Lock 2011: 32. Reduplicated stem; cf. lowp-way 'completely' [Lock 2011: 72]. In several other cases (e. g. on p. 151), written phonetically as lowparowp. Quoted as lɒ́u̯pwàtlɒ́u̯p in [Bailey 1975: 18}.
Number:2
Word:ashes
Abau:yúhwán1
Bailey 1975: 16. Transcribed as yɨфwan in the Idam dialect [Bailey 1975: 53]. Not attested in any of A. Lock's works.
Number:3
Word:bark
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:4
Word:belly
Abau:
Not attested. Cf. síùp 'stomach' [Bailey 1975: 13]; quoted as su̯ʌu̯ 'stomach' in [Lock 2007: 56] (phonologically analyzed as [swaw]).
Number:5
Word:big
Abau:aiop-ey1
Lock 2011: 52. Quoted as ái̯pìhái ~ ái̯yúpìhái in [Bailey 1975: 20}.
Number:6
Word:bird
Abau:ahney1
Lock 2007: 11. Phonetically transcribed as an̥ney (i. e. aspiration is assimilated to the following nasal and becomes a voiceless nasal). Quoted as án̥nèi in [Bailey 1975: 53] and also transcribed as aфnei̯ for the Idam dialect [ibid.]. Cf. hne 'bird's nest' [Lock 2011: 49].
Number:7
Word:bite
Abau:peyk1
Lock 2011: 255. Quoted as pei̯k ~ bei̯k in [Lock 2007: 20, 30]. Cf. the Down-river dialect variant pakiy [ibid.].
Number:8
Word:black
Abau:or1
Lock 2011: 69; Lock 2007: 9, 10. The latter source gives the variants or ~ or-pey, phonetically transcribed as ɔr ~ ɔd-bey. Quoted as ɒ́ɾ in [Bailey 1975: 19].
Number:9
Word:blood
Abau:nioh1
Lock 2011: 49. Quoted as nyɒ́h in [Bailey 1975: 13].
Number:10
Word:bone
Abau:í1
Bailey 1975: 57. According to Bailey, the same word means 'leg' in the Idam dialect, and also in Lock's textual examples, e. g. woyo mo i mokwe haraw lwâk "as for the legs of fowls, they are short" [Lock 2011: 193]. However, cf. also i-mawk 'skull' (literally 'bone-head') in [Lock 2011: 307].
Number:11
Word:breast
Abau:
Not attested. Cf. mu '(female) breast' [Lock 2011: 55].
Number:12
Word:burn tr.
Abau:loum1
Lock 2011: 98; Lock 2007: 10, 20. Quoted phonetically in the latter source as roum ~ loum, but phonologically analyzed as [roum]. Transitive stem (used in such phrases as "he burned his house with fire", etc.) Cf. the Down-river dialect variant lomu [Lock 2007: 20].
Number:13
Word:claw (nail)
Abau:nám1
Bailey 1975: 25. Not attested in any of A. Lock's works.
Number:14
Word:cloud
Abau:waw1
Lock 2007: 45, 63. Phonetically transcribed as [u̯ʌu̯]. Quoted as wáu̯ in [Bailey 1975: 10].
Number:15
Word:cold
Abau:snɒ́l1
Bailey 1975: 14. Meaning simply glossed as 'cold' (not clear if this is a noun or an adjective). Not attested in any of A. Lock's works.
Number:16
Word:come
Abau:re1
Lock 2007: 9, 16. Phonetically transcribed as dɛ ~ lɛ ~ rɛ. Quoted as lɛ́ in [Bailey 1975: 21].
Number:17
Word:die
Abau:lokrue1
Lock 2011: 37.
Number:18
Word:dog
Abau:nwoh1
Lock 2011: 262; Lock 2007: 19, 56. Phonetically transcribed as nu̯ɔh ~ nu̯ɔф. Quoted as nwɒ̂h ~ nwɒ́h in [Bailey 1975: 7].
Number:19
Word:drink
Abau:lowswa1
Lock 2011: 229.
Number:20
Word:dry
Abau:som1
Lock 2007: 14. Phonetically transcribed as sɔm.
Number:21
Word:ear
Abau:nweyk1
Lock 2011: 48; Lock 2007: 35. Phonetically transcribed as nu̯ei̯k.
Number:22
Word:earth
Abau:ki1
Lock 2011: 42. Meaning glossed as 'ground'. Quoted as kí 'earth' in [Bailey 1975: 9].
Number:23
Word:eat
Abau:ra1
Lock 2011: 18; Lock 2007: 9. Phonetically transcribed as da ~ ra ~ la. Quoted as lâ ~ lá in [Bailey 1975: 7, 22].
Number:24
Word:egg
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:25
Word:eye
Abau:nene1
Lock 2011: 48; Lock 2007: 16. Phonetically transcribed as nɛnɛ. In [Lock 2007: 51], a rare and probably more archaic variant none, without vowel harmony, is noted.
Number:26
Word:fat n.
Abau:won1
Lock 2011: 218; Lock 2007: 58, 61. Meaning glossed as 'fat' or 'grease' in different contexts. Phonetically transcribed as u̯ɔn. Quoted as wɒ́n in [Bailey 1975: 16].
Number:27
Word:feather
Abau:ohma ~ owhma #1
Lock 2007: 11. Meaning glossed as 'hair', and the same word, written phonologically as owhma, is also encountered several times in the meaning 'hair' in [Lock 2011]. However, the same word, transcribed phonologically as ɒ̀hmà and phonetically as ɒ̀m̥mà in [Bailey 1975: 17], is in that source glossed as 'feather'. Most likely, this is the default Abau form for 'body hair / fur / feather(s)'.
Number:28
Word:fire
Abau:yia1
Lock 2011: 60; Lock 2007: 29 (written phonetically and phonologically as ia in the latter source). Quoted as yâ in [Bailey 1975: 10].
Number:29
Word:fish
Abau:ai1
Lock 2011: 73; Lock 2007: 16. Phonetically transcribed as ɐi. Secondary synonym: payr [Lock 2007: 66], phonetically transcribed as bʌi̯r. In that particular source, the meaning is glossed as 'fish', but it is specified as 'a rather round fish' in [Lock 2011: 66]. An altogether different word, nɒ́m 'fish', is listed in [Bailey 1975: 24].
Number:30
Word:fly v.
Abau:sian #1
Lock 2011: 318; Lock 2007: 64. The former source literally glosses the meaning as 'get up', although all the textual examples only feature the usage 'fly' (as applied to birds). The latter source translates the word as 'fly up'. A different stem, anyo, is found in [Bailey 1975: 122] (extracted from several complex verbal forms).
Number:31
Word:foot
Abau:sune1
Lock 2011: 48; Lock 2007: 17. Phonetically transcribed as sunɛ. Quoted as súnɛ̀ in [Bailey 1975: 21].
Number:32
Word:full
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:33
Word:give
Abau:kow1
Lock 2011: 54; Lock 2007: 63. Phonetically transcribed as kou̯.
Number:34
Word:good
Abau:yaprue1
Lock 2011: 46; Lock 2007: 43.
Number:35
Word:green
Abau:
Not attested. Cf., however, the complex term woukmow-si eyn 'greenish', literally 'similar to the excrement of a dove' [Lock 2011: 69].
Number:36
Word:hair
Abau:ɒ́hnɛ̀ #1
Bailey 1975: 28. Phonetically transcribed as ɒ́n̥nɛ̀. Not found in any of A. Lock's works. Meaning is glossed as 'hair' (no indication as to whether this is 'body hair' or 'head hair'). Another candidate is ohma, but this is more likely to be 'body hair', 'fur', 'feather' q.v.
Number:37
Word:hand
Abau:iha1
Lock 2011: 48. Quoted as ìфà ~ ìhà in [Bailey 1975: 17]; also transcribed as yɒфa ~ saфa in the Idam dialect [Bailey 1975: 56].
Number:38
Word:head
Abau:makw-ey1
Lock 2011: 48. For the segmentation, cf. i-mawk 'skull' (literally 'bone-head') [Lock 2011: 307].
Number:39
Word:hear
Abau:lonuayk1
Lock 2011: 130. Quoted as lúnwàk in [Bailey 1975: 7].
Number:40
Word:heart
Abau:uron1
Lock 2011: 48. Quoted as rwon in [Lock 2007: 60], phonetically transcribed as ru̯ɔn.
Number:41
Word:horn
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:42
Word:I
Abau:ha1
Lock 2011: 35. Genitive: han-o, objective: han-e. The topicalized form is ha-kwe ([Lock 2007: 21]; [Bailey 1975: 89]), phonetically transcribed as ha-ku̯ɛ; cf. the Down-river dialect variant фakɛ [Lock 2007: 21].
Number:43
Word:kill
Abau:lo1
Lock 2011: 77, 187. Meaning is almost always literally glossed as 'shoot' or 'hit', but in textual examples the most usual translation is 'kill', cf.: uwr hokwe awia po lo pak "as for this man, he may have been killed by enemies" [Lock 2011: 187].
Number:44
Word:knee
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:45
Word:know
Abau:nonkway1
Lock 2011: 36. Quoted as nɒ́nkwài̯ in [Bailey 1970: 42].
Number:46
Word:leaf
Abau:má1
Lock 2011: 68; Lock 2007: 58. Quoted as má in [Bailey 1975: 23].
Number:47
Word:lie
Abau:won1
Lock 2011: 52. The directive verb is lia=won 'lie down' [Lock 2011: 173], same as 'sleep' q.v.
Number:48
Word:liver
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:49
Word:long
Abau:mei1
Lock 2007: 62. Cf. míhái̯ 'tall' [Bailey 1975: 11]. Also attested in the reduplicated variant mei-a-mei [Lock 2011: 31].
Number:50
Word:louse
Abau:máplú1
Bailey 1975: 42. Cf. also the (collective?) form kɒ́n-kɒ́n, glossed as 'lice' in [Bailey 1975: 15] and also, for the Idam dialect, marked as kɒŋgɒnːap [Bailey 1975: 53]. Not attested in any of A. Lock's works.
Number:51
Word:man
Abau:uwr1
Lock 2011: 42; Lock 2007: 20. Quoted as óɾ in [Bailey 1975: 21], furthermore, transcribed as lu for the Idam dialect [Bailey 1975: 56]. Cf. also ara ~ ala [Lock 2007: 9] id., phonologically analyzed as [ara]. Although both stems in [Lock 2007] are glossed as 'man', 'man' as 'male human being' is positively óɾ: cf. ol o sa o "man and woman" [Bailey 1975: 121].
Number:52
Word:many
Abau:krai-ar #1
Lock 2011: 286, 349. Extracted from such diagnostic phrases as hiykwe mey-uwr kraiar non pankaw lwâk "did he have many workmen?"; uwrsa kraiar... seyr ki ko yeyk mokwe kraiar "...there are many people... and also many cars". However, this seems to be a specialized usage of the nominal stem krai(-ar) 'strength, might' [Lock 2011: 78]. There are other potential candidates for 'many', e. g. poya [Lock 2011: 21] (also attested in the reduplicated variant póyà-póyà in [Bailey 1975: 10]) and liyay [Lock 2011: 142]. Cf. also hwón 'many' in [Bailey 1975: 24].
Number:53
Word:meat
Abau:pion1
Lock 2011: 64; Lock 2007: 64. Phonetically transcribed as biɔn. Quoted as oupyen in [Bailey 1975: 129]; this is probably the equivalent of Lock's ho=pion 'piece of meat' [Lock 2011: 67].
Number:54
Word:moon
Abau:yen ~ yeyn1
Lock 2011: 67; Lock 2007: 61. Phonetically transcribed as i̯ɛn. Quoted as yɛ́n in [Bailey 1975: 57]; transcribed as nɛnei̯ for the Idam dialect [ibid.].
Number:55
Word:mountain
Abau:mnuw1
Lock 2011: 65; Lock 2007: 36. Phonetically transcribed as mrʋ ~ mnʋ. Quoted as mnù in [Bailey 1975: 12], phonetically transcribed as [mtnù].
Number:56
Word:mouth
Abau:woki1
Lock 2011: 368.
Number:57
Word:name
Abau:uru1
Lock 2011: 90; Lock 2007: 9. Phonetically transcribed as ʋru. Quoted as úɾù in [Bailey 1970: 51]. There seems to be a separate word for 'name (of woman)': sau [Lock 2011: 67]. The word uru, judging by textual evidence, is applied to men, (male) animals (dogs), and people of uncertain sex.
Lock 2011: 150; Lock 2007: 28. Phonetically transcribed as nʌi̯r. There are two words in Abau that are both translated as 'night': nayr and arawh. The difference between the two is chiefly syntactic: nayr behaves as an adverbial modifier, whereas arawh is essentially a noun. Both are frequently met in the same frame construction: arawh ... nayr '... in the night'. For the moment, we treat both forms as synonyms.
Number:60
Word:night
Abau:arawh2
Lock 2007: 26, 67. Phonetically transcribed as arʌu̯h ~ arʌu̯ф.
Number:61
Word:nose
Abau:kasaw1
Lock 2011: 48.
Number:62
Word:not
Abau:pey / pa =o1
Lock 2011: 238. Negative particles, encountered clause-finally; pey is met with verbs in imperfective aspect, pa corresponds to perfective aspect. Both are quite distinct from the negative verb korey 'not to be', also used in the predicative function of 'not' [Lock 2011: 241-242].
Number:63
Word:one
Abau:=mon1
Lock 2011: 57; Lock 2007: 10, 65. This is the most frequent allomorph of the numeral 1; it is encountered in 9 out of 12 nominal classes (e. g. ka=mon '1 (non-human)', na=mon '1 (small objects with some volume)', etc.). The alternate variants are =eyn in pru=eyn '1 (of human beings and spirits)'; =rom in si=rom '1 (of flat surface objects; experience nouns)'; and =ron in pi=ron '1 (of long, relatively thin objects)'. It is unclear if these are allomorphic or suppletive variations (on the purely synchronic level, they are clearly suppletive). The variants ù=mɒ̀n and lì=kmɒ̀n for 2 out of 12 classes are quoted in [Bailey 1975: 9].
Number:64
Word:person
Abau:
Not attested. Possibly not different from uwr 'man' q.v.
Number:65
Word:rain
Abau:sueyr1
Lock 2011: 49; Lock 2007: 28. Phonetically transcribed as suei̯r. Quoted as swel in [Bailey 1975: 118] (phonological notation).
Lock 2011: 81, 85. This is the main verb to introduce direct speech. Quoted as me in [Bailey 1975: 110] (phonological notation).
Number:72
Word:see
Abau:lira1
Lock 2011: 63; Lock 2007: 21. The latter source lists the word as lida (phonetic notation), rira (phonological notation). Quoted as lila in [Bailey 1975: 127] (phonological notation).
Number:73
Word:seed
Abau:i1
Lock 2011: 427. Same word as 'bone' q.v. Cf.: popo-i 'papaya seed' [Lock 2011: 94].
Number:74
Word:sit
Abau:liwak1
Lock 2011: 25; Lock 2007: 53. Phonetically transcribed as diu̯ak. Quoted as lúàk in [Bailey 1975: 13].
Number:75
Word:skin
Abau:ohi #1
Attested only in compounds, cf.: ohi-weys 'white person' (literally 'skin-white') [Lock 2011: 69]; mu-ohi 'crocodile skin' [Lock 2011: 312].
Number:76
Word:sleep
Abau:lia=won ~ lian ~ lwon1
Lock 2011: 117, 267; Lock 2007: 64. All of these forms are apparently judged as variants of the same stem lia=won 'to lie down; to (go to) sleep', where =won = 'to lie' q.v. The latter source gives the word as rian (phonetic notation), dian (phonological notation). Quoted as líàn in [Bailey 1975: 19]. Synonym: lwáɾ [Bailey 1975: 23] (or is this a phonetic variant of the same root?).
Number:77
Word:small
Abau:sowpwaren-ey1
Lock 2011: 69.
Number:78
Word:smoke
Abau:kuw1
Lock 2011: 273. Only attested within the compound yia-kuw, literally 'fire-smoke'.
Number:79
Word:stand
Abau:lorok1
Lock 2011: 160. Quoted as lialok in [Bailey 1975: 127] (phonological notation).
Lock 2011: 67; Lock 2007: 45. Quoted as éi̯ in [Bailey 1975: 12].
Number:83
Word:swim
Abau:heyh1
Lock 2011: 134; Lock 2007: 49. Phonetically transcribed as hei̯ф.
Number:84
Word:tail
Abau:orow1
Lock 2011: 97.
Number:85
Word:that
Abau:so-1
Lock 2007: 51. The basic stems are so-h- for sg. and so-m- for pl. The actual paradigm is as follows: demonstrative topic = soho kwe sg., somo kwe pl.; demonstrative objective = sohe ~ sehe sg., some ~ seme pl. (Notation is phonological).
Number:86
Word:this
Abau:o-1
Lock 2007: 51. The basic stems are o-h- for sg. and o-m- for pl. The actual paradigm is as follows: demonstrative topic = oho kwe sg., omo kwe pl.; demonstrative objective = ohe ~ ehe sg., ome ~ eme pl. (Notation is phonological).
Number:87
Word:thou
Abau:hwon1
Lock 2011: 35. Genitive: hn-o. Objective: hne-e. Phonetically transcribed as hu̯ɔn [Lock 2007: 11] (= hwɒ̀n in [Bailey 1975: 24]).
Number:88
Word:tongue
Abau:sane1
Lock 2011: 456. Quoted as súnɛ̀ ~ súnɛ̌ in [Bailey 1975: 7].
Number:89
Word:tooth
Abau:nays1
Lock 2011: 368; Lock 2007: 52. Phonetically transcribed as nʌi̯s.
Number:90
Word:tree
Abau:now1
Lock 2011: 68; Lock 2007: 58. Phonetically transcribed as nou̯. Quoted as nɒ́u̯ in [Bailey 1975: 36].
Number:91
Word:two
Abau:=reys1
Lock 2011: 57; Lock 2007: 29. This is the most frequent allomorph of the numeral 2; it is encountered in 9 out of 12 nominal classes (e. g. k=reys '2 (non-human)', na=reys '2 (small objects with some volume)', etc.). The alternate variants are =eys in pru=eys '2 (of human beings and spirits)' and s=eys '2 (of flat surface objects; experience nouns)'; and =deys in ein=deys '2 (of bundles of long non-cut items)'. All of these are clearly allomorphic variations.
Number:92
Word:walk (go)
Abau:ley1
Lock 2011: 174; Lock 2007: 16. Quoted as léi in [Bailey 1975: 18]. Cf. the phonetically similar 'come' q.v.: same root with morphological differentiation?
Number:93
Word:warm (hot)
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:94
Word:water
Abau:hu1
Lock 2011: 49; Lock 2007: 11. Quoted as hú in [Bailey 1975: 9]; also transcribed as фu for the Idam dialect [Bailey 1975: 53].
Number:95
Word:we
Abau:hro-m1
Lock 2011: 35; Lock 2007: 50. Genitive: hrom-o. Objective: hrem-e ~ hrom-e. Quoted as hlom in [Bailey 1975: 118]. Cf. also the dual form, with a different suffix: hro-r [Lock 2011: 35] (genitive: hro-r-o; objective: hro-r-e).
Number:96
Word:what
Abau:pay1
Lock 2011: 269. The object form is pay-se. Different stem (with the same interrogative morpheme) quoted in [Bailey 1975: 16]: pɛ́nkìn 'what?'; however, it corresponds to penkin 'how?' in [Lock 2011: 270].
Number:97
Word:white
Abau:weys1
Lock 2011: 69. A different word, wáp, is found in [Bailey 1975: 23].
Number:98
Word:who
Abau:po-sokwaw / po-se1
Lock 2011: 269. The first morphological variant is the subject form, the second one is the object form.
Number:99
Word:woman
Abau:sa1
Lock 2011: 42. Cf. the Down-river dialect variant sao [ibid.]. Quoted as sa in [Bailey 1975: 121].
Number:100
Word:yellow
Abau:
Not attested. Cf., however, the complex term wouknow-hu eyn 'yellowish', literally 'similar to the juice of ginger' [Lock 2011: 69].
Number:101
Word:far
Abau:mei-aw1
Lock 2011: 429. Adverbial form. Same root as in mei 'long' q.v.
Number:102
Word:heavy
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:103
Word:near
Abau:ohri1
Lock 2011: 93. Adverbial form. Cf. áфlyál 'near' in [Bailey 1975: 17]: this probably corresponds to the predicative form ohri-ar in [Lock 2011: 119].
Number:104
Word:salt
Abau:sowr #1
Lock 2011: 239. Dubious; only attested within the compound sowr-yawp 'Salt River'.
Number:105
Word:short
Abau:haraw1
Lock 2011: 70. Quoted as hálàu̯ in [Bailey 1975: 11]; also transcribed as фrau̯ for the Idam dialect [Bailey 1975: 56].
Number:106
Word:snake
Abau:sok1
Lock 2011: 48; Lock 2007: 12, 30. Phonetically transcribed as sɔk. Quoted as sɒ́k in [Bailey 1975: 25], transcribed as sak in the Idam dialect [Bailey 1975: 55].
Number:107
Word:thin
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:108
Word:wind
Abau:howniy1
Lock 2011: 60; Lock 2007: 18. Phonetically transcribed as hou̯nı. Quoted as hɒ́u̯ní in [Bailey 1975: 26].
Number:109
Word:worm
Abau:
Not attested.
Number:110
Word:year
Abau:yia-1
Lock 2011: 96. Apparently borrowed from English year.
