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Language: Bierebo (Burupika)

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:
38 to chew word info      
42 to suck      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
53 person/human being      
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      
125 salt      
126 lake      
128 sky      
154 short word info      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
163 new      
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      
30 mouth puliña-ᵑgu      
137 to blow word info -yuse      
139 cold word info miasaria      
145 smoke word info sep ⁿdœβi      
147 black mælsio      
152 small kərəᵑgasi      
165 bad, evil tuaᵑa      
183 thou nisa      
185 we word info ᵑgit čuwa dl. incl.    
7 to come -mi   1  
16 intestines tiñe-ᵑgu   1  
22 to fear -mra   1  
27 nose sunu-ᵑgu   1  
34 to cry -teŋ   1  
43 ear teline-ᵑgu   1  
44 to hear -čoŋoia   1  
45 eye kona-mæræ-ᵑgu   1  
61 house yuma   1  
65 rope teli   1  
75 to die, be dead -mære   1  
78 to cut, hack word info -teia   1  
90 to dig -kilia   1  
97 bird mænu   1  
99 feather ču mæn   1  
108 louse word info suru   1  
109 mosquito namu   1  
121 sand wæy-one   1  
124 sea ti   1  
131 cloud word info ᵐbini   1  
133 rain yuwa   1  
156 thin word info meniniwi   1  
160 painful, sick   1  
162 old word info marua   1  
167 night poŋian   1  
188 what? word info yani   1  
198 Two word info čuwa   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
201 Five word info limæ   1  
187 they nal they 1, 33  
120 stone pur-wæru   1, 42  
58 wife koa-ᵑgu   1, 53  
119 earth/soil pora-tanu   1, 67  
12 skin kulieβa-ᵑgu   1, 71  
76 to live, be alive -moli   1, 76  
136 wind čeŋ   1, 77  
83 to work word info yuman   1, 89  
186 you kamiu pl. 1, 13  
54 man/male yirumʷene   1, 14  
182 I kiñu   1, 21, 22  
31 tooth mæræ-čuwa-ᵑgu   1, 35, 43  
170 when? word info ñiñe   1, 43  
2 left mʷel   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  
153 big tilaβa   10, 107  
5 to walk -yeli Loan word from Mate/ Filakara/ Nul? 10, 63  
14 belly ᵐboᵐba-ᵑgu   100  
25 neck soᵑgiaru-ᵑgu   101  
36 to spit -latəri   104  
164 good ᵐbo   108  
140 dry word info me-mæ   11  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -čeᵑgečeia   110  
64 to say -βičaŋa   118  
106 snake mʷara   12  
138 warm word info pičučun   12, 94  
51 to sit -tatanu   121  
21 to think -sⁿdomia   13, 51  
46 to see -čeia   14  
71 to stab, pierce -tlia   14  
81 sharp mal   14, 79, 81  
197 One word info takoran   14, 77  
49 to lie down word info -mono   15  
104 fat/grease nǰapa   15  
103 meat/flesh su-ᵐbui   15, 81, 82  
155 long word info ti-piyewi   16  
168 day ᵐboŋate   16  
149 red ᵐbilil   18  
48 to sleep -mon-mælio   19  
60 father kata Address term 19  
122 water word info wi   2  
100 wing sβena   2, 62  
205 Nine word info oko-weri   20  
39 to cook word info mæno   21  
202 Six word info wara   24  
11 dust pulu-yewi   25  
52 to stand -tmalu   25  
135 lightning ye-pče   26, 70, 72  
79 stick/wood česi   27  
169 year yuwi   29, 65  
89 to hold word info -ᵑgaria   3  
157 thick word info mererol   3  
132 fog mau   3, 32  
181 where? word info aᵐbe   3, 59  
102 rat sowe   3, 74  
17 liver puri-ara   34  
37 to eat -snana   34  
13 back word info mʷaⁿdu-ᵑgu   35  
141 wet meⁿdu   35, 89  
117 fruit mæræ-česi   36  
143 fire sepi   38  
8 to turn word info -βlini-so   4  
206 Ten word info lualimæ   4  
203 Seven word info oɣo-lua   4, 2  
80 to split word info -tepʷeia   4, 6  
6 road/path meriaβa   41  
23 blood puru-sa-ᵑgu   45, 29  
115 root pʷačesi   45, 46  
114 leaf čumʷesi   46  
18 breast mara-yu-ᵑgu   47  
9 to swim -čele   49  
59 mother kawiya   49  
3 right mærua   5, 37  
56 child ka-naru-ᵑgu   5, 53  
204 Eight word info oɣo-rolu   5, 7  
112 rotten word info menun   51  
116 flower ñečesi   54  
129 moon spario   54, 56  
19 shoulder puruᵑgia-ᵑgu   55  
1 hand čima-ᵑgu   59  
123 to flow -mie   59  
67 to sew word info -yeⁿdea   61  
105 tail tiᵑgian   61  
41 to bite -saria   62  
57 husband koa-ᵑgu   62  
26 hair word info wiču-ᵑgu   63  
189 who? word info keni   64  
10 dirty pe-ñomñomi   65  
63 name kiaᵑgi   66  
74 to kill -we piñia   66, 1  
95 to fall word info -čoru   7  
96 dog kuli   7 L
32 tongue pur-məna-ᵑgu   7, 43  
130 star weruwe   70  
15 bone pur-iu   71  
142 heavy ⁿdimi   72  
77 to scratch word info -sparia   73  
28 to breathe -čuweča   75  
29 to sniff, smell -sponia   76  
150 yellow mǰeleru   76  
118 grass koræsi   77  
146 ash pulu-yewi   78  
127 woods/forest yomarua   79  
35 to vomit -čiluwa   8  
151 green memæ   8, 71  
55 woman/female təra   80  
111 fish wiñaⁿda   80  
196 to count -uluia   81  
134 thunder ᵐbolul   83  
33 to laugh -βtali   84  
144 to burn word info -suasepi   84  
66 to tie up, fasten -taᵑgaria   85  
94 to throw word info -swaia   85?  
88 to squeeze word info -wiwoea   87  
101 to fly -sa   89  
24 head por-paru-ᵑgu   9  
72 to hit word info -weia   93  
4 leg/foot ča-ᵑgu   98  
148 white miuwe   98  
185 we word info kimimi pl. excl. E  
185 we word info ᵑgit pl. incl. I  
158 narrow kərəᵑgasi small x  
166 correct, true meⁿdumeⁿdu straight x  

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