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Language: Nanumea

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Tuvalu
•  Ethnologue Information for tvl
•  OLAC Information for tvl
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for nnm
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

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• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2020-09-29 13:46:31)
• Changed "source" from "@book{29903, address = {Canberra}, pages = {x+243}, publisher = {Pacific Linguistics}, series = {Pacific Linguistics: Series C}, title = {A Nanumea lexicon}, volume = {65}, year = {1980}, bibtexkey = {ranby_nanumea-lexicon1980}, class_loc = {PL6541.Z9}, document_type = {B}, fn = {papua\ranby_nanumea1980_o.pdf, papua/ranby_nanumea1980_o.pdf}, hhtype = {dictionary}, inlg = {English [eng]}, inlg_code = {eng}, isbn = {9780858832275}, macro_area = {Papua}, mpi_eva_library_shelf = {PL 6541 .Z9 RAN 1980}, mpifn = {nanumea_ranby1980_o.pdf}, src = {hh, mpieva, wals}, srctrickle = {hh#d:Ranby:Nanumea, mpieva#Ranby1980ANanumea, wals#4913}, subject_headings = {Tuvaluan language–Dialects–Tuvalu–Nanumea–Dictionaries–English, English language–Dictionaries–Tuvalu, Proto-Polynesian language–Dictionaries–English, Tuvaluan language–Dialects–Tuvalu–Nanumea–Dictionaries–English – English language–Dictionaries–Tuvalu – Proto-Polynesian language–Dictionaries–English}, author = {Ranby, Peter} }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:06:11)
• Changed #192097 from "nila", "", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:06:11)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-23 23:25:15)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-23 23:24:40)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
175	above	luga		9
191	all	katoa		13
192	and
146	ash	lefu		67
146	ash	pefu		1
173	at	i		1
13	back	tua		11
165	bad, evil	maahei		42
14	belly	tinae		19, 34
176	below	lalo		8
153	big	lahi		12
97	bird	manulele		1
147	black	uli		7
23	blood	toto		4
23	blood	kelakela		55
15	bone	ivi		52, 5
113	branch	kaulaa	metathesis	1, 4, 66
18	breast	uu		1
56	child	tama		6
56	child	tamaliki		6, 63
131	cloud	kaumana
139	cold	maaluuluu		74
139	cold	makalili		1, 52
166	correct, true	muna tonu	truth	8
168	day	ao		1, 54
10	dirty	pala		7
10	dirty	kelekelea		10
96	dog	kulii		7
140	dry	tauaki	to dry in the sun	91
82	dull, blunt
11	dust	paefu		1, 74
43	ear	taliga		1
119	earth/soil	kele		10
98	egg	fua		5
204	Eight	valu		3
45	eye	mata		1
180	far	mamao		13
104	fat/grease	hinu		12
104	fat/grease	gako		14
60	father
99	feather	fulu		1
208	Fifty
143	fire	afi		1
143	fire	kavakava
111	fish	ika		1
201	Five	lima		1
116	flower	pula		1?
132	fog	fofu		1?, 47
200	Four	faa		1, 66
117	fruit	fua		1
164	good	lelei		17
118	grass	mauku		58
118	grass	mouku		58
151	green	lanu lau niu		12
26	hair	fulufulu		31
1	hand	lima		1, 64
184	he/she	ia		1
24	head	ulu		1
24	head	piho		10
142	heavy	mamafa		46
61	house	fale		14
194	how?	peehea		11
57	husband
182	I	au		1, 21
182	I	aku		1, 21
193	if	kaa		1
193	if	kaafai		1, 46
193	if	mana
193	if	me he mea		5
174	in, inside	loto		5
16	intestines	gaakau		12
126	lake	tai hala
114	leaf	lau		1
114	leaf	mulo
2	left	valea		31
2	left	hema		11
2	left	hupa
2	left	maui		1, 59
4	leg/foot	vae		1, 100
135	lightning	uila		2
17	liver	ate		1
155	long	loa		12, 105
108	louse
54	man/male	taane		1, 11
103	meat/flesh	kanofi		14
129	moon	maahina		37, 5
129	moon	maalama		7
109	mosquito
59	mother
30	mouth	gutu		2
63	name	igoa		6
158	narrow	puufoliki		84
158	narrow	puumataniki
179	near	pili		30
25	neck	ua		18
68	needle	nila	L from English		L
163	new	foou		1
167	night	poo		1
167	night	poouli		1, 10
167	night	taiao
205	Nine	iva		5, 44
195	no, not	ikai		10, 83
195	no, not	mooe
27	nose	ihu		1
162	old	matua	old person or animal	1
197	One	tahi		41
209	One Hundred	lau		2
210	One Thousand	afe		3
210	One Thousand	mano		2
190	other	etahi		7
160	painful, sick	malaga
53	person/human being	tagata		1, 66, 97
133	rain	ua		1
133	rain	timu		12
102	rat	kimoa		14
102	rat	kiole		12
149	red	kula		13
3	right	atamai		7
3	right	matau		5, 13
3	right	poto		x
6	road/path	alatuu		1
6	road/path	auala		1
115	root	aka		2
115	root	pogai		2
65	rope	kafa		74
65	rope	lopu
65	rope	maea		10
112	rotten	pala		13
112	rotten	popo		14
112	rotten	pupu		14
125	salt	maasima		3
121	sand	one		1
121	sand	fuu		1
124	sea	tai		1
124	sea	moana		10
203	Seven	fitu		1
81	sharp	matakai		14, 16
154	short	toetoe		62
19	shoulder	tuauma		10
161	shy, ashamed	maa		1
161	shy, ashamed	mamaa		1
202	Six
12	skin	kili		1
12	skin	pau		x
128	sky	lagi		1
152	small	foliki		66
152	small	foliil
152	small	fonini
145	smoke	au		2
106	snake
110	spider	makamaka		58
110	spider	pogaaleveleve		1, 57
130	star	fetuu		1
79	stick/wood	kau		1
79	stick/wood	laakau		1, 26
120	stone	fatu		1
105	tail	hiku		13
206	Ten	fua-		5
206	Ten	gafulu		5, 32
206	Ten	toa		10
206	Ten	tino	ten humans (Source: Pollex)	31
178	that	teenaa		1
178	that	teelaa		65
62	thatch/roof	ato	to thatch	1
62	thatch/roof	lau	to thatch	55
187	they	laaua	dual	x
187	they	laatou	plural	x
157	thick	maatolu		3
157	thick	tuaefa	thick (of rope)	10
157	thick	tuatua	thick (of rope)	10
156	thin	tuaniki		34
177	this	teenei		7, 1
177	this	nei		1
183	thou	koe		1
183	thou	ke		5
199	Three	tolu		1
134	thunder	mana		37
41	to bite
137	to blow	agi	blow (wind)	8
137	to blow	puhi	blow (mouth)	6
28	to breathe	mapu		14
28	to breathe	gaegae		10
144	to burn	tafu		8
144	to burn	tugia		1, 7
91	to buy	tata		43
91	to buy	fakatau mai		9
38	to chew	lamu		7
38	to chew	mama		1
38	to chew	gau		8
38	to chew	gugu		9
85	to choose	fili		1
172	to climb	kake		32
7	to come	hau	singular	44
7	to come	mai	plural	1
39	to cook	tunu		9
196	to count	tau		8
196	to count	lau		62
34	to cry	tagi		1
78	to cut, hack	kati		9
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
90	to dig	keli		1
90	to dig	kenu		6
90	to dig	koli		1
50	to dream	moemiti		7, 36
40	to drink	inu		1
37	to eat	kai		1, 47
95	to fall	too		14
22	to fear	mataku		1
22	to fear	hapole
22	to fear	hee		92
123	to flow	hua
123	to flow	lofia		10
123	to flow	tafe		10
101	to fly	eva		12
101	to fly	lele		11
86	to grow	tupu		1
44	to hear	lagona		1, 83
44	to hear	logo		1
171	to hide	mumuni		1, 67
171	to hide	fakalilo		1
171	to hide	fuu		1, 16
72	to hit	taa		10
89	to hold	puke		13
89	to hold	tago		14
69	to hunt
74	to kill	taa mate		2
20	to know, be knowledgeable	iloa		13
33	to laugh	kata		7
49	to lie down	moe ki lalo		6
49	to lie down	fakapale
76	to live, be alive
92	to open, uncover	hue
92	to open, uncover	tatala		10
92	to open, uncover	mafela
84	to plant
93	to pound, beat	tukituki		2
64	to say	fai		127
64	to say	faipati		127
64	to say	taku		27
77	to scratch	alati		10
46	to see	kilo
46	to see	lavea
46	to see	pula
67	to sew
70	to shoot	fana		1
51	to sit	noho		16
48	to sleep	moe		10, 109
29	to sniff, smell	mahogi	intransitive	9
29	to sniff, smell	hogi	transitive	9
36	to spit	anu		14, 84, 121
36	to spit	puhi		15
80	to split	ihi		7
88	to squeeze	kumi		14
88	to squeeze	lomi		10
88	to squeeze	tau		13
71	to stab, pierce	velo		15
71	to stab, pierce	tui		52
52	to stand	tuu		2
73	to steal	kaiaa		7
42	to suck	mimiti		8
87	to swell	fefete		5
87	to swell	fufula		7
9	to swim	kakau		5
21	to think	lagona
21	to think	manatu		9
21	to think	maafaufau		107
94	to throw	tupe		66
94	to throw	apa	to throw a knife or stick
66	to tie up, fasten	noanoa		15
66	to tie up, fasten	lii	to tie (on skirt)	14
8	to turn	takapili		90
35	to vomit	lua		8
5	to walk	haele		6
83	to work	haga		10
47	to yawn
32	tongue	alelo		15
31	tooth	nifo		1
207	Twenty	tekau		4
198	Two	lua		1
198	Two	aoa		1
138	warm	mafana		1, 72
138	warm	mavelavela		8
122	water	vai		2
185	we
141	wet	hihiu		11
141	wet	maalu		123
141	wet	pala		38
188	what?	aa		84
170	when?	naafea	past	5
170	when?	aafea	future	5
181	where?	teehea		3, 35
148	white	tea		8
189	who?	ai		1
159	wide	lauefa		73, 48
58	wife
136	wind
100	wing	kapakau		1, 59
55	woman/female	fafine		1, 106
127	woods/forest	vao		14
107	worm (earthworm)	kalemuta		9
169	year	tauhanga		1
150	yellow	sama		59
150	yellow	fefelo		11
150	yellow	hegahega		12
186	you	koulua		x
186	you	koutou		16

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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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