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Language: Efate, North (Sesake)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:llp  Glottocode: sesa1243 
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:Central 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      
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      
195 no, not      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand n-aru-ᵑgu   54  
2 left mau   1, 59  
3 right matua   5, 37  
4 leg/foot na-tua-ᵑgu   95  
5 to walk surata   102  
6 road/path na-ᵐbua   5  
7 to come umai   1  
8 to turn word info mararoa   105  
9 to swim loloso   8  
10 dirty mere   2  
11 dust na-tano-aβu   1, 44  
12 skin na-wili-ᵑgu   1, 81  
13 back word info na-mʷaᵑdu-ᵑgu   35  
14 belly na-ᵐbʷele-ᵑgu   12  
15 bone na-βatu-ᵑgu   38  
16 intestines na-marita-ᵑgu   15  
17 liver na-ⁿdanikapu   12  
18 breast na-susu   1  
19 shoulder na-pau   65?  
20 to know, be knowledgeable atae   35  
21 to think miⁿdoⁿdoa   13, 72  
22 to fear mataku   1  
23 blood na-ⁿda-ŋu   1  
24 head na-ᵐbʷau-ᵑgu   14  
25 neck la-kauⁿdaleo   42, 103  
26 hair word info na-lulu-ᵑgu   61  
27 nose na-ŋisu-ᵑgu   1, 58  
28 to breathe soβasoβa   35  
29 to sniff, smell siⁿdoŋo   62  
30 mouth na-ŋole-ᵑgu   7  
31 tooth na-ᵐbati-ᵑgu   6  
32 tongue na-mena-ᵑgu   7, 40  
33 to laugh muru   94  
34 to cry kai   57  
35 to vomit lua   8  
36 to spit βuβurai   35  
37 to eat ŋanikani   1  
39 to cook word info maso   19, 82  
40 to drink munuŋi   1, 49  
41 to bite kati   1, 55  
42 to suck domi   50  
43 ear na-ⁿdaliŋa-ᵑgu   1, 40  
44 to hear doŋo   1  
45 eye na-mata-ᵑgu   1  
46 to see punusi   11  
48 to sleep maturu   1  
49 to lie down word info maturu   37  
51 to sit tonatano   80, 105  
51 to sit sawa   99  
52 to stand duleana   56  
53 person/human being natamoli   4, 7  
54 man/male na-noai   80  
55 woman/female na-ŋoroi   84  
56 child natu-ᵑgu   5  
57 husband mariki   68  
58 wife koroi      
59 mother ᵐbʷila-ᵑgu   22  
60 father tama-ᵑgu   1  
61 house na-sumʷ   1  
61 house ekup      
63 name na-ŋisa-ᵑgu   66  
64 to say βasa   116  
64 to say noa   112  
65 rope na-tali   1  
66 to tie up, fasten seli   57  
67 to sew word info turi   13  
69 to hunt word info βakasi      
69 to hunt word info palako   10, 58  
71 to stab, pierce lawo   79  
72 to hit word info duki      
74 to kill mari-punu   60, 1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
76 to live, be alive mauri   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info karuti   44  
78 to cut, hack word info tai   1  
79 stick/wood na-kau   1  
80 to split word info tapurai   1  
81 sharp makali   14, 79, 81  
83 to work word info nawosiana   91  
88 to squeeze word info pawasaŋa      
89 to hold word info liko   90  
90 to dig kili   1  
94 to throw word info saβakin   89  
95 to fall word info ⁿdowo   13  
96 dog koria   7, 79  
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg atul   1  
99 feather na-ᵐbaia      
100 wing na-βaru-na   61  
101 to fly riri   40  
102 rat kusue   3  
103 meat/flesh na-ᵐbokasi   15, 79  
104 fat/grease na-muta   72  
105 tail na-ᵐpue   11  
106 snake mʷata   12  
108 louse word info kutu   1  
109 mosquito patiriki   84  
111 fish na-ik   1  
112 rotten word info maⁿdaⁿda   116  
114 leaf na-likau   49  
115 root na-koa   2, 41, 42  
116 flower na-βuŋa   1  
117 fruit na-wa   1, 26  
118 grass na-mʷenau   31  
119 earth/soil na-tano   1  
120 stone βatu   1  
121 sand na-woraone   1, 75  
122 water word info no-ai   2  
123 to flow sara   33  
124 sea na-tasi   1  
125 salt na-tas lolo   20  
127 woods/forest na-mitiˀan   78  
128 sky na-koro-atelaŋ   1, 61  
129 moon ate-laŋi   8  
130 star mʷasoe   13  
131 cloud word info na-mʷaraβi   32?  
132 fog na-mafu   3, 32  
133 rain usa   1  
134 thunder taβai   42  
135 lightning ne-βila   26  
136 wind na-laŋi   1, 77  
137 to blow word info sui   62  
138 warm word info piβitunu   12, 94  
139 cold word info malaⁿdi   45  
140 dry word info ŋaraŋara   29  
141 wet memeu   36  
142 heavy maⁿdaŋa   32  
143 fire na-kapu   19  
144 to burn word info taparakin      
145 smoke word info n-asua   2  
146 ash na-tanoa   1, 26  
147 black loa   40  
148 white ⁿdare   12  
149 red miala   1, 55  
150 yellow mʷiloloa   44  
151 green malakesa   8, 43  
152 small ᵑgiki   78  
153 big ᵐbula      
155 long word info parau   16  
156 thin word info maniβeniβe   1  
157 thick word info matolu   3  
158 narrow mamau      
160 painful, sick masaki   1  
162 old word info tuai   1, 35  
163 new pau   1  
164 good pʷia   1  
165 bad, evil sa   1  
166 correct, true pʷia good x  
167 night ᵐboŋi   1  
168 day n-aleatia   1, 18  
169 year na-tau   1  
170 when? word info seβeraŋi   56, 57  
174 in, inside nawo kani      
177 this wose      
178 that wana   45  
179 near madiŋi   14  
180 far uβea   66  
181 where? word info esaβa   3, 35, 79  
182 I kinau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou niŋo   1, 17, 18  
184 he/she nae   1, 6  
185 we word info niŋita pl. incl. I  
185 we word info niᵑgam pl. excl. E  
185 we word info niŋida dl. incl.    
185 we word info kinami dl. excl.    
186 you nimui pl. 24  
186 you nimu dl. x  
187 they nara they 1, 33  
187 they nara they (dual) x  
188 what? word info na-saβa   1  
189 who? word info sei   1  
190 other tea pota   38  
191 all tea la·pa      
192 and ŋo   12  
193 if epenaŋa      
194 how? word info dapale   81  
196 to count paβeβi   70  
197 One word info sikai   42  
198 Two word info ke-rua   1  
199 Three word info ke-tul   1  
200 Four word info ke-βat   1, 65  
201 Five word info ke-lima   1  
202 Six word info ke-latesa   20  
203 Seven word info ke-la-rua   13  
204 Eight word info ke-la-tul   5, 7  
205 Nine word info ke-lo-βet   20  
206 Ten word info ke-rualima   4  

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