Source: SIL (1975)
Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu, 1975.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228352 | Abu' Arapesh | knee | ʌlhu'ʌb | (egg) | ||
| 228459 | Abu' Arapesh | good | ʌfisi | good thing or person | ||
| 228463 | Abu' Arapesh | heavy | numʌnini | heavy thing | ||
| 228479 | Abu' Arapesh | full | ʌsʌh dʌu | "I have eaten enough", no word for 'full' | ||
| 228468 | Abu' Arapesh | many | ʌwɛhisi | many things/people | ||
| 228467 | Abu' Arapesh | new | nʌmini | new thing | ||
| 228465 | Abu' Arapesh | warm/hot | ʌlʌhʌliberi | northern sociolect of Arapesh | ||
| 228458 | Abu' Arapesh | green | grinpeleisi | no word for green, refer to anything green as green tree leaves, 'grinpeleisi' an adoptation from English/pidgin | ||
| 228351 | Abu' Arapesh | skin | beni'koh | of human/animal | ||
| 228483 | Abu' Arapesh | five | lʌkɛl wʌʔʌrʔʌkil | "one hand" | ||
| 228385 | Abu' Arapesh | to come | ʌnin nʌhʌi | or simply 'nʌhʌi' | ||
| 228345 | Abu' Arapesh | head | bʌrʌkʰa | same as 'hair' | ||
| 228344 | Abu' Arapesh | hair | bʌrʌkʰa | same as 'head' | ||
| 228446 | Abu' Arapesh | seed | nʌlih | same as 'teeth' | ||
| 228462 | Abu' Arapesh | short | bʌdʌni | short thing | ||
| 228469 | Abu' Arapesh | warm/hot | unihiberi | southern sociolect of Arapesh | ||
| 228372 | Abu' Arapesh | sun | uʔwʌh | sunlight | ||
| 228481 | Abu' Arapesh | three | wɛnis | three things | ||
| 228496 | Abu' Arapesh | to swim | nʌʔsiʔrʌʔuh | "wash", no word for "swim" | ||
| 228417 | Abu' Arapesh | brother | sʌrumowe | when refering to one's older brother |