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Language: Tangga (Feni)

Source/Author:  Wing Wima 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:hrw  Glottocode: anir1237 
Notes:  Non-personal nouns that refer to objects have a prefix of an-/am-/ang- to denote singular.

The plurals will have fan-/fam-/fang-, e.g., angkeltot = a star; fangkeltot = many stars; anman = a bird; fanman = many birds

Possession in person (family) relationships employs suffixes: -ng for the first person (speaker), -am for the second person (listener), -ia/oue third person (subject) singular,-ri third person plural. E.g.: sikuang = my child; sikuam = your child; sikoue = his/her child; sikou = child; tamri = their father; tamam = your father; tamoue = his/her father; tabung = my father(tidung = my mother); paklum = your head; paklung = my head; pakloue = his/her head.
 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Wing Wima  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
156 thin word info      
158 narrow      
132 fog ambau      
11 dust ambaufi      
117 fruit amfiranau   30  
17 liver ampel      
135 lightning ampil   26  
13 back word info ampoktou      
145 smoke word info ampuat      
12 skin ampunu      
115 root anavwinau      
32 tongue angkermou   7, 14  
121 sand angkin      
25 neck angkongkongou      
105 tail angku      
68 needle anil Loan?   L
18 breast ansus   1  
15 bone antou      
108 louse word info anut b. 1  
194 how? word info are      
63 name asou   1, 18  
76 to live, be alive awawat      
153 big bakir      
14 belly bala   18  
128 sky balambat   39  
127 woods/forest balanmok      
43 ear balbalu   50  
152 small balik      
94 to throw word info basini      
133 rain bat   8  
141 wet bis   16  
149 red bulum      
82 dull, blunt butuk   1  
23 blood dadak   1  
122 water word info dan   1  
8 to turn word info didiu      
42 to suck doro      
10 dirty edu   68  
37 to eat en   1  
86 to grow word info epol   18  
195 no, not etam      
81 sharp faen      
83 to work word info faim   45  
120 stone fat   1  
55 woman/female fefin   1, 106  
61 house fel   14  
62 thatch/roof felun atof   1  
5 to walk fes   8  
69 to hunt word info fesimpul      
200 Four word info fet   1, 65  
91 to buy fifil   1  
65 rope finau   39  
171 to hide word info finufu   1  
203 Seven word info fis   1  
74 to kill fismet   2, 96  
163 new fu   1  
129 moon funil      
118 grass garas      
103 meat/flesh gemgem      
104 fat/grease giris     L
184 he/she i   1  
181 where? word info ia   37  
175 above iat   1  
182 I iau   1, 21  
143 fire if   1  
176 below ifaf   1  
177 this ige      
178 that ilei      
87 to swell word info ing   56  
40 to drink inmi   1  
92 to open, uncover ipki   1  
19 shoulder kafliu      
2 left kais   15  
9 to swim kakes   9  
53 person/human being kaltu      
79 stick/wood kalut      
172 to climb word info kanek      
36 to spit kanus   14, 84  
16 intestines karbalu      
7 to come kasa      
124 sea kasap      
77 to scratch word info kasau      
98 egg katlou   1  
164 good kausi      
66 to tie up, fasten kavi      
137 to blow word info kefif b. 72  
90 to dig kekef   82  
4 leg/foot kekou      
130 star keltot   31  
185 we word info kemem      
85 to choose kepfa      
185 we word info kerer      
160 painful, sick kerker      
136 wind kif      
137 to blow word info kif a. 72  
73 to steal kinau   21  
51 to sit kis   20  
41 to bite kita      
35 to vomit koek   38  
111 fish kok      
107 worm (earthworm) kulil   39  
102 rat kut   3, 63  
201 Five word info lim   1  
1 hand lima   1, 64  
208 Fifty word info limesangful   1, 2  
173 at lo   38  
174 in, inside lobala   1  
95 to fall word info lut   63  
192 and ma   2  
142 heavy mafet   46  
139 cold word info mair   1  
151 green makrau   13, 81  
97 bird man   1  
28 to breathe mange   47  
112 rotten word info mapu   1  
140 dry word info mas   11  
48 to sleep masun   1  
45 eye mata   1  
169 year matamfaim      
57 husband matuk      
162 old word info matuk   1  
161 shy, ashamed meiai      
75 to die, be dead met   1  
147 black mikit   1  
3 right mil      
109 mosquito mumus   97  
148 white murmur      
179 near naisa      
119 earth/soil nal      
170 when? word info nangis   1, 43  
191 all nano      
190 other neng      
47 to yawn ngaufi   19, 27  
38 to chew word info ngenges a. 12  
31 tooth ngisngisa   24  
49 to lie down word info ngo      
30 mouth ngusu   2  
29 to sniff, smell nul      
50 to dream numbil   69  
183 thou o   1  
186 you o   s  
101 to fly of   1  
26 hair word info ololou   40  
202 Six word info on   1  
44 to hear ong   1  
72 to hit word info paket      
80 to split word info paki   88  
24 head paklu      
159 wide palpaluk      
131 cloud word info pambalbal      
167 night panambing   1  
114 leaf panau   12  
99 feather panman      
100 wing papou   7  
46 to see par   121  
134 thunder pararak   15  
20 to know, be knowledgeable parfat   119  
27 nose parnasu   1, 96  
146 ash pif      
150 yellow pilpil      
78 to cut, hack word info poko   56  
154 short word info pospos   9  
96 dog pul   36  
88 to squeeze word info pulnga      
157 thick word info punut      
110 spider pupuk      
116 flower purpur   13 L?
89 to hold word info puse      
187 they ri   25  
123 to flow ring      
33 to laugh rur      
188 what? word info sa   1  
193 if safle      
165 bad, evil sak   1  
6 road/path sal   1  
206 Ten word info sangful   5  
21 to think sangsang      
189 who? word info se   1  
124 sea semek      
125 salt semek      
106 snake si   17  
168 day siat      
56 child sikou   92  
205 Nine word info siu   5  
22 to fear soke   66  
67 to sew word info soko   56  
84 to plant soso   28  
126 lake sun dan      
71 to stab, pierce taba   47  
144 to burn word info taif      
54 man/male tamat   12, 14  
60 father tamou   1  
155 long word info tapak      
180 far tapak   19  
113 branch word info telenau      
34 to cry teng   1  
52 to stand ti   2, 69  
197 One word info tike   43  
209 One Hundred word info tike atis   4  
210 One Thousand word info tike mar = '100' ? x  
166 correct, true tikin      
59 mother tinou   1  
199 Three word info tul   1  
138 warm word info tuntun   12  
93 to pound, beat word info tutu   20  
39 to cook word info tutun   9  
198 Two word info u   1  
207 Twenty word info uesangful      
204 Eight word info wal   3  
70 to shoot word info wana      
64 to say war   30  
196 to count wes   10  
58 wife wok   98  

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