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Language: Emplawas

Source/Author:  Taber (1993) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:emw  Glottocode: empl1237 
Notes:  Taber, M. (1993) Toward a better understanding of the indigenous languages of southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics, 32:2, 389-441 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Babar:South:Southwest Babar 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand 'lipe   1, 64  
2 left      
3 right      
4 leg/foot 'lali foot 4  
5 to walk lə'wokəlak      
6 road/path 'asse      
7 to come 'peɛʔ      
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim 'lɛvnun   40  
10 dirty      
11 dust      
12 skin 'tuvijɛʔ   5  
13 back word info      
14 belly 'apəli   2, 57  
15 bone ru'wilijɛʔ   2  
16 intestines      
17 liver 'ukəlijɛʔ   3  
18 breast 'tutijɛʔ   5  
19 shoulder      
20 to know, be knowledgeable 'levri   4  
21 to think      
22 to fear      
23 blood 're:   1, 27  
24 head 'okijɛʔ   4  
25 neck 'kɛsse   4  
26 hair word info 'murkijɛʔ   5?  
27 nose 'itte   4  
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
30 mouth 'lore   2, 4  
31 tooth 'lise   4  
32 tongue 'nupe   12?  
33 to laugh 'lɛmun   5  
34 to cry 'luwɛk      
35 to vomit 'mokɛʔ   14  
36 to spit 'lɛvik   4  
37 to eat 'nun   22  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
40 to drink 'lɛp      
41 to bite 'lillija      
42 to suck      
43 ear 'klise   3?  
44 to hear 'rerɛl   4  
45 eye 'mukle   10  
46 to see 'miɛlla      
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep 'leisil      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream 'poje   2  
51 to sit 'par   5  
52 to stand 'lɛprit   4  
53 person/human being      
54 man/male 'piɛlle   5?  
55 woman/female 'pa:ki   3  
56 child 'une   1, 26  
57 husband      
58 wife 'ume   2  
59 mother 'rile   1, 79  
60 father      
61 house 'immɛʔ   2  
62 thatch/roof      
63 name 'nune   3  
64 to say      
65 rope 'vɛʔ   2  
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info      
73 to steal      
74 to kill 'ləwuli   1  
75 to die, be dead 'muk   17  
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info 'makəli   4  
78 to cut, hack word info      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info      
81 sharp 'mari   3  
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info 'lauvela      
96 dog 'utiɛʔ   3  
97 bird mu'ɲɛlle   4  
98 egg 'kɛllijɛ?   3  
99 feather      
100 wing      
101 to fly 'sem   3  
102 rat 'mɛlloke Mouse / Rat 8  
103 meat/flesh 'itijɛʔ   31  
104 fat/grease 'lɛprol   4  
105 tail 'iririje   3  
106 snake li'likəme   8  
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info 'okije   4  
109 mosquito 'hijɛʔ      
110 spider      
111 fish 'ile   4  
112 rotten word info 'pur   1  
113 branch word info      
114 leaf 'osiɛʔ      
115 root 'wɛlli   4  
116 flower      
117 fruit 'wuiliɛʔ   3  
118 grass 'wevlɛʔ Kunai grass 7  
119 earth/soil 'kale   3  
120 stone wa'kijɛʔ   2  
121 sand 'ilijɛʔ   5  
122 water word info 'veɛʔ   2  
123 to flow      
124 sea 'unor   6?  
125 salt 'toɛʔ   5  
126 lake      
127 woods/forest 'wo:re   4  
128 sky 'lalkijɛʔ   6  
129 moon 'wosɛʔ   1?  
130 star 'kule   3  
131 cloud word info 'rovka   5  
132 fog      
133 rain 'opɛʔ   3?  
134 thunder      
135 lightning      
136 wind 'usiɛʔ      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info 'patti =hot 4  
139 cold word info 'pris   3  
140 dry word info u'tuwvɛʔ Dry    
140 dry word info re'vɛtte to dry 5?  
141 wet      
142 heavy      
143 fire 'ujɛʔ   3  
144 to burn word info 'kuli      
145 smoke word info 'ujo mut'tijɛʔ   6  
146 ash 'uvijɛʔ   2  
147 black pe'kami   1  
148 white 'wori   4  
149 red 'polori      
150 yellow 'plalai   3  
151 green mo'moji   3  
152 small      
153 big      
154 short word info      
155 long word info 'plerli   4  
156 thin word info 'piliti   3, 1  
157 thick word info 'wokəli   5  
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info 'por   4  
163 new war'vieri   4  
164 good 'tʷali   3  
165 bad, evil      
166 correct, true      
167 night 'mɛlle   4  
168 day      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside lo:'rapɛʔ inside    
175 above lo:'ariɛpɛʔ   4  
176 below lo:'koro   4  
177 this 'i   2?  
178 that 'nɛʔ   5?  
179 near or'juri   4  
180 far 'watɛki   5  
181 where? word info 'lo:mo      
182 I 'nu   1?  
183 thou      
184 he/she      
185 we word info 'ik incl. 1  
185 we word info 'am excl. 2  
186 you 'o   2  
187 they      
188 what? word info 'itita   4?  
189 who? word info 'toji   4  
190 other      
191 all ir'pumuti   6  
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info 'numɛʔ   4  
195 no, not 'kar   35  
196 to count      
197 One word info 'mɛt   1, 68  
198 Two word info 'wuru   1, 28  
199 Three word info 'wokɛl   1, 16  
200 Four word info 'ßiɛk   1  
201 Five word info      
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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