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Language: Melanau (Mukah)

Source/Author:  Blust 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mel  Glottocode: cent2101 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Peng Du  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:North Borneo:Melanau-Kajang:Melanau 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand ñagem   20  
2 left ulay   22  
3 right taʔew   5, 25  
4 leg/foot buduk      
5 to walk makaw (<+1-um-akaw) 1  
6 road/path jalan   1  
7 to come tapaʔ      
8 to turn word info pusiŋ   20  
9 to swim tuun      
10 dirty mamaʔ      
11 dust urayh      
11 dust abuk   1  
11 dust dabouw   1  
12 skin kulit   1  
13 back word info buta      
14 belly paʔit   32  
14 belly guem      
15 bone tuléŋ   1  
16 intestines betuka   21  
17 liver atay   1  
18 breast [susew]   1  
19 shoulder [kapey]   1?  
20 to know, be knowledgeable baʔtaʔew wanting to know, e.g. ako ba'ta'ew as in I want to know. 1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ta'ew (root) 1  
22 to fear meŋéŋ      
23 blood daaʔ   1  
24 head ulew   1  
25 neck teŋuʔ   34  
26 hair word info buk   1  
27 nose uduŋ   1  
28 to breathe pebuut      
29 to sniff, smell meŋ-adek   1  
30 mouth bebaʔ   1  
31 tooth ñipen   1  
32 tongue jelaʔ   4  
33 to laugh tetawa   1  
34 to cry me-naŋéh   1  
35 to vomit putaʔ   1  
36 to spit me-muput      
37 to eat keman   1  
38 to chew word info ñuñaʔ fix    
39 to cook word info [misik]   19?  
40 to drink tuteŋ      
41 to bite subut   18  
42 to suck susep   1  
43 ear liŋa   1  
44 to hear menaʔah   1  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see peguy      
47 to yawn pe-tuab   19  
48 to sleep tuduy   1  
49 to lie down word info pepatéŋ      
50 to dream penupey   1  
50 to dream penupei      
51 to sit kuduʔ   31  
52 to stand pekedeŋ      
53 person/human being tenawan      
54 man/male lay   2?  
55 woman/female mahew      
56 child anék   1  
57 husband sawa   2  
58 wife sawa   1  
59 mother tina   1  
60 father tama   1  
61 house lebuʔ   12  
62 thatch/roof sapaw   15  
63 name ŋadan   1  
65 rope taley   1  
66 to tie up, fasten mubed      
67 to sew word info me-jaʔit   2  
68 needle tajuh   15  
69 to hunt word info pipaʔ      
71 to stab, pierce tubek   24  
72 to hit word info buyaʔ      
72 to hit word info mupah      
72 to hit word info mubal      
73 to steal tikaw   1  
74 to kill munuʔ   1  
75 to die, be dead matay   1  
76 to live, be alive tudip   1  
77 to scratch word info me-gahut   44?  
78 to cut, hack word info tutek   3  
79 stick/wood kayew   1  
80 to split word info mubah   20  
81 sharp mañit   30  
82 dull, blunt ñel      
84 to plant [m-imun]   2?  
85 to choose piliʔ   1  
86 to grow word info tubuʔ   1  
87 to swell word info upat      
88 to squeeze word info me-misit   27  
89 to hold word info m-agem   1  
90 to dig kukut   13  
91 to buy meley   1  
91 to buy mibay   1  
92 to open, uncover mekeŋ      
93 to pound, beat word info tutug   2  
94 to throw word info me-galéŋ      
95 to fall word info pahaʔ      
95 to fall word info belabuʔ   1  
96 dog asew   1  
97 bird manuk   1  
98 egg teluh   1  
99 feather bulew   1  
100 wing paéŋ      
101 to fly pesiliŋ      
102 rat belabaw   1  
104 fat/grease ñék   1  
105 tail tikiu   1  
106 snake dipa   1?  
107 worm (earthworm) kejiwat      
108 louse word info kutew   1  
109 mosquito kiayh      
110 spider belebawaʔ   1  
111 fish j|ikan   1?  
112 rotten word info madam   25  
113 branch word info lawei      
114 leaf daʔun   1  
115 root akah   2  
115 root amut   3  
116 flower buŋa   1  
117 fruit buaʔ   1  
118 grass sek      
119 earth/soil tanaʔ   1  
120 stone batew   1  
121 sand nay   1  
122 water word info ñaʔem   1?  
123 to flow jujuk   26  
125 salt sia   1  
126 lake danaw   1  
127 woods/forest guun      
128 sky laŋit   1  
129 moon bulan   1  
130 star bitén   1  
132 fog abuyh   1, 40  
133 rain ujan   1  
134 thunder [duduh]   2  
135 lightning [kekelat]   1  
136 wind paŋay      
137 to blow word info me-gaup      
138 warm word info lasuʔ   22  
139 cold word info siŋuh   21  
140 dry word info uéŋ      
141 wet basaʔ   1  
142 heavy baat   1  
143 fire apuy   1  
144 to burn word info suleg      
145 smoke word info tugun   20  
146 ash d|abew   17  
147 black bilem   30  
148 white apuʔ      
149 red sék      
150 yellow kuniŋ   1  
151 green gaduŋ   28  
152 small umiʔ      
152 small umit      
153 big ayeŋ      
153 big ñat      
154 short word info adik      
155 long word info alew   1?  
156 thin word info lipih   1  
157 thick word info kapan   1  
158 narrow umiʔ      
158 narrow umit      
159 wide ayeŋ   14  
160 painful, sick pedéh   23  
161 shy, ashamed miaʔ   1  
162 old word info lakey   20  
163 new baʔew   1  
164 good diaʔ   43  
165 bad, evil mamaʔ      
166 correct, true tu'u   23  
167 night malem   20  
168 day law   1?  
169 year taʔun   1  
170 when? word info paya      
171 to hide word info pe-lim      
172 to climb word info tuked   20  
173 at gaʔ   24  
174 in, inside lubéŋ   23?  
175 above baw   2  
176 below di|baʔ   1?  
177 this itew   10  
178 that ien   1  
179 near segaʔ      
180 far jauʔ   1  
181 where? word info gaʔgaan      
182 I akew   1  
183 thou kaʔ   1  
184 he/she sien      
185 we word info telew   1  
185 we word info melew   2  
186 you ke|lew      
187 they de|lew ien   1?  
188 what? word info uaʔ inew   2  
189 who? word info say   1  
190 other uaʔ kéʔ      
192 and jigem      
193 if amun   10  
193 if mun   10  
194 how? word info kuba tan      
195 no, not enda   109  
196 to count m-ituŋ   31  
197 One word info ja   1?  
197 One word info satu   1, 16  
198 Two word info dua   1  
199 Three word info telew   1  
200 Four word info pat   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info nem   1  
203 Seven word info tuju'   4  
204 Eight word info ayan      
205 Nine word info ulan      
206 Ten word info pelu'en   5  
207 Twenty word info dua pulo'      
208 Fifty word info lima pulo'   1, 2  
209 One Hundred word info se ratuih   4  
210 One Thousand word info se ribu   5  
21 to think pepikir loan of 22 22 L
64 to say meñebut     L
70 to shoot word info me-nimek   49 L
83 to work word info kerja     L
103 meat/flesh dagiŋ   26 L
124 sea daat   25 L
124 sea lautan   25 L
131 cloud word info awan   1 L
166 correct, true betul   23 L
191 all semua < Malay (< Sanskrit) 33 L
204 Eight word info lapan   4 L?

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