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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      
64 to say maŋə      
66 to tie up, fasten ɣoŋə      
67 to sew word info βe      
69 to hunt word info yaɣyaɣ      
79 stick/wood tuŋɣeɣe      
80 to split word info mətaiə      
81 sharp woi      
83 to work word info ɣəkoβə      
89 to hold word info ɣak      
94 to throw word info taiŋoɣ      
109 mosquito ŋoɣa      
124 sea peɣonə      
126 lake petü      
146 ash saw      
155 long word info poɣo      
185 we word info toɣo dl. incl.    
185 we word info kamaɣa dl. excl.    
187 they sisə they    
194 how? word info ɣakmataiə      
6 road/path ɣaia   1  
7 to come to mə   1  
12 skin ɣiti-k   1  
18 breast tit   1  
22 to fear mətoɣtoɣ   1  
23 blood taɣa (A.F.) actually /taᶢʟə/ < *draRaq 1  
28 to breathe menawə   1  
37 to eat ɣon   1  
41 to bite ɣaɣə   1  
44 to hear ɣoŋ   1  
45 eye muto-k   1  
48 to sleep mitiɣ   1  
49 to lie down word info en   1  
60 father tomo-k   1  
61 house emʷ   1  
75 to die, be dead met   1  
90 to dig ɣiy   1  
97 bird mon   1  
98 egg tui   1  
108 louse word info ɣit   1  
111 fish eɣə   1  
114 leaf ti   1  
120 stone βot   1  
121 sand en   1  
130 star βti   1  
139 cold word info maitit   1  
143 fire   1  
149 red mie   1  
156 thin word info miɣiβɣiβ   1  
160 painful, sick mo   1  
164 good wiə   1  
165 bad, evil sa   1  
167 night yokʷoŋ   1  
169 year to   1  
170 when? word info ŋeie   1  
174 in, inside yonə   1  
188 what? word info naβə   1  
189 who? word info ie   1  
198 Two word info βi-ɣo   1  
199 Three word info βi-toi   1  
201 Five word info toβo-yim   1  
162 old word info tamoso   1, 118  
183 thou ikə   1, 17  
43 ear toiŋo-k   1, 40  
105 tail ɣio   1, 58  
184 he/she ninə   1, 6  
136 wind yoŋ   1, 77  
1 hand myo-k   1, 78  
196 to count yukʷ   1, 83  
140 dry word info moɣoŋ   1, 85  
55 woman/female yekʷen   1, 106  
186 you kimi pl. 1, 13  
54 man/male təmʷen   1, 14  
63 name yo-k   1, 18  
182 I noko   1, 21, 22, 23  
31 tooth yiwo-k   1, 35  
200 Four word info βi-βot   1, 65  
13 back word info kio-k   10  
78 to cut, hack word info tipə   100  
179 near ɣəptoɣ   101  
77 to scratch word info koɣ   12  
106 snake mʷata   12  
138 warm word info tin   12  
5 to walk toɣ should be /to/ 13  
21 to think təm   13  
95 to fall word info so   13  
203 Seven word info yeβo-ɣo   13  
2 left ɣayawa   14  
27 nose miti-k   14  
46 to see ye   14  
71 to stab, pierce soɣ   14  
101 to fly ɣaβə   14  
124 sea yamə   14  
36 to spit aɣamut in fact /ᶢʟaɣə-mɵt/ < *kaRat 'bite' + *musi 14, 82, 97  
4 leg/foot ɣoŋo-k   17  
57 husband təʷen ekiə   17  
40 to drink ni   1?  
52 to stand tu   2  
100 wing pini   2  
205 Nine word info ye-βot   20  
76 to live, be alive at   24, 55  
42 to suck tit   25  
65 rope ɣie   25  
135 lightning βiyə   26  
122 water word info pe   28  
102 rat ɣusuwə   3  
132 fog ɣuβɣuβ   3  
157 thick word info mətœi   3  
181 where? word info aβʷa   3, 35  
112 rotten word info ŋʷoɣ   30?  
17 liver wusə   31  
26 hair word info n-uyu-k   31  
202 Six word info yeβe-se   33  
131 cloud word info miyiɣə   34  
14 belly kʷo-k   36  
19 shoulder pini-k   36  
123 to flow ɣou   37  
134 thunder mon   37  
104 fat/grease ɣəɣakə   39  
53 person/human being tayœ   4, 50  
147 black miyeɣə   41  
29 to sniff, smell kʷunukʷunə   42, 69  
125 salt pe ɣonə   43  
59 mother teta Address term 44  
142 heavy maβə   46  
9 to swim ɣoɣ   5  
137 to blow word info βiβ   5  
206 Ten word info tamui   5  
3 right moso   5, 37  
58 wife yekʷen   5, 52  
204 Eight word info yeβo-toi   5, 7  
56 child moɣoye   50  
133 rain wetə   51  
15 bone siɣi-k   52  
129 moon mewe   52  
8 to turn word info tutawi   53  
153 big kʷo   55  
168 day meɣen   6  
74 to kill not   62  
128 sky maewaɣə   63  
25 neck tinamo-k   65  
34 to cry woɣə   65  
30 mouth ᵑgo-k   7  
32 tongue ɣamie-k   7, 14  
51 to sit saɣ   72  
96 dog tok English term only remembered. 73 L
88 to squeeze word info βiɣ   74  
180 far ata   77  
152 small ke   78  
35 to vomit   8  
72 to hit word info tut   8  
151 green maiɣetə   8, 43  
10 dirty təɣoɣə   81  
145 smoke word info soβ   84  
20 to know, be knowledgeable yoimeɣen   86  
39 to cook word info sok should be /sokʷ/ unknown origin. 87  
144 to burn word info towɣaɣ   88  
24 head kʷuti-k   9  
150 yellow ŋoŋo   9  
163 new ɣakʷə   9  
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  
33 to laugh ɣiwə (<**riwa) 90  
141 wet tok   94  
148 white yui   95  
185 we word info kama pl. excl. E  
185 we word info titə pl. incl. I  
166 correct, true wiə good X  
186 you kimiɣə dl. x  
187 they soɣə they (dual) x  

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