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Earl (1848a): Meher

Original citation: Earl, George Windsor. 1848. Speciments of the dialects of Timor and of the chain of islands extending thence to New Guinea. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia II. 695-704.

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a'aheviaʔaheβi

‘say (to)’

a'amaʔam

‘sky’

a'avroinaʔaβroin

‘understand’

ahakahak

‘stammer (to)’

ahkaahka

‘slave’

ahu kourahu kour

‘bark (as a dog)’

ahuaahua

‘dog’

aiai

‘fire’

ailandiailanʈi

‘bad’

ailandiailanʈi

‘wicked’

aileaile

‘be’

ai-léhrai-lehr

‘sparks’

ai-mahoai-maho

‘smoke’

aininaainina

‘his, hers’

ainorkainork

‘think’

ainuhuainuhu

‘my, mine’

akiéakie

‘count’

akinakin

‘heart’

akukurakukur

‘dumb’

alamalam

‘night’

alueri-ihiralueri-ihir

‘rice’

anéane

‘wind’

ané-laláhapane-lalahap

‘storm’

aninitaninit

‘year’

apakéapake

‘garden’

apakéapake

‘plantation’

apinaapina

‘sick’

apuapu

‘ashes’

arenaren

‘charcoal’

arpauarpau

‘buffalo’

atawéatawe

‘cover’

auau

‘wood’

au-aiau-ai

‘flue’

au-honau-hon

‘tree’

au-kawiau-kawi

‘leaf’

au-muliau-muli

‘tamarind’

awahanawahan

‘board (plank)’

awahanawahan

‘stool’

awahiawahi

‘thread’

awaraawara

‘ripe’

awoliawoli

‘window’

bahabaha

‘wash’

bapabapa

‘father’

bapa turanbapa turan

‘father(step)’

buhubuhu

‘milk’

é'evieʔeβi

‘which’

éënenieʔeneni

‘they’

èhinehin

‘leg’

éhinehin

‘foot’

éhin-koörnehin-koʔorn

‘knee’

ehin-lapanehin-lapan

‘thigh’

enenenen

‘other’

enenenen

‘that’

enienienieni

‘this’

enimoenimo

‘earth’

enimo-memerienimo-memeri

‘clay’

ennuaennua

‘turtle’

ha'arihaʔari

‘share’

haälahaʔala

‘false’

hahahaha

‘rice (boiled)’

haherhaher

‘mount (to)’

halahala

‘wrong’

hamihami

‘potatoe (sweet)’

harihari

‘current’

hariyaharija

‘uncover’

hariyihariji

‘open’

harukaharuka

‘scratch’

heheliheheli

‘difficult’

hehéliheheli

‘sorry’

héhihehi

‘hatchet’

héléhele

‘pull (to)’

helemihelemi

‘dive’

heranheran

‘waist’

heriheri

‘change’

herialiheriali

‘lie down’

hihenihiheni

‘respect’

hirirahirira

‘theirs’

hoarohoaro

‘cough’

hohonhohon

‘wife’

holokholok

‘bay’

hùlikinhulikin

‘skin’

huruahurua

‘spoon’

iakaiaka

‘perish’

iäweroiniʔaweroin

‘know (to)’

idaiʈa

‘a, an’

idaiʈa

‘one’

idméiʈme

‘very’

ihanihan

‘fish’

iheheniiheheni

‘such’

ihirihir

‘make (to)’

ikaika

‘we’

ikarikar

‘more’

iki-nikiiki-niki

‘our’

inaina

‘mother’

ina-turanina-turan

‘mother (step)’

inha'avinhaʔaβ

‘what’

inhoniinhoni

‘who’

inyiiɲi

‘he, she’

inyiiɲi

‘it’

iopeniiopeni

‘send’

ipunipun

‘basket’

irohanirohan

‘breast’

iruniiruni

‘nose’

itaita

‘a, an’

ita-weliita-weli

‘ten’

ita-weli-itaita-weli-ita

‘eleven’

ita-weli-wororita-weli-woror

‘twelve’

jatuawicatuawi

‘goat’

jenkicenki

‘cloves’

ka'alikaʔali

‘no’

kahékahe

‘sea’

kailikaili

‘weigh’

kaisikaisi

‘cry (to)’

kakankakan

‘cloud’

kaleörkaleʔor

‘star’

kaliékukalieku

‘maize’

kanarikanari

‘thatch’

kana-woroinkana-woroin

‘silly’

karankaran

‘south’

katirkatir

‘stab (to)’

kaunikauni

‘pay (to)’

kaunikauni

‘valley’

kawahalkawahal

‘shoulder’

kéhukehu

‘sugar-cane’

keirikeiri

‘spear’

keirnikeirni

‘tortoise-shell’

keirsikeirsi

‘ant’

kelankelan

‘neck’

kelikeli

‘catch’

kemenkemen

‘body’

keperlkeperl

‘drown’

kerehkereh

‘hard’

kerkaramkerkaram

‘silent’

kerkaramkerkaram

‘steady’

kerkermitkerkermit

‘slow’

kilinkilin

‘ear’

kimirukimiru

‘tin’

kimurkimur

‘east’

ko'örnkoʔorn

‘back’

kohukohu

‘distant’

koka'alkokaʔal

‘accept’

kokáalkokaal

‘take’

konoinkonoin

‘belly’

konoin-raramakonoin-rarama

‘entrails’

kopurkopur

‘descend (to)’

kuhlukuhlu

‘high’

kukunkukun

‘pound (to)’

kulukulu

‘tall’

kurikuri

‘knife’

lahrilahri

‘fly (a)’

lakumutilakumuti

‘parrot’

laláhaplalahap

‘great’

laláhaplalahap

‘large’

lapanilapani

‘wait’

lapiaklapiak

‘many’

lapiaklapiak

‘much’

lararanlararan

‘enter’

larilari

‘run’

laururulaururu

‘pea’

lawoörlawoʔor

‘alligator’

lébrilebri

‘sun’

léhernalalehernala

‘rich’

lehkélehke

‘village’

léhrlehr

‘flame’

léhrlehr

‘light (of day)’

lehr-inhalehr-inha

‘sun-rise’

lehr-inhelimlehr-inhelim

‘sun-set’

lehularlehular

‘sago (prepared)’

lerenleren

‘forehead’

lérileri

‘sun’

leritlerit

‘day’

lernahlilernahli

‘find’

leunohileunohi

‘accompany’

lillililli

‘wax’

limanliman

‘arm’

limanliman

‘hand’

liman-iyak-iyakliman-ijak-ijak

‘hand (left)’

liman-lapanliman-lapan

‘thumb’

liman-makanliman-makan

‘nail (finger)’

liman-owahanliman-owahan

‘hand (right)’

limán-rahanliman-rahan

‘finger’

limau-ihunlimau-ihun

‘elbow’

litar-litar-makilitar-litar-maki

‘lighting’

loronloron

‘cape’

luniluni

‘pillow’

ma'ahakumaʔahaku

‘each’

ma'aramaʔara

‘yellow’

mahamaha

‘weary’

mahamimahami

‘guava’

mahémahe

‘gold’

maheinemaheine

‘flesh’

mahinorkimahinorki

‘recollect’

maimai

‘come’

makanmakan

‘eye’

makan-ihornmakan-ihorn

‘eye-lid’

makantókmakantok

‘blind’

makan-wulumakan-wulu

‘eye-brow’

makimaki

‘dead’

makimaki

‘die (to)’

makomakmakomak

‘blue’

makunmakun

‘yet’

malamala

‘go’

malahamalaha

‘walk’

mamalmamal

‘sop’

mamiririmamiriri

‘stand (to)’

mampilanmampilan

‘mango’

manahmanah

‘heat’

manahmanah

‘hot’

manahmanah

‘warm’

manumanu

‘bird’

manumanu

‘fowl’

mapulumapulu

‘call (to)’

marohomaroho

‘thirsty’

marurumaruru

‘beautiful’

masirmasir

‘kiss’

maukanimaukani

‘ask’

maukanimaukani

‘tell’

mawarimawari

‘carry’

mékinmekin

‘black’

memerimemeri

‘red’

merpatimerpati

‘pigeon’

mo'orimoʔori

‘live (to)’

mohkulimohkuli

‘shove’

mohonimohoni

‘husband’

mohonimohoni

‘man (a)’

mohrimohri

‘grow’

molwa'i-anammolwaʔi-anam

‘nephew’

mólwali-anulumolwali-anulu

‘brother’

moölmoʔol

‘dust’

mori-morimori-mori

‘alive’

mori-morimori-mori

‘living’

moumoumoumou

‘clean’

moumoumoumou

‘empty’

mowamowa

‘blow (to)’

muhumuhu

‘plaintain’

mumalaimumalai

‘papaya’

mumanmuman

‘cheek’

murukonmurukon

‘hair of the (head)’

mutiaramutiara

‘pearl’

na'aisninaʔaisni

‘fight (to)’

na'akeminaʔakemi

‘all’

na'akérinaʔakeri

‘bind’

na'alinaʔali

‘boil (to)’

na'annaʔan

‘chew (to)’

na'annaʔan

‘eat’

nadiwekinaʈiweki

‘cleave, cloven’

nahaknahak

‘drunk’

nahannahan

‘anger’

naharunaharu

‘long’

naherinaheri

‘weep’

nahinarinahinari

‘sing’

nahirinahiri

‘dig (to)’

nahorinahori

‘rob’

nahuhurunahuhuru

‘bold’

nahuraninahurani

‘near’

nàhursinàhursi

‘clever’

nai nairinai nairi

‘dress (clothes)’

naik lehernaik leher

‘aged’

naikléhernaikleher

‘old’

naikléhernaikleher

‘poor’

naikoronaikoro

‘sit’

naivehelinaiβeheli

‘hire (to)’

nakanhirnakanhir

‘fever’

nalaunalau

‘laugh’

namakanamaka

‘rise’

namakaukunamakauku

‘fear’

namalaranamalara

‘hungry’

namalornanamalorna

‘keen’

namalornanamalorna

‘sharp’

namannaman

‘tongue’

namanabanamanaba

‘steal’

namanisanamanisa

‘thin’

namariminamarimi

‘dream (to)’

namawalnamawal

‘thick’

nambalinambali

‘become’

namelohonameloho

‘right’

namilínanamilína

‘calm’

naminanamina

‘sweet’

namininamini

‘agreeable’

namkakunamkaku

‘timid’

namkurunamkuru

‘sleep’

namlélòrietnamleloriet

‘straight’

namomolinamomoli

‘abide’

naninani

‘swim’

naolonaolo

‘sell’

napaililinapailili

‘turn’

napakekinapakeki

‘rendy’

napaléhunapalehu

‘bent’

napalowonapalowo

‘broad’

napanaknapanak

‘beg’

napanaknapanak

‘request’

naparannaparan

‘light (weight)’

napiléonapileo

‘crooked’

naporoknaporok

‘dry’

nararurunararuru

‘shake’

narohonaroho

‘bathe’

narurinaruri

‘strong’

naumetiknaumetik

‘darkness’

nawawanawawa

‘ashamed’

néhinehi

‘jump’

nékéminekemi

‘millet’

nerehévnereheβ

‘beat’

nianu-keërnianu-keʔer

‘egg (birds)’

nibikannibikan

‘lip’

nihannihan

‘teeth’

nihinihi

‘bite’

nikanika

‘door’

no'ernoʔer

‘wound’

nohanoha

‘earth’

nohanoha

‘world’

nohannohan

‘island’

nohan-nuhurnohan-nuhur

‘thunder’

nohiwuknohiwuk

‘same’

nohorinohori

‘coco-nut’

nomonnomon

‘drink (to)’

noörinoʔori

‘fry (to)’

nurannuran

‘mouth’

o'omakanoʔomakan

‘canoe’

ohkonohkon

‘owe (to)’

ohkonohkon

‘rain’

ohooho

‘bamboo’

ohooho

‘thou’

ohooho

‘you’

oïn-makanoʔin-makan

‘face’

oira kahéoira kahe

‘water (salt)’

oira-lapioira-lapi

‘river’

oira-lapioira-lapi

‘water’

oira-makanoira-makan

‘well (of water)’

öiraviʔoiraβi

‘yesterday’

onaramonaram

‘name’

opaiopai

‘grand-father’

opalahatopalahat

‘box (a)’

ormenorormenor

‘tame’

oroidmeroroiʈmer

‘finished’

pahapaha

‘break’

pahkipahki

‘broken’

pahkuétipahkueti

‘keep (to)’

pahkurpahkur

‘assist’

pahkurpahkur

‘help (to)’

paukupauku

‘wet’

penohpenoh

‘full’

penolipenoli

‘fill, full’

pianpian

‘plate (a)’

pihirpihir

‘sago (tree)’

pikirpikir

‘mat’

pipipipi

‘sheep’

pirahpirah

‘copper’

poirpoir

‘fat’

poöppoʔop

‘putrid’

poörpoʔor

‘areca nut’

pupuhanpupuhan

‘round’

pupurpupur

‘fall (to)’

pusipusi

‘cat’

ra'arnraʔarn

‘blood’

raämnodiraʔamnoʈi

‘glad’

raämnodiraʔamnoʈi

‘joy’

ráamnodiraamnoʈi

‘please (to)’

rahairahai

‘sword’

rahérahe

‘north’

rahoitarahoita

‘hundred’

renhamlinrenhamlin

‘forgotten’

renhamlinrenhamlin

‘lose (to)’

riaria

‘man (a)’

riaria

‘mankind’

ria-mavekria-maβek

‘woman’

ria-tatohanria-tatohan

‘child’

ria-teteulria-teteul

‘dwarf (a)’

rinrin

‘cold’

riun-itariun-ita

‘thousand’

robrob

‘flame’

rohérohe

‘nail (iron)’

rohonrohon

‘deaf’

romérome

‘house’

ruhurniruhurni

‘bone’

ruru-airuru-ai

‘earthquake’

rusanrusan

‘rib’

sahiörnisahiʔorni

‘centipede’

sapusapu

‘orange’

sapusapu

‘sweep’

seliaselia

‘past’

sépusepu

‘melon (water)’

seri seriseri seri

‘mad’

ta'aritaʔari

‘cut (to)’

taältaʔal

‘swamp’

taperantaperan

‘some’

tapitapi

‘cloth’

tapurantapuran

‘few’

tawartawar

‘bargain’

tehkutehku

‘lame’

ternaterna

‘hear’

teta'antetaʔan

‘small’

tetéalteteal

‘short’

téulteul

‘short’

tohorotohoro

‘middle’

tollétolle

‘look (to)’

tollétolle

‘see (to)’

totlétotle

‘sand’

tukulutukulu

‘touch’

turuhéturuhe

‘whirlwind’

uikanauikana

‘smooth’

ulu-porulu-por

‘bald’

ulu-wahkuulu-wahku

‘head’

unu-umaunu-uma

‘thy, thine’

upian-mavekupian-maβek

‘daughter’

upian-mohoniupian-mohoni

‘son’

uruuru

‘bread-fruit’

uru-malaiuru-malai

‘jack-fruit’; ‘nangka’

uwiuwi

‘yam’

wahanwahan

‘good’

wahaniwahani

‘repair’

wahaniwahani

‘yes’

wahanrehiwahanrehi

‘better’

wahkuwahku

‘stone’

wahkunuwahkunu

‘speak’

wakekiwakeki

‘chizel’

walialiwaliali

‘return’

walimawalima

‘five’

wanamwanam

‘six’

wanyiwaɲi

‘bee’

warahawaraha

‘white’

warakwarak

‘west’

warenwuhiwarenwuhi

‘dew’

wauriwauri

‘hung, hang’

wawiwawi

‘hog’

wawi-meruiwawi-merui

‘hog (wild)’

wéhinwehin

‘chin’

wehin wuluwehin wulu

‘beard’

weliweli

‘buy’

weli-ahkaweli-ahka

‘fourty’

weli-haweli-ha

‘eighty’

weli-hiweli-hi

‘ninety’

weli-ikoweli-iko

‘seventy’

welikelwelikel

‘thirty’

weli-limaweli-lima

‘fifty’

weli-namweli-nam

‘sixty’

werauwerau

‘mulberry (paper)’

werekwerek

‘heavy’

werohweroh

‘twenty’

weroh-itaweroh-ita

‘twenty-one’

wo-ahwo-ah

‘eight’

wo-ahkawo-ahka

‘four’

wo-hiwo-hi

‘nine’

wohorwohor

‘mountain’

wohor-aänwohor-aʔan

‘hill’

wohru-wohruwohru-wohru

‘new’

wo-ikowo-iko

‘seven’

woïniwoʔini

‘fruit’

wokélwokel

‘three’

wolliwolli

‘moon’

wollilitwollilit

‘month’

wonokonwonokon

‘iron’

worniworni

‘scrape’

wororworor

‘two’

wuluwulu

‘feathers’

ya'alijaʔali

‘give’

yahujahu

‘I’

yaönarojaʔonaro

‘sister’

yaönaro-ananjaʔonaro-anan

‘niece’

yohonjohon

‘eat’