Language: Abu' Arapesh
Information:
Glottocode:
abua1245
ISO 639:
aah
Sources: SIL (1975)
Classification: Nuclear Torricelli, Kombio-Arapesh-Urat, Arapesh, Mufian-Bukiyip-Abu, Bukiyip-Abu
Map:
Lexicon:
| ID | Word | Entry | Annotation | Loan | Source | Source Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228449 | afternoon | uwʌbikin | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228470 | all (of a number) | ɛšei weleisi | "all these" | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228450 | arrow | sikʌuin | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228367 | ashes | ʌlkʌp | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228434 | axe (stone) | tʌmiɔ | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228408 | baby | bətowɛn | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228394 | back (body part) | nikitʌ | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228460 | bad (deleterious or unsuitable) | numɛhɛlisi | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228431 | banana | ufʌm | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228445 | bark (of tree) | nukušʌlih | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228433 | bean | bin | direct borrowing from pidgin | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228350 | belly | nubul | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228363 | big | dibeni | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228355 | bird | ʌlimil | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228455 | black | ʌliʌlisi | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228400 | blood | usibɛl | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228399 | bone | pisitʌnʌgel | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228406 | boy | nikʌnina | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228371 | breast | numʌb | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228417 | brother | sʌrumowe | when refering to one's older brother | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228421 | cassowary | unʌru | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228410 | chin | wesekil | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228404 | claw | ʌsikʌs | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228375 | cloud | utʌkʌ | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228464 | cold (weather) | nikirisiberi | compound word, never singular | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228356 | dog | nubʌt | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228478 | dry (be dry) | koʔoroushi | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228368 | ear | ɛligʌ | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228439 | earth/soil | 'itʌf | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228381 | egg | ʌlhuʌb | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228348 | eye | ŋʌim | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228392 | fat | nikiris | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228415 | father | ʌiwʌ | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228402 | feather | ʌhʌlihif | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228365 | fire | unih | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228427 | fish | ɛiguh | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228483 | five | lʌkɛl wʌʔʌrʔʌkil | "one hand" | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228423 | flying fox | i'hi'ʌl | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228390 | foot | burʔʌh | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228409 | forehead | ʌmɛkʌ | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228482 | four | biɛsʔiʔbiɛs | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228425 | frog | koʔʌʔrʌkʌ | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228479 | full | ʌsʌh dʌu | "I have eaten enough", no word for 'full' | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228407 | girl | nikʌ'u | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228459 | good | ʌfisi | good thing or person | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228458 | green | grinpeleisi | no word for green, refer to anything green as green tree leaves, 'grinpeleisi' an adoptation from English/pidgin | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228344 | hair | bʌrʌkʰa | same as 'head' | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228389 | hand | lʌgel | SIL (1975) | |||
| 228345 | head | bʌrʌkʰa | same as 'hair' | SIL (1975) | ||
| 228397 | heart | suʔluʔum | SIL (1975) |