Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu, 1975.
ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
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228417 | Abu' Arapesh | brother | sʌrumowe | when refering to one's older brother | ||
228496 | Abu' Arapesh | to swim | nʌʔsiʔrʌʔuh | "wash", no word for "swim" | ||
228481 | Abu' Arapesh | three | wɛnis | three things | ||
228372 | Abu' Arapesh | sun | uʔwʌh | sunlight | ||
228469 | Abu' Arapesh | warm/hot | unihiberi | southern sociolect of Arapesh | ||
228462 | Abu' Arapesh | short | bʌdʌni | short thing | ||
228446 | Abu' Arapesh | seed | nʌlih | same as 'teeth' | ||
228344 | Abu' Arapesh | hair | bʌrʌkʰa | same as 'head' | ||
228345 | Abu' Arapesh | head | bʌrʌkʰa | same as 'hair' | ||
228385 | Abu' Arapesh | to come | ʌnin nʌhʌi | or simply 'nʌhʌi' | ||
228483 | Abu' Arapesh | five | lʌkɛl wʌʔʌrʔʌkil | "one hand" | ||
228351 | Abu' Arapesh | skin | beni'koh | of human/animal | ||
228458 | Abu' Arapesh | green | grinpeleisi | no word for green, refer to anything green as green tree leaves, 'grinpeleisi' an adoptation from English/pidgin | ||
228465 | Abu' Arapesh | warm/hot | ʌlʌhʌliberi | northern sociolect of Arapesh | ||
228467 | Abu' Arapesh | new | nʌmini | new thing | ||
228468 | Abu' Arapesh | many | ʌwɛhisi | many things/people | ||
228479 | Abu' Arapesh | full | ʌsʌh dʌu | "I have eaten enough", no word for 'full' | ||
228463 | Abu' Arapesh | heavy | numʌnini | heavy thing | ||
228459 | Abu' Arapesh | good | ʌfisi | good thing or person | ||
228352 | Abu' Arapesh | knee | ʌlhu'ʌb | (egg) | ||
228433 | Abu' Arapesh | bean | bin | direct borrowing from pidgin | ||
228464 | Abu' Arapesh | cold (weather) | nikirisiberi | compound word, never singular | ||
228495 | Abu' Arapesh | to fly | ledekia | "bird flies off" | ||
228470 | Abu' Arapesh | all (of a number) | ɛšei weleisi | "all these" | ||
228382 | Abu' Arapesh | to eat | 'nʌsʌh | |||
228399 | Abu' Arapesh | bone | pisitʌnʌgel | |||
228407 | Abu' Arapesh | girl | nikʌ'u | |||
228365 | Abu' Arapesh | fire | unih | |||
228404 | Abu' Arapesh | claw | ʌsikʌs | |||
228397 | Abu' Arapesh | heart | suʔluʔum | |||
228406 | Abu' Arapesh | boy | nikʌnina | |||
228409 | Abu' Arapesh | forehead | ʌmɛkʌ | |||
228380 | Abu' Arapesh | meat (flesh) | mʌhin | |||
228402 | Abu' Arapesh | feather | ʌhʌlihif | |||
228405 | Abu' Arapesh | tail | ʌduf | |||
228377 | Abu' Arapesh | tree | lʌ·wʌk | |||
228364 | Abu' Arapesh | small | soʔsoʔwni | |||
228360 | Abu' Arapesh | to walk | nʌlʌ | |||
228411 | Abu' Arapesh | leg | burʔah | |||
228419 | Abu' Arapesh | name | ɛigil | |||
228403 | Abu' Arapesh | wing | ʌburaf | |||
228373 | Abu' Arapesh | moon | 'ʌ'un | |||
228422 | Abu' Arapesh | wallaby | ɛhinʌ | |||
228427 | Abu' Arapesh | fish | ɛiguh | |||
228423 | Abu' Arapesh | flying fox | i'hi'ʌl | |||
228439 | Abu' Arapesh | earth/soil | 'itʌf | |||
228415 | Abu' Arapesh | father | ʌiwʌ | |||
228425 | Abu' Arapesh | frog | koʔʌʔrʌkʌ | |||
228435 | Abu' Arapesh | knife | ʌlibʌl | |||
228413 | Abu' Arapesh | old woman | dukʌui |