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Source: SIL (1962)

Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Alekano (Wanima dialect), 1962.

Provided Lexicon:

IDLanguageWordEntrySource GlossAnnotationLoan
234298Alekano (Wanima Dialect)ratgahágeneral word for rodent
234362Alekano (Wanima Dialect)tenligizání lugá lugá asúq igóhands both sides gone
234361Alekano (Wanima Dialect)fiveligizání lugáloká asúq igohands on one side gone
234268Alekano (Wanima Dialect)elbowagizání óqmúrahead joint
234374Alekano (Wanima Dialect)to drinknonavéhe eats
234257Alekano (Wanima Dialect)to givenamivéhe gives to him
234373Alekano (Wanima Dialect)to know (facts)gele neivéhe has heard
234383Alekano (Wanima Dialect)to hitnapilivéhe hits him
234384Alekano (Wanima Dialect)to catchnalivéhe takes, gets
234223Alekano (Wanima Dialect)kneeagísa óqmúvahis leg joint
234315Alekano (Wanima Dialect)mountainagokáhis nose
234283Alekano (Wanima Dialect)chinagepá óqmúramouth joint
234285Alekano (Wanima Dialect)bonezáqmuzánot usually with possessive suffix
234228Alekano (Wanima Dialect)to biteákohúq napilivépain it strikes him
234254Alekano (Wanima Dialect)meat (flesh)izá= pig, the word used for meat
234320Alekano (Wanima Dialect)seedzuhá nétaqplant thing
234229Alekano (Wanima Dialect)to sitnominavépres. progressive used for all verbs
234355Alekano (Wanima Dialect)wetgehá nozivésame as 'cold'
234242Alekano (Wanima Dialect)tooth (front rather than molar)agepásame as "mouth"
234351Alekano (Wanima Dialect)who?eqáhósingular
234348Alekano (Wanima Dialect)thisímanéthis here
234359Alekano (Wanima Dialect)threelósivé makólétwo and another
234360Alekano (Wanima Dialect)fourlósivé lósivétwo and two
234358Alekano (Wanima Dialect)not-amverb suffix
234370Alekano (Wanima Dialect)not-emverb suffix
234339Alekano (Wanima Dialect)cold (weather)geháverb 'to be' follows
234356Alekano (Wanima Dialect)dry (be dry)gunáháqverb 'to be' follows
234357Alekano (Wanima Dialect)fullvaíqverb 'to be' follows
234340Alekano (Wanima Dialect)warm/hotmumusíqverb 'to be' follows