Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu, 1975.

Provided Lexicon:

IDLanguageWordEntrySource GlossAnnotationLoan
228444Abu' Arapeshstick (wood)bʌgil'
228445Abu' Arapeshbark (of tree)nukušʌlih
228446Abu' Arapeshseednʌlihsame as 'teeth'
228447Abu' Arapeshtobaccosoʔɛh
228448Abu' Arapeshmorningluhut
228449Abu' Arapeshafternoonuwʌbikin
228450Abu' Arapesharrowsikʌuin
228451Abu' Arapeshnightuwʌb
228452Abu' Arapeshyesterdaynebeti
228453Abu' Arapeshtomorrownʌmʌn
228454Abu' Arapeshwhitesekewelihisi
228455Abu' Arapeshblackʌliʌlisi
228456Abu' Arapeshyellowʌtiʌlihisi
228457Abu' Arapeshredoʔɛs'sisi
228458Abu' Arapeshgreengrinpeleisino word for green, refer to anything green as green tree leaves, 'grinpeleisi' an adoptation from English/pidgin
228459Abu' Arapeshgoodʌfisigood thing or person
228460Abu' Arapeshbad (deleterious or unsuitable)numɛhɛlisi
228461Abu' Arapeshlonglouni
228462Abu' Arapeshshortbʌdʌnishort thing
228463Abu' Arapeshheavynumʌniniheavy thing
228464Abu' Arapeshcold (weather)nikirisibericompound word, never singular
228465Abu' Arapeshwarm/hotʌlʌhʌliberinorthern sociolect of Arapesh
228466Abu' Arapesholddukʌineri
228467Abu' Arapeshnewnʌmininew thing
228468Abu' Arapeshmanyʌwɛhisimany things/people
228469Abu' Arapeshwarm/hotunihiberisouthern sociolect of Arapesh
228470Abu' Arapeshall (of a number)ɛšei weleisi"all these"
228471Abu' Arapeshthisɛne
228472Abu' Arapeshthatnɛni
228473Abu' Arapeshwhat?mɛlɛin
228474Abu' Arapeshwho?ɛmi
228475Abu' Arapeshwhen?nɛbei
228476Abu' Arapeshwhere?ʌ·numʌ
228477Abu' Arapeshwetʌbʌlishi
228478Abu' Arapeshdry (be dry)koʔoroushi
228479Abu' Arapeshfullʌsʌh dʌu"I have eaten enough", no word for 'full'
228480Abu' Arapeshnotuʔwaʔɛtin
228481Abu' Arapeshthreewɛnisthree things
228482Abu' Arapeshfourbiɛsʔiʔbiɛs
228483Abu' Arapeshfivelʌkɛl wʌʔʌrʔʌkil"one hand"
228484Abu' Arapeshtenlʌkuh biʌkuh
228485Abu' Arapeshyesoʔuʔɛ
228486Abu' Arapeshno, notuʔwʌ
228487Abu' Arapeshto sayʌnin nʌtʌh
228488Abu' Arapeshto hearnʌmine
228489Abu' Arapeshto know (facts)ni kʌwʌs
228490Abu' Arapeshto drinknʌbʌlʌh
228491Abu' Arapeshto sleepnʌʔish
228492Abu' Arapeshto killnʌhʌš
228493Abu' Arapeshto dienʌkʌ