Source: SIL (1975)
Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu, 1975.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228444 | Abu' Arapesh | stick (wood) | bʌgil' | |||
| 228445 | Abu' Arapesh | bark (of tree) | nukušʌlih | |||
| 228446 | Abu' Arapesh | seed | nʌlih | same as 'teeth' | ||
| 228447 | Abu' Arapesh | tobacco | soʔɛh | |||
| 228448 | Abu' Arapesh | morning | luhut | |||
| 228449 | Abu' Arapesh | afternoon | uwʌbikin | |||
| 228450 | Abu' Arapesh | arrow | sikʌuin | |||
| 228451 | Abu' Arapesh | night | uwʌb | |||
| 228452 | Abu' Arapesh | yesterday | nebeti | |||
| 228453 | Abu' Arapesh | tomorrow | nʌmʌn | |||
| 228454 | Abu' Arapesh | white | sekewelihisi | |||
| 228455 | Abu' Arapesh | black | ʌliʌlisi | |||
| 228456 | Abu' Arapesh | yellow | ʌtiʌlihisi | |||
| 228457 | Abu' Arapesh | red | oʔɛs'sisi | |||
| 228458 | Abu' Arapesh | green | grinpeleisi | no word for green, refer to anything green as green tree leaves, 'grinpeleisi' an adoptation from English/pidgin | ||
| 228459 | Abu' Arapesh | good | ʌfisi | good thing or person | ||
| 228460 | Abu' Arapesh | bad (deleterious or unsuitable) | numɛhɛlisi | |||
| 228461 | Abu' Arapesh | long | louni | |||
| 228462 | Abu' Arapesh | short | bʌdʌni | short thing | ||
| 228463 | Abu' Arapesh | heavy | numʌnini | heavy thing | ||
| 228464 | Abu' Arapesh | cold (weather) | nikirisiberi | compound word, never singular | ||
| 228465 | Abu' Arapesh | warm/hot | ʌlʌhʌliberi | northern sociolect of Arapesh | ||
| 228466 | Abu' Arapesh | old | dukʌineri | |||
| 228467 | Abu' Arapesh | new | nʌmini | new thing | ||
| 228468 | Abu' Arapesh | many | ʌwɛhisi | many things/people | ||
| 228469 | Abu' Arapesh | warm/hot | unihiberi | southern sociolect of Arapesh | ||
| 228470 | Abu' Arapesh | all (of a number) | ɛšei weleisi | "all these" | ||
| 228471 | Abu' Arapesh | this | ɛne | |||
| 228472 | Abu' Arapesh | that | nɛni | |||
| 228473 | Abu' Arapesh | what? | mɛlɛin | |||
| 228474 | Abu' Arapesh | who? | ɛmi | |||
| 228475 | Abu' Arapesh | when? | nɛbei | |||
| 228476 | Abu' Arapesh | where? | ʌ·numʌ | |||
| 228477 | Abu' Arapesh | wet | ʌbʌlishi | |||
| 228478 | Abu' Arapesh | dry (be dry) | koʔoroushi | |||
| 228479 | Abu' Arapesh | full | ʌsʌh dʌu | "I have eaten enough", no word for 'full' | ||
| 228480 | Abu' Arapesh | not | uʔwaʔɛtin | |||
| 228481 | Abu' Arapesh | three | wɛnis | three things | ||
| 228482 | Abu' Arapesh | four | biɛsʔiʔbiɛs | |||
| 228483 | Abu' Arapesh | five | lʌkɛl wʌʔʌrʔʌkil | "one hand" | ||
| 228484 | Abu' Arapesh | ten | lʌkuh biʌkuh | |||
| 228485 | Abu' Arapesh | yes | oʔuʔɛ | |||
| 228486 | Abu' Arapesh | no, not | uʔwʌ | |||
| 228487 | Abu' Arapesh | to say | ʌnin nʌtʌh | |||
| 228488 | Abu' Arapesh | to hear | nʌmine | |||
| 228489 | Abu' Arapesh | to know (facts) | ni kʌwʌs | |||
| 228490 | Abu' Arapesh | to drink | nʌbʌlʌh | |||
| 228491 | Abu' Arapesh | to sleep | nʌʔish | |||
| 228492 | Abu' Arapesh | to kill | nʌhʌš | |||
| 228493 | Abu' Arapesh | to die | nʌkʌ |