Hedinger 2008: 258; Hedinger 1987: 185. Meaning glossed as 'claw' in the former and as 'fingernail' in the latter source.
Elung Akoose:ɲǎn1
Hedinger 2008: 258; Hedinger 1987: 185. Meaning glossed as 'claw' in the former and as 'fingernail' in the latter source.
NUMBER:14
WORD:cloud
Mwetug Akoose:m=bàk1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:m=ɓɔ̀ʔ1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:15
WORD:cold
Mwetug Akoose:=hɔ́ː1
Hedinger 2008: 260. Cf. also à=hép (noun).
Elung Akoose:=hwǝ́ʔ1
Hedinger 2008: 260. Cf. also à=héb (noun).
NUMBER:16
WORD:come
Mwetug Akoose:=hyǎk1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=hyǎʔ1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:17
WORD:die
Mwetug Akoose:=wɛ́1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=wɛ́1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:18
WORD:dog
Mwetug Akoose:m=bwɛ́1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
Elung Akoose:m=bwɛ́1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
NUMBER:19
WORD:drink
Mwetug Akoose:=mwɛ́ ~ =mwák1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=mwɛ́ ~ =mwág1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:20
WORD:dry
Mwetug Akoose:=kín1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
Elung Akoose:=kǝ́ŋ1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
NUMBER:21
WORD:ear
Mwetug Akoose:è=tûː1
Hedinger 2008: 14, 257. Plural: mè=tûː.
Elung Akoose:è=tûː1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:22
WORD:earth
Mwetug Akoose:n=dɔ̀ːp1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:n=dɔ̀ʔ1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:23
WORD:eat
Mwetug Akoose:=dyɛ́ ~ =dyák1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=dyɛ́ ~ =dyág1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:24
WORD:egg
Mwetug Akoose:à=kìː1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:à=kìː1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:25
WORD:eye
Mwetug Akoose:dǐt1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:dǝ́g1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:26
WORD:fat n.
Mwetug Akoose:à=hóŋ1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:ò=hɔ̃́1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:27
WORD:feather
Mwetug Akoose:è=tɔ̀k1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:è=tɔ̀g1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:28
WORD:fire
Mwetug Akoose:mǔː1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:mǔː1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:29
WORD:fish
Mwetug Akoose:sûː1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
Elung Akoose:sú1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
NUMBER:30
WORD:fly v.
Mwetug Akoose:=pùmé1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=pùmːwɛ́1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:31
WORD:foot
Mwetug Akoose:è=kùː1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:è=kùː1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:32
WORD:full
Mwetug Akoose:=lɤ́n1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
Elung Akoose:=lɤ́d1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
NUMBER:33
WORD:give
Mwetug Akoose:=bɛ̌ ~ =bǎk1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:=bǝ̌1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:34
WORD:good
Mwetug Akoose:=bǒŋ1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
Elung Akoose:=bɔ̌ː1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
NUMBER:35
WORD:green
Mwetug Akoose:
Not attested.
Elung Akoose:
Not attested.
NUMBER:36
WORD:hair
Mwetug Akoose:è=sìt1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:ɲòŋ2
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:37
WORD:hand
Mwetug Akoose:è=káː1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:è=kɛ́1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:38
WORD:head
Mwetug Akoose:n=ló1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:l=lɛ́1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:39
WORD:hear
Mwetug Akoose:=wók1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=wɔ́g1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:40
WORD:heart
Mwetug Akoose:n=lém1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:l=lé1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:41
WORD:horn
Mwetug Akoose:à=sép1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:à=séʔ1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:42
WORD:I
Mwetug Akoose:mɛ̀1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
Elung Akoose:mɛ̀1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
NUMBER:43
WORD:kill
Mwetug Akoose:=wúː1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=wúː1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:44
WORD:knee
Mwetug Akoose:à=búbóŋ1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:à=bɔ́ː1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:45
WORD:know
Mwetug Akoose:=bíː1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=bíː1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:46
WORD:leaf
Mwetug Akoose:č=yǎː1
Hedinger 2008: 12, 257. Plural: b=yǎː.
Elung Akoose:ǯ=yɛ̌ː1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:47
WORD:lie
Mwetug Akoose:=nǎː1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:=nɑ̃̌1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:48
WORD:liver
Mwetug Akoose:à=bà1
Hedinger 2008: 14, 258. Plural: mè=bàː.
Elung Akoose:à=ɓǝ̀1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:49
WORD:long
Mwetug Akoose:=čap1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
Elung Akoose:=ǯæ̌ː1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
NUMBER:50
WORD:louse
Mwetug Akoose:tìt1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
Elung Akoose:tɛ̀d1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
NUMBER:51
WORD:man
Mwetug Akoose:mwɛ̀nǯóm1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
Elung Akoose:mwɛ̀nǯó1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
NUMBER:52
WORD:many
Mwetug Akoose:hîːn1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
Elung Akoose:ɲǎɓǝ̀í2
Hedinger 2008: 256.
NUMBER:53
WORD:meat
Mwetug Akoose:ɲàm1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:ɲæ̀1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:54
WORD:moon
Mwetug Akoose:ŋ=gɔ̀n1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:ŋ=gɔ̀n1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:55
WORD:mountain
Mwetug Akoose:è=kɤ̀nè1
Hedinger 2008: 259. Also è=láː id.
Elung Akoose:è=kɤ̀d1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:56
WORD:mouth
Mwetug Akoose:n=sǝ̀l1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:n=sɤ̀1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:57
WORD:name
Mwetug Akoose:d=ǐn1
Hedinger 2008: 15, 260. Plural: m=ǐn.
Elung Akoose:d=ǝ̌ŋ1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
NUMBER:58
WORD:neck
Mwetug Akoose:à=bɔ̀l1
Hedinger 2008: 258. Also ŋ=kǝ́ŋ id.
Elung Akoose:à=ɓɔ̀r1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:59
WORD:new
Mwetug Akoose:è=kɔ́ːlé1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
Elung Akoose:kwɔ́lɔ́1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
NUMBER:60
WORD:night
Mwetug Akoose:ŋ=kùː1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
Elung Akoose:ŋ=kùː1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
NUMBER:61
WORD:nose
Mwetug Akoose:d=ûː1
Hedinger 2008: 12, 257. Plural: m=ûː.
Elung Akoose:d=ûː1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:62
WORD:not
Mwetug Akoose:e-1
Hedinger 2008: 101. Verbal prefix. In Hedinger's Swadesh list appendix, the meaning 'not' is rendered as sàké [Hedinger 2008: 256]; this is actually a verbal form meaning 'not to be', employed in copula sentences (e. g. sàké ndáb nén "this isn't a house").
Hedinger 2008: 14, 259. Meaning glossed as 'path'. Plural: nzìː ~ mè=nzìː.
Elung Akoose:nzìː1
Hedinger 2008: 259. Meaning glossed as 'path'.
NUMBER:68
WORD:root
Mwetug Akoose:ŋkàŋ1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:ŋkã̀1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:69
WORD:round
Mwetug Akoose:kǝ̌ːlǝ̀ŋgɛ̂ː1
Hedinger 2008: 260.
Elung Akoose:è=hǝ́gǝ́làʔ1
Hedinger 1987: 238.
NUMBER:70
WORD:sand
Mwetug Akoose:n=síː1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:n=síː1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:71
WORD:say
Mwetug Akoose:=hɔ́p1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:=hwáʔ1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:72
WORD:see
Mwetug Akoose:=ɲén ~ =nɔ̌n1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=ɲî1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:73
WORD:seed
Mwetug Akoose:mbǝ́l1
Hedinger 2008: 257. Also mbùm id.
Elung Akoose:mból1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:74
WORD:sit
Mwetug Akoose:=dyɛ̌1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:=dyɛ̌1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:75
WORD:skin
Mwetug Akoose:ŋgɤ̀p1
Hedinger 2008: 257. Also è=kɤ̀p id.
Elung Akoose:ŋgɤ̀ʔ1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:76
WORD:sleep
Mwetug Akoose:=kún1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=kɔ́n1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:77
WORD:small
Mwetug Akoose:mwǎtǐːt1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
Elung Akoose:mótìːd1
Hedinger 2008: 256.
NUMBER:78
WORD:smoke
Mwetug Akoose:mw=ɛ̌ntùt1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:mb=òɾàg2
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:79
WORD:stand
Mwetug Akoose:=tyém1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:=tíɓǝ́1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:80
WORD:star
Mwetug Akoose:tìntìnɛ̀1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:ɲɛ̀lɛ́ʔ2
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:81
WORD:stone
Mwetug Akoose:à=láː1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
Elung Akoose:à=lɛ́ː1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:82
WORD:sun
Mwetug Akoose:è=ɲɛ̀n1
Hedinger 2008: 259. Also è=tɤ̀ndɛː id.
Elung Akoose:è=ɲɛ̀1
Hedinger 2008: 259.
NUMBER:83
WORD:swim
Mwetug Akoose:=ɲǎl1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
Elung Akoose:=ɲæ̌l1
Hedinger 2008: 258.
NUMBER:84
WORD:tail
Mwetug Akoose:ŋkɤ́n1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
Elung Akoose:ŋkɤ̀1
Hedinger 2008: 257.
NUMBER:85
WORD:that
Mwetug Akoose:=e1
Hedinger 2008: 36. Deictic base that denotes intermediate distance from the speaker. It is preceded by class morphemes and is assimilated to them tonally (e. g. àn=è for class 1, áb=é for class 2, etc.). In [Hedinger 2008: 256], the class 1 form is listed as àn=ɛ́n, which seems to be erroneous, since in the grammar the morpheme =en is said to correspond to the meaning 'this' q.v. It is possible that the equivalents for 'this' and 'that' (glossed as àn=è) were accidentally reversed in the wordlist.
Elung Akoose:àn=íní2
Hedinger 2008: 256. Class 1 form.
NUMBER:85
WORD:that
Mwetug Akoose:=íníː2
Hedinger 2008: 36. Deictic base that denotes long distance from the speaker. It is preceded by class morphemes (e. g. àn=íníː for class 1, áb=íníː for class 2, etc.).
Elung Akoose:
NUMBER:86
WORD:this
Mwetug Akoose:=én1
Hedinger 2008: 36. Preceded by class morphemes (e. g. àn=én for class 1, áb=én for class 2, etc.). In [Hedinger 2008: 256], the class 1 form is glossed as àn=ɛ́n. See notes on 'that' for further comment.
Hedinger 2008: 65; Hedinger 1987: 238. In [Hedinger 2008], only attested in application to people ('short man', etc.), so it is not clear if this is also the relevant term for short inanimate objects; in [Hedinger 1987], however, the meaning is simply glossed as 'short'.
Elung Akoose:=sóŋ1
Hedinger 1987: 238.
NUMBER:106
WORD:snake
Mwetug Akoose:ɲǝ̌1
Hedinger 1987: 208. Cf. also the compound formation ésɛ̀mèkwɛ̀ɛ́ 'snake', literally 'smth. without feet', in [Hedinger 2008: 31] (probably a stylistically marked descriptive term).