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Language: Namakir

Source/Author:  Sperlich (1991) 
Notes:  Sperlich, W.B. (1991) Namakir: a description of a central Vanuatu language. PhD Thesis, The University of Auckland.


Shepherd Islands, central Vanuatu.
' = glottal stop 
Data Entry:  Typed By: John Lynch  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Vanuatu:(G):Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:(E):Central Vanuatu 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand lima   1  
2 left mo   1  
3 right mati'   5  
4 leg/foot tore- leg    
4 leg/foot lao- foot    
5 to walk daliw   63?  
6 road/path hele|mati'   1  
7 to come mah   1  
7 to come dah      
8 to turn word info bil   15  
9 to swim av   7?  
10 dirty maliŋ      
10 dirty ma'et   2  
11 dust      
12 skin kil   1  
13 back word info tak   12  
13 back word info maŋo-      
14 belly tina'   19, 34  
15 bone siw   2  
16 intestines tina'   1  
16 intestines utotas large intestine    
17 liver nekam      
18 breast na-mumuh   30?  
19 shoulder barau-   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable 'ata'   35  
21 to think mi|dodo   28  
22 to fear matak   1  
23 blood da'   1  
24 head ba'i-   9?  
25 neck no'a-   18  
26 hair word info vili-   31  
27 nose kinih   1  
28 to breathe hovahov   35  
29 to sniff, smell doŋ|'ih doŋ = hear 43  
30 mouth koroŋ   45  
31 tooth bati-   6  
32 tongue mena-   7  
33 to laugh 'ur   49  
34 to cry ear      
34 to cry e'ar      
35 to vomit lua'   8  
36 to spit buvura   35  
37 to eat ŋan   1  
37 to eat ŋinikan   1  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info benin   50?  
40 to drink munum   1  
41 to bite ŋat   1  
42 to suck dom   27  
42 to suck mumuh   11  
43 ear tiliŋa-   1  
44 to hear doŋ   1  
45 eye mata-   1  
46 to see lo'oh   14  
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep matir = lie down 1  
49 to lie down word info matir = sleep 37  
50 to dream matir ebor   10  
51 to sit arah      
52 to stand batok      
52 to stand du|mama   2?  
53 person/human being 'at   4  
54 man/male tama'an   14, 1  
55 woman/female vavin   1, 41  
56 child nati-   5  
57 husband ma'arik      
58 wife vavin = woman 5  
59 mother anu   21?  
59 mother bila-   22  
60 father tama-   1  
61 house im   1  
62 thatch/roof riki'e      
63 name kih   1, 66  
64 to say betoŋ      
65 rope tal   1  
65 rope me'e      
66 to tie up, fasten minih      
66 to tie up, fasten 'ot      
66 to tie up, fasten likot   1, 39  
67 to sew word info dir   13  
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info de'eŋor      
70 to shoot word info vivitim      
71 to stab, pierce ŋetek ram, pierce 8?  
72 to hit word info biha'   29  
72 to hit word info di'it      
73 to steal banak   1  
74 to kill biha' bini'   12, 1  
75 to die, be dead mat   1  
76 to live, be alive ma'ir   1  
77 to scratch word info ŋerah   1  
78 to cut, hack word info da'   1  
79 stick/wood ka   1  
80 to split word info ba'ar   1?  
81 sharp makal   36  
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant lowok   10  
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info so      
87 to swell word info dotom   12?  
88 to squeeze word info bewehek   38?  
88 to squeeze word info bowos   1  
89 to hold word info lik      
90 to dig ŋil   1  
91 to buy be'il   1?  
92 to open, uncover mahav   24?  
93 to pound, beat word info biha'   17?  
94 to throw word info seik      
94 to throw word info bivitu      
94 to throw word info di'it      
95 to fall word info latum      
96 dog kiri   7  
97 bird man   1  
98 egg 'atol   1  
99 feather vili-   1  
100 wing 'ovari-   12  
101 to fly 'ol      
102 rat kahu   3  
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease mut      
105 tail kii-   1?  
106 snake mat   12  
107 worm (earthworm) hilat thread-worm 1, 8  
108 louse word info kit   1  
109 mosquito na|nam   1  
110 spider tutuvavaŋ      
110 spider kalum   30  
111 fish ik   1  
112 rotten word info madan   50  
113 branch word info wahi-      
114 leaf rikit      
115 root kihikah      
115 root pesi-      
116 flower viŋa-   1  
117 fruit we|'eti-   1?  
118 grass kokoh      
119 earth/soil tan   1  
120 stone vat   1  
121 sand 'on   1  
122 water word info ran   1  
123 to flow hal   24  
124 sea tah   1  
125 salt ŋokon      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest miti'an      
128 sky rikiti|laŋ   1  
128 sky malopa   38  
129 moon kibati   29  
130 star maheh   13  
131 cloud word info bakil      
132 fog maw   32  
133 rain 'ih   1  
134 thunder tavah   42  
135 lightning vil   26  
136 wind laŋ   1  
137 to blow word info hu   12?  
138 warm word info dorotor      
139 cold word info miladin   45  
140 dry word info mirito      
140 dry word info ŋaraŋar   29  
141 wet lolov      
142 heavy marah   33  
143 fire kam   19  
144 to burn word info benin ? 11?  
145 smoke word info 'ah   2  
146 ash tororom   27?  
147 black ma'et   1  
148 white bilavil   42  
149 red lulu   52?  
150 yellow milol   44  
151 green ma|malakeh   43, 8  
152 small susum      
153 big daka|lam   10  
154 short word info but   9  
155 long word info birerev   16  
156 thin word info maŋiriŋir      
156 thin word info maniviniv   1  
157 thick word info matol   3  
158 narrow mahal      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick mahak   1  
161 shy, ashamed malier 'shame' 7  
162 old word info mati   1  
163 new bo'o   1  
164 good aboh   65  
165 bad, evil aha'   1  
166 correct, true lo'owoh      
166 correct, true mama      
167 night eboŋ   1  
168 day le'ati      
169 year hikow   44  
170 when? word info naŋa'i   1  
171 to hide word info humak      
171 to hide word info liŋetek   60?  
172 to climb word info bolo   38  
173 at      
174 in, inside li|kim   1?  
175 above ma|hil      
176 below etan   9  
177 this iŋa      
178 that oka   15?  
179 near simiŋ      
180 far epu      
180 far eso   1  
180 far esu   1  
181 where? word info om   3?  
181 where? word info oom   3?  
182 I ke|'ino   1  
183 thou ka|iŋ   1  
184 he/she ke|nini   1  
185 we word info ke|'iŋit incl. 1  
185 we word info ke|'ŋem excl. 2  
186 you kami   13  
187 they ke|niar   1  
188 what? word info heve   1  
189 who? word info keh   1  
190 other (tak)abot   38  
190 other ta'an      
191 all dua      
191 all tamelehi      
192 and ne      
193 if ara   13  
194 how? word info i-be-ah verb, root is be    
195 no, not e   54  
196 to count bulik   13  
197 One word info sikitek   8  
198 Two word info iru   1  
199 Three word info itol   1  
200 Four word info ivat   1  
201 Five word info ilim   1  
202 Six word info lateh      
203 Seven word info laru      
204 Eight word info latol   5, 7  
205 Nine word info lovet   20  
206 Ten word info na-dualim   11  
207 Twenty word info na-dualim iru      
208 Fifty word info na-dualim ilim   4, 3  
209 One Hundred word info na-ponati      
210 One Thousand word info na-man   2  

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