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Section B. Lexicon.
Notes:
1) Phrases are presented in the normal word order (e.g., ‘give affection’) unless
inverting them brings related entries together (as with ‘scabies’ and ‘scabies,
have’). Phrases which include the verb ‘be’ are inverted (e.g., ‘bald, be’).
2) Two kinds of cross-references are used: See references refer to lexemes that are
structurally related while See also references refer to lexemes that are
semantically but not structurally related (see entry for ‘above’ for examples of
both of these).
3) Morpheme breaks are not indicated; however, for ease of reading, and in line
with current orthography conventions for these languages, hyphens are used to
break up longer words involving reduplication (as with the lexeme ‘ant
(biting)’). Hyphens are also used to break up longer words at the end of a line
(as with the second Kwamera entry for ‘cardinal honeyeater’).
4) Parts of the English gloss that are not bolded must be expressed with separate
words (c.f. ‘bother s.o.’ and ‘envy s.o.’; in the former, the object (‘someone’)
must be expressed separately; in the latter, the object is understood).
5) For a list of abbreviations, refer to p. 255 at the end of the lexicon; for other
notes on the layout, see Figure 3.1 on p. 26.
a ART
wan
Kwamera: riji
Lenakel: ker
N Tanna: kit
SW Tanna: kɨrik
Vaha: kɨjik
Whitesands: kəji
See one
abandon (1) V/TR
livim i stap, mo go longwe
Kwamera: kwenə
Lenakel: əunə
N Tanna: əlɨn ətain
SW Tanna: knə
Vaha: knə
Whitesands: amrin
abandon (2) V/TR
livim
Kwamera: əp̃ewə
Lenakel: akəm tənin
N Tanna: agɨm tənin
SW Tanna: apitan kɨn
Vaha: əptan kɨn
Whitesands: agaru in
Abelmoschus Manihots N
See sunset hibiscus
ability; wisdom N
save, waes
Kwamera: nukurənien
Lenakel: ninətinan
N Tanna: nitunən
SW Tanna: nɨrkunien
Vaha: nɨtkunien
Whitesands: nərunien
able, be; know V
save
Kwamera: ukurɨn
Lenakel: hinətin
N Tanna: ɨtun
SW Tanna: rkun
Vaha: tkun
Whitesands: ərun
See also not know