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Language: Kwamera (Isiai)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:tnk  Glottocode: kwam1252 
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:South Vanuatu:Tanna 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
16 intestines      
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      
83 to work word info      
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      
175 above      
176 below      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
106 snake pakʷoi      
174 in, inside imʷa      
177 this sei      
178 that safwe      
185 we word info kərau dl. incl.    
185 we word info kemrau dl. excl.    
202 Six word info kərirəm reči      
203 Seven word info kərirəm karu      
204 Eight word info kərərəm kahar      
205 Nine word info kərirəm kefa      
206 Ten word info riwanimiwani      
18 breast na-n̥œk   1  
23 blood ne-ta   1  
37 to eat -ani nari   1  
45 eye na-nime-k   1  
46 to see -atoni   1  
60 father remʷœ-k   1  
61 house ni-mʷa   1  
75 to die, be dead -em̥a   1  
78 to cut, hack word info -arai   1  
79 stick/wood nə-pari-nai   1  
90 to dig -eri   1  
97 bird manu   1  
101 to fly -iwæ   1  
108 louse word info ur   1  
109 mosquito mʷi   1  
118 grass nœ-r̥i   1  
119 earth/soil tana   1  
124 sea tasi   1  
133 rain ne-san   1  
151 green rarəmera   1  
160 painful, sick ramem̥a   1  
163 new sawi   1  
163 new rarmawi   1  
165 bad, evil raraha   1  
167 night nəpʷahenapen   1  
180 far isəpʷan   1  
189 who? word info sin   1  
194 how? word info ikafa   1  
198 Two word info ka-ru   1  
199 Three word info kahar   1  
105 tail ni-piki-n   1, 31  
41 to bite -ahi   1, 60  
136 wind mataŋi   1, 66  
187 they yiraha they 1, 75  
76 to live, be alive -amʷuru   1, 76  
44 to hear -areŋi   1, 84  
138 warm word info rarewan   1, 98  
186 you kemiaha pl. 1, 13  
54 man/male yerumʷan   1, 14  
201 Five word info kerirəm   1, 14  
183 thou ik   1, 17  
63 name na-ŋ̥e-k   1, 18  
182 I io   1, 21  
117 fruit nu-kʷai-nei   1, 26  
27 nose nə-pæsæŋa-k   1, 33  
31 tooth r̥ewe-k   1, 35  
55 woman/female pəran   1, 35  
66 to tie up, fasten -arihi   1, 39  
170 when? word info nesan   1, 43  
184 he/she in   1, 43  
2 left maur   1, 59  
59 mother rin̥i-k   1, 61  
98 egg nare manu   1, 61  
200 Four word info ke-fa   1, 65  
40 to drink -anumʷi   1, 72  
146 ash nə-mr̥akʷu   1, 73  
103 meat/flesh nœsan   10  
64 to say -ani   104  
147 black repitœ   104  
51 to sit -akurai   107  
139 cold word info rakuiei   108  
48 to sleep -apʷəri   11  
69 to hunt word info -ripʷi   11  
140 dry word info rem̥ia   11  
13 back word info takuta-k   12  
128 sky na-iai   12  
8 to turn word info -usəni   122  
77 to scratch word info -aki   13  
130 star kamahau   13  
141 wet rapʷətœŋ   13  
10 dirty ramkemek   14  
148 white rapusan   14  
155 long word info rapʷamʷes   14  
197 One word info reči   14, 44  
164 good ramʷasan   140  
152 small rawihi   142  
28 to breathe -aiaihaŋ   15  
104 fat/grease na-rəpʷa   15  
131 cloud word info na-pua   16  
42 to suck -atumʷi   17  
57 husband yerumʷan   17  
81 sharp rahia   17  
8 to turn word info arari   18  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -aukuran   18  
25 neck nuwa-k   18, 83  
21 to think -atarəŋ   19  
143 fire n-apʷ   19, 25  
36 to spit -areŋawæs *luaq 'vomit' + *ŋapus 'spit' 19, 38  
5 to walk -awæn   2  
122 water word info nu-wi   2  
145 smoke word info n-ese-napʷ   2  
192 and məne   2, 68  
52 to stand -arer   2, 57  
134 thunder karuarua   2, 64, 18  
156 thin word info raŋeiŋei   20  
193 if rəpa   22  
99 feather nə-m̥ʷere-n   23  
7 to come -wehe   25  
135 lightning na-rawaperien   25  
196 to count -auseni   26  
12 skin teke-k   27  
129 moon makʷa   28  
102 rat yesuk   3  
132 fog na-wipenien   3  
114 leaf nə-mʷai   30  
121 sand ne-paker   30  
142 heavy rəpam   30  
1 hand raŋa-k   32  
179 near ipaka   32  
34 to cry -asak   33  
89 to hold word info -βahi   33  
14 belly tupʷœ-k   36  
158 narrow rəkʷakʷa   37  
157 thick word info rəkemkem   38  
17 liver tapawæreβæ   4, 7  
95 to fall word info -amʷei   40  
169 year n-uk   41  
150 yellow rakʷes   42  
29 to sniff, smell -apeŋi   42, 73  
43 ear nə-βreŋœ-k   43  
49 to lie down word info -amʷak   46  
6 road/path suatuk   47  
153 big rasori   47  
56 child nare-k   5  
9 to swim -aiai   5, 24  
9 to swim aru   5, 24  
58 wife pəran   5, 58  
3 right matu-k   5, 77  
115 root nu-wainei   50  
191 all pam   50  
111 fish namu   51  
94 to throw word info -ararəki   52  
149 red rarwerœ   52  
53 person/human being yarmama   55  
195 no, not rekom   55  
123 to flow -aiu =run 57  
26 hair word info nu-kʷane-k   59  
120 stone kapʷiar   6  
65 rope na-kus   60  
188 what? word info nafe   60  
19 shoulder n-ura-k   61  
100 wing taraŋe-n   65  
22 to fear -ehekər   69  
15 bone ne-kakiri-k   7  
96 dog kuri   7 L
32 tongue na-rame-k   7, 48  
67 to sew word info -etiri   71  
116 flower tihi-nei   73  
190 other sapaiti   73  
71 to stab, pierce -api   74  
4 leg/foot nœ-su-k   75  
74 to kill -ausi   77  
11 dust nə-mʷakurur   8  
35 to vomit -ewa   8  
80 to split word info -ausiaskini   81  
137 to blow word info -ase   83  
144 to burn word info -aβani   83  
72 to hit word info -awusi   85  
39 to cook word info rafa   86  
24 head kauk ka·pa   9, 17  
88 to squeeze word info -aβai   90  
181 where? word info isa   91  
30 mouth tar̥u-k   94  
33 to laugh -ari·s   97  
112 rotten word info ruapen   98  
127 woods/forest menari   98  
185 we word info kemaha pl. excl. E  
185 we word info ketaha pl. incl. I  
125 salt n-apʷ   x  
162 old word info naritui   x  
166 correct, true ramʷasan good x  
168 day napen   x  
186 you kimirau dl. x  
187 they yirau they (dual) x  

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