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Language: Nāti

Source/Author:  Crowley (1998) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode: nati1244 
Notes:  Crowley, T. (1998) A salvage sketch of Näti (Southwest Malakula, Vanuatu). In D. Tryon (ed.), Papers in Austronesian Linguistics No.5 (pp.101-148). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Moribund language of southwest Malakula, Vanuatu.

y is a high front rounded vowel, ' = glottal stop. No evidence for voiced/voicless stop contrast, but what Crowley writes as mp nt etc. correspond to prenasalised b d etc. phonemes in other Malakula languages. 
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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:
42 to suck      
53 person/human being      
64 to say      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
72 to hit word info      
73 to steal      
78 to cut, hack word info      
85 to choose      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
105 tail      
123 to flow      
126 lake      
132 fog      
135 lightning      
144 to burn word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
162 old word info      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
175 above      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
181 where? word info      
189 who? word info      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
208 Fifty word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
62 thatch/roof melaŋan karar      
62 thatch/roof ntys na'ai vœr      
63 name ne'ia-      
77 to scratch word info 'oi      
156 thin word info motoŋk      
6 road/path nahal   1  
12 skin no'olsi-   1  
16 intestines nehini-   1  
18 breast nehuhu-   1  
18 breast nisysy-   1  
22 to fear mata'   1  
23 blood nintrei   1  
34 to cry teŋ   1  
37 to eat 'a'an   1  
44 to hear til|roroŋ listen 1  
45 eye mata-   1  
48 to sleep metur = lie down 1  
61 house niyum   1  
65 rope nitel   1  
75 to die, be dead mes   1  
79 stick/wood na'ai   1  
80 to split word info movor intr. 1  
90 to dig 'il   1  
97 bird nimen   1  
108 louse word info no'ut   1  
114 leaf nœrœ'ei   1  
119 earth/soil nitan   1  
120 stone nivet   1  
121 sand nempin|wen   1  
124 sea nites   1  
129 moon nivyl   1  
133 rain nuwuh   1  
137 to blow word info wupwup   1  
147 black mytmyt   1  
148 white mœvys   1  
160 painful, sick mā'   1  
163 new vœvœu   1  
186 you amu|lyl   1  
196 to count mpolyŋ   1  
198 Two word info iru   1  
199 Three word info ityl   1  
201 Five word info ilim   1  
188 what? word info nāti   1, 57  
174 in, inside leyum   1, 18  
117 fruit nœvan   1, 26  
184 he/she 'ei   1, 29  
149 red mœmal   1, 55  
41 to bite 'as   1, 60  
128 sky meliŋk   1, 63  
98 egg man|tlœ-   1, 66  
187 they ro|lyl   1, 70  
76 to live, be alive mewur   1, 76  
136 wind nileŋ   1, 77  
183 thou inuŋk   1, 18  
182 I kinaŋk   1, 21, 22, 23  
31 tooth nelivo-   1, 35  
43 ear ntelŋa-   1, 40  
40 to drink myn   1, 49  
27 nose neaŋkunhu-   1, 58  
2 left ntal|meir   1, 59  
200 Four word info ivœs   1, 65  
50 to dream nœmpwœrei n. 10  
103 meat/flesh nevy'oh   10  
140 dry word info mahmah   11  
13 back word info nita'u-   12  
38 to chew word info ŋis   12  
87 to swell word info timp   12  
106 snake nœmwat   12  
94 to throw word info mpwœsi   12?  
21 to think ntrimtrim   13  
28 to breathe ŋaraŋar   13  
67 to sew word info turtur   13  
130 star nœmosi   13  
207 Twenty word info mwarlala' isi'   13  
209 One Hundred word info mwarlala' ilim   13  
95 to fall word info lap   134  
71 to stab, pierce tur inject 14  
81 sharp (ma)kan   14  
142 heavy ntip   14  
46 to see lys   14, 94  
134 thunder nevylvaravar   15, 38  
1 hand nivara-   16  
88 to squeeze word info mpur   16  
155 long word info mpārap   16  
168 day nempuŋ period 16  
60 father tatai   19  
143 fire na'amp   19  
47 to yawn moulei   19, 34  
20 to know, be knowledgeable roŋhur   19, 92  
10 dirty mytmyt = black 2  
115 root na'aran   2  
122 water word info nuwei   2  
172 to climb word info ha'   2  
185 we word info ŋka|lyl excl. 2  
125 salt nirer nites nites = sea 20  
173 at le-   20  
55 woman/female nimomo'   23  
59 mother amo'   23  
166 correct, true mpwaraŋkin   24  
7 to come wiliŋ   25  
99 feather nempympo-   25  
154 short word info mpœ'ampœ   3  
3 right mpwaraŋkin   30  
32 tongue malampuŋ   30  
11 dust nœmpusrep   30?  
8 to turn word info mempi'is   31  
104 fat/grease leŋleŋ   31  
113 branch word info nympal   31  
118 grass nœmwœnei   31  
202 Six word info seusi'   31  
26 hair word info nesivule-   31, 33  
131 cloud word info nœmap   32?  
4 leg/foot nempuly-   33  
86 to grow word info ŋkas   33  
110 spider neŋkiŋkapleu   33  
82 dull, blunt mah   34  
89 to hold word info vurvur   34  
116 flower netyvyh   34  
160 painful, sick rar   34  
171 to hide word info lu'lu'   34  
36 to spit vurei   35  
141 wet mil   35  
191 all mwah|teh   36  
15 bone mpoloŋo-   37  
49 to lie down word info metur = sleep 37  
109 mosquito teu'as   38, 48, 89  
51 to sit sump   40  
71 to stab, pierce simp stab / prick 40  
30 mouth mpoŋo-   41  
103 meat/flesh nœmāru   41  
99 feather nesivule-   41, 1  
25 neck nintolo-   42  
152 small vāri   42  
167 night levwa'at   42  
190 other sili   42  
29 to sniff, smell ŋaraŋarmpon   42, 63  
127 woods/forest nempyn'ai   43  
150 yellow lytlyt   43  
102 rat nelemput   45  
83 to work word info ra'   46  
101 to fly vevemp   46  
14 belly niveti- stomach 5  
14 belly na'avuti- stomach 5  
180 far mpe|sili   5  
205 Nine word info seuvei   5  
206 Ten word info laŋavœl   5, 8  
153 big mpou   50  
66 to tie up, fasten titi'   51  
139 cold word info mal'ah   51  
111 fish mahal   52  
112 rotten word info mpu   52  
138 warm word info pilpil hot 52  
94 to throw word info 'omp   54  
58 wife nimomo' = woman 56  
197 One word info isi'   56  
33 to laugh mwas   58  
161 shy, ashamed mwal   58  
164 good leh   59  
166 correct, true tytys   6  
168 day newut reŋian daytime 6  
5 to walk loŋ   60  
84 to plant 'impwi'   60  
52 to stand tāris   61  
100 wing nesivulen vara-   61  
57 husband nemurut = man 63  
19 shoulder mpatava-   65?, 36  
185 we word info nto|lyl incl. 66  
107 worm (earthworm) nentules   68, 64  
9 to swim vœvœp   7  
17 liver nymamp mytmyt mytmyt = black 7  
204 Eight word info seutyl   7  
96 dog nekilu   7, 77, 80  
54 man/male nemurut   73  
74 to kill mpwil   75  
146 ash nœmpwisnep   75  
165 bad, evil mpil   79  
35 to vomit luelu   8  
151 green 'asan   8  
56 child nempunoŋ   81  
39 to cook word info suŋ   87  
24 head mpati-   9  
176 below latan   9  
203 Seven word info seuru   9  
145 smoke word info nentuŋ   94  

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