Language: Nalik
| Source/Author: | Lindström fieldnotes | |
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| Notes: | Vocab collected in Lugagun village from Wolter Sizia, Agnes Bolai Tolivai, and Gregory Soles, and others in 2004. | |
| Problems: | Maybe ask Craig Volker to have a look? He's worked on Nalik for quite a long time. | |
| Data Entry: | Typed By: Eva Lindström Checked By: | |
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| Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:Lavongai-Nalik | |
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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Nalik
Ethnologue Information for nal
OLAC Information for nal
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for nal
See alternate entry for this language.-
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| ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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| 1 | hand | mit | 24 | ||
| 2 | left | lakawa | 'to your left' | ||
| 3 | right | ləpəl | 'to your right' | ||
| 4 | leg/foot | aɣak | 1 | ||
| 5 | to walk | zəŋəs | 31 | ||
| 6 | road/path | ləlen | 1 | ||
| 7 | to come | lawus | |||
| 8 | to turn
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| 9 | to swim | kaiok | also 'float' | ||
| 10 | dirty |
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| 11 | dust |
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| 12 | skin | awinpin | ('your skin': awinum; num=2sgPOSS) | 28 | |
| 12 | skin | awen | 28 | ||
| 13 | back
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| 14 | belly | aɣu | |||
| 15 | bone | ruan | humans | 10 | |
| 15 | bone | arun | animals and fish etc. | 1 | |
| 16 | intestines | bilau | 37 | ||
| 17 | liver | iat | 1 | ||
| 18 | breast | zus | 1 | ||
| 19 | shoulder |
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| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable |
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| 21 | to think |
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| 22 | to fear |
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| 23 | blood |
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| 24 | head | awat | 9 | ||
| 25 | neck |
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| 26 | hair
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(a)vur | 41 | ||
| 27 | nose | is | 1 | ||
| 28 | to breathe |
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| 29 | to sniff, smell |
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| 30 | mouth | bəlam | 51 | ||
| 31 | tooth | ləvam | or 1? | 22 | |
| 32 | tongue |
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| 33 | to laugh |
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| 34 | to cry | raŋas | 1 | ||
| 35 | to vomit |
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| 36 | to spit | kanis | 14 | ||
| 37 | to eat | fəŋən | 1, 14 | ||
| 38 | to chew
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zəm | 21 | ||
| 39 | to cook
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| 40 | to drink | imen | 1 | ||
| 41 | to bite | kərət | 1 | ||
| 42 | to suck | zus | baby suckling | 25 | |
| 42 | to suck | səŋ | |||
| 43 | ear | laŋam | |||
| 44 | to hear | ləŋər | also 'obey'. 'Listen': lEngErEn | 1, 36 | |
| 45 | eye | maram | 1 | ||
| 46 | to see | tamən | itr: ramai (=tamai) | ||
| 46 | to see | tain | |||
| 46 | to see | tamai | |||
| 47 | to yawn | mauf | 1 | ||
| 48 | to sleep | milaif | =lie down | 45 | |
| 49 | to lie down
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milaif | =sleep | ||
| 50 | to dream |
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| 51 | to sit | izi | |||
| 52 | to stand | iru | 2 | ||
| 53 | person/human being |
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| 54 | man/male | arəte | also 'husband' | ||
| 55 | woman/female | aravin | also 'wife' | 1, 41 | |
| 56 | child | nəlik | |||
| 57 | husband |
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| 58 | wife |
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| 59 | mother | nana | 1, 5 | ||
| 60 | father | tete | 23 | ||
| 61 | house | val | 14 | ||
| 62 | thatch/roof | vataval | head of house | 40 | |
| 62 | thatch/roof | aias | rafter | ||
| 63 | name |
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| 64 | to say | dodor | |||
| 65 | rope | iarus | also 'lianna' etc | 2 | |
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | pei | fasten with rope as in making fence | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | soɣo | fasten with strips as when fastening thatch rows for roof | ||
| 67 | to sew
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sok | no clothes traditionally..., used for making thatch rows for roof (sharp rattan(?) threaded up and down)' (cf 'pierce') | 56 | |
| 68 | needle |
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| 69 | to hunt
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| 70 | to shoot
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pawoi | throw spear (no bows and arrows in New Ireland) | ||
| 71 | to stab, pierce | woi | hold and stab with spear | 60 | |
| 71 | to stab, pierce | sok | pierce, sow | 60 | |
| 72 | to hit
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sak | zop given for hitting dog (implement not quite clear) | ||
| 72 | to hit
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zop | sak for hitting child or dog (implement not quite clear) | 62 | |
| 73 | to steal | vinau | 1, 32 | ||
| 74 | to kill |
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| 75 | to die, be dead | mat | 1 | ||
| 76 | to live, be alive |
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| 77 | to scratch
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| 78 | to cut, hack
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rarai | for firewood, banana stock etc.; 'cut off branch' wor; 'cut a pig': ftok | 1 | |
| 79 | stick/wood | aiəi | (?) there is also iazu for digging stick and bale ('spear') for husking coconuts | 1 | |
| 80 | to split
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| 80 | to split
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dar | specifically for bamboo | ||
| 80 | to split
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zaxal | split of firewood | ||
| 80 | to split
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tok paxal | to halve of food, betelnut, coconut | 13 | |
| 81 | sharp |
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| 82 | dull, blunt |
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| 83 | to work
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| 84 | to plant | fəzu | 6 | ||
| 84 | to plant | vazu | 6 | ||
| 85 | to choose |
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| 86 | to grow
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| 87 | to swell
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wof | not sure of abcess, also 'growing' | 41 | |
| 88 | to squeeze
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pot | ? of wet clothing? | 31 | |
| 89 | to hold
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| 90 | to dig | zuat | 21 | ||
| 91 | to buy |
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| 92 | to open, uncover |
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| 93 | to pound, beat
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pnes | as in pounding octopus | ||
| 94 | to throw
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| 95 | to fall
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| 96 | dog | awiu | ?aviu | 46 | |
| 97 | bird | mani | 1 | ||
| 98 | egg |
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| 99 | feather | vura mani | (bird hair) | 1 | |
| 100 | wing | bibinə | 34 | ||
| 101 | to fly | ləf | 50 | ||
| 102 | rat | əskif | 36 | ||
| 103 | meat/flesh |
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| 104 | fat/grease |
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| 105 | tail | (a)zum | 36 | ||
| 106 | snake | amurə | 12 | ||
| 107 | worm (earthworm) |
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| 108 | louse
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auriŋ | Engut/EngEt first given but withdrawn | 15 | |
| 109 | mosquito | anamu | 1 | ||
| 110 | spider |
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| 111 | fish | ien | 1 | ||
| 112 | rotten
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| 113 | branch
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| 114 | leaf |
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| 115 | root | aɣətkədər | |||
| 116 | flower |
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| 117 | fruit |
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| 118 | grass |
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| 119 | earth/soil | pirə | also 'land' | 44 | |
| 120 | stone | avat | 1 | ||
| 121 | sand | aɣon | 1 | ||
| 122 | water
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danim | 'drinking water; river' | 1 | |
| 123 | to flow |
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| 124 | sea | ras | 1 | ||
| 125 | salt | rəs maɣəs | (cf 'sea') | 20 | |
| 126 | lake |
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| 127 | woods/forest | ləurən | bush in general | 45 | |
| 127 | woods/forest | bual | unused, untended, wild bush | ||
| 128 | sky |
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| 129 | moon | flen | |||
| 130 | star | awətpəda | 23 | ||
| 131 | cloud
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bərə | (not clear what type) | 17 | |
| 132 | fog |
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| 133 | rain | davur | 24 | ||
| 134 | thunder | embərak | 51 | ||
| 135 | lightning | wilak | 2 | ||
| 136 | wind | maliu | 34 | ||
| 136 | wind | raraif | |||
| 137 | to blow
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| 138 | warm
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ləgəf | at least of water | 44 | |
| 139 | cold
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mindawət | (not clear of what) | ||
| 140 | dry
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məgələ | (not clear of what) | 31 | |
| 141 | wet | midaus | |||
| 142 | heavy |
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| 143 | fire | auvərə | |||
| 144 | to burn
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| 145 | smoke
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ambun | (noun) | 40 | |
| 146 | ash | mimbərət | |||
| 147 | black | maɣit | 37 | ||
| 148 | white | aɣofkof | 38 | ||
| 149 | red | memek | 1 | ||
| 150 | yellow | ɣiɣis | 39 | ||
| 151 | green |
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| 152 | small | kəmumut | |||
| 152 | small | nət | |||
| 153 | big | ləpuk | 10 | ||
| 153 | big | ləbe | 10 | ||
| 154 | short
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| 155 | long
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| 156 | thin
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| 157 | thick
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| 158 | narrow |
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| 159 | wide |
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| 160 | painful, sick | gis | |||
| 160 | painful, sick | vəgis | |||
| 161 | shy, ashamed |
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| 162 | old
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bəiək | 'old man or woman' but likely attributive too; 'old' of things: mumuE | ||
| 163 | new | vaɣur | also 'young' | 26 | |
| 164 | good | dəɣo | |||
| 165 | bad, evil | raksat | 23 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | rəksət | 23 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | rakset | 23 | ||
| 166 | correct, true | mase | |||
| 167 | night | ləbuŋ | |||
| 167 | night | suk | 39 | ||
| 168 | day | ləvanas | 38 | ||
| 169 | year |
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| 170 | when?
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leseŋ | 21 | ||
| 171 | to hide
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| 172 | to climb
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| 173 | at |
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| 174 | in, inside | ləməkəna | 'inside' | ||
| 175 | above | laɣor | on, over | ||
| 176 | below | awanə | |||
| 176 | below | lawanə | |||
| 177 | this |
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| 178 | that |
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| 179 | near | ləparə | 61 | ||
| 180 | far |
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| 181 | where?
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| 182 | I | ni | ni=independent form. subj: ga | ||
| 183 | thou | nu | subj: gu | ||
| 184 | he/she | nan | subj: ka/xa | 14 | |
| 185 | we
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di | 9 | ||
| 185 | we
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mam | 1 | ||
| 186 | you | nim | 12 | ||
| 186 | you | numtal | |||
| 186 | you | nagu | subj | ||
| 187 | they | nande | subj: di | 25 | |
| 188 | what?
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| 189 | who?
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nəs | 1 | ||
| 190 | other |
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| 191 | all |
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| 192 | and |
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| 193 | if |
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| 194 | how?
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| 195 | no, not | awət | possibly negative existential; kawEt='no, nothing' | ||
| 196 | to count |
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| 197 | One
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| 198 | Two
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uru | 1 | ||
| 199 | Three
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orol | 1 | ||
| 200 | Four
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oroləvat | 1 | ||
| 201 | Five
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| 202 | Six
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| 203 | Seven
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| 204 | Eight
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| 205 | Nine
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| 206 | Ten
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| 207 | Twenty
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| 208 | Fifty
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| 209 | One Hundred
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| 210 | One Thousand
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