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

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