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Source: SIL (1975)

Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu, 1975.

Provided Lexicon:

IDLanguageWordEntrySource GlossAnnotationLoan
228350Abu' Arapeshbellynubul
228357Abu' Arapeshto bitenubʌt tʌhʌna
228356Abu' Arapeshdognubʌt
228384Abu' Arapeshto seenʌtiris
228496Abu' Arapeshto swimnʌʔsiʔrʌʔuh"wash", no word for "swim"
228382Abu' Arapeshto eat'nʌsʌh
228453Abu' Arapeshtomorrownʌmʌn
228467Abu' Arapeshnewnʌmininew thing
228488Abu' Arapeshto hearnʌmine
228370Abu' Arapeshtooth (front rather than molar)nʌluh
228446Abu' Arapeshseednʌlihsame as 'teeth'
228360Abu' Arapeshto walknʌlʌ
228493Abu' Arapeshto dienʌkʌ
228393Abu' Arapeshto standnʌiɨuhʔiluh
228491Abu' Arapeshto sleepnʌʔish
228359Abu' Arapeshto lie downnʌiš
228487Abu' Arapeshto sayʌnin nʌtʌh
228385Abu' Arapeshto comeʌnin nʌhʌior simply 'nʌhʌi'
228506Abu' Arapeshhe, she, it (pronoun d:3s)ʌʔnin
228503Abu' Arapeshto danceniʌlub
228489Abu' Arapeshto know (facts)ni kʌwʌs
228407Abu' Arapeshgirlnikʌ'u
228406Abu' Arapeshboynikʌnina
228428Abu' Arapeshtaronikʌm
228394Abu' Arapeshback (body part)nikitʌ
228464Abu' Arapeshcold (weather)nikirisibericompound word, never singular
228392Abu' Arapeshfatnikiris
228502Abu' Arapeshto laughnidiʌkurih
228492Abu' Arapeshto killnʌhʌš
228498Abu' Arapeshto fall (drop rather than topple)nʌgiri
228348Abu' Arapesheyeŋʌim
228358Abu' Arapeshto sitnʌfʌn itʌf
228499Abu' Arapeshto hitnešerieš
228383Abu' Arapeshto givenešɛʔiwe
228472Abu' Arapeshthatnɛni
228452Abu' Arapeshyesterdaynebeti
228475Abu' Arapeshwhen?nɛbei
228501Abu' Arapeshto coughnʌdʌfurukʰʌ
228490Abu' Arapeshto drinknʌbʌlʌh
228500Abu' Arapeshto catchnʌbʌhʌlʌn
228347Abu' Arapeshnosemutu
228401Abu' Arapeshhornmʌribilih
228346Abu' Arapeshmouthmʌrɛkⁱl
228378Abu' Arapeshrootmʌnduh
228416Abu' Arapeshmotherʌmiʌ
228380Abu' Arapeshmeat (flesh)mʌhin
228473Abu' Arapeshwhat?mɛlɛin
228409Abu' Arapeshforeheadʌmɛkʌ
228443Abu' Arapeshvinemʌduh
228432Abu' Arapeshsweet potatomʌduh