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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      
37 to eat 'a'an   1  
41 to bite 'as   1, 60  
151 green 'asan   8  
184 he/she 'ei   1, 29  
90 to dig 'il   1  
84 to plant 'impwi'   60  
77 to scratch word info 'oi      
94 to throw word info 'omp   54  
81 sharp (ma)kan   14  
59 mother amo'   23  
186 you amu|lyl   1  
172 to climb word info ha'   2  
201 Five word info ilim   1  
183 thou inuŋk   1, 18  
198 Two word info iru   1  
197 One word info isi'   56  
199 Three word info ityl   1  
200 Four word info ivœs   1, 65  
182 I kinaŋk   1, 21, 22, 23  
95 to fall word info lap   134  
176 below latan   9  
206 Ten word info laŋavœl   5, 8  
173 at le-   20  
164 good leh   59  
167 night levwa'at   42  
174 in, inside leyum   1, 18  
104 fat/grease leŋleŋ   31  
5 to walk loŋ   60  
171 to hide word info lu'lu'   34  
35 to vomit luelu   8  
46 to see lys   14, 94  
150 yellow lytlyt   43  
82 dull, blunt mah   34  
111 fish mahal   52  
140 dry word info mahmah   11  
139 cold word info mal'ah   51  
32 tongue malampuŋ   30  
98 egg man|tlœ-   1, 66  
22 to fear mata'   1  
45 eye mata-   1  
62 thatch/roof melaŋan karar      
128 sky meliŋk   1, 63  
8 to turn word info mempi'is   31  
75 to die, be dead mes   1  
48 to sleep metur = lie down 1  
49 to lie down word info metur = sleep 37  
76 to live, be alive mewur   1, 76  
141 wet mil   35  
156 thin word info motoŋk      
47 to yawn moulei   19, 34  
80 to split word info movor intr. 1  
19 shoulder mpatava-   65?, 36  
24 head mpati-   9  
180 far mpe|sili   5  
165 bad, evil mpil   79  
15 bone mpoloŋo-   37  
196 to count mpolyŋ   1  
153 big mpou   50  
30 mouth mpoŋo-   41  
112 rotten word info mpu   52  
88 to squeeze word info mpur   16  
3 right mpwaraŋkin   30  
166 correct, true mpwaraŋkin   24  
74 to kill mpwil   75  
94 to throw word info mpwœsi   12?  
155 long word info mpārap   16  
154 short word info mpœ'ampœ   3  
191 all mwah|teh   36  
161 shy, ashamed mwal   58  
209 One Hundred word info mwarlala' ilim   13  
207 Twenty word info mwarlala' isi'   13  
33 to laugh mwas   58  
40 to drink myn   1, 49  
10 dirty mytmyt = black 2  
147 black mytmyt   1  
160 painful, sick mā'   1  
149 red mœmal   1, 55  
148 white mœvys   1  
79 stick/wood na'ai   1  
143 fire na'amp   19  
115 root na'aran   2  
14 belly na'avuti- stomach 5  
6 road/path nahal   1  
63 name ne'ia-      
27 nose neaŋkunhu-   1, 58  
16 intestines nehini-   1  
18 breast nehuhu-   1  
96 dog nekilu   7, 77, 80  
102 rat nelemput   45  
31 tooth nelivo-   1, 35  
121 sand nempin|wen   1  
4 leg/foot nempuly-   33  
56 child nempunoŋ   81  
168 day nempuŋ period 16  
99 feather nempympo-   25  
127 woods/forest nempyn'ai   43  
54 man/male nemurut   73  
57 husband nemurut = man 63  
107 worm (earthworm) nentules   68, 64  
145 smoke word info nentuŋ   94  
26 hair word info nesivule-   31, 33  
99 feather nesivule-   41, 1  
100 wing nesivulen vara-   61  
116 flower netyvyh   34  
103 meat/flesh nevy'oh   10  
134 thunder nevylvaravar   15, 38  
168 day newut reŋian daytime 6  
110 spider neŋkiŋkapleu   33  
136 wind nileŋ   1, 77  
97 bird nimen   1  
55 woman/female nimomo'   23  
58 wife nimomo' = woman 56  
25 neck nintolo-   42  
23 blood nintrei   1  
125 salt nirer nites nites = sea 20  
18 breast nisysy-   1  
13 back word info nita'u-   12  
119 earth/soil nitan   1  
65 rope nitel   1  
124 sea nites   1  
1 hand nivara-   16  
120 stone nivet   1  
14 belly niveti- stomach 5  
129 moon nivyl   1  
61 house niyum   1  
12 skin no'olsi-   1  
108 louse word info no'ut   1  
2 left ntal|meir   1, 59  
43 ear ntelŋa-   1, 40  
142 heavy ntip   14  
185 we word info nto|lyl incl. 66  
21 to think ntrimtrim   13  
62 thatch/roof ntys na'ai vœr      
122 water word info nuwei   2  
133 rain nuwuh   1  
17 liver nymamp mytmyt mytmyt = black 7  
113 branch word info nympal   31  
188 what? word info nāti   1, 57  
131 cloud word info nœmap   32?  
130 star nœmosi   13  
11 dust nœmpusrep   30?  
146 ash nœmpwisnep   75  
50 to dream nœmpwœrei n. 10  
106 snake nœmwat   12  
118 grass nœmwœnei   31  
103 meat/flesh nœmāru   41  
114 leaf nœrœ'ei   1  
117 fruit nœvan   1, 26  
138 warm word info pilpil hot 52  
83 to work word info ra'   46  
160 painful, sick rar   34  
187 they ro|lyl   1, 70  
20 to know, be knowledgeable roŋhur   19, 92  
203 Seven word info seuru   9  
202 Six word info seusi'   31  
204 Eight word info seutyl   7  
205 Nine word info seuvei   5  
190 other sili   42  
71 to stab, pierce simp stab / prick 40  
51 to sit sump   40  
39 to cook word info suŋ   87  
60 father tatai   19  
109 mosquito teu'as   38, 48, 89  
34 to cry teŋ   1  
44 to hear til|roroŋ listen 1  
87 to swell word info timp   12  
66 to tie up, fasten titi'   51  
71 to stab, pierce tur inject 14  
67 to sew word info turtur   13  
166 correct, true tytys   6  
52 to stand tāris   61  
101 to fly vevemp   46  
36 to spit vurei   35  
89 to hold word info vurvur   34  
152 small vāri   42  
9 to swim vœvœp   7  
163 new vœvœu   1  
7 to come wiliŋ   25  
137 to blow word info wupwup   1  
28 to breathe ŋaraŋar   13  
29 to sniff, smell ŋaraŋarmpon   42, 63  
38 to chew word info ŋis   12  
86 to grow word info ŋkas   33  
185 we word info ŋka|lyl excl. 2  

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