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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      
2 left pa mwɛl   1, 59  
3 right pa marua      
4 leg/foot laːna   37  
5 to walk mial      
6 road/path ᵐbrapa      
7 to come ovrim      
8 to turn word info obyluⁿko      
9 to swim oje      
10 dirty kototak      
11 dust jaə      
12 skin kuliɛpena      
13 back word info matuna      
14 belly mapona      
15 bone purijuna   71  
16 intestines sĭnena   1  
17 liver puriara   34  
18 breast ᵐbrajuna      
19 shoulder purkaɔnena      
20 to know, be knowledgeable kilia   18  
21 to think stomiana      
22 to fear merau      
23 blood saːna      
24 head parna      
25 neck komɛlkiːna      
26 hair word info ʷiluna      
27 nose pulkununa      
28 to breathe blopoña      
29 to sniff, smell ŋg̊ona      
30 mouth ᵐralijema      
31 tooth minema      
32 tongue      
33 to laugh pisaːle      
34 to cry saŋgĭ      
35 to vomit mĭlulua      
36 to spit siloro      
37 to eat kinaːna      
38 to chew word info karja      
39 to cook word info praɛkap      
40 to drink muña      
41 to bite karpaja      
42 to suck preʰa      
43 ear kiliŋgana   1, 41  
44 to hear ᵐblõŋge      
45 eye kinamerana      
46 to see opsuja      
47 to yawn omaːmaljo      
48 to sleep omono      
49 to lie down word info oloru      
50 to dream omununuja      
51 to sit ososano      
52 to stand osmalu      
53 person/human being jererina      
54 man/male jerumene      
55 woman/female sira   79  
56 child niⁿsisi      
57 husband oʰu      
58 wife oʰu      
59 mother aʰuja      
60 father aːta      
61 house      
62 thatch/roof lumajaro      
63 name saⁿki      
64 to say oʷere      
65 rope kilka      
66 to tie up, fasten oʋiar      
67 to sew word info osuluja      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info miliaŋ kuli      
70 to shoot word info apinija   1  
71 to stab, pierce mijuria      
72 to hit word info mʷea      
73 to steal pinaun   1, 58  
74 to kill mʷemaria      
75 to die, be dead mɛre      
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      
80 to split word info ase:paja      
81 sharp maːl      
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      
97 bird mɐnu      
98 egg kututusia      
99 feather ʷilulusia      
100 wing kupeːna      
101 to fly ka      
102 rat kaʷe      
103 meat/flesh data      
104 fat/grease mura      
105 tail eːna      
106 snake mara      
107 worm (earthworm) kular      
108 louse word info kurŭ      
109 mosquito nam      
110 spider kotomalil      
111 fish ika      
112 rotten word info menuːn      
113 branch word info korowas      
114 leaf lumak      
115 root piliŋgas      
116 flower ʷinak      
117 fruit ᵐbralak      
118 grass wilumene      
119 earth/soil kotosano      
120 stone klaʍer      
121 sand noːne      
122 water word info wiː      
123 to flow wiːkiriːri      
124 sea si      
125 salt siʷe      
126 lake wiːmare      
127 woods/forest lokoːna      
128 sky sinapane      
129 moon kuparijo      
130 star ʷerue      
131 cloud word info lul      
132 fog maʰu      
133 rain juwa      
134 thunder pulul      
135 lightning jepla      
136 wind laŋgĭ      
137 to blow word info oᵐjuja      
138 warm word info pisusun      
139 cold word info mĭjaʷa      
140 dry word info mema      
141 wet metu      
142 heavy urum      
143 fire kap      
144 to burn word info miɔl      
145 smoke word info miju      
146 ash pɔsnojal      
147 black malelɒ      
148 white miwe      
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      
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      
165 bad, evil piuwaŋa      
166 correct, true mɛsmɛsŭ      
167 night lemelɒ      
168 day lɛŋgiena      
169 year kasia      
170 when? word info poŋgoaj      
171 to hide word info sapulu      
172 to climb word info apwiju      
173 at enene      
174 in, inside laʰuma      
175 above maʷa      
176 below ʷaːsano      
177 this naŋa nani      
178 that nagarnaŋi      
179 near lavis      
180 far pɛrna      
181 where? word info pe      
182 I onu      
183 thou      
184 he/she naŋga      
185 we word info iⁿsa      
185 we word info sata      
186 you kamju      
187 they laːla      
188 what? word info ia      
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      
199 Three word info selu      
200 Four word info ʷaːri      
201 Five word info lima      
202 Six word info orɑj      
203 Seven word info olua      
204 Eight word info aʷɛri      
205 Nine word info avɛri      
206 Ten word info lualima      
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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