The ASJP Database - Wordlist Abu Arapesh

Wordlist Abu Arapesh

Compiled by Julia Bischoffberger and Matthew S. Dryer

Showing 1 to 100 of 100 entries

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

1	I	I	ei7	False
1	I	I	iye7	False
2	you	THOU	ina7	False
3	we	WE	afa	False
4	this	THIS	a	False
5	that	THAT	i	False
6	who	WHO	emi	False
7	what	WHAT	melein	False
7	what	WHAT	uma	False
8	not	NOT	uwa7	False
10	many	MANY	welei	False
10	many	MANY	abuwatakw	False
11	one	ONE	et	False
12	two	TWO	bi	False
13	big	BIG	ubah	False
13	big	BIG	daba	False
14	long	LONG	lou	False
15	small	SMALL	koiyo7	False
16	woman	WOMAN	numata7	False
17	man	MAN	aleman	False
18	person	PERSON	alifen	False
19	fish	FISH	aul	False
20	bird	BIRD	alimil	False
20	bird	BIRD	almil	False
21	dog	DOG	nubat	False
22	louse	LOUSE	numunal	False
23	tree	TREE	lawak	False
25	leaf	LEAF	suf	False
26	root	ROOT	nubah	False
27	bark	BARK	nukutah	False
28	skin	SKIN	aluf	False
29	flesh	FLESH	mahis	False
30	blood	BLOOD	usibel	False
31	bone	BONE	fifikl	False
32	grease	FAT (ORGANIC SUBSTANCE)	nikiris	False
33	egg	EGG	alhu7ab	False
36	feather	FEATHER	helihif	False
38	head	HEAD	baraka	False
40	eye	EYE	naim	False
40	eye	EYE	nabom	False
41	nose	NOSE	mutu7	False
41	nose	NOSE	mukuras	False
43	tooth	TOOTH	naluh	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	ahaka	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	iham	False
45	claw	CLAW	afuka	False
46	foot	FOOT	eruh	False
48	hand	HAND	lakl	False
49	belly	BELLY	nubul	False
50	neck	NECK	binu7	False
50	neck	NECK	isur7ah	False
50	neck	NECK	elhuka	False
51	breast	BREAST	numab	False
52	heart	HEART	sul7um	False
53	liver	LIVER	7a7uf	False
54	drink	DRINK	wa7	False
55	eat	EAT	wa7	False
57	see	SEE	ti	False
58	hear	HEAR	mine7	False
59	know	KNOW	mekawas	False
60	sleep	SLEEP	kis	False
60	sleep	SLEEP	nisuh	False
61	die	DIE	ka7	False
62	kill	KILL	ha	False
63	swim	SWIM	sera7uh	False
65	walk	WALK	laa7	False
66	come	COME	ha7i	False
67	lie	LIE (REST)	a7is itaf	False
68	sit	SIT	fan	False
68	sit	SIT	taman	False
69	stand	STAND	rutu	False
70	give	GIVE	sa7a	False
71	say	SAY	atah	False
72	sun	SUN	uwah	False
73	moon	MOON	aun	False
74	star	STAR	udu7	False
75	water	WATER	abal	False
76	rain	RAINING OR RAIN	asah	False
77	stone	STONE	utam	False
78	sand	SAND	kal7anaka	False
79	earth	EARTH (SOIL)	itaf	False
79	earth	EARTH (SOIL)	amanab	False
80	cloud	CLOUD	utaka	False
81	smoke	SMOKE (EXHAUST)	inuk	False
82	fire	FIRE	unih	False
82	fire	FIRE	afi7ab	False
84	burn	BURN	kaat	False
85	path	PATH	iah	False
86	mountain	MOUNTAIN	du7it	False
87	red	RED	ou7es	False
88	green	GREEN	aau7	False
90	white	WHITE	sakawal	False
91	black	BLACK	alial	False
92	night	NIGHT	uab	False
93	hot	HOT	unih	False
94	cold	COLD	nikiris	False
95	full	FULL	si7ir	False
96	new	NEW	nami	False
97	good	GOOD	afu	False
100	name	NAME	akuh	False

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Glottocode: abua1245
ISO 639-3: aah

Coordinates WGS84

6°10'S, 140°10'E
-6.17, 140.17

number of speakers	2,560
status	alive

Classification

WALS: Tor > Kombio Arapesh
Glottolog: Nuclear Torricelli > Kombio Arapesh Urat > Arapesh > Mufian Bukiyip Abu > Bukiyip Abu
Ethnologue: Torricelli > Kombio Arapesh > Arapesh

Sources

Nekitel 1985: Sociolinguistic aspects of Abu', a Papuan language of the Sepik Area, Papua New Guinea. Ph.D. dissertation, Australian National University.