Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu, 1975.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
|---|
| 228461 | Abu' Arapesh | long | louni | | | |
| 228378 | Abu' Arapesh | root | mʌnduh | | | |
| 228460 | Abu' Arapesh | bad (deleterious or unsuitable) | numɛhɛlisi | | | |
| 228474 | Abu' Arapesh | who? | ɛmi | | | |
| 228478 | Abu' Arapesh | dry (be dry) | koʔoroushi | | | |
| 228473 | Abu' Arapesh | what? | mɛlɛin | | | |
| 228475 | Abu' Arapesh | when? | nɛbei | | | |
| 228472 | Abu' Arapesh | that | nɛni | | | |
| 228476 | Abu' Arapesh | where? | ʌ·numʌ | | | |
| 228484 | Abu' Arapesh | ten | lʌkuh biʌkuh | | | |
| 228485 | Abu' Arapesh | yes | oʔuʔɛ | | | |
| 228486 | Abu' Arapesh | no, not | uʔwʌ | | | |
| 228480 | Abu' Arapesh | not | uʔwaʔɛtin | | | |
| 228509 | Abu' Arapesh | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | əsis biəš | | | |
| 228507 | Abu' Arapesh | we excl. dual (pronoun d:1p, excl, dual) | ʌfʌ biəfʌ | | | |
| 228494 | Abu' Arapesh | to burn (intrans.) | hʌdin | | | |
| 228508 | Abu' Arapesh | you two (pronoun d:2s, dual) | ifʌ biəfʌ | | | |
| 228505 | Abu' Arapesh | thou | ina | | | |
| 228500 | Abu' Arapesh | to catch | nʌbʌhʌlʌn | | | |
| 228490 | Abu' Arapesh | to drink | nʌbʌlʌh | | | |
| 228501 | Abu' Arapesh | to cough | nʌdʌfurukʰʌ | | | |
| 228499 | Abu' Arapesh | to hit | nešerieš | | | |
| 228498 | Abu' Arapesh | to fall (drop rather than topple) | nʌgiri | | | |
| 228492 | Abu' Arapesh | to kill | nʌhʌš | | | |
| 228502 | Abu' Arapesh | to laugh | nidiʌkurih | | | |
| 228489 | Abu' Arapesh | to know (facts) | ni kʌwʌs | | | |
| 228503 | Abu' Arapesh | to dance | niʌlub | | | |
| 228506 | Abu' Arapesh | he, she, it (pronoun d:3s) | ʌʔnin | | | |
| 228491 | Abu' Arapesh | to sleep | nʌʔish | | | |
| 228493 | Abu' Arapesh | to die | nʌkʌ | | | |
| 228488 | Abu' Arapesh | to hear | nʌmine | | | |
| 228497 | Abu' Arapesh | to run | nubulʌwʌ | | | |
| 228408 | Abu' Arapesh | baby | bətowɛn | | | |
| 228388 | Abu' Arapesh | two | biəs | | | |
| 228482 | Abu' Arapesh | four | biɛsʔiʔbiɛs | | | |
| 228376 | Abu' Arapesh | water | ʌbʌl | | | |
| 228477 | Abu' Arapesh | wet | ʌbʌlishi | | | |
| 228390 | Abu' Arapesh | foot | burʔʌh | | | |
| 228363 | Abu' Arapesh | big | dibeni | | | |
| 228504 | Abu' Arapesh | I (pronoun d:1s) | ɛʔi | | | |
| 228349 | Abu' Arapesh | neck | 'ɛlʔhukʌ | | | |
| 228471 | Abu' Arapesh | this | ɛne | | | |
| 228512 | Abu' Arapesh | they (pronoun d:3p) | əsis | | | |
| 228510 | Abu' Arapesh | we excl. plural (pronoun d:1p, excl, plural) | ʌfʌ | | | |
| 228513 | Abu' Arapesh | light | gohelisi | | | |
| 228369 | Abu' Arapesh | tongue | ʌhʌkʌ | | | |
| 228470 | Abu' Arapesh | all (of a number) | ɛšei weleisi | | "all these" | |
| 228495 | Abu' Arapesh | to fly | ledekia | | "bird flies off" | |
| 228464 | Abu' Arapesh | cold (weather) | nikirisiberi | | compound word, never singular | |
| 228433 | Abu' Arapesh | bean | bin | | direct borrowing from pidgin | |
