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- Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2017-05-17 15:45:46)
- Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16.
From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonian, Northern, Extreme Northern
To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Northern, Extreme Northern - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:21:28)
- Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2007-01-23 22:30:54)
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Loan: |
1 |
hand |
shi- |
< *kuku "claw" |
10 |
|
2 |
left |
hmau- |
|
1, 59 |
|
3 |
right |
bwa mwaaguk |
|
5 |
|
4 |
leg/foot |
kua- |
|
1 |
|
5 |
to walk |
wâlem |
|
46 |
|
6 |
road/path |
daan |
|
1 |
|
6 |
road/path |
dââlâ- |
|
1 |
|
7 |
to come |
oo-me |
|
1 |
|
8 |
to turn
|
bwage |
|
92 |
|
9 |
to swim |
yha |
|
5? |
|
10 |
dirty |
geek |
|
12 |
|
11 |
dust |
pum |
|
20 |
|
12 |
skin |
cîî- |
|
1 |
|
13 |
back
|
duaxa-t |
Is this 11 or 12? |
82 |
|
14 |
belly |
kic |
|
1 |
|
14 |
belly |
kiya- |
|
1 |
|
15 |
bone |
du |
|
2 |
|
16 |
intestines |
hauna- |
small |
33 |
|
16 |
intestines |
puuna- |
big,stomach |
33? |
|
17 |
liver |
kaaxi- |
|
1 |
|
18 |
breast |
thii- |
|
1 |
|
19 |
shoulder |
buu- |
|
37 |
|
20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
shêlâ |
|
121 |
|
21 |
to think |
nanami |
|
28 |
|
22 |
to fear |
haxexee |
|
1 |
|
23 |
blood |
da |
|
1 |
|
24 |
head |
bwa- |
|
9 |
|
25 |
neck |
noo- |
|
18 |
|
26 |
hair
|
pôle- |
|
31 |
|
27 |
nose |
hmwadi- |
|
14 |
|
28 |
to breathe |
uvaup |
|
|
|
29 |
to sniff, smell |
tâlâ |
|
116 |
|
30 |
mouth |
joonua- |
|
36 |
|
30 |
mouth |
nua- |
|
36 |
|
31 |
tooth |
panua- |
|
21, 1 |
|
32 |
tongue |
kumaa- |
|
14, 7 |
|
33 |
to laugh |
ap |
|
|
|
34 |
to cry |
gi |
|
|
|
35 |
to vomit |
kôk |
|
38? |
|
36 |
to spit |
fwaxe |
|
16? |
|
37 |
to eat |
khuwo |
|
54 |
|
38 |
to chew
|
shaaxi |
|
|
|
39 |
to cook
|
faxi |
boil food |
|
|
40 |
to drink |
kûxû |
|
6 |
|
41 |
to bite |
ceego |
|
|
|
42 |
to suck |
tet |
|
25 |
|
43 |
ear |
kîîla- |
|
1 |
|
44 |
to hear |
tâlâ |
|
80 |
|
45 |
eye |
idaamaa |
|
33, 1 |
|
46 |
to see |
axe |
|
1? |
|
47 |
to yawn |
hoalam |
|
19, 30 |
|
48 |
to sleep |
mago |
|
|
|
49 |
to lie down
|
kâlâp |
|
1 |
|
50 |
to dream |
nivi- |
(noun) |
1, 60 |
|
51 |
to sit |
taabwa |
|
42 |
|
52 |
to stand |
kuut |
|
2 |
|
53 |
person/human being |
agu |
|
96 |
|
54 |
man/male |
ak |
|
14 |
|
55 |
woman/female |
thaamwa |
|
119 |
|
56 |
child |
âlô |
age |
|
|
56 |
child |
pwaxi- |
kinship term |
97? |
|
57 |
husband |
aroo- |
|
2, 31 |
|
58 |
wife |
maawa- |
|
56, 5 |
|
59 |
mother |
axomoo- |
|
|
|
60 |
father |
kââma- |
|
1 |
|
61 |
house |
mwa |
|
1 |
|
62 |
thatch/roof |
bwaa-mwa |
|
19 |
|
63 |
name |
yaara- |
|
1, 18 |
|
64 |
to say |
khabwe |
|
13, 103 |
|
65 |
rope |
kha |
|
25 |
|
66 |
to tie up, fasten |
hmage |
|
|
|
67 |
to sew
|
thaxa |
|
1 |
|
68 |
needle |
duu-bwak |
|
44 |
|
69 |
to hunt
|
hân |
|
53? |
|
70 |
to shoot
|
pae |
|
1? |
|
71 |
to stab, pierce |
tha |
|
|
|
72 |
to hit
|
thi |
|
10 |
|
73 |
to steal |
kaage |
|
|
|
74 |
to kill |
pa-maaxa |
|
2 |
|
75 |
to die, be dead |
maak |
|
1 |
|
76 |
to live, be alive |
malep |
|
1? |
|
77 |
to scratch
|
hiru |
|
44 |
|
78 |
to cut, hack
|
khibwaa |
|
|
|
79 |
stick/wood |
ciic |
|
47 |
|
80 |
to split
|
khiidale |
|
|
|
81 |
sharp |
caak |
|
60 |
|
82 |
dull, blunt |
thaawaa |
|
|
|
83 |
to work
|
shaya |
|
|
|
84 |
to plant |
thaxe |
|
76 |
|
85 |
to choose |
khami |
|
7 |
|
86 |
to grow
|
waara |
|
|
|
87 |
to swell
|
fuup |
|
12? |
|
88 |
to squeeze
|
ciuxa |
|
37? |
|
89 |
to hold
|
cimwi |
|
1 |
|
90 |
to dig |
yuura |
|
|
|
91 |
to buy |
iyu |
|
|
|
92 |
to open, uncover |
tami |
|
37 |
|
93 |
to pound, beat
|
khi |
or 20? |
20 |
|
94 |
to throw
|
khiiboxa |
|
|
|
95 |
to fall
|
nuk |
|
46 |
|
96 |
dog |
tavia |
|
45 |
|
97 |
bird |
maalîc |
|
1 |
|
98 |
egg |
ogo |
|
|
|
99 |
feather |
pôn |
|
1 |
|
100 |
wing |
havayi- |
|
1 |
|
101 |
to fly |
fuk |
|
45 |
|
102 |
rat |
ciibwi |
|
3 |
|
103 |
meat/flesh |
perak |
|
10? |
|
104 |
fat/grease |
mwalak |
|
1? |
|
105 |
tail |
waoo- |
|
|
|
106 |
snake |
puri |
(sea-snake) |
44 |
|
107 |
worm (earthworm) |
be |
|
11 |
|
108 |
louse
|
cixic |
|
1? |
|
109 |
mosquito |
naabuc |
|
1 |
|
110 |
spider |
nooginy |
|
94 |
|
111 |
fish |
nok |
|
9 |
|
112 |
rotten
|
top |
(fruit) |
|
|
112 |
rotten
|
temwa |
(meat, fish) |
|
|
113 |
branch
|
hada |
|
1 |
|
114 |
leaf |
duu- |
|
1 |
|
115 |
root |
waa- |
|
2 |
|
116 |
flower |
muuc |
|
36 |
|
117 |
fruit |
pwa-t |
|
1 |
|
118 |
grass |
thet |
|
|
|
119 |
earth/soil |
doo |
|
1 |
|
120 |
stone |
pânâât |
|
1 |
|
121 |
sand |
on |
|
1 |
|
122 |
water
|
wi |
|
2 |
|
123 |
to flow |
tho |
|
13 |
|
124 |
sea |
wi-yaak |
|
65 |
|
125 |
salt |
shool |
|
|
L |
126 |
lake |
khaa |
(pond) |
|
|
127 |
woods/forest |
kak |
|
|
|
127 |
woods/forest |
pweyeu |
|
|
|
128 |
sky |
dan |
|
1 |
|
129 |
moon |
hmwalûk |
|
21 |
|
130 |
star |
piguk |
|
1 |
|
131 |
cloud
|
dan |
(cloud) |
3? |
|
131 |
cloud
|
duuc |
(small cloud) |
|
|
132 |
fog |
fum |
|
|
|
132 |
fog |
karek |
|
23 |
|
133 |
rain |
kot |
|
1 |
|
134 |
thunder |
hnixuk |
|
43 |
|
135 |
lightning |
wadewa |
|
96 |
|
136 |
wind |
kuru |
|
93 |
|
137 |
to blow
|
fha |
a) |
|
|
137 |
to blow
|
uvi |
b) (with the mouth) |
4 |
|
138 |
warm
|
hnu |
|
11 |
|
139 |
cold
|
cabuk |
|
12 |
|
140 |
dry
|
hare |
hare (in the sun) |
|
|
141 |
wet |
been |
|
45 |
|
142 |
heavy |
pwaaluk |
|
10 |
|
143 |
fire |
yaavic |
|
1? |
|
144 |
to burn
|
khîlî |
|
|
|
145 |
smoke
|
pum |
|
88 |
|
146 |
ash |
daap |
|
1 |
|
147 |
black |
dadan |
|
98 |
|
148 |
white |
foro |
|
3 |
|
149 |
red |
ulo |
|
13 |
|
150 |
yellow |
kari |
|
14 |
|
151 |
green |
buk |
|
47? |
|
151 |
green |
bubuk |
|
47? |
|
152 |
small |
pwamwayu |
|
26 |
|
153 |
big |
hâk |
|
7 |
|
154 |
short
|
khuxum |
|
|
|
155 |
long
|
hmween |
|
19? |
|
156 |
thin
|
aava |
|
62 |
|
157 |
thick
|
khugu |
|
28 |
|
158 |
narrow |
câc |
|
|
|
159 |
wide |
hâk-avat |
|
|
|
160 |
painful, sick |
khîlû |
|
106? |
|
161 |
shy, ashamed |
hun |
|
6 |
|
162 |
old
|
hulak |
|
65 |
|
163 |
new |
hââhuuk |
|
|
|
164 |
good |
sho |
|
53 |
|
165 |
bad, evil |
mwang |
|
36 |
|
166 |
correct, true |
kebuk |
|
101 |
|
167 |
night |
tan |
|
31 |
|
168 |
day |
taan |
|
6 |
|
169 |
year |
ka |
|
|
|
170 |
when?
|
eneda |
|
1 |
|
171 |
to hide
|
kuxâyoot |
|
|
|
172 |
to climb
|
coxaada |
|
22 |
|
173 |
at |
shi |
|
21? |
|
174 |
in, inside |
ni |
|
15 |
|
174 |
in, inside |
na-t |
(noun) |
19 |
|
175 |
above |
bwaat |
|
2? |
|
176 |
below |
ni fera-t |
|
|
|
177 |
this |
hî |
|
|
|
178 |
that |
hoona |
|
1? |
|
178 |
that |
hooli |
|
|
|
179 |
near |
jeuk |
|
57 |
|
180 |
far |
hween |
|
|
|
181 |
where?
|
pa |
|
3 |
|
182 |
I |
na |
|
1, 22? |
|
183 |
thou |
co |
|
1 |
|
183 |
thou |
yo |
|
1 |
|
184 |
he/she |
i |
|
1 |
|
185 |
we
|
hî |
(dual incl.) |
1 |
|
185 |
we
|
ma |
(dual excl.) |
2 |
|
185 |
we
|
hâ |
(pl. incl.) |
|
|
185 |
we
|
va |
(pl.excl.) |
|
|
186 |
you |
mo |
mo (dual) |
x |
|
186 |
you |
wa |
wa (plur) |
1 |
|
187 |
they |
hli |
hli (dual) |
1, 70 |
|
187 |
they |
hla |
hla (plur.) |
1, 70 |
|
188 |
what?
|
da |
|
1 |
|
189 |
who?
|
ti |
|
1? |
|
190 |
other |
ava-t |
|
|
|
191 |
all |
toven |
|
|
|
191 |
all |
roven |
|
|
|
192 |
and |
ma |
|
2 |
|
192 |
and |
me |
|
2 |
|
192 |
and |
ka |
|
1 |
|
192 |
and |
xa |
|
1 |
|
193 |
if |
o |
|
|
|
194 |
how?
|
kaamwa |
|
27? |
|
194 |
how?
|
shuva |
|
25 |
|
195 |
no, not |
kio |
|
45 |
|
195 |
no, not |
kia |
|
45? |
|
196 |
to count |
khomi |
|
85 |
|
197 |
One
|
-giik |
|
14 |
|
197 |
One
|
-xiik |
|
14 |
|
198 |
Two
|
-du |
|
1 |
|
198 |
Two
|
-lu |
|
1 |
|
198 |
Two
|
-ru |
|
1 |
|
199 |
Three
|
-gan |
|
1 |
|
199 |
Three
|
-xan |
|
1 |
|
200 |
Four
|
-baak |
|
1, 65 |
|
200 |
Four
|
-vaak |
|
1, 65 |
|
201 |
Five
|
|
|
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|
202 |
Six
|
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|
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|
203 |
Seven
|
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|
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|
204 |
Eight
|
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|
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|
205 |
Nine
|
|
|
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|
206 |
Ten
|
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|
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|
207 |
Twenty
|
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|
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|
208 |
Fifty
|
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209 |
One Hundred
|
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|
210 |
One Thousand
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