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Language: Wusi (Kerepua)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:wsi  Glottocode: wusi1237 
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:West Santo 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
5 to walk      
8 to turn word info      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
16 intestines      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
22 to fear      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
38 to chew word info      
40 to drink      
42 to suck      
47 to yawn      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream      
53 person/human being      
57 husband      
58 wife      
62 thatch/roof      
64 to say      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info      
78 to cut, hack word info      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
99 feather      
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info      
115 root      
116 flower      
117 fruit      
118 grass      
123 to flow      
124 sea      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky      
132 fog      
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info      
144 to burn word info      
151 green      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
163 new      
166 correct, true      
168 day      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
196 to count      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand loono-lima   1, 64  
2 left marao   2  
3 right tutuwa   5, 70  
4 leg/foot hari-   73  
6 road/path hala   1  
7 to come βei   23  
9 to swim lolo   8  
12 skin βinu   28  
13 back word info tau   12  
14 belly tapan   36  
15 bone huie   52  
17 liver maiemape   7  
18 breast ču-ma   1  
19 shoulder pʷili   38  
23 blood čaie   1  
24 head pa·tu   9  
25 neck čo-lo   6  
26 hair word info wulu   31  
27 nose malihu   1, 56  
30 mouth prino      
31 tooth utu   18  
32 tongue mimi   7, 41  
33 to laugh uru   13  
34 to cry kehi   62  
34 to cry ta·ni   1  
35 to vomit lulua   8  
36 to spit loto   37  
37 to eat ˀanˀan   1  
39 to cook word info mahata   19  
41 to bite a·te   1, 55  
41 to bite e·ti   1, 55  
43 ear talina   1  
44 to hear rone   1  
45 eye ma·ta   1  
46 to see ile   18  
48 to sleep nunura   91  
51 to sit harihiβo   115  
52 to stand turiao   2, 69, 82  
54 man/male tautu   22, 85  
55 woman/female laβina   1, 73  
56 child ma·tu   5, 47  
59 mother aki   70  
60 father ta·ta Address term 19  
61 house βanua   7  
63 name ehe   1, 18  
65 rope ahe   58  
66 to tie up, fasten rope      
72 to hit word info apote   91  
75 to die, be dead ma·te   1  
89 to hold word info kawi   3  
95 to fall word info čoβi   13  
96 dog woie < PNCV *boe "pig" 74  
97 bird mano   1  
98 egg toli-na   1  
100 wing apao   7  
101 to fly hala   31  
102 rat ariβi   18  
105 tail wuti   76  
106 snake mata   12  
106 snake marita   12  
108 louse word info utu   1  
109 mosquito wuwu   83  
109 mosquito mui   1, 80  
111 fish ma·tˢi   53  
114 leaf rao   1  
119 earth/soil tano   1  
120 stone hula   19  
121 sand wuhiwuhi   77  
122 water word info tano   1  
125 salt tahe   20  
129 moon pahia   6  
130 star βitu   1  
131 cloud word info tohoto   90?  
133 rain uha   1  
134 thunder prin   80  
135 lightning βilei   26  
136 wind lani   1, 77  
137 to blow word info huwi   62  
140 dry word info koru   29  
141 wet luluhi   95  
142 heavy puruna   75  
143 fire a·βi   1  
143 fire a·po   19  
145 smoke word info a·ru      
146 ash maiabu   1, 54  
147 black lo·   40  
148 white hulu   89, 90  
149 red kara   53  
150 yellow matˢina   71  
152 small kile   103  
153 big huei   103  
160 painful, sick rotˢo   32  
164 good mʷao   121  
164 good mamaha   57  
165 bad, evil barokoi   117  
167 night napon   1  
169 year taone   1  
170 when? word info ale      
182 I nau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou niko   1, 18  
184 he/she nie   1, 6  
185 we word info i·te pl. incl. 1  
185 we word info ikamai pl. excl. 43  
185 we word info iteruana dl. incl.    
185 we word info itena dl. excl.    
186 you ikamiu pl. 1, 13  
186 you ičena dl. x  
187 they niena they    
187 they aruana they (dual) x  
188 what? word info haba   1  
189 who? word info iheie   1  
197 One word info ehe   1  
198 Two word info rua   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
200 Four word info βa·ti   1, 65  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info lima-raβe   35  
203 Seven word info rabe-rua   13  
204 Eight word info raβi-ton   5, 7  
205 Nine word info ra-pat   20  
206 Ten word info hanabulu   5  

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