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Language: Ambrym, Southeast (Maat)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:tvk  Glottocode: mele1255 
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:East Vanuatu 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
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      
126 lake      
154 short word info      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
180 far      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
7 to come -ame   1  
37 to eat -anian   1  
72 to hit word info -hasi   82  
74 to kill -hasi   76  
8 to turn word info -heles   15  
90 to dig -hili   1  
137 to blow word info -hui·   62  
88 to squeeze word info -humʷi   86  
77 to scratch word info -kakale   12  
5 to walk -ka·kau   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -kila   18  
94 to throw word info -kop   85  
36 to spit -kusæh   19, 34  
123 to flow -leh   58?  
49 to lie down word info -liŋuk   25  
44 to hear -loŋe   1  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
52 to stand -mea   58  
40 to drink -muni   1, 73  
33 to laugh -mæn   51  
75 to die, be dead -mæt   1  
76 to live, be alive -mæul   1, 76  
34 to cry -mʷis   67  
95 to fall word info -mʷot   57  
21 to think -næmi   28  
48 to sleep -pat   86  
46 to see -pusi   11  
64 to say -sepin      
42 to suck -sus   25  
28 to breathe -sæhsæh   35  
89 to hold word info -talxati   111  
80 to split word info -tapasi   4, 6  
78 to cut, hack word info -tei   1  
67 to sew word info -tili   13  
71 to stab, pierce -tili   14  
144 to burn word info -tini   1  
51 to sit -totan   1  
66 to tie up, fasten -warxati   94  
41 to bite -ŋasi   1, 60  
9 to swim -ɣul   71  
196 to count -βuli   1, 13  
29 to sniff, smell -βuŋosi   64  
101 to fly -ᵑga   14  
109 mosquito am   1  
65 rope ao   25  
57 husband aso-ku   2  
58 wife aso-ku   1  
102 rat asu   3, 77  
55 woman/female atou   81  
145 smoke word info eas   2  
153 big eilæβ   10  
199 Three word info etel   1  
100 wing eβeu-n      
71 to stab, pierce hasi      
200 Four word info hat   1, 65  
205 Nine word info hathesa   30  
120 stone ha·t   1  
1 hand heo-k   16, 72  
25 neck heraio-k   43  
206 Ten word info heɣalu   5  
99 feather hil   1  
135 lightning hil   26  
12 skin hiliᵐbœ-k   1, 80, 71  
26 hair word info hilu-ku   31  
103 meat/flesh hisi   10  
130 star hitu   1  
152 small hokake   78  
158 narrow hokake small    
169 year horam   30?  
117 fruit huiei   37  
118 grass husmʷənai   31  
146 ash husupaŋ      
116 flower huŋiei   1?  
61 house im   1  
182 I inau   1, 21, 22  
63 name iso-k   1, 18  
181 where? word info iᵑgaβi      
96 dog kuli   7 L
4 leg/foot leo-k   37  
79 stick/wood lie   28  
17 liver liet no-k   38  
201 Five word info lim   1  
115 root lite   18, 44  
203 Seven word info luhesa      
31 tooth luho-k   1, 35  
198 Two word info lu·   1  
131 cloud word info mamah   39  
13 back word info maru-k   35  
142 heavy meas   33  
150 yellow meaŋ   9  
147 black melaɣoluk   41  
168 day meleŋien   6  
32 tongue meo-k   7  
111 fish mesaio   52  
45 eye meto-k   1  
81 sharp mi-kan   14  
165 bad, evil misa   1  
138 warm word info mitin   12  
148 white miæh   98  
166 correct, true momal straight x  
10 dirty mumu·   63  
104 fat/grease mur   72  
156 thin word info mæhin   1, 50  
141 wet mæmær   35  
139 cold word info mærir   1  
112 rotten word info mærær   116?  
160 painful, sick mæsai   1  
39 to cook word info mæses   19, 82  
157 thick word info mætel   3  
3 right mætu   5, 37  
2 left mʷeil   1, 59  
53 person/human being mʷoletin   7, 8  
188 what? word info naha   1  
162 old word info natamætu   1  
56 child natneli   5  
163 new netahu   55  
132 fog nin   64  
59 mother nine-n   1, 46  
122 water word info oei   2  
49 to lie down word info pat   62  
149 red pili   18  
83 to work word info polien   88  
185 we word info ralu dl. incl.    
98 egg reltuto   1, 66  
23 blood reo-k   1, 27  
109 mosquito sikan   46  
15 bone siu-ku   52  
18 breast su-k   1  
121 sand suhon   1  
6 road/path suse   50  
60 father tame-n   1  
119 earth/soil tan   1  
124 sea tas   1  
125 salt tas   20  
155 long word info te-βiei   60  
202 Six word info tehesaβ   42  
197 One word info teik   55  
132 fog teleβ      
106 snake tetal   13  
128 sky tilaŋ   1, 61  
16 intestines tino-k   1  
54 man/male tiramʷe   88  
204 Eight word info tolhesa   14?  
97 bird tumen   1  
151 green tæmæmæs   8, 71  
22 to fear ulu-k mikan   15  
143 fire upaŋ   21  
127 woods/forest urmatu   95  
133 rain us   1  
108 louse word info ut   1  
114 leaf ut      
114 leaf uβʷei   48  
19 shoulder watuβu-k   65  
101 to fly xa   14  
183 thou xaiuk   1, 17, 26  
187 they xalu they (dual) x  
185 we word info xamal dl. excl.    
186 you xamil dl. x  
185 we word info xamæm pl. excl. E42  
185 we word info xir pl. incl. I  
129 moon æβæti   6  
30 mouth ŋo-k   80  
105 tail ɣale-n   39?  
186 you ɣami pl. 1, 13  
184 he/she ɣi   1, 29  
187 they ɣil they 1, 69  
24 head βatu-ku   9  
14 belly βaŋo-k   61  
189 who? word info βesi   1, 61  
134 thunder βeta   85  
170 when? word info βiliæh   74  
167 night βoŋien   1  
27 nose βul-kusu-k   1, 58  
11 dust βulmʷeas   20  
43 ear βuraŋo-k   43  
136 wind βʷot-iaŋ   1, 77  
164 good ᵐbos   108  
140 dry word info ᵐbʷe      

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