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Language: Ambae, East (Lolomatui)

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:
5 to walk      
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
62 thatch/roof      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
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      
123 to flow      
126 lake      
132 fog      
154 short word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
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      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
58 wife kahara-ᵑgu      
63 name hena-ᵑgu      
66 to tie up, fasten fahia      
69 to hunt word info ruku      
95 to fall word info sori      
128 sky wʷaile      
145 smoke word info ᵐbʷiᵐbʷi      
146 ash falala      
185 we word info kiⁿderu dl. incl.    
185 we word info kamaru dl. excl.    
190 other laβasiki      
16 intestines sinai-ᵑgu   1  
17 liver ate-ᵑgu   1  
18 breast huhu-ᵑgu   1  
22 to fear mataku   1  
23 blood ⁿdai-ᵑgu   1  
30 mouth wuwa-ᵑgu   1  
37 to eat kani   1  
40 to drink inu   1  
44 to hear roŋo   1  
45 eye mata-ᵑgu   1  
48 to sleep maturu   1  
49 to lie down word info eno   1  
60 father tama-ᵑgu   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
78 to cut, hack word info tai   1  
79 stick/wood kai   1  
90 to dig keli   1  
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg toli   1  
99 feather fului-manu   1  
108 louse word info kutu   1  
111 fish ike   1  
114 leaf rau   1  
119 earth/soil tano   1  
120 stone βatu   1  
121 sand one   1  
124 sea tahi   1  
129 moon fule   1  
130 star fisiu   1  
133 rain uhe   1  
139 cold word info kaŋmʷaⁿdiⁿdi   1  
143 fire aβi   1  
147 black maeto   1  
148 white meβute   1  
149 red memea   1  
156 thin word info maniβiniβi   1  
160 painful, sick seke   1  
165 bad, evil hesi   1  
167 night ᵐboŋi   1  
188 what? word info haβena   1  
198 Two word info rue   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
201 Five word info lime   1  
202 Six word info ono   1  
203 Seven word info ᵐbitu   1  
196 to count βelu   1, 13  
183 thou niᵑgo   1, 17, 18  
189 who? word info hine   1, 25  
163 new ᵐbʷaroki   1, 47  
184 he/she ŋie   1, 6  
41 to bite kasi   1, 60  
1 hand lime-ᵑgu   1, 64  
187 they ŋire they 1, 71  
136 wind laŋi   1, 77  
55 woman/female fafine   1, 106  
186 you kimiu pl. 1, 13  
182 I neu   1, 21, 22  
31 tooth lifo-ᵑgu   1, 35  
2 left mawiri-ᵑgu   1, 59  
200 Four word info fesi   1, 65  
104 fat/grease rui-ᵑgu   104  
89 to hold word info haᵑgo   109  
152 small ᵐbiti   109  
140 dry word info mamaha   11  
153 big luwo   111  
8 to turn word info ᵑglieu   115  
164 good karea   115  
112 rotten word info maⁿdaki   116?  
74 to kill wehe   12  
77 to scratch word info taᵑgari   12, 28  
27 nose ᵐbʷaŋo-ᵑgu   12, 53  
14 belly taᵐbʷaŋi-ᵑgu   13  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ilo   13  
21 to think laⁿdo   13  
106 snake teletele   13  
64 to say βeβe   13, 103  
162 old word info tamarakai   132  
28 to breathe maᵐbu   14  
46 to see leo   14  
61 house fale   14  
197 One word info tea   14  
81 sharp maᵑgeᵑgeni   14, 79  
43 ear ᵐbʷero-ᵑgu   16  
88 to squeeze word info wirihi   16  
155 long word info ᵐbʷaraβu   16  
25 neck ue-ᵑgu   18  
102 rat kariβi   18  
169 year hikao   1?  
100 wing ᵐban   2  
122 water word info wai   2  
115 root koraigi   2, 41  
39 to cook word info manoka   21  
7 to come fomai   23, 1  
105 tail kolo   24  
135 lightning file   26  
12 skin finu-ᵑgu   28  
157 thick word info matolu   3  
204 Eight word info welu   3  
131 cloud word info tan-leŋ   3, 36  
26 hair word info fulu-ᵑgu   31  
116 flower fire   35  
117 fruit masi   36  
36 to spit loⁿdo   37  
76 to live, be alive ŋʷaso   37  
134 thunder man-tawa   37, 42  
13 back word info kainhere-ᵑgu   39?  
144 to burn word info hure   4  
53 person/human being taŋaloi   4, 53  
137 to blow word info ufi   4, 81  
19 shoulder siᵐbʷe-ᵑgu   40, 65  
29 to sniff, smell ᵐbu-roŋo   42, 62  
125 salt kokona   43 L?
142 heavy maβa   46  
4 leg/foot ᵑgaru-ᵑgu   49  
9 to swim karukeru   5  
34 to cry ŋara   5  
56 child netu-ᵑgu   5  
205 Nine word info siwo   5  
206 Ten word info haŋaβulu   5  
3 right matue-ᵑgu   5, 37  
33 to laugh mana   51  
15 bone hui-ᵑgu   52  
65 rope karo   56  
59 mother retahi-ᵑgu   57  
168 day rani   6  
170 when? word info takaha   60, 77  
42 to suck titi   62  
80 to split word info ⁿdare   62  
52 to stand laᵐbe   65  
32 tongue mea-ᵑgu   7  
96 dog kiriu   7, 77  
57 husband tamaini tu-ᵑgu   70  
54 man/male mʷera   73  
101 to fly olo   75  
6 road/path turegi   77  
35 to vomit lue   8  
151 green kesaka   8  
51 to sit toka   80  
103 meat/flesh ᵐbiki   80  
118 grass soᵑgo   80  
11 dust ᵐbʷie   80?  
83 to work word info taᵐbana   83  
127 woods/forest laᵐbute   83, 84  
94 to throw word info ᵐbukuri   84  
109 mosquito laŋo-kakasi   86  
24 head ᵐbʷatu-ᵑgu   9  
150 yellow aŋoka   9, 82  
141 wet ᵐbiᵐbilu   92  
72 to hit word info wehe   93  
181 where? word info tahi-loko   93  
138 warm word info mʷaŋmʷafi   96  
10 dirty soᵑgora   98  
185 we word info kamai pl. excl. E  
185 we word info kiⁿde pl. incl. I  
166 correct, true karea good X  
186 you kimiru dl. x  
187 they ŋire they (dual) x  

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