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Language: Nukeria

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Nuguria
•  Ethnologue Information for nur
•  OLAC Information for nur
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 12 entries

• Changed #291145 from "mmahi", "", "50", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:17:36)
• Changed "source" from "@misc{Davletshin-1212-2015, author = "Albert Davletshin", date = "2015", howpublished = "personal communication" }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:14:12)
• Changed #291104 from "kuki", "(prepare food) (English/Tok Pisin) (Loan)", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:14:12)
• Changed #291089 from "niila", "English/Tok Pisin (Loan)", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:14:12)
• Changed #291047 from "kata (generic)", "(Loan)", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:14:12)
• Changed #291145 from "mmahi", "(sour, bad of food)", "50", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:14:12)
• Changed #291091 from "haraoa", "from English flower (Loan)", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:14:12)
• Changed #291059 from "horo", "Post-Contact, from Tok Pisin/English (Loan)", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:14:12)
• Changed #291060 from "kirimahi", "Tok Pisin (Loan)", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 22:14:12)
• Changed #291028 from "manu-kai-tama", "Post-Contact (Loan)", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2015-08-17 02:18:43)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2015-08-06 01:54:54)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2015-08-06 01:51:48)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	rima		1, 64
2	left	kaihi		1, 42
2	left	mauii		1, 59
3	right	maua		5, 37?
4	leg/foot	vae		1, 100
5	to walk	haare	(s.)	6
6	road/path	haarena
7	to come	au-mai	(s.) suppletive	1, 44
7	to come	oo-mai (pl.)	(pl.) suppletive	1, 44
8	to turn	huri	(s.)	15
8	to turn	tahuri	(s.)	15
9	to swim	kkau	(s.)	5
10	dirty	kerekere	(s.)	10
11	dust	rehu	also: ashes, powder	1, 68
12	skin	kiri	also: bark	1
13	back	kanatua		11
13	back	kantua		11
14	belly	manava		9
15	bone	ivi		52, 5
16	intestines	kaatae		12
17	liver	ate		1
18	breast	hatahata	(chest)	41
18	breast	uu	(female) : also milk	1
19	shoulder	ruamona		10?
20	to know, be knowledgeable	iloa	(s.)	13
21	to think	maanatu	(s.)	9
22	to fear	mataku	(s.)	1
23	blood	toto		4
24	head	pokouru		10, 62
25	neck	koomanu
26	hair	rauru		40
27	nose	kaisu		1, 10
27	nose	kaihu		1, 10
28	to breathe	maanava		1
29	to sniff, smell	sunu	(s.)	45?
29	to sniff, smell	hunu	(s.)	45?
30	mouth	pukua		49
31	tooth	niho		1
32	tongue	arero		15
33	to laugh	piha	(s.)
34	to cry	tani	(s.)also: weep, vail, sound (of musical instruments)	1
35	to vomit	lua		8
35	to vomit	rua		8
36	to spit	haavare	(s.)	18
36	to spit	saavare	(s.)	18
37	to eat	kai	(s.)	1, 47
38	to chew	nau	(s.)'	8
38	to chew	maamaa	(s.) 'masticate, chew for infants'	1
39	to cook	kuki	L from Tok Pisin		L
39	to cook	haka-rere	(in pan)	2
39	to cook	tao	(in earth-oven, in leaf packets)	10
40	to drink	inu		1
41	to bite	takiluu		83
42	to suck	homohomo	(one's fingers)	x
42	to suck	umiumi	(one's fingers)	x
42	to suck	uu	(breast milk)	25
43	ear	kautarina		1, 25
44	to hear	rono	(s.)	1
45	eye	kanomata	also: face	1, 18
45	eye	kanamata	also: face	1, 18
46	to see	kite	(s.)	1
47	to yawn	maava	(s.)	19, 39
48	to sleep	moe	(s.)	10, 109
49	to lie down	takoto	(s.)	7, 10
50	to dream	moe	(s.)	7
51	to sit	noho	(s.)	16
52	to stand	tuu	(s.)	2
53	person/human being	tama		1
54	man/male	tanata	(s.)	12, 14
55	woman/female	hahine	(s.)	1, 106
56	child	tama		6
57	husband	aavana	also: wife	13
58	wife	aavana	also: husband	8
59	mother	tinana	also: auntie	1
60	father	tamana	also: uncle	1
61	house	hare		14
62	thatch/roof	tua hare		77
63	name	inoa		6
64	to say	hai	(s.)	127
64	to say	hua	(s.)
65	rope	haha	(to steer sail with)	74
65	rope	kaha	(braided of coconut fibre)	74
65	rope	kave	(to hang clothes on)
65	rope	kaavei	(a kind of)
65	rope	maea	(big, used for ships)	10
65	rope	tuaa-uka	(a kind of)	73
65	rope	uka	(small, also string, cord, sinew, veins)	73
66	to tie up, fasten	haihai	(tie up, knot)
66	to tie up, fasten	haka-mau	(fasten, attach; close, a container with a lid)	149
66	to tie up, fasten	hau	(bind, lash)	11
66	to tie up, fasten	taka	(fasten, a loincloth)	17?
67	to sew	ttui	(s.)	13, 16
68	needle	tui	(also awl)	66
68	needle	niila	L from Tok Pisin		L
69	to hunt	aahi	(turtles)	6?
69	to hunt	riki	(adult birds)
69	to hunt	uhu	(gather fruits, hunt nestlings and eggs)
69	to hunt	uru	(wild pigs)
70	to shoot	hana		1
71	to stab, pierce	unuki	(with a needle)	1, 8?
71	to stab, pierce	vvoro	(with a spear)	15
72	to hit	rriki	(s.)
73	to steal	huu	(s.) also: hide, conceal	5
74	to kill	tiinai	(s.)	82
75	to die, be dead	mate	(s.)	1
76	to live, be alive	ora	(s.)	6
77	to scratch	araara	(s.)	10
77	to scratch	rraku	(s.) scratch with a nail	9
77	to scratch	rakuraku	(s.) with claws	9
78	to cut, hack	ttuu	(s.)	17
79	stick/wood	raakau		1, 26
80	to split	hhaa	(wood, hard things)	5
80	to split	ttohi	(soft things, as coconut sprout)	7
81	sharp	kaa	(s.)	14, 15
82	dull, blunt	matapuupuu	(?)	39, 49
83	to work	hekau	(s.)	26
84	to plant	toki	(s.)	4, 5
85	to choose	hiko	(s.) (?)
86	to grow	tipu	(human beings, birds)	1, 43
86	to grow	somo	(plants)	7
86	to grow	homo	(plants)	7
87	to swell	hhura	(s.)	7
87	to swell	pupuu	(s.)	30
88	to squeeze	ttau	(s.)	13
89	to hold	taaohi	(s.) (?)	17
90	to dig	keri	(s.)	1
91	to buy	taauvi	(s.)	9, 13
92	to open, uncover	taaraki	(door)	10, 39
92	to open, uncover	huke	(earth-oven)	1, 63
93	to pound, beat	tuki	(swamp taro)	2
93	to pound, beat	taa	(beat)
93	to pound, beat	rriki	(pound a nail)
94	to throw	riaki	(s.)	79, 127
94	to throw	ttiri	(s.)	9
95	to fall	heke
96	dog	manu-kai-tama	Post-Contact: lit. "bird eating humans"
97	bird	manu		1
98	egg	hua		5
99	feather	paraa		5
100	wing	kapakau		1, 59
101	to fly	rere	(s.)	11
101	to fly	herrei	(pl.)	11
102	rat	kimoa		14
103	meat/flesh	kanohi		14
104	fat/grease	moomona		1, 65
105	tail	moihuku		13
106	snake	kata (generic)	Phonologically irregular	12
107	worm (earthworm)	tama-kerekere		9
108	louse	kutu	a. and b., also flea (flea is Post-Contact)	1
109	mosquito	namu		1
110	spider	revereve		1
111	fish	ika	(generic)	1
112	rotten	para	(meat, flesh)	13
112	rotten	popo	(wood, iron)	14
112	rotten	varevare	(tuber, rice)	13
112	rotten	mmahi	L from Micronesian lgs	50	L
112	rotten	vii	(soup, toddy)	85
113	branch	mataaraa		1
114	leaf	rau		1
115	root	aka	(generic)	2
115	root	patiaka	(surface roots),	2
116	flower	purupuru
116	flower	haraoa	L from English		L
117	fruit	hua		1
118	grass	mouku		58
119	earth/soil	kerekere		10
120	stone	hatu		1
121	sand	kerekere		30, 74
122	water	vai		2
123	to flow	tahe	(of sea water)	10
123	to flow	tere	(of stream and rain water, move fast of humans, go of boats)	10
124	sea	moana	(open and deep)	10
124	sea	tai	(shallow sea near shore, shore)	1
125	salt	horo	L from Tok Pisin		L
126	lake
127	woods/forest	pupu
127	woods/forest	vao		14
128	sky	kaniva
129	moon	marama		7
130	star	hetuu		1
131	cloud	kaniva
132	fog	nehu		22
133	rain	ua		1
134	thunder	hatturi		14
135	lightning	uira	(bolt)	2
135	lightning	tara	(flash)
136	wind	matani	(generic)	1, 66
137	to blow	ani	a. (gently)	8
137	to blow	oko	a. (hard)
137	to blow	iri	b. (also fan)	11
138	warm	mahana	(s.)	1, 72
139	cold	makariri	(s.)	1, 52
140	dry	pakupaku	(s.) a & b	38
141	wet	para	(s.) also: rotten (about meat and flesh)	38
142	heavy	taenaha	(s.)	46, 66
143	fire	ahi		1
144	to burn	ttuni	(s.)	1, 7
145	smoke	kohu	(from distance, a column of, also steam, vapour)	13
145	smoke	au	(close, causing one's eyes to smart)	2
146	ash	rehu		67
147	black	riparara
148	white	maatea		8
149	red	mmea		1
150	yellow	vai-ano		9?
151	green	uri
152	small	puna-rikiriki	(s.)	66
153	big	ha-mataku	(s.)	31
154	short	potopoto	(s.)	9
155	long	rooroa	(s.)	12, 105
156	thin	rrahi	(a leaf)	5
156	thin	tua-rikiriki	(a rope)	34
157	thick	maatoru	(a leaf)	3
157	thick	hamataku	(a rope)
158	narrow	tuu-rikiriki		84
158	narrow	tuu-rikiriki		84
159	wide	raharaha	(s.)	48
160	painful, sick	ihu	(s.)	13
160	painful, sick	isu	(s.)	13
160	painful, sick	maki	(s.)	1
161	shy, ashamed	napa	(s.)	48
162	old	matua	(s.)	1
163	new	hoou	(s.)	1
164	good	tau-rekareka	(s.)	14
165	bad, evil	haka-riaria	(s.)
165	bad, evil	ha-riaria	(s.)
165	bad, evil	takahara	(s.)
166	correct, true	tonu	(s.)	8
167	night	poo		1
168	day	ao	(daylight, daytime)	1, 54
168	day	maarama	(daylight)
168	day	raa	day (of the week)	7
169	year	kirimahi	L from Tok Pisin		L
170	when?	ana-hee
171	to hide	haka-mmuni	(s.)	1, 67
172	to climb	kake	(s.)	32
173	at	i		1
174	in, inside	i loto		5
174	in, inside	i roto		5
175	above	i aruna		9
176	below	i laro		8
176	below	i raro		8
177	this	nei	(1st pers.)	1
178	that	naa	(2nd pers.)	1
178	that	raa	(3rd pers.)	65
179	near	taupiri mai	(s.)	30
180	far	mmao	(s.)	13
181	where?	i hee		3, 35
181	where?	i hea		3, 35
182	I	nau		1, 22
183	thou	koe		1
184	he/she	ia	frequently unmarked	1
185	we	taatou	1 pl. incl.	1, 39
185	we	maatou	(excl.)	2, 39
186	you	koutou	(pl.)	16
186	you	kourua	(dual)	x
187	they	raatou	(pl.) frequently unmarked	1, 72
187	they	laatou	(pl.) frequently unmarked	1, 72
187	they	raaua	(dual) frequently unmarked	x
187	they	laaua	(dual) frequently unmarked	x
188	what?	heaa		83
189	who?	koai		1
190	other	raa	(preposed, following articles)	25
190	other	laa	(preposed, following articles)	25
191	all	katoo		13
192	and	ma	(noun phrases)	2
192	and	noo	(verbal phrases)
192	and	roo	(verbal phrases)
193	if	ki mee		5
194	how?	peehea		11
195	no, not	te		111
196	to count	ppau	(s.)	63
197	One	tahi	(counting)	41
197	One	hokotasi	(reporting)	41
197	One	hokotahi	(reporting)	41
198	Two	rua	(counting)	1
198	Two	hiaoa	(reporting)
199	Three	toru		1
200	Four	haa		1, 66
201	Five	rima		1
202	Six	ono		1
203	Seven	hitu		1
204	Eight	varu		3
205	Nine	sivo		5, 43
205	Nine	siva		5
206	Ten	hanahuru		5
207	Twenty	tipu rua		3
208	Fifty	tipu rima
209	One Hundred	rau		2
210	One Thousand	tipu te rau

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