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Language: Niuafo'ou

Resources:

•  Ethnologue Information for num
•  OLAC Information for num
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for nif
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 20 entries

• Source: (Word 83) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:57:17)
• Source: (Word 172) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:56:41)
• Source: (Word 62) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:56:15)
• Source: (Word 66) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:54:58)
• Changed #170300 from "hala", "", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170324 from "tokoto", "", "7", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170332 from "hingoa", "", "6", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170337 from "mo'ui", "", "1, 76", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170339 from "'akau", "?", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170362 from "'uha", "", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170370 from "kulokula", "", "13", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed #170386 from "hongofulu", "", "5", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:53:15)
• Changed "source" from "@article{dye1980a, date = {1980}, title = {The Linguistic Position Of Niuafo'ou}, journal = {Journal of the Polynesian Society}, volume = {89}, pages = {349–358}, author = {Dye, T.S.} }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:47:49)
• Changed #170392 from "tahi", "Loan from Tongan", "1", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:47:49)
• Changed #170368 from "'efu'efu", "Stated in Pollex that this is a borrowed form", "67", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-19 21:47:49)
• Source: Sifa Tu'akalau (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2018-10-26 18:30:37)
• Changed from "tahi", source: Sifa Tu'akalau (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2018-10-26 18:30:19)
• Source: Sifa Tu'akalau (Word 170) - Simon Greenhill (2018-10-26 18:30:05)
• Changed from "lele", source: Kevin Salisbury (Word 164) - Simon Greenhill (2012-11-20 00:38:45)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2010-01-10 21:38:54)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand
2	left	hema		11
3	right	mata'u		5, 13
4	leg/foot	va'e		1, 100
5	to walk
6	road/path	hala	L from Tongan	1	L
7	to come
8	to turn
9	to swim	kakau		5
10	dirty	kelekele	dirt	10
11	dust
12	skin	kili		1
13	back	tu'a		11
14	belly
15	bone
16	intestines
17	liver	'ate		1
18	breast
19	shoulder
20	to know, be knowledgeable	'ilo		13
21	to think
22	to fear	'ilifia	afraid	92
23	blood	toto		4
24	head	nima		1
24	head	'ulu		1
25	neck
26	hair	fulufulu		31
26	hair	fulufulu'i'ulu		31
27	nose
28	to breathe
29	to sniff, smell
30	mouth	ngutu		2
31	tooth	nifo		1
32	tongue	'alelo		15
33	to laugh	kata		7
34	to cry
35	to vomit	lua		8
36	to spit	'a'anu		14, 84, 121
37	to eat	kai		1, 47
38	to chew	lamu		7
39	to cook
40	to drink	inu		1
41	to bite
42	to suck
43	ear	talinga		1
44	to hear	fanongo		1, 59
45	eye	mata	eye, see	1
46	to see
47	to yawn
48	to sleep	moe		10, 109
49	to lie down	tokoto	L from Tongan	7, 10	L
50	to dream
51	to sit	nofo		16
52	to stand	tu'u		2
53	person/human being
54	man/male	tangata		12, 14
55	woman/female	fafine		1, 106
56	child	tama	male child	6
57	husband
58	wife
59	mother	fa'ē		6
60	father
61	house	fale		14
62	thatch/roof	hohoki	L from Tongan		L
63	name	hingoa	L from Tongan	6	L
64	to say	lea	speak	88
65	rope	maea		10
66	to tie up, fasten	ha'i	L from Tongan		L
67	to sew
68	needle
69	to hunt
70	to shoot
71	to stab, pierce
72	to hit	tuki		8
73	to steal
74	to kill
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
76	to live, be alive	mo'ui	L from Tongan	1, 76	L
77	to scratch
78	to cut, hack	tu'usi		17, 10?
79	stick/wood	'akau	L from Tongan	1, 26	L
80	to split
81	sharp	tala	sharp, pointed object
82	dull, blunt
83	to work	ŋāue	L from Tongan		L
84	to plant
85	to choose
86	to grow
87	to swell	pula	swelling	7
88	to squeeze
89	to hold	puke		13
90	to dig
91	to buy
92	to open, uncover
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	tolo		128
95	to fall	tō		14
96	dog	kuli		7
97	bird
98	egg
99	feather
100	wing	kapakau		1, 59
101	to fly
102	rat
103	meat/flesh
104	fat/grease
105	tail	hiku		13
106	snake
107	worm (earthworm)
108	louse	kutu		1
109	mosquito	namu		1
110	spider
111	fish	ika		1
112	rotten	popo		14
113	branch
114	leaf	lau		1
115	root	aka		2
116	flower
117	fruit	fua		1
118	grass
119	earth/soil
120	stone	maka	rock	4
121	sand
122	water	vai		2
123	to flow	tafe		10
124	sea	moana		10
124	sea	tahi	L from Tongan	1	L
124	sea	tai		1
125	salt
126	lake
127	woods/forest
128	sky	langi		1
129	moon
130	star	fetu'u		1
131	cloud	'ao		12
132	fog
133	rain	'uha	L from Tongan	1	L
134	thunder
135	lightning
136	wind	matangi		1, 66
137	to blow
138	warm	māfana		1, 72
139	cold
140	dry	pakupaku	dry, hard	38
141	wet
142	heavy	mamafa		46
143	fire	afi		1
144	to burn
145	smoke
146	ash	'efu'efu	L from Tongan	67	L
147	black	'uli'uli		7
148	white
149	red	kulokula	L from Tongan	13	L
150	yellow	engeenga		10
151	green	lanumata		1, 12
152	small
153	big
154	short
155	long	loaloa		12, 105
156	thin	manifi		1
157	thick	mātolu		3
158	narrow
159	wide
160	painful, sick
161	shy, ashamed
162	old
163	new	fo'ou		1
164	good	lelei		17
165	bad, evil
166	correct, true	totonu		8
167	night	pō		1
168	day
169	year
170	when?	'A fe?
171	to hide
172	to climb	kaka	L from Tongan	32	L
173	at
174	in, inside	loto	inside	5
175	above
176	below
177	this
178	that
179	near
180	far	mama'o	distant	13
181	where?
182	I
183	thou
184	he/she
185	we
186	you
187	they
188	what?	ā	interrogative part.	84
189	who?
190	other
191	all	kātoa		13
192	and
193	if
194	how?	fiha	how many?	x
195	no, not
196	to count
197	One
198	Two
199	Three
200	Four
201	Five
202	Six
203	Seven	fitu		1
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten	hongofulu	L from Tongan	5	L
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.00515)

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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