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Source: SIL (1975)
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SIL (1975)
Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu, 1975.
Provided Lexicon:
ID
Language
Word
Entry
Source Gloss
Annotation
Loan
228463
Abu' Arapesh
heavy
numʌnini
heavy thing
228462
Abu' Arapesh
short
bʌdʌni
short thing
228461
Abu' Arapesh
long
louni
228460
Abu' Arapesh
bad (deleterious or unsuitable)
numɛhɛlisi
228459
Abu' Arapesh
good
ʌfisi
good thing or person
228458
Abu' Arapesh
green
grinpeleisi
no word for green, refer to anything green as green tree leaves, 'grinpeleisi' an adoptation from English/pidgin
228457
Abu' Arapesh
red
oʔɛs'sisi
228456
Abu' Arapesh
yellow
ʌtiʌlihisi
228455
Abu' Arapesh
black
ʌliʌlisi
228454
Abu' Arapesh
white
sekewelihisi
228453
Abu' Arapesh
tomorrow
nʌmʌn
228452
Abu' Arapesh
yesterday
nebeti
228451
Abu' Arapesh
night
uwʌb
228450
Abu' Arapesh
arrow
sikʌuin
228449
Abu' Arapesh
afternoon
uwʌbikin
228448
Abu' Arapesh
morning
luhut
228447
Abu' Arapesh
tobacco
soʔɛh
228446
Abu' Arapesh
seed
nʌlih
same as 'teeth'
228445
Abu' Arapesh
bark (of tree)
nukušʌlih
228444
Abu' Arapesh
stick (wood)
bʌgil'
228443
Abu' Arapesh
vine
mʌduh
228442
Abu' Arapesh
wind
uʔhin
228441
Abu' Arapesh
mountain
duʔit
228440
Abu' Arapesh
sand
ʌrʔʌtʌ
228439
Abu' Arapesh
earth/soil
'itʌf
228438
Abu' Arapesh
house
ʌul'ʌf
228437
Abu' Arapesh
string bag
usʌk
228436
Abu' Arapesh
spear (N)
wʌbʌ
228435
Abu' Arapesh
knife
ʌlibʌl
228434
Abu' Arapesh
axe (stone)
tʌmiɔ
228433
Abu' Arapesh
bean
bin
direct borrowing from pidgin
228432
Abu' Arapesh
sweet potato
mʌduh
228431
Abu' Arapesh
banana
ufʌm
228430
Abu' Arapesh
sugarcane
buhuna
228429
Abu' Arapesh
yam
wʌʔuin
228428
Abu' Arapesh
taro
nikʌm
228427
Abu' Arapesh
fish
ɛiguh
228426
Abu' Arapesh
snake
uletʌ
228425
Abu' Arapesh
frog
koʔʌʔrʌkʌ
228424
Abu' Arapesh
rat
ʌbitʌ
228423
Abu' Arapesh
flying fox
i'hi'ʌl
228422
Abu' Arapesh
wallaby
ɛhinʌ
228421
Abu' Arapesh
cassowary
unʌru
228420
Abu' Arapesh
pig
bul
228419
Abu' Arapesh
name
ɛigil
228418
Abu' Arapesh
sister
doboi
228417
Abu' Arapesh
brother
sʌrumowe
when refering to one's older brother
228416
Abu' Arapesh
mother
ʌmiʌ
228415
Abu' Arapesh
father
ʌiwʌ
228414
Abu' Arapesh
person
ʌlifɛn
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