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Language: Atoni

Source/Author:  Blust 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:aoz  Glottocode: uabm1237 
Notes:  This list appears to be represent a mixture of the Baikeno, Molo and Amfo'an dialects -ASch

Annotations made on the basis of Owens (2016) by ASch. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Debasish Roy  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Timor:Extra-Ramelaic:West 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand nima-   1, 66  
2 left ʔliʔ   1?  
3 right ʔneʔu   1, 62?  
4 leg/foot h|aɛ-   1, 100  
5 to walk naɔ   1  
6 road/path lalan   1  
7 to come in nɛm      
8 to turn word info ta-teʔun Owens (2016) gives the borrowing -bani for this meaning    
9 to swim tabhaɛʔ      
10 dirty lɛkɛ   1  
11 dust afu   1  
12 skin poʔak      
12 skin pasu      
13 back word info kɔti   37  
14 belly tai   1  
15 bone nui-   2  
16 intestines tai ʔnanaŋ   1  
17 liver ʔatɛ-   1  
18 breast susu   1  
19 shoulder hanu-      
20 to know, be knowledgeable ta|hin [< kila ?]    
21 to think ta|tɛnab      
22 to fear ta|mtau   1  
23 blood naʔ   1  
24 head naka-      
25 neck nɛɔ-   74?  
26 hair word info nafu-      
27 nose pana-   7  
28 to breathe at hɛlak snasak      
29 to sniff, smell ta|skɔk      
30 mouth fɛfa-   1  
31 tooth nisi-   1  
32 tongue maa- < PCEMP *maya; Loss of CEMP y is regular. 7  
33 to laugh ʔat mani   3  
34 to cry ʔat kaɛ      
35 to vomit ʔat lɔʔ   1?  
36 to spit ʔat poolin hopɛ      
37 to eat t|ax      
38 to chew word info atmam   1  
39 to cook word info tahan   2?  
40 to drink t|iun Root is -inu 1  
41 to bite ʔat sauʔ      
42 to suck ʔat muus   6  
42 to suck muis   6  
43 ear lukɛ-   47?  
44 to hear ʔat nɛɛn Unmetathesised root is -nena. 1  
45 eye mata-   1  
46 to see ʔat fua      
46 to see kiɔs      
46 to see t|it   1  
47 to yawn ta|sɛɔʔ      
48 to sleep ʔat tuup   43  
49 to lie down word info ʔat bɔ      
50 to dream tamnauʔ      
50 to dream tamnai      
51 to sit ʔat tɔk      
52 to stand ʔat haɛk      
53 person/human being atoni   1, 79  
54 man/male atoni Means 'person' not male.    
54 man/male mɔnɛ   1  
55 woman/female bifɛl   1  
56 child anax   1  
57 husband mɔnɛ      
58 wife fɛl Shows Amfo'an consonant insertion; regular reflex of PMP *bahi 31  
59 mother ainaʔ   1  
60 father amaʔ   1  
61 house umɛ   1  
62 thatch/roof umɛ pɛnɛn      
63 name kana-   1?  
64 to say mak      
65 rope tani   1  
66 to tie up, fasten ʔat fut   9  
67 to sew word info ʔat sɔʔ   10  
68 needle anɛt      
69 to hunt word info ʔat sɛok      
70 to shoot word info ʔat kɛn      
71 to stab, pierce tapauʔ   7  
72 to hit word info ʔat tɔm      
73 to steal ta|bak      
74 to kill taʔ maɛt   2  
75 to die, be dead ʔat maɛt This a compound, with metathesised form. Unmetathesised root is -mate 1  
76 to live, be alive ʔat moin   1, 76?  
77 to scratch word info ʔat aɔ      
78 to cut, hack word info ʔat oɛt      
79 stick/wood hau   1  
80 to split word info ʔat pɔl      
81 sharp naʔaik      
82 dull, blunt kax naʔaik      
83 to work word info ʔatmeu      
84 to plant ʔat sɛn      
85 to choose ʔat pil   1  
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info anku      
88 to squeeze word info ʔat ap      
88 to squeeze word info ap|mɛs   43  
89 to hold word info ʔat naʔ   101?  
90 to dig ʔat hani      
91 to buy sɔs   31  
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info tapau      
94 to throw word info ʔat polin      
95 to fall word info ʔat mof   1, 106  
96 dog asu   1  
97 bird kɔlɔ also /manu/ ? 77  
98 egg manu tɛkoʔ   1?  
99 feather manu nafu-   1  
100 wing manu ninɛ-      
101 to fly taplɛl      
102 rat ifɔ   1  
103 meat/flesh s|isi   1  
104 fat/grease min   1  
105 tail iku-   1  
106 snake ka|unaʔ   2?  
107 worm (earthworm) itɛ      
108 louse word info hutu   1  
109 mosquito basin      
110 spider lilnaʔo      
111 fish ikaʔ   1  
112 rotten word info pun      
113 branch word info tɔɛ-      
114 leaf nɔʔ   1?  
115 root baʔa-      
116 flower tunaʔ   1?  
117 fruit fua-   1  
118 grass hun      
118 grass maʔu   58  
119 earth/soil afu      
120 stone fatu   1  
121 sand [a]snaɛn      
122 water word info oɛl The final l appears to represent an unetymological element that is regularly appended to vowel final forms in the Baikeno dialect 2  
123 to flow saiʔ      
124 sea tasiʔ   1  
125 salt masiʔ   3, 45  
126 lake nɛfɔ      
127 woods/forest mɛpat      
128 sky nɛnɔ also means 'day' < PMP *qalejaw    
129 moon funan   1  
130 star [a]fkun Owens (2016) gived fkuun for the Molo dialect; he sees this as a regular reflex of PMP *bituqən 1  
131 cloud word info nɔpɛ      
132 fog nipu      
133 rain ulan   1  
134 thunder      
135 lightning limat      
136 wind anin   1  
137 to blow word info ʔat fu   5  
138 warm word info maʔotuʔ      
139 cold word info manikin   1  
140 dry word info mɛtɔ      
141 wet napɛt      
141 wet tapɛt      
142 heavy maʔ fɛnaʔ   1  
143 fire aj   1  
143 fire ai   1  
144 to burn word info ʔat tot      
145 smoke word info m|asuʔ   2  
146 ash afu   1  
147 black mɛtan   1  
148 white mutiʔ   1  
149 red mtasaʔ      
150 yellow mɔlɔʔ   34  
151 green matɛʔ   1  
152 small ananaʔ Reflects PMP *anak 'child'; Owens (2016) gives root as anaʔ; the form given in this list may be a reduplication. 8  
153 big [a]ʔnaɛk      
154 short word info [tuk]tukaʔ      
154 short word info [pal]palaʔ      
155 long word info mnanuʔ   1  
156 thin word info manɛax Owens (2016) gives mainihas for 'thin', representing a regular reflex of PMP *ma-nipis. The form given in this list appears to represent a rough transcription of the phonemic form of Owens (2016) and so is coded as part of cognate set 1. 1  
157 thick word info mafauʔ      
158 narrow maʔlɛl      
159 wide manuan      
160 painful, sick tamɛn      
161 shy, ashamed maɛʔ   1  
162 old word info amnasit This appears to be an affixed form erroneously included here. Owens (2016) gives mnaaʔ 'old' regularly reflecting PMP *daqan meaning 'old (time), long ago'    
163 new feʔu   1  
164 good lɛkɔ      
165 bad, evil leuf      
166 correct, true namnɛɔ      
167 night [an]fai      
168 day nɛnɔ   1  
169 year tɔn   1  
170 when? word info lɛkaʔ      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at bi   20  
174 in, inside nanan   1  
175 above biʔ fafɔn   2  
176 below biʔ pinan      
177 this ija   5  
177 this ʔi   5  
178 that naɛ      
179 near paumakaʔ      
180 far [aʔ]lɔb      
181 where? word info bi mɛ   2  
182 I auʔ   1  
183 thou   1  
184 he/she in      
185 we word info hit   1  
185 we word info hai   1  
186 you hi   11  
187 they sin   1  
188 what? word info saʔ   1  
189 who? word info sɛ|k   1  
190 other bian   2  
191 all ʔalʔal      
191 all ɔkɔkɛʔ      
192 and nɔk   7?  
193 if kalu     L
194 how? word info ɔn mɛ      
195 no, not kax      
195 no, not kafaʔ      
196 to count ʔatsoiʔ      
197 One word info m|ɛsɛʔ   1, 68  
198 Two word info nua   1  
199 Three word info tenu   1  
200 Four word info ha   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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