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Language: Bierebo (Yevali)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:bnk  Glottocode: bier1244 
Notes:  Tryon, DT. 1976. New Hebrides Languages: An internal classification. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Kirsty Maurits  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Epi:Lamenu-Baki:Baki-Bierebo 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
19 shoulder      
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
70 to shoot word info      
73 to steal      
82 dull, blunt      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
125 salt      
126 lake      
128 sky      
138 warm word info      
154 short word info      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
175 above      
176 below      
192 and      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
69 to hunt word info -miyiliβi      
140 dry word info sua      
165 bad, evil pua      
168 day čeŋiena      
178 that naŋaru      
179 near kileβis      
185 we word info kita čua dl. incl.    
185 we word info kumemi čua dl. excl.    
191 all pʷaŋa      
16 intestines sine-ᵑgu   1  
22 to fear -mira   1  
34 to cry -saŋi   1  
37 to eat -kina·na   1  
44 to hear -čoŋoia   1  
45 eye kono-mere-ᵑgu   1  
51 to sit -totono   1  
61 house iuma   1  
75 to die, be dead -mere   1  
78 to cut, hack word info -teia   1  
90 to dig -kilia   1  
97 bird menu   1  
99 feather βiču-namenu   1  
108 louse word info koru   1  
109 mosquito namu   1  
111 fish ika   1  
121 sand ñ-one   1  
124 sea si   1  
133 rain yuwa   1  
156 thin word info meniniβi   1  
162 old word info wuru-mæruwa   1  
167 night poŋiena   1  
177 this nani   1  
188 what? word info ia   1  
198 Two word info čua   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
201 Five word info čima   1  
183 thou niᵑga   1, 17  
7 to come -βirimi   1, 23  
60 father ka-rme-ᵑgu   1, 30  
120 stone kəla-βeru   1, 40  
43 ear kilŋa-ᵑgu   1, 41  
189 who? word info ke   1, 43  
187 they lala they 1, 48  
41 to bite -karia   1, 55  
58 wife kwo-ᵑgu   1, 57  
119 earth/soil koⁿdo-tono   1, 69  
12 skin kuluyeβe-ᵑgu   1, 71  
76 to live, be alive -mali   1, 76  
136 wind čaŋi   1, 77  
83 to work word info yumʷaiena   1, 89  
139 cold word info manini   1, 99  
186 you kamiu pl. 1, 13  
54 man/male yœrumʷan   1, 14  
182 I kinu   1, 21, 22  
170 when? word info liŋe   1, 24  
31 tooth mære-čua-ᵑgu   1, 35, 43  
27 nose kunu-ᵑgu   1, 58  
2 left mʷeli   1, 59  
184 he/she naŋa   1, 6  
200 Four word info βeri   1, 65  
98 egg maᵐbuluto   1, 70  
40 to drink -munia   1, 73  
163 new wuru-βiu   10, 59  
5 to walk -yeli Loan word from Mate/ Filakara/ Nul? 10, 63  
14 belly ᵐboᵐbʷa-ᵑgu   100  
25 neck koᵑgie-ᵑgu   101  
160 painful, sick meña   103  
36 to spit -βičasiri   104  
152 small tekaki   104?  
153 big keβiu   106  
164 good ᵐbo   108  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -ᵑgičea   110  
106 snake mʷara   12  
21 to think -siⁿdomi   13, 51  
71 to stab, pierce -yelia   14  
101 to fly -kaka   14  
197 One word info ta   14  
81 sharp ma·li   14, 79, 81  
197 One word info takore   14, 77  
49 to lie down word info -mʷono   15  
104 fat/grease nčœpa   15  
103 meat/flesh kunu-ᵐbu   15, 81, 82  
155 long word info wuru-pieβi   16  
193 if βere   17  
149 red piliβili   18  
174 in, inside čuma   18  
48 to sleep -mʷono   19  
143 fire kapi   19  
122 water word info wi   2  
203 Seven word info o-lua   2  
100 wing kuβena   2, 62  
145 smoke word info kapi miu fire smokes 2, 76  
205 Nine word info o-βeri   20  
39 to cook word info meno   21  
202 Six word info ora   24  
11 dust pulu-yeβi   25  
52 to stand -səmʷalu   25  
135 lightning ye-ᵐbiče   26, 70, 72  
79 stick/wood čeki   27?  
169 year yuwi   29, 65  
89 to hold word info -wuᵑgaria   3  
102 rat kawe   3  
157 thick word info merorolu   3  
132 fog mʷau   3, 32  
181 where? word info ᵐbe   3, 59  
118 grass čumʷene   31  
195 no, not marare   32  
17 liver puri-ara   34  
131 cloud word info mæliᵑgo   34  
13 back word info mʷaⁿdu-ᵑgu   35  
141 wet meⁿdu   35, 89  
117 fruit marasi **maRati 36  
8 to turn word info -βiliŋi-ko   4  
206 Ten word info lualima   4  
80 to split word info -tepʷaia   4, 6  
115 root pias Loan word from Burupika? 45, 46 L?
114 leaf čumoki   46  
114 leaf čumasi   46  
18 breast yu-ᵑgu   47  
64 to say -βisi   47  
28 to breathe -mamaŋa   47, 75  
9 to swim -čele   49  
65 rope kilika   5  
3 right mərua   5, 37  
56 child ki-ñare-ᵑgu   5, 53  
42 to suck -čimia   51  
112 rotten word info menunu   51  
23 blood sa-ᵑgu   54  
190 other ⁿdolu   54  
116 flower βinasi   56  
53 person/human being yoru   57  
194 how? word info seβe   58  
1 hand čumo-ᵑgu /ʧ/ <*d, so not cognate with *kumw- 59  
123 to flow -mio   59  
129 moon kuβario   6, 29  
67 to sew word info -suluia   60  
105 tail siᵑgiena-kuli   61  
57 husband kʷo-ᵑgu   62  
137 to blow word info -yuia   62  
26 hair word info βiču-ᵑgu   63  
6 road/path moroᵑge   64  
59 mother kañe-ᵑgu   64  
10 dirty mi-ñemñeme   65  
63 name kiaᵑgu   66  
74 to kill -we βinuia   66, 1  
95 to fall word info -čoru   7  
96 dog kuli   7 L
204 Eight word info o-rolu   7  
32 tongue pur-mene-ᵑgu   7, 40  
130 star βerue   70  
15 bone puru-yu   71  
77 to scratch word info -kuβaria   73  
29 to sniff, smell -čoponea   76  
150 yellow nǰeleru   76  
142 heavy wurumiu   78  
146 ash pulu-yeβi   78  
55 woman/female sira   79  
127 woods/forest yomʷarowa   79  
147 black ᵐboᵐbokiña   79  
35 to vomit -čuluwa   8  
151 green memeña   8, 71  
30 mouth ŋo-ᵑgu   80  
196 to count -wuluia   81  
134 thunder ᵐbolulu   83  
33 to laugh -βisale   84  
144 to burn word info -sikapia   84  
66 to tie up, fasten -βisiraᵑgaria   85  
94 to throw word info -kuania   85  
46 to see -βisuia   86  
88 to squeeze word info -winia   87  
88 to squeeze word info wuia   87  
180 far ᵐberina   88  
24 head paru-ᵑgu   9  
72 to hit word info -wea   93  
4 leg/foot če-ᵑgu   98  
148 white miyuwe   98  
185 we word info kumemi pl. excl. E42  
185 we word info ᵑgita pl. incl. I  
158 narrow tekaki small x  
166 correct, true meⁿdumeⁿdu straight x  
186 you kamiu čua dl. x  
187 they lala čua they (dual) x  

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