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Language: Niku

Source/Author:  Takau, Bessis, & Walworth (2022) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode: lame1259 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Lana Takau  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Epi:Lamenu-Baki:Lamenu-Lewo 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand luwas   73  
2 left pa mwɛl   1, 59  
3 right pa marua   5, 37  
4 leg/foot laːna   37  
5 to walk mial   110  
6 road/path ᵐbrapa   41  
7 to come ovrim   74  
8 to turn word info obyluⁿko   130  
9 to swim oje      
10 dirty kototak   150  
11 dust jaə   107  
12 skin kuliɛpena   34  
13 back word info matuna   35  
14 belly mapona   74  
15 bone purijuna   71  
16 intestines sĭnena   1  
17 liver puriara   34  
18 breast ᵐbrajuna   49  
19 shoulder purkaɔnena   21  
20 to know, be knowledgeable kilia   18  
21 to think stomiana   111  
22 to fear merau   1  
23 blood saːna   1  
24 head parna   87  
25 neck komɛlkiːna   82  
26 hair word info ʷiluna   31  
27 nose pulkununa   1, 58  
28 to breathe blopoña      
29 to sniff, smell ŋg̊ona      
30 mouth ᵐralijema      
31 tooth minema   1, 35?  
32 tongue      
33 to laugh pisaːle   84  
34 to cry saŋgĭ   1  
35 to vomit mĭlulua   8  
36 to spit siloro   116  
37 to eat kinaːna   1  
38 to chew word info karja   81  
39 to cook word info praɛkap   133  
40 to drink muña   1  
41 to bite karpaja   90  
42 to suck preʰa   95  
43 ear kiliŋgana   1, 41  
44 to hear ᵐblõŋge   1  
45 eye kinamerana   1  
46 to see opsuja   135?  
47 to yawn omaːmaljo   49  
48 to sleep omono   19  
49 to lie down word info oloru      
50 to dream omununuja   85  
51 to sit ososano   1  
52 to stand osmalu   25  
53 person/human being jererina   11  
54 man/male jerumene   126  
55 woman/female sira   79  
56 child niⁿsisi   108  
57 husband oʰu      
58 wife oʰu   113  
59 mother aʰuja   49  
60 father aːta   19  
61 house      
62 thatch/roof lumajaro   81  
63 name saⁿki   1, 39  
64 to say oʷere      
65 rope kilka   5  
66 to tie up, fasten oʋiar   160  
67 to sew word info osuluja   60  
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info miliaŋ kuli   96  
70 to shoot word info apinija   1  
71 to stab, pierce mijuria   104  
72 to hit word info mʷea   93  
73 to steal pinaun   1, 58  
74 to kill mʷemaria      
75 to die, be dead mɛre   1  
76 to live, be alive maːal   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info koparia      
78 to cut, hack word info asivija      
79 stick/wood laki   1, 25  
80 to split word info ase:paja      
81 sharp maːl   14, 79, 81  
82 dull, blunt butubut      
83 to work word info ᵐjuma      
84 to plant mapla      
85 to choose sneman      
86 to grow word info kapur      
87 to swell word info mĭlapa      
88 to squeeze word info buña      
89 to hold word info ᵐblaraːria      
90 to dig kilja      
91 to buy pulja      
92 to open, uncover misaʷa      
93 to pound, beat word info mʷea      
94 to throw word info kuaⁿlua      
95 to fall word info mĭloru      
96 dog kuli   7  
97 bird mɐnu   1  
98 egg kututusia      
99 feather ʷilulusia      
100 wing kupeːna   2, 62  
101 to fly ka   14  
102 rat kaʷe   3  
103 meat/flesh data      
104 fat/grease mura   72  
105 tail eːna      
106 snake mara   12  
107 worm (earthworm) kular      
108 louse word info kurŭ   1  
109 mosquito nam   1  
110 spider kotomalil      
111 fish ika   1  
112 rotten word info menuːn   51  
113 branch word info korowas      
114 leaf lumak   46  
115 root piliŋgas      
116 flower ʷinak      
117 fruit ᵐbralak      
118 grass wilumene      
119 earth/soil kotosano      
120 stone klaʍer      
121 sand noːne   1  
122 water word info wiː   2  
123 to flow wiːkiriːri   60  
124 sea si   1  
125 salt siʷe   1  
126 lake wiːmare      
127 woods/forest lokoːna   96  
128 sky sinapane      
129 moon kuparijo      
130 star ʷerue      
131 cloud word info lul   93  
132 fog maʰu      
133 rain juwa      
134 thunder pulul   83  
135 lightning jepla      
136 wind laŋgĭ      
137 to blow word info oᵐjuja   88  
138 warm word info pisusun   89  
139 cold word info mĭjaʷa      
140 dry word info mema   11  
141 wet metu      
142 heavy urum      
143 fire kap   19  
144 to burn word info miɔl      
145 smoke word info miju      
146 ash pɔsnojal      
147 black malelɒ      
148 white miwe   98  
149 red piaŋga      
150 yellow perero      
151 green mak      
152 small takak      
153 big keviju      
154 short word info plaːsja      
155 long word info piaʰu      
156 thin word info minini      
157 thick word info mererɔl   3  
158 narrow brapa tekak      
159 wide brapa keviju      
160 painful, sick manuka      
161 shy, ashamed memawa      
162 old word info urŭmarua      
163 new urviju      
164 good po   108  
165 bad, evil piuwaŋa      
166 correct, true mɛsmɛsŭ      
167 night lemelɒ      
168 day lɛŋgiena      
169 year kasia   66  
170 when? word info poŋgoaj      
171 to hide word info sapulu      
172 to climb word info apwiju      
173 at enene      
174 in, inside laʰuma   1, 18  
175 above maʷa      
176 below ʷaːsano      
177 this naŋa nani      
178 that nagarnaŋi      
179 near lavis      
180 far pɛrna      
181 where? word info pe   3  
182 I onu   1, 21, 22  
183 thou      
184 he/she naŋga   1, 6  
185 we word info iⁿsa      
185 we word info sata      
186 you kamju   1, 13  
187 they laːla   1, 48  
188 what? word info ia   1  
189 who? word info aːj      
190 other tapona      
191 all laːla      
192 and amĭjo      
193 if pona      
194 how? word info sanaːpe      
195 no, not meraːe      
196 to count apuluːja      
197 One word info saŋga      
198 Two word info lua   1  
199 Three word info selu   1  
200 Four word info ʷaːri      
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info orɑj      
203 Seven word info olua   2  
204 Eight word info aʷɛri      
205 Nine word info avɛri      
206 Ten word info lualima   4  
207 Twenty word info lualima ʷa lua      
208 Fifty word info lua ʷa lima      
209 One Hundred word info lualima ʷa lualima      
210 One Thousand word info ponoti      

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