Source: SIL (1975)
Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu, 1975.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228417 | Abu' Arapesh | brother | sʌrumowe | when refering to one's older brother | ||
| 228496 | Abu' Arapesh | to swim | nʌʔsiʔrʌʔuh | "wash", no word for "swim" | ||
| 228481 | Abu' Arapesh | three | wɛnis | three things | ||
| 228372 | Abu' Arapesh | sun | uʔwʌh | sunlight | ||
| 228469 | Abu' Arapesh | warm/hot | unihiberi | southern sociolect of Arapesh | ||
| 228462 | Abu' Arapesh | short | bʌdʌni | short thing | ||
| 228446 | Abu' Arapesh | seed | nʌlih | same as 'teeth' | ||
| 228344 | Abu' Arapesh | hair | bʌrʌkʰa | same as 'head' | ||
| 228345 | Abu' Arapesh | head | bʌrʌkʰa | same as 'hair' | ||
| 228385 | Abu' Arapesh | to come | ʌnin nʌhʌi | or simply 'nʌhʌi' | ||
| 228483 | Abu' Arapesh | five | lʌkɛl wʌʔʌrʔʌkil | "one hand" | ||
| 228351 | Abu' Arapesh | skin | beni'koh | of human/animal | ||
| 228458 | Abu' Arapesh | green | grinpeleisi | no word for green, refer to anything green as green tree leaves, 'grinpeleisi' an adoptation from English/pidgin | ||
| 228465 | Abu' Arapesh | warm/hot | ʌlʌhʌliberi | northern sociolect of Arapesh | ||
| 228467 | Abu' Arapesh | new | nʌmini | new thing | ||
| 228468 | Abu' Arapesh | many | ʌwɛhisi | many things/people | ||
| 228479 | Abu' Arapesh | full | ʌsʌh dʌu | "I have eaten enough", no word for 'full' | ||
| 228463 | Abu' Arapesh | heavy | numʌnini | heavy thing | ||
| 228459 | Abu' Arapesh | good | ʌfisi | good thing or person | ||
| 228352 | Abu' Arapesh | knee | ʌlhu'ʌb | (egg) | ||
| 228433 | Abu' Arapesh | bean | bin | direct borrowing from pidgin | ||
| 228464 | Abu' Arapesh | cold (weather) | nikirisiberi | compound word, never singular | ||
| 228495 | Abu' Arapesh | to fly | ledekia | "bird flies off" | ||
| 228470 | Abu' Arapesh | all (of a number) | ɛšei weleisi | "all these" | ||
| 228382 | Abu' Arapesh | to eat | 'nʌsʌh | |||
| 228399 | Abu' Arapesh | bone | pisitʌnʌgel | |||
| 228407 | Abu' Arapesh | girl | nikʌ'u | |||
| 228365 | Abu' Arapesh | fire | unih | |||
| 228404 | Abu' Arapesh | claw | ʌsikʌs | |||
| 228397 | Abu' Arapesh | heart | suʔluʔum | |||
| 228406 | Abu' Arapesh | boy | nikʌnina | |||
| 228409 | Abu' Arapesh | forehead | ʌmɛkʌ | |||
| 228380 | Abu' Arapesh | meat (flesh) | mʌhin | |||
| 228402 | Abu' Arapesh | feather | ʌhʌlihif | |||
| 228405 | Abu' Arapesh | tail | ʌduf | |||
| 228377 | Abu' Arapesh | tree | lʌ·wʌk | |||
| 228364 | Abu' Arapesh | small | soʔsoʔwni | |||
| 228360 | Abu' Arapesh | to walk | nʌlʌ | |||
| 228411 | Abu' Arapesh | leg | burʔah | |||
| 228419 | Abu' Arapesh | name | ɛigil | |||
| 228403 | Abu' Arapesh | wing | ʌburaf | |||
| 228373 | Abu' Arapesh | moon | 'ʌ'un | |||
| 228422 | Abu' Arapesh | wallaby | ɛhinʌ | |||
| 228427 | Abu' Arapesh | fish | ɛiguh | |||
| 228423 | Abu' Arapesh | flying fox | i'hi'ʌl | |||
| 228439 | Abu' Arapesh | earth/soil | 'itʌf | |||
| 228415 | Abu' Arapesh | father | ʌiwʌ | |||
| 228425 | Abu' Arapesh | frog | koʔʌʔrʌkʌ | |||
| 228435 | Abu' Arapesh | knife | ʌlibʌl | |||
| 228413 | Abu' Arapesh | old woman | dukʌui |