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| 1 |
hand |
e-bee |
*pani, Nathan 1974; but irregular loss of *n so I've not coded it as part of 27 (Beth) |
8 |
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| 2 |
left |
eda|mauw |
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| 3 |
right |
da-marũmw- |
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| 4 |
leg/foot |
reren iwin |
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| 4 |
leg/foot |
eana |
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| 5 |
to walk |
důgidugo |
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| 6 |
road/path |
eme|dena |
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| 7 |
to come |
tůkȯ |
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9 |
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| 7 |
to come |
ȯrre |
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| 8 |
to turn
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| 9 |
to swim |
åw |
|
26 |
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| 10 |
dirty |
ȯmwarere |
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| 11 |
dust |
emaraŋata |
[=146] |
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| 12 |
skin |
witsin |
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| 12 |
skin |
e-wut |
(*kulit, Nathan 1974) |
1 |
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| 13 |
back
|
erowin |
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| 14 |
belly |
ijen |
(*tia, Nathan 1974) |
1 |
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| 15 |
bone |
rȯ|n |
|
2? |
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| 16 |
intestines |
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| 17 |
liver |
aå|n |
|
1 |
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| 18 |
breast |
barra-n |
chest, bosom, breast |
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| 18 |
breast |
itũ |
1 sing possessive |
1 |
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| 18 |
breast |
itũm |
2 sing possessive |
1 |
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| 18 |
breast |
itin |
3 sing possessive |
1 |
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| 19 |
shoulder |
onuquen |
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| 20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
ititsiet |
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| 21 |
to think |
jamarar |
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| 21 |
to think |
ȯmaran |
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| 22 |
to fear |
miow |
(*matuku, Nathan 1974) |
1 |
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| 23 |
blood |
e|ra |
|
1 |
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| 24 |
head |
itub |
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| 25 |
neck |
iteren |
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| 26 |
hair
|
iret-itůb |
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| 27 |
nose |
bodin |
|
1, 12 |
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| 28 |
to breathe |
ȯnano |
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| 29 |
to sniff, smell |
waij bon |
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| 30 |
mouth |
aanaquan |
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| 30 |
mouth |
mwin |
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| 31 |
tooth |
imwi |
|
54 |
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| 32 |
tongue |
eo |
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| 33 |
to laugh |
idȯdȯ |
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| 34 |
to cry |
eȯŋ |
|
1 |
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| 34 |
to cry |
iȯŋ |
|
1 |
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| 35 |
to vomit |
ean-ȯaŋȯ |
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| 35 |
to vomit |
ka-mwo-mwuu-da |
cause to vomit (*mutaq, Nathan 1974) |
1 |
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| 36 |
to spit |
ura |
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| 37 |
to eat |
ȯn |
|
1? |
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| 37 |
to eat |
ijeiji |
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| 38 |
to chew
|
mama |
|
1 |
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| 39 |
to cook
|
tsitsin |
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| 40 |
to drink |
eren |
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| 40 |
to drink |
nim |
|
1, 59 |
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| 41 |
to bite |
kamwit |
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| 42 |
to suck |
|
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| 43 |
ear |
ijůŋe|n |
|
1 |
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| 44 |
to hear |
kaiȯt |
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| 45 |
eye |
e|me |
|
1 |
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| 46 |
to see |
at |
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| 47 |
to yawn |
|
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| 48 |
to sleep |
mijimij |
|
1 |
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| 49 |
to lie down
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| 50 |
to dream |
erenimi |
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| 50 |
to dream |
mi |
|
1, 37 |
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| 51 |
to sit |
megeda |
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| 52 |
to stand |
|
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| 53 |
person/human being |
eŋame |
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| 54 |
man/male |
e|man |
|
1 |
|
| 55 |
woman/female |
ån |
|
1, 47 |
|
| 55 |
woman/female |
e-een |
(*tapine, Nathan 1974) |
1, 35 |
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| 56 |
child |
eoniŋ |
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| 57 |
husband |
|
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| 58 |
wife |
agen |
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| 59 |
mother |
inen |
|
1 |
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| 59 |
mother |
inno-n |
(*tina, Nathan 1974) |
1 |
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| 60 |
father |
etȯŋin |
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| 61 |
house |
ewak |
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| 62 |
thatch/roof |
anim |
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| 62 |
thatch/roof |
erenapȯ |
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| 63 |
name |
eg |
|
66 |
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| 64 |
to say |
ůge |
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| 65 |
rope |
dorop |
Eng. |
|
L |
| 66 |
to tie up, fasten |
oquȯr |
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| 67 |
to sew
|
jir |
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| 68 |
needle |
irȯr |
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| 69 |
to hunt
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| 70 |
to shoot
|
gato |
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| 71 |
to stab, pierce |
|
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| 72 |
to hit
|
tamwit |
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| 72 |
to hit
|
ebo ean |
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| 73 |
to steal |
aŋan |
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| 73 |
to steal |
torere |
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| 74 |
to kill |
abi |
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| 75 |
to die, be dead |
e|ma |
|
1 |
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| 76 |
to live, be alive |
tsi|mor |
(*maqudi Nathan1973) |
1, 76 |
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| 77 |
to scratch
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| 78 |
to cut, hack
|
eaij |
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| 79 |
stick/wood |
edabwike |
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| 80 |
to split
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| 81 |
sharp |
eȯkȯn |
|
14, 68 |
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| 82 |
dull, blunt |
eko mwin |
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| 83 |
to work
|
makur |
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| 84 |
to plant |
imin ere |
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| 85 |
to choose |
ij |
|
1 |
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| 86 |
to grow
|
erȯ |
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| 86 |
to grow
|
ŋabeda |
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| 87 |
to swell
|
ȯpwe |
|
9 |
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| 88 |
to squeeze
|
mwat |
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| 88 |
to squeeze
|
jima |
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| 89 |
to hold
|
ėgėg |
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| 90 |
to dig |
iri |
|
1 |
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| 91 |
to buy |
erow |
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| 91 |
to buy |
tuwab |
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| 92 |
to open, uncover |
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| 93 |
to pound, beat
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| 94 |
to throw
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| 95 |
to fall
|
pudu |
|
15 |
|
| 96 |
dog |
robar |
loanword; the first dog on Nauru was called Rover by his European owner |
|
L |
| 97 |
bird |
imin ȯeta |
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| 98 |
egg |
epaitdomo |
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| 98 |
egg |
pei-n |
(*mpou, Nathan 1974) |
15 |
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| 99 |
feather |
ewewet imin ȯeta |
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| 100 |
wing |
bet imin ȯeta |
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| 101 |
to fly |
ȯeta |
|
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| 101 |
to fly |
eŋam |
|
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| 102 |
rat |
ikumododo |
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| 103 |
meat/flesh |
duwen |
(*pinsiko, Nathan 1974) |
10 |
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| 104 |
fat/grease |
epat |
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| 104 |
fat/grease |
eduweduw |
|
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| 105 |
tail |
|
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| 106 |
snake |
emwe |
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| 107 |
worm (earthworm) |
emwe |
|
10 |
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| 108 |
louse
|
iwi |
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| 108 |
louse
|
e-wui |
(*kutu, Nathan 1974) |
1 |
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| 109 |
mosquito |
demaniner |
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| 110 |
spider |
ááreow |
|
6 |
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| 111 |
fish |
iů |
|
1? |
|
| 112 |
rotten
|
enamwamwae |
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| 113 |
branch
|
rat imin erȯ |
branch of a tree/shrub |
|
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| 113 |
branch
|
ran |
|
1 |
|
| 114 |
leaf |
ret emin erȯ |
|
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| 115 |
root |
awaran |
|
2? |
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| 116 |
flower |
ekauwe |
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| 117 |
fruit |
quat imin erȯ |
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| 118 |
grass |
ibůgibůgi |
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| 119 |
earth/soil |
eb |
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| 119 |
earth/soil |
emwarere |
|
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| 120 |
stone |
e|pe |
(*patu, Nathan 1974) |
1 |
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| 121 |
sand |
eraůrȯ |
|
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| 122 |
water
|
e|bȯk |
|
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| 123 |
to flow |
goriro |
|
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| 124 |
sea |
ijited |
|
1? |
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| 125 |
salt |
ebaratjited |
|
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| 126 |
lake |
|
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| 127 |
woods/forest |
|
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| 128 |
sky |
itůga |
|
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| 129 |
moon |
maraman |
|
7 |
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| 130 |
star |
edetaŋ |
|
|
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| 131 |
cloud
|
weron |
|
|
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| 131 |
cloud
|
denaŋ |
'denang' is a Kiribati loanword {te nang} Mark Williams |
|
L |
| 132 |
fog |
|
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| 133 |
rain |
weron |
|
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| 134 |
thunder |
|
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| 135 |
lightning |
oitsin |
|
|
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| 136 |
wind |
eŋin |
|
1 |
|
| 137 |
to blow
|
ȯeȯŋ |
|
|
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| 138 |
warm
|
kinijow |
|
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| 138 |
warm
|
enemoŋ |
|
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| 139 |
cold
|
[egara]mwamwe |
|
|
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| 140 |
dry
|
emȯg |
|
|
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| 141 |
wet |
riare |
|
|
|
| 142 |
heavy |
eroe |
|
|
|
| 143 |
fire |
åe |
(*api Nathan1973) |
1 |
|
| 144 |
to burn
|
ȯŋ |
|
|
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| 145 |
smoke
|
badedi |
|
|
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| 145 |
smoke
|
tsiw |
|
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| 146 |
ash |
emaraŋata |
|
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| 147 |
black |
etaŋaŋ |
|
|
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| 148 |
white |
bərəbər |
(r is strongly trilled) |
|
|
| 149 |
red |
ȯmwirara |
(*maiRaq, Nathan 1974) |
1 |
|
| 150 |
yellow |
ebabobo |
|
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| 151 |
green |
|
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| 152 |
small |
oniŋ |
|
39 |
|
| 153 |
big |
ouwak |
|
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| 154 |
short
|
ebo |
|
|
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| 155 |
long
|
eraquė |
|
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| 156 |
thin
|
gerȯger |
|
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| 157 |
thick
|
emei |
|
|
|
| 157 |
thick
|
mej |
(*matolu, Nathan 1974) |
3 |
|
| 157 |
thick
|
mej |
(*matolu, Nathan 1974) |
3 |
|
| 158 |
narrow |
oroeȯ |
|
|
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| 159 |
wide |
ereab |
|
|
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| 160 |
painful, sick |
ebaka |
|
|
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| 160 |
painful, sick |
arak |
|
|
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| 161 |
shy, ashamed |
mai|ůr |
|
1 |
|
| 162 |
old
|
obwe |
|
|
|
| 162 |
old
|
enab |
|
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| 163 |
new |
etaimeduw |
|
|
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| 164 |
good |
omo |
|
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| 165 |
bad, evil |
ebaka |
|
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| 166 |
correct, true |
eimwi |
|
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| 166 |
correct, true |
iduwen |
|
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| 167 |
night |
e|bům |
|
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| 168 |
day |
ibům |
= 24 hour day |
|
|
| 168 |
day |
aran |
daytime |
6 |
|
| 169 |
year |
eobweni |
|
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| 170 |
when?
|
ijet |
|
1 |
|
| 171 |
to hide
|
ewewin |
|
|
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| 172 |
to climb
|
akȯda |
|
|
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| 173 |
at |
|
|
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| 174 |
in, inside |
ian |
|
56 |
|
| 174 |
in, inside |
ean |
|
56 |
|
| 175 |
above |
|
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| 176 |
below |
ijȯŋ̊ |
|
|
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| 177 |
this |
nune |
|
|
|
| 177 |
this |
bitune |
|
|
|
| 178 |
that |
bita |
|
|
|
| 179 |
near |
eturen |
|
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| 180 |
far |
|
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| 181 |
where?
|
i |
|
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| 181 |
where?
|
iŋa |
|
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|
| 181 |
where?
|
ji |
(*tei, Nathan 1974) |
3 |
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| 182 |
I |
a |
|
x |
|
| 182 |
I |
aŋa |
|
12 |
|
| 183 |
thou |
auwe |
|
|
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| 183 |
thou |
wo |
(*koe, Nathan 1974) |
1 |
|
| 184 |
he/she |
aita |
|
|
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| 185 |
we
|
adei |
|
|
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| 185 |
we
|
amei |
|
2 |
|
| 186 |
you |
ami|ai |
|
1, 13 |
|
| 186 |
you |
wo |
|
1 |
|
| 186 |
you |
auwe |
|
28 |
|
| 186 |
you |
ñauwe |
|
28 |
|
| 187 |
they |
ůra |
|
1, 70 |
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| 188 |
what?
|
ekeken |
|
|
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| 189 |
who?
|
ijegen |
|
|
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| 190 |
other |
|
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| 191 |
all |
memak |
|
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| 192 |
and |
ma |
|
2 |
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| 193 |
if |
tsin ia |
|
|
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| 194 |
how?
|
eten |
|
|
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| 195 |
no, not |
iȯk |
|
|
|
| 195 |
no, not |
deo |
|
18 |
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| 196 |
to count |
ȯdů |
|
|
|
| 197 |
One
|
a|iquen |
|
|
|
| 198 |
Two
|
a|ro |
|
1 |
|
| 199 |
Three
|
a|iju |
|
1 |
|
| 200 |
Four
|
a|eoq |
|
1 |
|
| 201 |
Five
|
aijimeo |
|
1 |
|
| 202 |
Six
|
aŋo |
|
1 |
|
| 203 |
Seven
|
aeu |
(*pitu Nathan1973) |
1 |
|
| 204 |
Eight
|
auju |
(*walu, Nathan 1974) |
3 |
|
| 205 |
Nine
|
ado |
(*nsiwa, Nathan 1974) |
5 |
|
| 206 |
Ten
|
ata |
|
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| 207 |
Twenty
|
|
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| 208 |
Fifty
|
|
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| 209 |
One Hundred
|
|
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| 210 |
One Thousand
|
earanga |
|
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