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).