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Language: Marshallese (E. Dialect)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Marshallese
•  Ethnologue Information for mah
•  OLAC Information for mah
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for msh
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 13 entries

• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: m??o/??leo -> m??o??leo (Word 139) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: m??o/??leo -> m??o??leo (Word 139) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: ii?/in -> ii?in (Word 177) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: ii?/in -> ii?in (Word 177) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: e?/e??e -> e?e??e (Word 178) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: e?/e??e -> e?e??e (Word 178) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2021-05-13 00:14:39)
• Source: Richie Reimers (Word 209) - Simon Greenhill (2012-09-20 02:31:33)
• Source: Daniel Matay Ishimira (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2012-09-20 02:31:29)
• Source: Daniel Matay (Word 126) - Simon Greenhill (2012-09-20 02:31:23)
• Changed from "lojet" (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2010-03-05 01:42:24)
• Changed from "lometo" (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2010-03-05 01:42:24)
• Source: Darren (Word 189) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-25 06:02:00)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	pā		8
2	left	anbwijban
3	right	anbwijmaroŋ
4	leg/foot	ne		63
5	to walk	etetal		8
6	road/path	iaļ		1
7	to come	atok		9
8	to turn	jeor
9	to swim	aō		26
10	dirty	ttoon		62
11	dust	būŋal
12	skin	kil		1
13	back	āliki-
14	belly	je		1
15	bone	di		2
16	intestines	ṃajŋal		1, 13
17	liver	aj		1
18	breast	ittūt		1
19	shoulder	aerā		1
20	to know, be knowledgeable	jeļā		35
21	to think	ļōmņak
22	to fear	mijak		1
23	blood	da		1
24	head	pet
25	neck	kōnwa
26	hair	kooļ		25
27	nose	boti		1, 12
28	to breathe	menono		1
29	to sniff, smell	kōnāmnām
30	mouth	loŋi
31	tooth	ŋi		30
32	tongue	lo		18
33	to laugh	lelejkakkak		9, 11
34	to cry	jaŋ		1
35	to vomit	mōṃōj		1
36	to spit	iadatōltōl
37	to eat	kaikai		1, 44
38	to chew	meme		1, 28
39	to cook	kōmat		19, 82
40	to drink	idaak
40	to drink	inim		1, 59
41	to bite	kkij		9
42	to suck	ninnin		87
43	ear	lo|jilŋi		1
44	to hear	roŋ		1
45	eye	māj		1
46	to see	lale
47	to yawn	mebbōļa
48	to sleep	mājur		1
49	to lie down	eļļok
50	to dream	ttōņak		9
51	to sit	jijet		143
52	to stand	ju|tak		2
53	person/human being	armej		67, 70
54	man/male	ṃṃaan		1
55	woman/female	kōrā
56	child	ajri		7, 84
57	husband	pālee-		16
58	wife	pālee-		10
59	mother	jine-		1
60	father	jema-		1
61	house	eṃ		1, 48
62	thatch/roof	āj		1
63	name	āt		1, 18
64	to say	ba		13
65	rope	to
66	to tie up, fasten	kōbobo
67	to sew	keke
68	needle	iie
69	to hunt
70	to shoot	lippoņ
71	to stab, pierce	bwiār
72	to hit	ṃanṃan
73	to steal	koot		24
74	to kill	ṃanṃan		90
75	to die, be dead	mej		1
76	to live, be alive	mour		1, 76
77	to scratch	jukkwe
78	to cut, hack	jepak		19
78	to cut, hack	jekjek
79	stick/wood	aļaļ
80	to split	bōrrā
81	sharp	kkaŋ		14, 68
82	dull, blunt	bwijil
83	to work	jerbal		37
84	to plant	kallib
85	to choose	jedkā
86	to grow	dedek		49
87	to swell	bōbok
88	to squeeze	kkeeņ[e]
89	to hold	kukuul
90	to dig	kōb
91	to buy	wia		55
92	to open, uncover	erļok
93	to pound, beat	nin
93	to pound, beat	jukjuk		20, 2
94	to throw	kadkad		14
95	to fall	buŋ		15
96	dog	kidu		7
97	bird	bao
98	egg	lep		82
99	feather	kooļ	(=hair)
100	wing	p̄a	(=hand/arm)	7
101	to fly	kā-
102	rat	kijdik	'mouse; < 'rat' + 'little'	16, 66
103	meat/flesh	kanniōk
104	fat/grease	kūriij			L
105	tail	ļokwa-
106	snake	jabōn			L
107	worm (earthworm)	ṃajkadāl		10
108	louse	kij		1
109	mosquito	jokwajok
110	spider	kadeoeo
111	fish	ek		1
112	rotten	kōt
113	branch	ra		1
114	leaf	bōlōk
115	root	okar		2
116	flower	ut		63
117	fruit	kwōle
118	grass	wūjooj		93
119	earth/soil	bwidej		87
120	stone	dekā
121	sand	bok		13
122	water	dān		1
123	to flow	eooļ
124	sea	lojet		1
124	sea	lometo	"at sea"
125	salt	jooļ			L
126	lake	dreba
127	woods/forest	buļōn mar	(=middle of the woods)
128	sky	laŋ		1
129	moon	allōŋ		62
130	star	iju		1
131	cloud	kōdo		15
132	fog	tab
133	rain	wōt		1
134	thunder	jourur		97
135	lightning	jarom		23
136	wind	aŋ		1
137	to blow	uuk		15
138	warm	māāņāņ		1, 72
139	cold	mōļoṃōleo
140	dry	jejjat
141	wet	ņok
142	heavy	ddo		9
143	fire	kijeek		42
144	to burn	ttil
145	smoke	baat
145	smoke	atiti		2
146	ash	melkwaarar
147	black	ditōb
148	white	mouj		96
149	red	būrōrō		96
150	yellow	ialo			L
151	green	kūriin			L
152	small	dik	irregular *s > d for expected **t	81
153	big	ļap		10
154	short	kadu
155	long	aetok
156	thin	māni		1
157	thick	mijel		3
158	narrow	ainiŋ
159	wide	depakpak		11
160	painful, sick	metak		1
161	shy, ashamed	abje
162	old	rūtto
163	new	kāāl		52
164	good	ṃṃan
165	bad, evil	nana		81
166	correct, true	jejjet
167	night	boŋ		1
168	day	raan		6
169	year	iiō			L
170	when?	ŋe		1, 24
171	to hide	kaattilōklōk
172	to climb	wanlōŋ
173	at	i		1
174	in, inside	ilo		1
175	above	lōŋ
175	above	ioo		2
176	below	laļ		8
177	this	iiōin
178	that	eņeŋņe		1
179	near	epaak
180	far	leelle
181	where?	ewi
182	I	ŋa		12
183	thou	eok		1
184	he/she	e		1
185	we	kōj		1
185	we	kōm		2
186	you	koṃ		1
187	they	er		1, 70
188	what?	ta		1, 52
189	who?	wōn		45
190	other	bar jet
191	all	aolep		72
192	and	im		11
193	if	eļaŋŋe		66
194	how?	ia		12?
195	no, not	jab
196	to count	bōnbōn		28
197	One	juon
198	Two	ruo		1
199	Three	jilu		1
200	Four	emān
201	Five	lalem		1
202	Six
203	Seven
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred	jipuki		20, 36
210	One Thousand

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.00920)

Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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