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Language: Nese

Source/Author:  Terry Crowley / John Lynch 
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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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
2 left      
3 right      
10 dirty      
17 liver      
25 neck      
26 hair word info      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
43 ear      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream      
53 person/human being      
65 rope      
68 needle      
71 to stab, pierce      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
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 word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
163 new      
166 correct, true      
168 day      
177 this      
179 near      
180 far      
190 other      
191 all      
195 no, not      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
59 mother b'ev'e   20  
82 dull, blunt batot   15  
112 rotten word info bo   52  
167 night bung   1  
155 long word info darav      
66 to tie up, fasten jali      
66 to tie up, fasten jel tokhon      
56 child jiblakh   79  
70 to shoot word info jorro   16  
95 to fall word info jov   13  
185 we word info kanan pl excl. 2  
185 we word info kananrru dl. excl. 2  
185 we word info kanantil tl.excl.    
186 you kani you pl. 1, 13  
186 you kanirru you dl. x  
186 you kanitil you tl. x  
181 where? word info 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 word info khavkhav hot    
178 that khe   15  
205 Nine word info khe|sve   5  
90 to dig khili   1  
182 I khina I/me 1, 21, 22  
189 who? word info khise   1  
69 to hunt word info khorrkhorr   59, 64  
204 Eight word info kho|al   3  
203 Seven word info kho|dit   1  
183 thou khunokh you (sg). 1, 18, 26  
202 Six word info kh|on   1  
77 to scratch word info koji **guji 69  
77 to scratch word info kojikoji   69  
171 to hide word info 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 word info 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 word info marraj   13  
175 above marro   10  
150 yellow melekh   44?  
81 sharp mon   24  
154 short word info 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 word info nakhut   1  
164 good nakis   107  
134 thunder nakurr   2  
151 green nalakhej green/blue 43, 8  
136 wind nalang   1, 77  
139 cold word info nalas   51  
139 cold word info nalngarri      
31 tooth nalve   1, 35  
106 snake namat   12  
109 mosquito namkho   1  
111 fish nanaj   53  
97 bird nanankho   1  
140 dry word info 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 word info nejubuna-      
30 mouth nejungo-   55  
185 we word info 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 word info nerreng-   1, 21  
188 what? word info 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 word info ngavulrru   9  
33 to laugh ngirr   93  
149 red nial   1, 55  
62 thatch/roof niat thatch 1  
145 smoke word info nies nakhab'   2  
141 wet ninin   36  
131 cloud word info 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 word info nua   2  
27 nose nukuns-   1, 58  
31 tooth nuluvo-   1, 35  
40 to drink num   1, 34  
122 water word info 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 word info rrorr turn over/turn around 34, 106  
142 heavy rrov   31  
198 Two word info rru   1  
72 to hit word info rrub hit/kill 87  
74 to kill rrub   71  
21 to think rrumrrum   13  
67 to sew word info rrurr   13  
160 painful, sick rrurrngorr painful 34?  
84 to plant rruv plant anything but yam 9  
172 to climb word info sakh   2  
197 One word info sakhal   42  
206 Ten word info sangav'il   5  
165 bad, evil sat   1  
196 to count serrtengi   42  
193 if seve sub. 32?  
194 how? word info severrse   58, 31  
78 to cut, hack word info side      
133 rain souse   1  
144 to burn word info sul   4  
42 to suck sus   25  
137 to blow word info suv   62  
9 to swim swo   12  
60 father tana-   1  
101 to fly tasi   32  
170 when? word info tasve   31?  
80 to split word info 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 word info til   1  
52 to stand trro   2, 69  
72 to hit word info tukh   8  
52 to stand tutrro   2, 69  
73 to steal v'anakh   1, 58  
200 Four word info v'at   1, 65  
83 to work word info 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 word info 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  

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