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Language: Hiw

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:hiw  Glottocode: hiww1237 
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:
11 dust      
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      
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      
99 feather      
103 meat/flesh      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
115 root      
116 flower      
117 fruit      
118 grass      
119 earth/soil      
127 woods/forest      
154 short word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
195 no, not      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand myo-k   1, 78  
2 left ɣayawa   14  
3 right moso   5, 37  
4 leg/foot ɣoŋo-k   17  
6 road/path ɣaia   1  
7 to come to mə   1  
8 to turn word info tutawi   53  
9 to swim ɣoɣ   5  
10 dirty təɣoɣə   81  
12 skin ɣiti-k   1  
13 back word info kio-k   10  
14 belly kʷo-k   36  
15 bone siɣi-k   52  
17 liver wusə   31  
18 breast tit   1  
19 shoulder pini-k   36  
20 to know, be knowledgeable yoimeɣen   86  
21 to think təm   13  
22 to fear mətoɣtoɣ   1  
24 head kʷuti-k   9  
25 neck tinamo-k   65  
26 hair word info n-uyu-k   31  
27 nose miti-k   14  
28 to breathe menawə   1  
29 to sniff, smell kʷunukʷunə   42, 69  
30 mouth ᵑgo-k   7  
31 tooth yiwo-k   1, 35  
32 tongue ɣamie-k   7, 14  
34 to cry woɣə   65  
35 to vomit   8  
37 to eat ɣon   1  
40 to drink ni   1?  
41 to bite ɣaɣə   1  
42 to suck tit   25  
43 ear toiŋo-k   1, 40  
44 to hear ɣoŋ   1  
45 eye muto-k   1  
46 to see ye   14  
48 to sleep mitiɣ   1  
49 to lie down word info en   1  
51 to sit saɣ   72  
52 to stand tu   2  
53 person/human being tayœ   4, 50  
54 man/male təmʷen   1, 14  
55 woman/female yekʷen   1, 106  
56 child moɣoye   50  
57 husband təʷen ekiə   17  
58 wife yekʷen   5, 52  
60 father tomo-k   1  
61 house emʷ   1  
63 name yo-k   1, 18  
64 to say maŋə      
65 rope ɣie   25  
66 to tie up, fasten ɣoŋə      
67 to sew word info βe      
69 to hunt word info yaɣyaɣ      
71 to stab, pierce soɣ   14  
72 to hit word info tut   8  
74 to kill not   62  
75 to die, be dead met   1  
76 to live, be alive at   24, 55  
77 to scratch word info koɣ   12  
78 to cut, hack word info tipə   100  
79 stick/wood tuŋɣeɣe      
80 to split word info mətaiə      
81 sharp woi      
83 to work word info ɣəkoβə      
88 to squeeze word info βiɣ   74  
89 to hold word info ɣak      
90 to dig ɣiy   1  
94 to throw word info taiŋoɣ      
95 to fall word info so   13  
97 bird mon   1  
98 egg tui   1  
100 wing pini   2  
101 to fly ɣaβə   14  
102 rat ɣusuwə   3  
104 fat/grease ɣəɣakə   39  
105 tail ɣio   1, 58  
106 snake mʷata   12  
108 louse word info ɣit   1  
109 mosquito ŋoɣa      
111 fish eɣə   1  
112 rotten word info ŋʷoɣ   30?  
114 leaf ti   1  
120 stone βot   1  
121 sand en   1  
122 water word info pe   28  
123 to flow ɣou   37  
124 sea peɣonə      
124 sea yamə   14  
125 salt pe ɣonə   43  
126 lake petü      
128 sky maewaɣə   63  
129 moon mewe   52  
130 star βti   1  
131 cloud word info miyiɣə   34  
132 fog ɣuβɣuβ   3  
133 rain wetə   51  
134 thunder mon   37  
135 lightning βiyə   26  
136 wind yoŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info βiβ   5  
138 warm word info tin   12  
139 cold word info maitit   1  
140 dry word info moɣoŋ   1, 85  
141 wet tok   94  
142 heavy maβə   46  
143 fire   1  
144 to burn word info towɣaɣ   88  
145 smoke word info soβ   84  
146 ash saw      
147 black miyeɣə   41  
148 white yui   95  
149 red mie   1  
150 yellow ŋoŋo   9  
151 green maiɣetə   8, 43  
152 small ke   78  
153 big kʷo   55  
155 long word info poɣo      
156 thin word info miɣiβɣiβ   1  
157 thick word info mətœi   3  
160 painful, sick mo   1  
162 old word info tamoso   1, 118  
163 new ɣakʷə   9  
164 good wiə   1  
165 bad, evil sa   1  
167 night yokʷoŋ   1  
168 day meɣen   6  
169 year to   1  
170 when? word info ŋeie   1  
174 in, inside yonə   1  
179 near ɣəptoɣ   101  
180 far ata   77  
181 where? word info aβʷa   3, 35  
182 I noko   1, 21, 22, 23  
183 thou ikə   1, 17  
184 he/she ninə   1, 6  
188 what? word info naβə   1  
189 who? word info ie   1  
194 how? word info ɣakmataiə      
196 to count yukʷ   1, 83  
198 Two word info βi-ɣo   1  
199 Three word info βi-toi   1  
200 Four word info βi-βot   1, 65  
201 Five word info toβo-yim   1  
202 Six word info yeβe-se   33  
203 Seven word info yeβo-ɣo   13  
204 Eight word info yeβo-toi   5, 7  
205 Nine word info ye-βot   20  
206 Ten word info tamui   5  
33 to laugh ɣiwə (<**riwa) 90  
23 blood taɣa (A.F.) actually /taᶢʟə/ < *draRaq 1  
59 mother teta Address term 44  
186 you kimiɣə dl. x  
185 we word info kamaɣa dl. excl.    
185 we word info toɣo dl. incl.    
96 dog tok English term only remembered. 73 L
166 correct, true wiə good X  
36 to spit aɣamut in fact /ᶢʟaɣə-mɵt/ < *kaRat 'bite' + *musi 14, 82, 97  
186 you kimi pl. 1, 13  
185 we word info kama pl. excl. E  
185 we word info titə pl. incl. I  
39 to cook word info sok should be /sokʷ/ unknown origin. 87  
5 to walk toɣ should be /to/ 13  
197 One word info tuwə There are two forms of one in New Hebrides languages 9  
197 One word info βise There are two forms of one in New Hebrides languages 9  
187 they sisə they    
187 they soɣə they (dual) x  

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