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Language: Ambae, East (Wailengi)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:omb  Glottocode: east2443 
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:
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      
104 fat/grease      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
125 salt      
126 lake      
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      
190 other      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
143 fire afi   1  
145 smoke word info ahu   2  
165 bad, evil asiki   1  
17 liver ate-ᵑgu   1  
150 yellow aŋoka   9, 82  
49 to lie down word info eno   1  
180 far fakahao *pakasao 87  
132 fog fififi   11  
135 lightning file   26  
116 flower fire   35  
130 star fisiu   1  
129 moon fule   1  
8 to turn word info halaᵑgileu   70?  
123 to flow hale   38  
195 no, not hatie   113  
206 Ten word info haŋaβulu   5  
188 what? word info haβena   1  
89 to hold word info haᵑgo   109  
63 name he-ᵑgu      
169 year hikau   1?  
189 who? word info hine   1, 25  
69 to hunt word info hiᵑge      
18 breast huhu-ᵑgu   1  
15 bone hui-ᵑgu   52  
144 to burn word info hure   4  
111 fish ike   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ilo   13  
40 to drink inu   1  
79 stick/wood kai   1  
13 back word info kainhere-ᵑgu   39?  
37 to eat kakani   1  
9 to swim kakaru   5  
185 we word info kamai pl. excl. E  
185 we word info kamaru dl. excl.    
164 good karea   115  
166 correct, true karea good X  
102 rat kariβi   18  
65 rope karo   56  
41 to bite kasi   1, 60  
139 cold word info kaŋʷaⁿdiⁿdi   1  
90 to dig keli   1  
151 green kesaka   8  
186 you kimiru dl. x  
186 you kimiu pl. 1, 13  
96 dog kiriu   7, 77  
185 we word info kiⁿde pl. incl. I  
185 we word info kiⁿderu dl. incl.    
105 tail kolo-na   24  
115 root koraiki   2, 41  
108 louse word info kutu   1  
127 woods/forest lalaᵐbote   83, 84  
109 mosquito lalaᵑgasi   86  
136 wind laŋi   1, 77  
52 to stand laᵐbe   65  
21 to think laⁿdo   13  
46 to see leo   14  
201 Five word info lime   1  
1 hand lime-ᵑgu   1, 64  
31 tooth liβo-ᵑgu   1, 35  
181 where? word info loko   93  
174 in, inside lolo   1  
36 to spit loⁿdo   37  
35 to vomit lue   8  
153 big luwoɔ   111  
10 dirty maeto black 2  
147 black maeto   1  
148 white mafute   1  
138 warm word info malaŋʷoŋʷaβi   96  
140 dry word info mamaha   11  
134 thunder man-tawa   37, 42  
156 thin word info maniβiniβi   1  
39 to cook word info manoka   21  
97 bird manu   1  
45 eye mata-ᵑgu   1  
22 to fear mataku   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
157 thick word info matolu   3  
3 right matue-ᵑgu   5, 37  
48 to sleep maturu   1  
2 left mawiri-ᵑgu   1, 59  
33 to laugh ma·na   51  
142 heavy maβa   46  
28 to breathe maᵐbu   14  
81 sharp maᵑgiᵑgeni   14, 79  
192 and mea   2, 46  
32 tongue mea-ᵑgu   7  
149 red memea   1  
25 neck mʷakoro-ᵑgu   11, 108  
56 child netu-ᵑgu   5  
182 I neu   1, 21, 22  
183 thou niᵑgo   1, 17, 18  
101 to fly olo   75  
121 sand one   1  
202 Six word info ono   1  
168 day rani   6  
114 leaf rau   1  
59 mother retahi-ᵑgu   57  
44 to hear roŋo   1  
29 to sniff, smell roŋo naᵐbona   42, 62  
198 Two word info rue   1  
67 to sew word info samaβu   63  
160 painful, sick seke   1  
16 intestines sinae-ᵑgu   1  
193 if siu   76  
205 Nine word info siwo   5  
30 mouth siŋo-ᵑgu   55  
19 shoulder siᵑgʷe-ᵑgu   40, 66  
95 to fall word info soi   13  
42 to suck suŋuri      
124 sea tahi   1  
78 to cut, hack word info tai   1  
170 when? word info takaha   60, 77  
60 father tama-ᵑgu   1  
57 husband tamaine tu-ᵑgu   17  
128 sky tan-leŋi   1, 61  
119 earth/soil tano   1  
162 old word info tatuai   1, 35  
53 person/human being taŋaloi   4, 53  
83 to work word info taᵐbana   83  
77 to scratch word info taᵑgari   12, 28  
14 belly taᵑgʷaŋi-ᵑgu   60  
197 One word info tea   14  
106 snake teltele   13  
71 to stab, pierce tisu      
51 to sit toka   80  
76 to live, be alive toka   25  
98 egg toli   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
94 to throw word info tuli      
6 road/path turegi   77  
58 wife tuᵐbuilofale   26  
133 rain uhe   1  
137 to blow word info uβi   4, 81  
122 water word info wai   2  
80 to split word info waka      
72 to hit word info wehe   93  
74 to kill wehe   12  
204 Eight word info welu   3  
88 to squeeze word info wiri   16  
177 this ŋaha      
34 to cry ŋara   5  
178 that ŋe   1  
184 he/she ŋeie   1, 6  
187 they ŋire they 1, 71  
187 they ŋire they (dual) x  
117 fruit ŋʷasi      
54 man/male ŋʷera   73  
194 how? word info ŋʷerehiloko      
66 to tie up, fasten βahi   32  
61 house βale   14  
120 stone βatu   1  
55 woman/female βaβine   1, 106  
196 to count βelu   1, 13  
200 Four word info βesi   1, 65  
64 to say βeβe   13, 103  
12 skin βinu-ᵑgu   28  
7 to come βomai   23, 1  
99 feather βulu-ne   1  
26 hair word info βulu-ᵑgu   31  
100 wing ᵐban   2  
103 meat/flesh ᵐbiki   80  
152 small ᵐbiti   109  
203 Seven word info ᵐbitu   1  
141 wet ᵐbiᵐbilu   92  
167 night ᵐboŋi   1  
4 leg/foot ᵑgaru-ᵑgu   49  
179 near ᵑgaᵑgarani      
146 ash ᵑgwie   55  
155 long word info ᵑgʷaraβu   16  
163 new ᵑgʷaroki   1, 47  
24 head ᵑgʷatu-ᵑgu   9  
27 nose ᵑgʷaŋo-ᵑgu   12, 53  
43 ear ᵑgʷero-ᵑgu   16  
11 dust ᵑgʷie   81  
23 blood ⁿdai-ᵑgu   1  
5 to walk ⁿdike   99  
191 all ⁿdoleki      
112 rotten word info ⁿdomaki      
131 cloud word info ⁿdoⁿdo   90  
118 grass ⁿduβu   75  

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