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Language: Ambrym, Southeast (Toak)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:tvk  Glottocode: sons1243 
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      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
118 grass      
126 lake      
134 thunder      
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      
180 far      
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 heo-x   16, 72  
2 left mʷel   1, 59  
3 right matu   5, 37  
4 leg/foot leo-x   37  
5 to walk -kakau   62  
6 road/path suse   50  
7 to come -amai   1  
8 to turn word info -hilesi   24  
9 to swim -xul   71  
10 dirty tisox      
11 dust tisox   82  
12 skin hilᵐbo-x   1, 80, 71  
13 back word info maru-x   35  
14 belly βaŋo-x   67  
15 bone siu-x   52  
16 intestines tino-x   1  
17 liver liet no-x   38  
18 breast su-x   1  
19 shoulder βatuβu-x   65  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -kila   18  
21 to think -nenemi   28  
22 to fear ulu-x kakan   71  
23 blood reo-x   1, 27  
24 head βatu-x   9  
25 neck hirao-x   43  
26 hair word info hilu-x   31  
27 nose βalɣo-x      
28 to breathe -sahsah   35  
29 to sniff, smell -poŋosi   64  
30 mouth huluŋo-k   45  
31 tooth luho-x   1, 35  
32 tongue meo-x   7  
33 to laugh -men   51  
34 to cry -mʷis   67  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
36 to spit -kusah   19, 34  
37 to eat -ani   1  
39 to cook word info mases   19, 82  
40 to drink -muni   1, 73  
41 to bite -ŋasi   1, 60  
42 to suck -mumuni   11, 52  
43 ear βuraŋo-x   43  
44 to hear -loŋeoŋ   1  
45 eye mæto-x   1  
46 to see -pusi   11  
48 to sleep -pat   86  
49 to lie down word info -pat   62  
51 to sit -totan   1  
52 to stand -soh      
53 person/human being nətax   4  
54 man/male tiramʷe   88  
55 woman/female atou   81  
56 child natuɣuli   5  
57 husband tiramʷe      
58 wife atou   1  
59 mother nino-x   1, 46  
60 father tamo-x   1  
61 house n-im   1  
63 name iso-x   1, 18  
64 to say -uxa   17  
65 rope ao   25  
66 to tie up, fasten -saɣrat      
67 to sew word info -tili   13  
69 to hunt word info -lau   74  
71 to stab, pierce -tili   14  
72 to hit word info -hasi   82  
74 to kill -hosi   76  
75 to die, be dead -mæt   1  
76 to live, be alive -meul   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info -kale   12  
78 to cut, hack word info -tei   1  
79 stick/wood liei   28  
80 to split word info -taxotehi      
81 sharp mi-kan   14  
83 to work word info polien   88  
88 to squeeze word info -xumʷi   86  
89 to hold word info -talɣati   111  
90 to dig -kil   1  
94 to throw word info -soni   87?  
94 to throw word info koβni   85  
95 to fall word info -mot   57  
97 bird tumæn   1  
98 egg reltuto   1, 66  
99 feather hili-n   1  
100 wing eβeu-n      
101 to fly -ᵑga   14  
102 rat asu   3, 77  
103 meat/flesh husi   10  
104 fat/grease mikaeo   29  
105 tail xoxale-n   39?  
106 snake tetal   13  
108 louse word info ut   1  
109 mosquito am   1  
111 fish mesaio   52  
112 rotten word info pilil      
114 leaf uβʷei   48  
115 root amuliei      
116 flower huŋiei   1?  
117 fruit huiei   37  
119 earth/soil tan   1  
120 stone hat   1  
121 sand suhon   1  
122 water word info oai   2  
123 to flow -loh   58  
124 sea tas   1  
127 woods/forest urumatu   95  
128 sky tilaŋ-hat   1, 61  
129 moon eβati   6  
130 star hitu   1  
131 cloud word info momah      
132 fog eas smoke 70  
133 rain us   1  
135 lightning milaŋas Possible verbal form 73  
136 wind βot-iaŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info -hui   4  
138 warm word info mitin   12  
139 cold word info merir   1  
140 dry word info ᵐbʷe      
141 wet memer   35  
142 heavy meas   33  
143 fire upaŋ   21  
144 to burn word info -tini   1  
145 smoke word info momah      
145 smoke word info eas   2  
146 ash husupaŋ      
147 black ma-luxolox   41  
148 white miah   98  
149 red pili   18  
150 yellow meaŋ   9  
151 green memaes   8, 71  
152 small hokake   78  
153 big eilep   10  
155 long word info te-βiei   60  
156 thin word info mahin   1, 50  
157 thick word info mætel   3  
160 painful, sick mesei   1  
162 old word info netematu   1  
163 new netahu   55  
164 good ᵐbos   108  
165 bad, evil misa   1  
166 correct, true ᵐbos good X  
167 night βoŋien   1  
168 day meleŋien   6  
169 year huram   30?  
170 when? word info βiliah   74  
179 near saŋas      
181 where? word info iᵐbe   3  
182 I inau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou xux   1, 17, 26  
184 he/she ɣi   1, 29  
185 we word info xir pl. incl. I  
185 we word info xamam pl. excl. E42  
185 we word info ralu dl. incl.    
185 we word info xamal dl. excl.    
186 you xami pl. 1, 13  
186 you xamil dl. x  
187 they xil they 1, 69  
187 they xalu they (dual) x  
188 what? word info naha   1  
189 who? word info βisi   1, 61  
190 other ŋanɣor      
191 all ɣilβus      
192 and e   1?  
192 and ma   2  
193 if xosxa      
196 to count -βuli   1, 13  
197 One word info tei   14  
198 Two word info lu   1  
199 Three word info tol   1  
200 Four word info hat   1, 65  
201 Five word info lim   1  
202 Six word info tehetisaβ   42  
203 Seven word info luhetisaβ      
204 Eight word info tolhetisaβ   14  
205 Nine word info hathetisaβ   30  
206 Ten word info hexalu   5  
96 dog kuli   7 L
125 salt kon salty, bitter [loan from Bislama?] 43 L?

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