Language: Vovo
Source/Author: | Tryon (1976) | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3: Glottocode: vovo1238 | |
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:Malekula Coastal | |
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ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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17 | liver | ![]() |
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25 | neck | ![]() |
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38 | to chew
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47 | to yawn | ![]() |
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50 | to dream | ![]() |
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62 | thatch/roof | ![]() |
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68 | needle | ![]() |
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70 | to shoot
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73 | to steal | ![]() |
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82 | dull, blunt | ![]() |
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84 | to plant | ![]() |
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85 | to choose | ![]() |
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86 | to grow
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87 | to swell
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91 | to buy | ![]() |
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92 | to open, uncover | ![]() |
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93 | to pound, beat
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103 | meat/flesh | ![]() |
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104 | fat/grease | ![]() |
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107 | worm (earthworm) | ![]() |
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110 | spider | ![]() |
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113 | branch
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116 | flower | ![]() |
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125 | salt | ![]() |
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126 | lake | ![]() |
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154 | short
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159 | wide | ![]() |
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161 | shy, ashamed | ![]() |
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171 | to hide
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172 | to climb
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173 | at | ![]() |
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174 | in, inside | ![]() |
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175 | above | ![]() |
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176 | below | ![]() |
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177 | this | ![]() |
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178 | that | ![]() |
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179 | near | ![]() |
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180 | far | ![]() |
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190 | other | ![]() |
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191 | all | ![]() |
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192 | and | ![]() |
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193 | if | ![]() |
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194 | how?
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195 | no, not | ![]() |
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207 | Twenty
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208 | Fifty
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209 | One Hundred
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210 | One Thousand
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5 | to walk | -ah | 87 | ||
51 | to sit | -at latan | 109 | ||
71 | to stab, pierce | -hari | 14 | ||
78 | to cut, hack
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-hiᵐbe | 99 | ||
137 | to blow
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-iβ | 5 | ||
9 | to swim | -kar | 5 | ||
46 | to see | -kilkila | 18 | ||
123 | to flow | -laβ | 58 | ||
67 | to sew
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-lele | 66 | ||
66 | to tie up, fasten | -lisi | 1, 39 | ||
72 | to hit
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-loh | 41 | ||
35 | to vomit | -lulue | 8 | ||
36 | to spit | -lutoβ | 37, 102 | ||
7 | to come | -ma | 1 | ||
22 | to fear | -matax | 1 | ||
28 | to breathe | -maᵐb | 14 | ||
75 | to die, be dead | -nah | 1 | ||
48 | to sleep | -natur | 1 | ||
49 | to lie down
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-natur | 37 | ||
76 | to live, be alive | -naur | 1, 76 | ||
40 | to drink | -num | 1, 34 | ||
42 | to suck | -num | 50 | ||
77 | to scratch
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-rih | |||
21 | to think | -roromi | 13 | ||
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | -roŋ-βoho | 19, 90 | ||
44 | to hear | -roŋo | 1 | ||
74 | to kill | -ruᵐb tinat | 71 | ||
95 | to fall
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-soβ | 13 | ||
80 | to split
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-tei | 6 | ||
8 | to turn
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-telɣini | 46? | ||
52 | to stand | -turomaro | 2, 69 | ||
69 | to hunt
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-xorxor | 59, 64 | ||
34 | to cry | -ŋar | 5 | ||
33 | to laugh | -ŋir | 93 | ||
41 | to bite | -ɣah | 1, 60 | ||
144 | to burn
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-ɣan | 40 | ||
90 | to dig | -ɣil | 1 | ||
37 | to eat | -ɣor | 35 | ||
64 | to say | -βar | 30 | ||
88 | to squeeze
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-βerih | 16 | ||
196 | to count | -βeβe | 70 | ||
89 | to hold
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-βir | 34 | ||
101 | to fly | -βir | 76 | ||
94 | to throw
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-βərini | 30 | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | -ᵐboni | 42 | ||
181 | where?
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aⁿde | 3, 59 | ||
206 | Ten
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haŋaβil | 5 | ||
170 | when?
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haβran | 59 | ||
197 | One
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hual | 5 | ||
185 | we
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kanam | pl. excl. | E42 | |
186 | you | kani | pl. | 1, 13 | |
4 | leg/foot | karu-k | 49 | ||
105 | tail | kere-n | 39 | ||
13 | back
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kutura-k | 14 | ||
185 | we
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lekre | pl. incl. | I | |
201 | Five
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lime | 1 | ||
63 | name | me-ha-k | 1, 37 | ||
59 | mother | mera-k | 52 | ||
79 | stick/wood | n-ai | 1 | ||
102 | rat | n-ariβ | 18 | ||
122 | water
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n-oa | 2 | ||
6 | road/path | na-hal | 1 | ||
134 | thunder | na-kur | 2 | ||
136 | wind | na-laŋ | 1, 77 | ||
2 | left | na-mair | 1, 59 | ||
97 | bird | na-man | 1 | ||
111 | fish | na-mas | 53 | ||
45 | eye | na-mata-k | 1 | ||
3 | right | na-matu | 5, 37 | ||
106 | snake | na-mʷat | 12 | ||
118 | grass | na-noh | 51 | ||
121 | sand | na-on | 1 | ||
169 | year | na-ram | 30 | ||
168 | day | na-ran | 6 | ||
23 | blood | na-re | 1 | ||
131 | cloud
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na-ror | 90 | ||
18 | breast | na-susu-k | 1 | ||
124 | sea | na-tah | 1 | ||
65 | rope | na-tal | 1 | ||
119 | earth/soil | na-tan | 1 | ||
133 | rain | na-uhe | 1 | ||
115 | root | na-xoar | 2, 41 | ||
108 | louse
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na-xut | 1 | ||
143 | fire | na-ɣaᵐb | 19 | ||
145 | smoke
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na-ɣaᵐb ti-ah | 2 | ||
100 | wing | na-ɣaᵐbe-n | 1, 12 | ||
120 | stone | na-βat | 1 | ||
30 | mouth | na-βaβa-k | 1 | ||
55 | woman/female | na-βaβen | 1, 106 | ||
58 | wife | na-βaβen ha-k | 5, 68 | ||
129 | moon | na-βule | 1 | ||
24 | head | na-ᵐbatu-k | 9 | ||
188 | what?
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naha | 1 | ||
83 | to work
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nahahax | 33 | ||
57 | husband | nahal | 38 | ||
164 | good | nakih | 107 | ||
139 | cold
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nalaɣastiɣah | 51 | ||
109 | mosquito | namɣo | 1 | ||
56 | child | natu-k | 5 | ||
167 | night | naᵐboŋ | 1 | ||
61 | house | ne-ime | 1 | ||
31 | tooth | ne-luβo-k | 1, 35 | ||
32 | tongue | ne-meme-k | 7, 41 | ||
54 | man/male | ne-merte | 73 | ||
15 | bone | ne-si-ne | 52 | ||
132 | fog | ne-βas | |||
130 | star | ne-βesi | 1 | ||
96 | dog | ne-βiri | 7, 75, 80 | ||
12 | skin | ne-ᵐber | 71 | ||
53 | person/human being | nemerte | 35 | ||
1 | hand | nima-k | 1, 66 | ||
114 | leaf | no-roa | 1 | ||
127 | woods/forest | no-βoroa | 2, 88 | ||
117 | fruit | no-βuaŋ | 13 | ||
26 | hair
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nə-βulu-k | 31 | ||
99 | feather | nə-βulu-ne | 1 | ||
202 | Six
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on | 1 | ||
160 | painful, sick | ros | 32 | ||
198 | Two
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rue | 1 | ||
27 | nose | siŋo-k | (metathesis?) | 1 | |
60 | father | tama-k | 1 | ||
14 | belly | taᵐbaŋu-k | 13 | ||
165 | bad, evil | ti-hat | 1 | ||
112 | rotten
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ti-kor | 93, 94? | ||
10 | dirty | ti-lalo | 6 | ||
153 | big | ti-laᵐb | 10 | ||
140 | dry
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ti-mamah | 11 | ||
157 | thick
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ti-matol | 3 | ||
162 | old
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ti-mersean | 1, 124 | ||
158 | narrow | ti-nakih | good | x | |
166 | correct, true | ti-nakih | good | X | |
39 | to cook
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ti-noɣ | 21 | ||
141 | wet | ti-ramin | 36 | ||
151 | green | ti-ᵐbar | 69? | ||
163 | new | ti-ᵐbar | 1, 47 | ||
199 | Three
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til | 1 | ||
138 | warm
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timamʷaβ | 96 | ||
16 | intestines | tina-k | 1 | ||
98 | egg | tol-nato | 1 | ||
150 | yellow | tu-mamlapes | |||
149 | red | tu-meme | 1 | ||
147 | black | tu-not | 1 | ||
142 | heavy | tu-roβ | 31 | ||
81 | sharp | tu-βor | 78 | ||
148 | white | tu-βuho | 1 | ||
135 | lightning | tunoar | |||
19 | shoulder | tˢuᵐbuna-k | metathesis? | 65? | |
183 | thou | unoɣ | 1, 18 | ||
187 | they | ɣae | they | ||
184 | he/she | ɣai | 1, 29 | ||
205 | Nine
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ɣe-hiβe | 5 | ||
189 | who?
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ɣihi | 1, 43 | ||
182 | I | ɣina | 1, 21, 22 | ||
204 | Eight
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ɣo-al | 3 | ||
203 | Seven
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ɣo-ⁿdit | 1 | ||
200 | Four
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βat | 1, 65 | ||
152 | small | βelβele | 115 | ||
155 | long
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ᵐbaraβ | 16 | ||
128 | sky | ᵐbeknaran | cloud | 30, 31 | |
11 | dust | ᵐbetmaɣaβ | 86 | ||
146 | ash | ᵐbetmaβ | 1, 52 | ||
156 | thin
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43 | ear | ᵐbororo-k | 16 |