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Language: Melanau (Mukah)

Resources:

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

Change History:

Showing all of 27 entries

• Source: Doreen Dillah (Word 72) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-28 02:17:56)
• Source: Doreen Dillah (Word 72) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-28 02:17:47)
• Source: Doreen Dillah (Word 50) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-28 02:17:11)
• Changed from "enam", source: Doreen Dillah (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-28 02:16:29)
• Changed from "lapan", source: Doreen Dillah (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-28 02:16:11)
• Source: Doreen Dillah (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-28 02:16:06)
• Changed from "ulan" (Word 205) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-28 02:15:40)
• Changed from "sembilan", source: Doreen Dillah (Word 205) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-28 02:15:33)
• Source: Ann Appleton (Word 166) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-12 22:04:36)
• Changed from "nupey", source: Doreen Dillah (Word 50) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-05 23:02:18)
• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest, Melanau-Kajang, Melanau To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Melanau-Kajang, Melanau - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:21:28)
• Changed from "nupev", source: Mohamad Ainie Bin Haji Mohamad Kadir (Word 50) - Simon Greenhill (2009-01-16 03:13:41)
• Source: Francis Yaman (Word 210) - Simon Greenhill (2007-08-03 07:12:10)
• Source: Francis Yaman (Word 209) - Simon Greenhill (2007-08-03 07:11:24)
• Source: Francis Yaman (Word 208) - Simon Greenhill (2007-08-03 07:10:48)
• Source: Francis Yaman (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2007-08-03 07:10:05)
• Source: Francis Yaman (Word 11) - Simon Greenhill (2007-08-03 07:09:02)
• Changed from "baʔtaʔew", Source: Francis Yaman (Word 20) - Simon Greenhill (2007-08-03 07:08:20)
• Changed from "ta'ew", source: Francis Yaman (Word 20) - Simon Greenhill (2007-08-03 07:08:20)
• Source: Francis Yaman (Word 20) - Simon Greenhill (2007-08-03 07:07:56)
• Source: Francis Yaman (Word 113) - Simon Greenhill (2007-08-03 07:02:50)
• Source: Dzulfawati (Word 206) - Simon Greenhill (2006-05-23 13:03:36)
• Source: Dzulfawati (Word 205) - Simon Greenhill (2006-05-23 13:03:22)
• Source: Dzulfawati (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2006-05-23 13:02:57)
• Source: Dzulfawati (Word 203) - Simon Greenhill (2006-05-23 13:02:41)
• Source: Dzulfawati (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2006-05-23 13:02:27)
• Source: Joerence Glicia (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2006-05-23 12:42:41)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
134	thunder	[duduh]		2
19	shoulder	[kapey]		1?
135	lightning	[kekelat]		1
84	to plant	[m-imun]		2?
39	to cook	[misik]		19?
18	breast	[susew]		1
11	dust	abuk		1
132	fog	abuyh		1, 40
154	short	adik
115	root	akah		2
182	I	akew		1
155	long	alew		1?
193	if	amun		10
115	root	amut		3
56	child	anék		1
143	fire	apuy		1
148	white	apuʔ
96	dog	asew		1
17	liver	atay		1
131	cloud	awan		1	L
204	Eight	ayan
153	big	ayeŋ
159	wide	ayeŋ		14
142	heavy	baat		1
141	wet	basaʔ		1
120	stone	batew		1
175	above	baw		2
163	new	baʔew		1
20	to know, be knowledgeable	baʔtaʔew	wanting to know, e.g. ako ba'ta'ew as in I want to know.	1
30	mouth	bebaʔ		1
102	rat	belabaw		1
95	to fall	belabuʔ		1
110	spider	belebawaʔ		1
16	intestines	betuka		21
166	correct, true	betul		23	L
147	black	bilem		30
130	star	bitén		1
117	fruit	buaʔ		1
4	leg/foot	buduk
26	hair	buk		1
129	moon	bulan		1
99	feather	bulew		1
13	back	buta
72	to hit	buyaʔ
116	flower	buŋa		1
124	sea	daat		25	L
23	blood	daaʔ		1
11	dust	dabouw		1
103	meat/flesh	dagiŋ		26	L
126	lake	danaw		1
114	leaf	daʔun		1
187	they	de|lew ien		1?
164	good	diaʔ		43
106	snake	dipa		1?
176	below	di|baʔ		1?
198	Two	dua		1
207	Twenty	dua pulo'
146	ash	d|abew		17
195	no, not	enda		109
151	green	gaduŋ		28
173	at	gaʔ		24
181	where?	gaʔgaan
14	belly	guem
127	woods/forest	guun
178	that	ien		1
177	this	itew		10
197	One	ja		1?
6	road/path	jalan		1
180	far	jauʔ		1
32	tongue	jelaʔ		4
192	and	jigem
123	to flow	jujuk		26
111	fish	j|ikan		1?
157	thick	kapan		1
79	stick/wood	kayew		1
183	thou	kaʔ		1
107	worm (earthworm)	kejiwat
37	to eat	keman		1
83	to work	kerja		23	L
186	you	ke|lew
109	mosquito	kiayh
194	how?	kuba tan
51	to sit	kuduʔ		31
90	to dig	kukut		13
12	skin	kulit		1
150	yellow	kuniŋ		1
108	louse	kutew		1
162	old	lakey		20
204	Eight	lapan		4	L?
138	warm	lasuʔ		22
124	sea	lautan		25	L
168	day	law		1?
113	branch	lawei
54	man/male	lay		2?
128	sky	laŋit		1
61	house	lebuʔ		12
201	Five	lima		1
208	Fifty	lima pulo'		1, 2
156	thin	lipih		1
43	ear	liŋa		1
174	in, inside	lubéŋ		23?
89	to hold	m-agem		1
196	to count	m-ituŋ		31
112	rotten	madam		25
55	woman/female	mahew
5	to walk	makaw	(<+1-um-akaw)	1
167	night	malem		20
10	dirty	mamaʔ
165	bad, evil	mamaʔ
97	bird	manuk		1
45	eye	mata		1
75	to die, be dead	matay		1
81	sharp	mañit		30
77	to scratch	me-gahut		44?
94	to throw	me-galéŋ
137	to blow	me-gaup
67	to sew	me-jaʔit		2
88	to squeeze	me-misit		27
36	to spit	me-muput
34	to cry	me-naŋéh		1
70	to shoot	me-nimek		49	L
92	to open, uncover	mekeŋ
185	we	melew		2
91	to buy	meley		1
44	to hear	menaʔah		1
64	to say	meñebut			L
29	to sniff, smell	meŋ-adek		1
22	to fear	meŋéŋ
161	shy, ashamed	miaʔ		1
91	to buy	mibay		1
80	to split	mubah		20
72	to hit	mubal
66	to tie up, fasten	mubed
193	if	mun		10
74	to kill	munuʔ		1
72	to hit	mupah
121	sand	nay		1
202	Six	nem		1
95	to fall	pahaʔ
200	Four	pat		1
170	when?	paya
100	wing	paéŋ
136	wind	paŋay
14	belly	paʔit		32
171	to hide	pe-lim
47	to yawn	pe-tuab		19
28	to breathe	pebuut
160	painful, sick	pedéh		23
46	to see	peguy
52	to stand	pekedeŋ
206	Ten	pelu'en		5
50	to dream	penupei
50	to dream	penupey		1
49	to lie down	pepatéŋ
21	to think	pepikir	loan of 22	22	L
101	to fly	pesiliŋ
85	to choose	piliʔ		1
69	to hunt	pipaʔ
8	to turn	pusiŋ		20
35	to vomit	putaʔ		1
62	thatch/roof	sapaw		15
197	One	satu		1, 16
57	husband	sawa		2
58	wife	sawa		1
189	who?	say		1
209	One Hundred	se ratuih		4
210	One Thousand	se ribu		5
179	near	segaʔ
118	grass	sek
191	all	semua	< Malay (< Sanskrit)	33	L
125	salt	sia		1
184	he/she	sien
139	cold	siŋuh		21
41	to bite	subut		18
144	to burn	suleg
42	to suck	susep		1
149	red	sék
20	to know, be knowledgeable	ta'ew	(root)	1
68	needle	tajuh		15
65	rope	taley		1
60	father	tama		1
119	earth/soil	tanaʔ		1
7	to come	tapaʔ
3	right	taʔew		5, 25
169	year	taʔun		1
185	we	telew		1
199	Three	telew		1
98	egg	teluh		1
53	person/human being	tenawan
33	to laugh	tetawa		1
25	neck	teŋuʔ		34
73	to steal	tikaw		1
105	tail	tikiu		1
59	mother	tina		1
166	correct, true	tu'u		23
71	to stab, pierce	tubek		24
86	to grow	tubuʔ		1
76	to live, be alive	tudip		1
48	to sleep	tuduy		1
145	smoke	tugun		20
203	Seven	tuju'		4
172	to climb	tuked		20
15	bone	tuléŋ		1
78	to cut, hack	tutek		3
40	to drink	tuteŋ
93	to pound, beat	tutug		2
9	to swim	tuun
188	what?	uaʔ inew		2
190	other	uaʔ kéʔ
27	nose	uduŋ		1
133	rain	ujan		1
205	Nine	ulan
2	left	ulay		22
24	head	ulew		1
152	small	umit
158	narrow	umit
152	small	umiʔ
158	narrow	umiʔ
87	to swell	upat
11	dust	urayh
140	dry	uéŋ
1	hand	ñagem		20
153	big	ñat
122	water	ñaʔem		1?
82	dull, blunt	ñel
31	tooth	ñipen		1
38	to chew	ñuñaʔ	fix
104	fat/grease	ñék		1
63	name	ŋadan		1

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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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