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Language: Marquesan (Nukuhiva dialect)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Marquesan
•  Ethnologue Information for mrq
•  OLAC Information for mrq
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for mrq
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 9 entries

• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2020-09-29 13:45:02)
• Changed "source" from "@misc{Pawley-654-2009, author = "Andrew Pawley", date = "2009", howpublished = "personal communication" }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:45:58)
• Changed #169027 from "maamaa", "borrowing?-MW", "", "L?" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:45:58)
• Changed #168934 from "peto", "Spanish", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:45:58)
• Changed #168939 from "kerehi", "Eng. Loan?", "", "L?" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:45:58)
• Changed #168985 from "pipi'i", "", "", "L?" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:45:58)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2009-12-14 10:13:36)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2009-12-06 10:44:01)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2009-12-06 10:43:44)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	'ima		1, 64
2	left	akiaki
3	right	'ima 'oko		33
4	leg/foot	puuhaa	probably upper leg	x
5	to walk	taha		7
6	road/path	va'anui		22
7	to come	he'e mai		1, 42
8	to turn	kavi'i		90
9	to swim	kau		5
10	dirty	'epo'epo		9
11	dust	ehuehu		1
12	skin	ki'i		1
13	back	tua		11
14	belly	koopuu		2
15	bone	ivi		52, 5
16	intestines	koekoe		31
17	liver	ate		1
18	breast
19	shoulder
20	to know, be knowledgeable	'ite		12
21	to think	ma'akau		7
22	to fear	meta'u		1
23	blood	toto		4
24	head	upoko		10
25	neck	kaakii		20
26	hair	ouoho		40, 36
27	nose	ihu		1
28	to breathe	puhi i te menava		1
29	to sniff, smell	kaka'a
30	mouth	haha		1
31	tooth	niho		1
32	tongue	'e'o		15
33	to laugh	kata		7
34	to cry	taki		1
34	to cry	tani		1
35	to vomit	'ua		8
36	to spit	tuha		120
37	to eat	kaikai		1, 47
38	to chew
39	to cook
40	to drink	inu		1
41	to bite	kakahu		7
42	to suck	'omo		7
43	ear	pua'ika		19
44	to hear	'oko		1
45	eye	mata		1
46	to see	ti'ohi		132
47	to yawn
48	to sleep	hiamoe		10, 109
49	to lie down	moe		6
50	to dream
51	to sit	noho		16
52	to stand	maa'oo
53	person/human being	'enana		1, 66, 97
54	man/male	vahana
55	woman/female	vehine		1, 106, 116
56	child	to'iki		63, 102
57	husband
58	wife
59	mother	kui		15
59	mother	maamaa	L from French		L
60	father	motua		9
61	house
62	thatch/roof
63	name	ikoa		6
64	to say	pe'au		12
65	rope	tou'a		9
66	to tie up, fasten
67	to sew	tui		13, 16
68	needle
69	to hunt
70	to shoot
71	to stab, pierce	paaoka		67
72	to hit	tutuki		8
73	to steal
74	to kill	kukumi		28
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
76	to live, be alive	pohu'e		36
77	to scratch	tuve'e		33
78	to cut, hack	kokoti		9
79	stick/wood
80	to split	vahi		4
81	sharp	koi		14, 66
82	dull, blunt	humu'ee		10
83	to work
84	to plant
85	to choose
86	to grow
87	to swell	huhu'a		7
88	to squeeze	naku
89	to hold	to'o
90	to dig	ke'i		1
91	to buy
92	to open, uncover
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	tauke
95	to fall	topa		124
96	dog	peto	L from Spanish		L
97	bird	manu		1
98	egg
99	feather	hu'uhu'u		1
100	wing	pekeheu		1, 81
101	to fly
102	rat
103	meat/flesh	'iina'i		18
104	fat/grease	kerehi	L from English		L
105	tail	hiku		13
106	snake
107	worm (earthworm)	to'e		7
108	louse	kutu		1
109	mosquito
110	spider
111	fish	ika		1
112	rotten	hauhau
113	branch	maka		2, 35
113	branch	mana		2, 35
114	leaf	'au		1
115	root	aka		2
116	flower	pua		1
117	fruit	hua		1
118	grass
119	earth/soil
120	stone	ke'oa		38
121	sand	one		1
122	water	vai		2
123	to flow	tahe		10
124	sea	moana		10
125	salt	pa'a tai	salt water	20, 19
126	lake
127	woods/forest	'eita
128	sky	'aki		1
129	moon	hahune		1?
130	star	fetuu		1
131	cloud	kohu		14
132	fog	kohu		1, 47
133	rain	ua		1
134	thunder	hatiti'i		14
135	lightning	ui'a		2
136	wind	metaki		1, 66
137	to blow	pupuhi		6
138	warm	mahanahana		1, 72
139	cold	kama'i'i	(metathesis?)	1, 52
140	dry	ma'oo		13
141	wet	pa'ipa'i
142	heavy	toko		38
143	fire	ahi		1
144	to burn	u'a		3
145	smoke	auahi		2
146	ash	ke'ehu ahi	irregular	67
147	black	ke'eke'e		5
148	white	tava'i'e		47
149	red	puukiki		43
150	yellow	ku'uhaa
151	green
152	small	kaiuu		37
153	big	karaiha	Fr
154	short	poto		9
155	long	'oa		12, 105
156	thin	kahikahi
157	thick	pipi'i
158	narrow	kaiuu
159	wide	ka'uo'o		71
160	painful, sick
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	tahito		10
163	new	hou		1
164	good	kanahau		62
165	bad, evil	hauhau		32
166	correct, true	toitoi		41
167	night	poo		1
168	day	'aa		7
169	year	shua		28
170	when?
171	to hide
172	to climb
173	at
174	in, inside	'oto		5
175	above	'una		9
176	below	'a'o		8
177	this	teenei		7, 1
178	that	te'aa		65
179	near	tata 'eka		9
180	far	mamao		13
181	where?	hea		3, 35
182	I	au		1, 21
183	thou	'oe		1
184	he/she	'o ia		1
185	we	maatou	excl.plural	2, 39
186	you	koutou		16
187	they	'aatou		1, 72
188	what?	aha		1
189	who?	vai		1, 19
190	other	tiitahi		7
191	all	paotuu te mou mea		59
192	and
193	if
194	how?	peehaa		11
195	no, not	'a'o'e		11
196	to count	tatau		8, 80
197	One	tahi		41
198	Two	'ua		1
199	Three	to'u		1
200	Four	haa		1, 66
201	Five	'ima		1
202	Six
203	Seven
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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