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Language: Minaveha

Source/Author:  Schlossberg (2012) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mvn  Glottocode: mina1269 
Notes:  Schlossberg's data come from various sources.
See Schlossberg 2012 for details 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Malcolm Ross  Checked By: Malcolm Ross 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Nuclear:North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux:Are-Taupota:Taupota 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand nima   1, 66  
2 left akeni      
3 right atei   14  
4 leg/foot ae   1  
5 to walk venau      
6 road/path eta(wana)   12  
7 to come omo   1  
8 to turn word info vina   66  
9 to swim ðaðabama      
10 dirty gawagawamina      
11 dust apunava      
12 skin inini   31  
12 skin waga      
13 back word info upu   101  
13 back word info muni   3  
14 belly madi      
15 bone nunu   52  
16 intestines amoamo   30  
17 liver ateate   1  
18 breast nunu   3  
19 shoulder avana   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable anamane      
21 to think nua   30  
22 to fear matauta   1  
23 blood daðaɣi   32  
24 head ununu   1  
25 neck oto      
26 hair word info apana      
27 nose apuni   17  
28 to breathe ðawai   22  
29 to sniff, smell maui      
30 mouth awa   36  
31 tooth niɣo   1  
32 tongue mea   7  
33 to laugh (vi)nepa      
34 to cry tou   8  
35 to vomit ovana   11  
36 to spit iwana   40  
37 to eat ani   1  
37 to eat am   1, 43  
38 to chew word info uta   14  
39 to cook word info itavi   116  
40 to drink nim   1, 34  
41 to bite ɣova   44  
41 to bite uta-vi-avini      
42 to suck nim      
43 ear taniga      
44 to hear nonona   1, 36  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see dueðe      
47 to yawn moava      
48 to sleep dauva   64  
49 to lie down word info dauva      
50 to dream ava   66  
51 to sit manuena      
52 to stand mini   1, 105  
53 person/human being tomotau folk etymology 1, 66  
54 man/male onoto   21  
55 woman/female vavine   1, 106  
56 child natu   5  
57 husband awa   2  
58 wife awa   1  
59 mother ayo   30  
60 father ama   1, 20  
61 house manua   7, 44  
62 thatch/roof      
63 name wava   9  
64 to say vona   20  
65 rope manawa   85  
65 rope yavunai metathesis 19  
66 to tie up, fasten tohoni      
67 to sew word info tona      
68 needle haima   1  
69 to hunt word info vitana      
70 to shoot word info nuta   44  
71 to stab, pierce etonei   32  
72 to hit word info vunu   23  
73 to steal vainau   1, 32  
74 to kill vunua   1  
75 to die, be dead aniga   46  
76 to live, be alive mae   80  
77 to scratch word info kakanoi   1  
78 to cut, hack word info gono      
78 to cut, hack word info guɣani      
79 stick/wood ai   1  
80 to split word info giana      
80 to split word info sisi      
81 sharp gamgamna   49  
82 dull, blunt duduma   25  
83 to work word info paisewa   20  
84 to plant baguna      
85 to choose vi-nua-dadana   43  
86 to grow word info nata   58  
86 to grow word info tabo   11  
87 to swell word info kokoko      
87 to swell word info nonone      
88 to squeeze word info pipi   21  
89 to hold word info avini      
90 to dig gane   10  
91 to buy vimaiei   69  
91 to buy amwane   17  
92 to open, uncover wage      
92 to open, uncover ðavuɣi   76  
92 to open, uncover wae   75  
93 to pound, beat word info tutu   20  
94 to throw word info one      
95 to fall word info peu   25  
96 dog kedewa   18  
97 bird manua   1  
98 egg pou   15  
99 feather daguna   13  
100 wing pape   21  
101 to fly ðaveɣa   44  
102 rat kwekweanu   32  
103 meat/flesh vio   10  
104 fat/grease bina   102  
105 tail ɣiu   1  
106 snake mwata   12  
107 worm (earthworm) mwatamwata   10  
108 louse word info utu   1  
109 mosquito namo-kina   1, 100  
110 spider kakakwa   88  
111 fish vio      
112 rotten word info davuna   78  
113 branch word info      
114 leaf ðawai   17  
115 root wasaina      
116 flower tapatapa      
117 fruit ua   1  
118 grass wetau      
119 earth/soil tanopi   1  
120 stone hanu      
121 sand magama   29  
122 water word info daudau   62  
123 to flow taina      
124 sea hawana   13, 66  
125 salt badabadana      
126 lake navu   46  
127 woods/forest gonuana   118  
127 woods/forest nudana   7, 20  
128 sky wahuma      
129 moon wahava      
130 star wadima   86  
131 cloud word info ðou      
132 fog gawata      
133 rain wei   27  
134 thunder anitana      
134 thunder dududu      
135 lightning vonaina      
136 wind ðahina      
137 to blow word info ive   77  
137 to blow word info vaini   78  
138 warm word info vi-vana   1  
138 warm word info ðaðavina   75  
139 cold word info tutumina      
140 dry word info pwavu   106  
141 wet davuna      
142 heavy vita   19  
143 fire ai   35  
144 to burn word info tunu   1  
144 to burn word info anai   17  
145 smoke word info bawa   23  
146 ash ɣanavu      
146 ash wanau      
147 black nige      
148 white kavi      
149 red ðabena   99  
150 yellow kovukovuna      
151 green ananaui      
152 small kikitu      
153 big anani      
154 short word info kuta      
155 long word info mamanai   12  
156 thin word info avava      
156 thin word info ɣeanina   56  
156 thin word info ðanaðanana   57  
157 thick word info badobadona   18  
158 narrow waðowaðona      
159 wide badobadona      
160 painful, sick viɣa   72  
160 painful, sick kwanaɣa   115  
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info nai      
162 old word info tutuwaina   1  
163 new ðou   1, 26  
164 good aɣi   131  
165 bad, evil goðo   66  
166 correct, true vona      
167 night ioðama      
168 day auðewa      
169 year ponimana   15  
170 when? word info avituta   50  
170 when? word info aveta   50  
171 to hide word info hiva   55  
171 to hide word info maiova      
172 to climb word info      
173 at waðaɣi      
174 in, inside niɣeni   60  
175 above ɣetana   60  
176 below      
177 this ai      
177 this taina      
177 this ai-na      
178 that tau      
179 near awania      
179 near baimi      
180 far mamanaina   93  
180 far enoka      
181 where? word info aveta      
182 I a-   x  
183 thou e-   x  
184 he/she i-   x  
185 we word info a-      
185 we word info ka-      
186 you u-   x  
187 they i-   42  
188 what? word info aviana      
188 what? word info medina      
189 who? word info koiaka      
190 other mani      
191 all habu      
192 and akaka      
192 and ka   1  
192 and e   8  
193 if      
194 how? word info medeina      
195 no, not eha   23  
196 to count iaiavi   67  
197 One word info aitamo   83  
198 Two word info nua   1  
199 Three word info aitonu   1  
200 Four word info na-nau-puni      
201 Five word info nima-papanina   1  
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      

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