | 17 | |
60 | father | tete | 19 | ||
192 | and | ti | 30 | ||
199 | Three | til | 1 | ||
52 | to stand | trro | 2, 69 | ||
72 | to hit | tukh | 8 | ||
52 | to stand | tutrro | 2, 69 | ||
73 | to steal | v'anakh | 1, 58 | ||
200 | Four | v'at | 1, 65 | ||
83 | to work | vesakhsakh | 33 | ||
176 | below | vitan | down/below | 9 | |
148 | white | vok | 13 | ||
91 | to buy | vul | 1 | ||
91 | to buy | vulvul | 1 | ||
89 | to hold | vurrsi | 34 | ||
148 | white | vusave | 1? | ||
37 | to eat | waji | 13 | ||
84 | to plant | wak | plant yam | 6? | |
5 | to walk | yas | 87 | ||
51 | to sit | yat | 109 |