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Language: Valpei

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:vlp  Glottocode: valp1237 
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:
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      
154 short word info      
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      
190 other      
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      
1 hand lima-ku   1, 64  
2 left wæh marau-ku   2  
3 right wæh mætua-ku   5, 37  
4 leg/foot sari-ku   73  
5 to walk ɔlɔli   10, 63  
6 road/path rio   39  
7 to come simai   1  
8 to turn word info popori   28  
9 to swim čalohi   58  
10 dirty kawkaweha   35?  
11 dust huβhu   41  
12 skin puluŋu-ku   74  
13 back word info wupu-ku   135  
14 belly tiɔ-ku   1  
15 bone sui-ku   52  
16 intestines kinaɛ-ku   1  
17 liver ate-ku   1  
18 breast susu-ku   1  
19 shoulder riri-ku   68  
20 to know, be knowledgeable pisia   5  
21 to think limtohi      
22 to fear wɔtoa   74  
23 blood mahaβi-ku   52  
24 head pʷatu-ku   9  
25 neck mʷal huču-ku   81  
26 hair word info ulu-ku   31  
27 nose nono-ku   34  
28 to breathe manmanos   32  
29 to sniff, smell ponponia   42  
30 mouth wawa-ku   1  
31 tooth pæti-ku   6  
32 tongue meme-ku   7, 41  
33 to laugh mana   51  
34 to cry ŋara   5  
35 to vomit lulua   8  
36 to spit lot   37  
37 to eat honhoni   1  
39 to cook word info maka   19  
40 to drink uni   1  
41 to bite ha·tia   1, 55  
42 to suck susu   25  
43 ear kɔliŋɔ-ku   1, 41  
44 to hear roŋoa   1  
45 eye mata-ku   1  
46 to see waroa   98  
48 to sleep čiŋaro   89  
49 to lie down word info čiŋčiŋaro      
51 to sit sohsiwɔ·   114  
52 to stand tupsahe   70  
53 person/human being nia   58  
54 man/male takoa   95  
55 woman/female hakai   76  
56 child natu-ku   5  
57 husband tupu-ku   71  
58 wife murei-ku      
59 mother kina-ku   1  
60 father tama-ku   1  
61 house imʷa   1  
63 name hise-ku   1, 35  
64 to say βetia   47  
65 rope asi   58  
66 to tie up, fasten mʷa·l čohe      
67 to sew word info tuturu   13  
69 to hunt word info hohoro      
71 to stab, pierce suhutia   1, 8  
72 to hit word info tutuhia   8  
74 to kill los mate   59, 2  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
76 to live, be alive mauri   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info haroβi   1, 87  
78 to cut, hack word info toto   3  
78 to cut, hack word info sa·pu   40  
79 stick/wood hau   1  
80 to split word info sorkala      
81 sharp ha·ha·ni   14  
83 to work word info wɛrau      
88 to squeeze word info hičia   16  
89 to hold word info tɔrteai      
90 to dig kuru      
94 to throw word info βoβose      
95 to fall word info čoβi   13  
96 dog pesi   72  
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg otoli   1  
99 feather βulu-na   1  
100 wing haβa-na   1  
101 to fly sale   31  
102 rat hɔriβi   18  
103 meat/flesh βishona   10  
104 fat/grease rui-ku   104  
105 tail lapʷɛ-na   62  
106 snake mʷata   12  
108 louse word info hutu   1  
109 mosquito muhi   1, 80  
111 fish iha   1  
112 rotten word info kawe      
114 leaf raun hau   1  
115 root harin   2  
116 flower βiran   35  
117 fruit taun      
118 grass pʷɛrpʷɛre      
119 earth/soil lɛpa   11, 73  
120 stone βatu   1  
121 sand one   1  
122 water word info pei   28  
123 to flow a·wu      
124 sea tasi   1  
125 salt tas-late   20  
126 lake pʷapʷa      
127 woods/forest tamatua      
127 woods/forest lolonhau   31, 112  
128 sky talaŋi   1, 61  
129 moon wula   1  
130 star mʷačoe   13  
131 cloud word info kokoko   90  
132 fog kuluwa   63  
133 rain usa   1  
134 thunder urur   2, 64  
134 thunder manβarβar   15, 37  
135 lightning mʷarmʷare   75  
136 wind laŋi   1, 77  
137 to blow word info šuwi   62  
138 warm word info tutunu   12  
139 cold word info wurwuraha      
140 dry word info koru   29  
140 dry word info raraka   1, 85  
141 wet βiri      
142 heavy wilwil      
143 fire aβi   1  
144 to burn word info suli   4  
145 smoke word info asun   2  
146 ash nono      
147 black loloa   40  
148 white wuko   13, 92  
149 red hahara   53  
150 yellow mʷacina   71  
151 green ŋaura      
152 small tetehete   104  
153 big salaβa   10  
155 long word info parawu   16  
156 thin word info tetehete      
157 thick word info salaβa      
158 narrow mathete      
160 painful, sick ososi   104  
162 old word info taminmin      
163 new kawou      
164 good lele   59  
165 bad, evil koa   117  
166 correct, true tetɛβtoho      
167 night kokora   68, 69  
168 day ra·ni   6  
169 year tauni   1  
170 when? word info nɛnes(a)   1, 43  
181 where? word info βiai   3  
182 I nau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou niho   1, 18  
184 he/she nia   1, 6  
188 what? word info sae      
189 who? word info sei   1  
196 to count tutuni      
197 One word info tewa   9  
198 Two word info rua   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
200 Four word info βati   1, 65  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info ono   1  
203 Seven word info pitu   1  
204 Eight word info a·lu   3  
205 Nine word info čiwa   5  
206 Ten word info sanawulu   5  
186 you kamimu pl. 1, 33  
185 we word info kamamu pl. excl. 42  
185 we word info nike pl. incl. 46, 47  
187 they nire they 1, 33  

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