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Language: Niuafo'ou

Resources:

•  Ethnologue Information for num
•  OLAC Information for num
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for nif
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 20 entries

• Source: (Word 83) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:57:17)
• Source: (Word 172) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:56:41)
• Source: (Word 62) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:56:15)
• Source: (Word 66) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:54:58)
• Changed #170300 from "hala", "", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170324 from "tokoto", "", "7", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170332 from "hingoa", "", "6", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170337 from "mo'ui", "", "1, 76", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170339 from "'akau", "?", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170362 from "'uha", "", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170370 from "kulokula", "", "13", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170386 from "hongofulu", "", "5", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed "source" from "@article{dye1980a, date = {1980}, title = {The Linguistic Position Of Niuafo'ou}, journal = {Journal of the Polynesian Society}, volume = {89}, pages = {349–358}, author = {Dye, T.S.} }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:47:49)
• Changed #170392 from "tahi", "Loan from Tongan", "1", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:47:49)
• Changed #170368 from "'efu'efu", "Stated in Pollex that this is a borrowed form", "67", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:47:49)
• Source: Sifa Tu'akalau (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2018-10-26 18:30:37)
• Changed from "tahi", source: Sifa Tu'akalau (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2018-10-26 18:30:19)
• Source: Sifa Tu'akalau (Word 170) - Simon Greenhill (2018-10-26 18:30:05)
• Changed from "lele", source: Kevin Salisbury (Word 164) - Simon Greenhill (2012-11-20 00:38:45)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2010-01-10 21:38:54)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand
5	to walk
7	to come
8	to turn
11	dust
14	belly
15	bone
16	intestines
18	breast
19	shoulder
21	to think
25	neck
27	nose
28	to breathe
29	to sniff, smell
34	to cry
39	to cook
41	to bite
42	to suck
46	to see
47	to yawn
50	to dream
53	person/human being
57	husband
58	wife
60	father
67	to sew
68	needle
69	to hunt
70	to shoot
71	to stab, pierce
73	to steal
74	to kill
77	to scratch
80	to split
82	dull, blunt
84	to plant
85	to choose
86	to grow
88	to squeeze
90	to dig
91	to buy
92	to open, uncover
93	to pound, beat
97	bird
98	egg
99	feather
101	to fly
102	rat
103	meat/flesh
104	fat/grease
106	snake
107	worm (earthworm)
110	spider
113	branch
116	flower
118	grass
119	earth/soil
121	sand
125	salt
126	lake
127	woods/forest
129	moon
132	fog
134	thunder
135	lightning
137	to blow
139	cold
141	wet
144	to burn
145	smoke
148	white
152	small
153	big
154	short
158	narrow
159	wide
160	painful, sick
161	shy, ashamed
162	old
165	bad, evil
168	day
169	year
171	to hide
173	at
175	above
176	below
177	this
178	that
179	near
181	where?
182	I
183	thou
184	he/she
185	we
186	you
187	they
189	who?
190	other
192	and
193	if
195	no, not
196	to count
197	One
198	Two
199	Three
200	Four
201	Five
202	Six
204	Eight
205	Nine
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand
170	when?	'A fe?
36	to spit	'a'anu		14, 84, 121
79	stick/wood	'akau	L from Tongan	1, 26	L
32	tongue	'alelo		15
131	cloud	'ao		12
17	liver	'ate		1
146	ash	'efu'efu	L from Tongan	67	L
22	to fear	'ilifia	afraid	92
20	to know, be knowledgeable	'ilo		13
133	rain	'uha	L from Tongan	1	L
147	black	'uli'uli		7
24	head	'ulu		1
143	fire	afi		1
115	root	aka		2
150	yellow	engeenga		10
59	mother	fa'ē		6
55	woman/female	fafine		1, 106
61	house	fale		14
44	to hear	fanongo		1, 59
130	star	fetu'u		1
194	how?	fiha	how many?	x
203	Seven	fitu		1
163	new	fo'ou		1
117	fruit	fua		1
26	hair	fulufulu		31
26	hair	fulufulu'i'ulu		31
66	to tie up, fasten	ha'i	L from Tongan		L
6	road/path	hala	L from Tongan	1	L
2	left	hema		11
105	tail	hiku		13
63	name	hingoa	L from Tongan	6	L
62	thatch/roof	hohoki	L from Tongan		L
206	Ten	hongofulu	L from Tongan	5	L
111	fish	ika		1
40	to drink	inu		1
37	to eat	kai		1, 47
172	to climb	kaka	L from Tongan	32	L
9	to swim	kakau		5
100	wing	kapakau		1, 59
33	to laugh	kata		7
10	dirty	kelekele	dirt	10
12	skin	kili		1
96	dog	kuli		7
149	red	kulokula	L from Tongan	13	L
108	louse	kutu		1
191	all	kātoa		13
38	to chew	lamu		7
128	sky	langi		1
151	green	lanumata		1, 12
114	leaf	lau		1
64	to say	lea	speak	88
164	good	lelei		17
155	long	loaloa		12, 105
174	in, inside	loto	inside	5
35	to vomit	lua		8
65	rope	maea		10
120	stone	maka	rock	4
180	far	mama'o	distant	13
142	heavy	mamafa		46
156	thin	manifi		1
45	eye	mata	eye, see	1
3	right	mata'u		5, 13
136	wind	matangi		1, 66
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
76	to live, be alive	mo'ui	L from Tongan	1, 76	L
124	sea	moana		10
48	to sleep	moe		10, 109
138	warm	māfana		1, 72
157	thick	mātolu		3
109	mosquito	namu		1
30	mouth	ngutu		2
31	tooth	nifo		1
24	head	nima		1
51	to sit	nofo		16
140	dry	pakupaku	dry, hard	38
112	rotten	popo		14
89	to hold	puke		13
87	to swell	pula	swelling	7
167	night	pō		1
123	to flow	tafe		10
124	sea	tahi	L from Tongan	1	L
124	sea	tai		1
81	sharp	tala	sharp, pointed object
43	ear	talinga		1
56	child	tama	male child	6
54	man/male	tangata		12, 14
49	to lie down	tokoto	L from Tongan	7, 10	L
94	to throw	tolo		128
23	blood	toto		4
166	correct, true	totonu		8
13	back	tu'a		11
52	to stand	tu'u		2
78	to cut, hack	tu'usi		17, 10?
72	to hit	tuki		8
95	to fall	tō		14
4	leg/foot	va'e		1, 100
122	water	vai		2
188	what?	ā	interrogative part.	84
83	to work	ŋāue	L from Tongan		L

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.02095)

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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