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

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