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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      
1 hand heo-k   16, 72  
2 left mʷeil   1, 59  
3 right mætu   5, 37  
4 leg/foot leo-k   37  
5 to walk -ka·kau   1  
6 road/path suse   50  
7 to come -ame   1  
8 to turn word info -heles   15  
9 to swim -ɣul   71  
10 dirty mumu·   63  
11 dust βulmʷeas   20  
12 skin hiliᵐbœ-k   1, 80, 71  
13 back word info maru-k   35  
14 belly βaŋo-k   61  
15 bone siu-ku   52  
16 intestines tino-k   1  
17 liver liet no-k   38  
18 breast su-k   1  
19 shoulder watuβu-k   65  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -kila   18  
21 to think -næmi   28  
22 to fear ulu-k mikan   15  
23 blood reo-k   1, 27  
24 head βatu-ku   9  
25 neck heraio-k   43  
26 hair word info hilu-ku   31  
27 nose βul-kusu-k   1, 58  
28 to breathe -sæhsæh   35  
29 to sniff, smell -βuŋosi   64  
30 mouth ŋo-k   80  
31 tooth luho-k   1, 35  
32 tongue meo-k   7  
33 to laugh -mæn   51  
34 to cry -mʷis   67  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
36 to spit -kusæh   19, 34  
37 to eat -anian   1  
39 to cook word info mæses   19, 82  
40 to drink -muni   1, 73  
41 to bite -ŋasi   1, 60  
42 to suck -sus   25  
43 ear βuraŋo-k   43  
44 to hear -loŋe   1  
45 eye meto-k   1  
46 to see -pusi   11  
48 to sleep -pat   86  
49 to lie down word info -liŋuk   25  
49 to lie down word info pat   62  
51 to sit -totan   1  
52 to stand -mea   58  
53 person/human being mʷoletin   7, 8  
54 man/male tiramʷe   88  
55 woman/female atou   81  
56 child natneli   5  
57 husband aso-ku   2  
58 wife aso-ku   1  
59 mother nine-n   1, 46  
60 father tame-n   1  
61 house im   1  
63 name iso-k   1, 18  
64 to say -sepin      
65 rope ao   25  
66 to tie up, fasten -warxati   94  
67 to sew word info -tili   13  
71 to stab, pierce -tili   14  
71 to stab, pierce hasi      
72 to hit word info -hasi   82  
74 to kill -hasi   76  
75 to die, be dead -mæt   1  
76 to live, be alive -mæul   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info -kakale   12  
78 to cut, hack word info -tei   1  
79 stick/wood lie   28  
80 to split word info -tapasi   4, 6  
81 sharp mi-kan   14  
83 to work word info polien   88  
88 to squeeze word info -humʷi   86  
89 to hold word info -talxati   111  
90 to dig -hili   1  
94 to throw word info -kop   85  
95 to fall word info -mʷot   57  
97 bird tumen   1  
98 egg reltuto   1, 66  
99 feather hil   1  
100 wing eβeu-n      
101 to fly -ᵑga   14  
101 to fly xa   14  
102 rat asu   3, 77  
103 meat/flesh hisi   10  
104 fat/grease mur   72  
105 tail ɣale-n   39?  
106 snake tetal   13  
108 louse word info ut   1  
109 mosquito sikan   46  
109 mosquito am   1  
111 fish mesaio   52  
112 rotten word info mærær   116?  
114 leaf uβʷei   48  
114 leaf ut      
115 root lite   18, 44  
116 flower huŋiei   1?  
117 fruit huiei   37  
118 grass husmʷənai   31  
119 earth/soil tan   1  
120 stone ha·t   1  
121 sand suhon   1  
122 water word info oei   2  
123 to flow -leh   58?  
124 sea tas   1  
125 salt tas   20  
127 woods/forest urmatu   95  
128 sky tilaŋ   1, 61  
129 moon æβæti   6  
130 star hitu   1  
131 cloud word info mamah   39  
132 fog nin   64  
132 fog teleβ      
133 rain us   1  
134 thunder βeta   85  
135 lightning hil   26  
136 wind βʷot-iaŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info -hui·   62  
138 warm word info mitin   12  
139 cold word info mærir   1  
140 dry word info ᵐbʷe      
141 wet mæmær   35  
142 heavy meas   33  
143 fire upaŋ   21  
144 to burn word info -tini   1  
145 smoke word info eas   2  
146 ash husupaŋ      
147 black melaɣoluk   41  
148 white miæh   98  
149 red pili   18  
150 yellow meaŋ   9  
151 green tæmæmæs   8, 71  
152 small hokake   78  
153 big eilæβ   10  
155 long word info te-βiei   60  
156 thin word info mæhin   1, 50  
157 thick word info mætel   3  
158 narrow hokake small    
160 painful, sick mæsai   1  
162 old word info natamætu   1  
163 new netahu   55  
164 good ᵐbos   108  
165 bad, evil misa   1  
166 correct, true momal straight x  
167 night βoŋien   1  
168 day meleŋien   6  
169 year horam   30?  
170 when? word info βiliæh   74  
181 where? word info iᵑgaβi      
182 I inau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou xaiuk   1, 17, 26  
184 he/she ɣi   1, 29  
185 we word info xir pl. incl. I  
185 we word info xamæm pl. excl. E42  
185 we word info ralu dl. incl.    
185 we word info xamal dl. excl.    
186 you ɣami pl. 1, 13  
186 you xamil dl. x  
187 they ɣil they 1, 69  
187 they xalu they (dual) x  
188 what? word info naha   1  
189 who? word info βesi   1, 61  
196 to count -βuli   1, 13  
197 One word info teik   55  
198 Two word info lu·   1  
199 Three word info etel   1  
200 Four word info hat   1, 65  
201 Five word info lim   1  
202 Six word info tehesaβ   42  
203 Seven word info luhesa      
204 Eight word info tolhesa   14?  
205 Nine word info hathesa   30  
206 Ten word info heɣalu   5  
96 dog kuli   7 L

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