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- Changed from "mana", source: Paul Unger (Word 192) - Simon Greenhill (2021-08-08 23:16:59)
- Changed from "ma", source: Paul Unger (Word 192) - Simon Greenhill (2021-08-08 23:16:26)
- Source: Paul Unger (Word 50) - Simon Greenhill (2010-01-28 22:52:18)
Entries:
ID: |
Word: |
Item: |
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Cognacy: |
Loan: |
1 |
hand |
lima-ŋgu |
my arm |
1, 64 |
|
2 |
left |
mauli |
left |
1, 59 |
|
3 |
right |
mande |
right; irregular loss of *l/*R; irregular changes to final vowel(s) |
9 |
|
4 |
leg/foot |
tua-ŋgu |
my leg |
95 |
|
5 |
to walk |
sakutua |
walk |
|
|
5 |
to walk |
ðivo |
go down |
|
|
5 |
to walk |
ndea |
go |
30 |
|
5 |
to walk |
iti |
go up |
|
|
5 |
to walk |
raraɣe |
irregular *o > e |
1 |
|
6 |
road/path |
ðeutu |
road |
6 |
|
7 |
to come |
mai |
come |
1 |
|
8 |
to turn
|
ririu |
turn |
69 |
|
9 |
to swim |
pɔɣɔ |
bathe |
31 |
|
9 |
to swim |
le |
swim |
91 |
|
9 |
to swim |
pɔpɔɣɔ |
(more common) |
31 |
|
10 |
dirty |
paŋgaðu |
dirty |
52 |
|
11 |
dust |
kandavu |
dust |
|
|
12 |
skin |
ɣuɣuli-ŋgu |
my skin |
1 |
|
13 |
back
|
mbɔke-ŋgu |
my back |
13 |
|
14 |
belly |
kutu-ŋgu |
my belly |
14 |
|
15 |
bone |
ðuli-ŋgu |
my bones |
52 |
|
16 |
intestines |
kutu |
my guts |
43 |
|
17 |
liver |
ate-ŋgu |
my liver |
1 |
|
18 |
breast |
susu-ŋgu |
my breast |
1 |
|
19 |
shoulder |
aro-ŋgu |
my shoulder |
94 |
|
20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
ɣilaɣana |
know |
18 |
|
21 |
to think |
ɣanaɣana |
think |
14 |
|
22 |
to fear |
mataɣu |
fear |
1 |
|
23 |
blood |
ɣambu-ŋgu |
my blood |
5 |
|
24 |
head |
lova-ŋgu |
my skull/scalp |
47 |
|
24 |
head |
ulu-ŋgu |
my head |
1 |
|
25 |
neck |
lio-ŋgu |
my neck |
1 |
|
26 |
hair
|
ɣɔɣɔre |
hair (body) |
42 |
|
26 |
hair
|
vuŋga |
hair (head) |
56 |
|
27 |
nose |
iðu-ŋgu |
my nose |
1 |
|
28 |
to breathe |
aðeaðe |
breathe |
16 |
|
29 |
to sniff, smell |
uruŋia |
smell |
46 |
|
29 |
to sniff, smell |
ururu |
smell |
46 |
|
30 |
mouth |
maŋa-ŋgu |
my mouth |
13 |
|
31 |
tooth |
livo-ŋgu |
my tooth |
1, 35 |
|
32 |
tongue |
lapi-ŋgu |
my tongue |
21 |
|
33 |
to laugh |
kalao |
laugh |
81 |
|
34 |
to cry |
taŋi |
cry |
1 |
|
35 |
to vomit |
lulua |
vomit |
8 |
|
36 |
to spit |
luve |
spit |
59 |
|
37 |
to eat |
vaŋa |
eat |
1, 53 |
|
38 |
to chew
|
ɣani |
chew |
63 |
|
39 |
to cook
|
ɣali vaŋa |
make food |
|
|
40 |
to drink |
inu |
drink |
1 |
|
41 |
to bite |
ɣeɣe |
bite |
|
|
42 |
to suck |
mumusu |
suck |
20 |
|
43 |
ear |
kuli-ŋgu |
my ear |
6 |
|
44 |
to hear |
roŋo |
hear |
1 |
|
45 |
eye |
mata-ŋgu |
my eye |
1 |
|
46 |
to see |
mbɛre |
see |
61 |
|
47 |
to yawn |
maovia |
yawn |
19 |
|
48 |
to sleep |
mbiku |
|
57 |
|
49 |
to lie down
|
eno |
lie down |
1 |
|
50 |
to dream |
mbole |
|
10 |
|
51 |
to sit |
ðundu |
|
39 |
|
52 |
to stand |
tu |
stand |
2 |
|
53 |
person/human being |
tinoni |
person |
10 |
|
54 |
man/male |
tinoni |
man |
46 |
|
54 |
man/male |
mane |
man |
1 |
|
55 |
woman/female |
ɣaoka |
woman |
44 |
|
56 |
child |
ndae-ŋgu |
my child; irregular loss of *l |
28 |
|
57 |
husband |
tao-ŋgu |
my spouse |
18 |
|
58 |
wife |
tao-ŋgu |
my spouse |
12 |
|
59 |
mother |
tina-ŋgu |
my mother |
1 |
|
60 |
father |
tama-ŋgu |
my father |
1 |
|
61 |
house |
vae |
house |
14 |
|
62 |
thatch/roof |
ande |
thatch |
|
|
62 |
thatch/roof |
vovotu |
roof |
45 |
|
63 |
name |
n'aða-ŋgu |
my name; irregular presence of initial consonant |
1, 18 |
|
64 |
to say |
mbosa |
say |
63 |
|
65 |
rope |
itei |
rope; irregular *a > e |
51 |
|
66 |
to tie up, fasten |
tɔtɔŋɔ |
tie |
61 |
|
67 |
to sew
|
tai |
sew |
2 |
L |
68 |
needle |
itula |
sewing needle |
|
|
69 |
to hunt
|
oŋa |
hunt |
52 |
|
70 |
to shoot
|
vanathia |
shoot |
1 |
|
71 |
to stab, pierce |
sukia |
stab |
1, 8 |
|
71 |
to stab, pierce |
tupia |
stab |
|
|
72 |
to hit
|
ambu |
hit (stick); irregular loss of *l |
42 |
|
73 |
to steal |
ŋgito |
steal |
46 |
|
74 |
to kill |
ambumate |
hit die (serial verb) |
42, 2 |
|
75 |
to die, be dead |
mate |
die |
1 |
|
76 |
to live, be alive |
mauri |
life |
1, 76 |
|
76 |
to live, be alive |
mauri |
alive |
1, 76 |
|
77 |
to scratch
|
ŋgeŋgeo |
scratch |
|
|
78 |
to cut, hack
|
mɛŋga |
cut nut |
X |
|
78 |
to cut, hack
|
tɔka |
cut (wood) |
27 |
|
78 |
to cut, hack
|
kuria |
cut (string) |
|
|
79 |
stick/wood |
ɣai |
stick/wood/tree |
1 |
|
80 |
to split
|
tea |
split |
65 |
|
81 |
sharp |
vaŋa |
'heavy' 1sg syllable, fr. va-vanga |
14, 20 |
|
82 |
dull, blunt |
poðo |
blunt |
1 |
|
83 |
to work
|
ðairo |
work |
51 |
|
84 |
to plant |
subu |
to plant |
50 |
|
85 |
to choose |
mɛmɛle |
to choose |
|
|
86 |
to grow
|
pira |
to grow |
16 |
|
87 |
to swell
|
voɣu |
swell |
24 |
|
88 |
to squeeze
|
luðia |
squeeze; irregular *o > u |
19, 65 |
|
89 |
to hold
|
oti |
hold |
|
|
90 |
to dig |
kambi |
dig |
|
|
91 |
to buy |
pelu |
to buy |
|
|
92 |
to open, uncover |
ðaŋavi |
|
40 |
|
93 |
to pound, beat
|
ŋgata |
to pound/tamp |
|
|
94 |
to throw
|
mbimbila |
to throw |
|
|
95 |
to fall
|
tumu |
fall |
|
|
96 |
dog |
kau |
dog |
17 |
|
97 |
bird |
manu |
bird |
1 |
|
98 |
egg |
tolu |
egg |
1 |
|
99 |
feather |
vuvulunimanu |
=vuvulu ni manu 'feather of bird' |
1 |
|
100 |
wing |
rape |
wing; irregular *o > e |
50 |
|
101 |
to fly |
ovo |
fly |
1 |
|
102 |
rat |
ðuɣuve |
metathesis |
3 |
|
103 |
meat/flesh |
masimbe |
meat/flesh |
49 |
|
104 |
fat/grease |
ɣauɣe |
fat/grease |
51 |
|
105 |
tail |
iɣue |
tail |
1 |
|
106 |
snake |
umata |
snake |
12 |
|
107 |
worm (earthworm) |
kipara |
flat worm |
|
|
107 |
worm (earthworm) |
poporu |
round worm |
|
|
107 |
worm (earthworm) |
maka |
caterpiller worm |
|
|
107 |
worm (earthworm) |
kesu |
earthworm |
|
|
108 |
louse
|
ɣutu |
louse |
1 |
|
108 |
louse
|
liða |
louse egg |
x20 |
|
109 |
mosquito |
nanāmo |
mosquito |
1 |
|
109 |
mosquito |
namo |
mosquito |
1 |
|
110 |
spider |
lao |
spider |
9 |
|
111 |
fish |
iɣa |
fish |
1 |
|
112 |
rotten
|
vuvuða |
rotten |
9, 74 |
|
112 |
rotten
|
pɔto |
rotten |
9, 68 |
|
113 |
branch
|
rara |
branch |
1, 33 |
|
114 |
leaf |
rarau |
leaf |
1 |
|
115 |
root |
oɣa |
root |
2 |
|
116 |
flower |
ðaŋga |
flower |
12 |
|
117 |
fruit |
vua ni ɣai |
"fruit of tree" |
1 |
|
118 |
grass |
mbumburu |
grass |
19 |
|
119 |
earth/soil |
pari |
earth |
45 |
|
120 |
stone |
vatu |
stone |
1 |
|
121 |
sand |
maone |
sand |
1, 59 |
|
122 |
water
|
mbɛti |
water |
6 |
|
123 |
to flow |
ɣaɣari |
flow |
|
|
124 |
sea |
taði |
sea |
1 |
|
125 |
salt |
siri |
salt water/salty |
|
|
126 |
lake |
reku |
lake |
|
|
127 |
woods/forest |
pɔnɔ |
bush |
|
|
128 |
sky |
okapɔnɔ |
sky |
42 |
|
129 |
moon |
vula |
moon |
1 |
|
130 |
star |
vetuɣu |
star |
1, 50 |
|
131 |
cloud
|
parako |
cloud |
74 |
|
132 |
fog |
lavo |
fog |
3 |
|
133 |
rain |
uða |
rain |
1 |
|
134 |
thunder |
ŋgururu |
thunder |
2 |
|
135 |
lightning |
pilaðia |
lightning |
26 |
|
136 |
wind |
sivo |
wind |
57 |
|
137 |
to blow
|
sisivo |
blow |
|
|
137 |
to blow
|
uvia |
blow |
4 |
|
138 |
warm
|
pana |
warm |
1 |
|
138 |
warm
|
papara |
hot |
71 |
|
139 |
cold
|
mbimbiði |
"someone is cold" |
46 |
|
140 |
dry
|
siŋgi |
dry |
|
|
141 |
wet |
pusa |
wet |
|
|
141 |
wet |
kombo |
|
67 |
|
142 |
heavy |
mamava |
heavy |
46 |
|
143 |
fire |
lake |
fire |
6 |
|
144 |
to burn
|
kɛkɛre |
burn |
50 |
|
145 |
smoke
|
aðu |
smoke |
2 |
|
146 |
ash |
ravu |
ashes |
67 |
|
147 |
black |
vulɔŋgɔ |
black |
|
|
148 |
white |
kala |
white |
|
|
149 |
red |
sisi |
red |
19 |
|
150 |
yellow |
mɛra |
yellow |
|
|
151 |
green |
raumauri |
lit. 'living leaf' |
13 |
|
151 |
green |
kina |
colour green/blue |
53 |
|
152 |
small |
kiki |
small |
78 |
|
153 |
big |
sule |
big |
54 |
|
154 |
short
|
kumbu |
short |
72 |
|
155 |
long
|
tuaɣai |
long |
|
|
156 |
thin
|
mariðe |
thin |
|
|
156 |
thin
|
mandeve |
|
1, 67 |
|
157 |
thick
|
paku |
thick |
36 |
|
158 |
narrow |
ŋgoŋgo |
narrow |
|
|
159 |
wide |
ðepa |
wide; irregular *a > e |
|
|
160 |
painful, sick |
vaðaɣi |
sick; irregular *m > v |
1, 67 |
|
161 |
shy, ashamed |
vaŋama |
shy/shame |
38 |
|
162 |
old
|
ðaulaɣi |
'far away in the past' (cf. #180) |
x |
|
162 |
old
|
noɣa |
old |
82 |
|
163 |
new |
vaolu |
new |
1 |
|
164 |
good |
ndoku |
good |
54 |
|
165 |
bad, evil |
ðaɣata |
bad |
1, 49 |
|
166 |
correct, true |
uðui mamate |
correct |
|
|
166 |
correct, true |
uðui |
|
|
|
167 |
night |
rondo |
night |
11 |
|
168 |
day |
ndani |
day |
6 |
|
169 |
year |
niulu |
year |
50 |
|
170 |
when?
|
i ŋiða |
loc. when? |
1, 24 |
|
171 |
to hide
|
pe |
|
|
|
172 |
to climb
|
iti |
|
|
|
173 |
at |
i |
at |
1 |
|
174 |
in, inside |
i leo |
loc inside |
1, 69 |
|
175 |
above |
teɣea |
|
|
|
176 |
below |
i paria |
below |
|
|
176 |
below |
i rurughu |
underneath |
42 |
|
176 |
below |
kosi |
below |
|
|
177 |
this |
a ndeni |
this |
|
|
178 |
that |
a ŋa |
|
1 |
|
178 |
that |
a nderi |
|
|
|
179 |
near |
ɣaɣare |
near |
79 |
|
180 |
far |
ðau |
far |
1 |
|
181 |
where?
|
i vi ŋgai |
loc where there |
3 |
|
182 |
I |
inau |
I (1sg) |
1, 22 |
|
182 |
I |
-ŋgu |
my (1sg.poss) |
x |
|
182 |
I |
u |
I (1sg) |
x |
|
183 |
thou |
iɣoe |
you (2sg) |
s |
|
183 |
thou |
iɣoe |
you (2sg) |
1 |
|
184 |
he/she |
igeia |
he/she/it; irregular *ŋ > g |
1, 68 |
|
184 |
he/she |
-a/-na |
his/her/its (3sg.poss) |
x |
|
184 |
he/she |
e |
he/she/it |
1 |
|
185 |
we
|
ikoɣita |
we (1du.incl) |
1 |
|
185 |
we
|
iɣami |
we (1pl.excl) |
2 |
|
185 |
we
|
iɣita |
we (1pl.incl) |
1 |
|
185 |
we
|
ikoɣami |
we (1du.excl) |
2 |
|
185 |
we
|
ituɣami |
we (1pau.excl) |
2 |
|
185 |
we
|
-nda |
our (1pl.incl.poss) |
|
|
185 |
we
|
-mami |
our (1pl.excl.poss) |
2 |
|
185 |
we
|
ituɣita |
we (1pau.incl) |
1 |
|
186 |
you |
-mu |
your (2sg.poss) |
x |
|
186 |
you |
-miu |
your (2pl.poss) |
x |
|
186 |
you |
ikoɣamu |
you (2du) |
x |
|
186 |
you |
iɣamu |
you (2pl) |
1 |
|
186 |
you |
ituɣamu |
you (2pau) |
x |
|
187 |
they |
ikoira |
they (3du) |
x |
|
187 |
they |
aira |
they (3pl) |
1, 70 |
|
187 |
they |
-ndira |
their (3pl.poss) |
x |
|
187 |
they |
aira |
they (3pl) |
1, 70 |
|
187 |
they |
ituira |
they (3pau) |
x |
|
188 |
what?
|
na ða |
art. what |
1, 52 |
|
189 |
who?
|
a ði |
art. who? |
1, 67 |
|
190 |
other |
keða |
other/different |
|
|
191 |
all |
leoni |
all/every |
|
|
192 |
and |
ma na |
CONJ NPM; conjunction noun.phrase.marker'; /na/ belongs to the NP that is being conjoined, e.g., /na ghaoka ma na mane/ 'a~the woman and a~the man' |
2, 40 |
|
192 |
and |
ma |
"and, but" |
2 |
|
193 |
if |
keɣua |
k-e ɣua 'irr-3sg if' |
|
|
194 |
how?
|
oɣua |
o ɣua '2sg if' |
|
|
195 |
no, not |
taiɣa |
no |
4, 70 |
|
196 |
to count |
mbuni |
count |
50 |
|
197 |
One
|
keða |
less common form |
32 |
|
197 |
One
|
sakai |
more common form |
8 |
|
198 |
Two
|
ruka |
two; irregular medial -k- |
1, 21 |
|
199 |
Three
|
tolu |
three |
1 |
|
200 |
Four
|
vati |
four |
1, 65 |
|
201 |
Five
|
lima |
five |
1 |
|
202 |
Six
|
ɔnɔ |
six |
1 |
|
203 |
Seven
|
vitu |
seven |
1 |
|
204 |
Eight
|
alu |
eight |
3 |
|
205 |
Nine
|
ðiua |
nine |
5 |
|
206 |
Ten
|
ðaŋavulu |
ten |
5 |
|
207 |
Twenty
|
ruka ðaŋavulu |
twenty |
3, 6 |
|
208 |
Fifty
|
lima ðaŋavulu |
fifty |
1, 2 |
|
209 |
One Hundred
|
sakai ðeŋetu |
one hundred; irregular loss of *R |
4, 38 |
|
210 |
One Thousand
|
toɣa |
one thousand |
27 |
|