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