Nemuti: Animals

Table of Phonemes

MOA	nasals				stops							sibilants				fricatives			tap		affricates				approximants			vowels
IPA	/m/	/n/	/ŋ/		/p/	/b/	/t/	/d/	/k/	/g/		/s/ (/θ/)	/z/ (/ð/)	/ʃ/		/ɸ/	/h/		/ɾ/ (/ʁ/)		/ʦ/	/ʧ/	/ʤ/		/j/	/w/		/i/	/e/	/ä/	/o/	/u/ (/ɯ/)
Latin	m	n	ŋ		p	b	t	d	k	g		s	z	x		f	h		r		ſ	c	j		y	w		i	e	a	o	u

Vocabulary

Amphibians - Fuze

frog, tikafo. toad, dini.

Anatomy

claw, xona. down, yipida. egg, pinidu. feather, rima.

shell, tedifi. tail (land animal), ſeku. tail (fish, shrimp, etc.), wegi. wing, xogizi.

Annelids -

leech, refo. worm, samjo.

Arachnids

spider, tonu.

Birds - Puh̨e

chicken, mekipu. duck, irefo. eagle, yiſe.

ostrich, biju. peacock, tocito.

Crustaceans - Titof̨o

crab, time. crayfish, dica. shrimp, sage.

Fishes - Zim̨i

• shark, zina.
• ray, afe.
• salmon, ſita.

Insects - Dumjoŋ̨i

ant, dane. bee, hipe. bug, noſe.

centipede, notiba. cicada, zane. fly, kikiwa.

grasshopper, gipi. locust, emidu. louse, ſefine.

wasp, rohaŋe.

Molluscs - Fomipiŋ̨e

oyster, pipe. snail, tido.

Reptiles - Kipoŋ̨i

crocodile, yime. lizard, putida. snake (venomous), kane.

snake (constrictor), kuwi. turtle, tina.

Other

• animal, bugoxo.

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