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

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