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Language: Valpei (Hukua)

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:
1 hand lima-ku   1, 64  
2 left βah marau-ku   2  
3 right βah matua-ku   5, 37  
4 leg/foot sari-ku   73  
5 to walk      
6 road/path rio   39  
7 to come simai   1  
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim tˢalehe   80  
10 dirty      
11 dust      
12 skin puluŋu-ku   74  
13 back word info upu-ku   135  
14 belly tia-ku   1  
15 bone sui-ku   52  
16 intestines      
17 liver      
18 breast susu-ku   1  
19 shoulder riri-ku   68  
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
22 to fear      
23 blood mahaβi-ku   52  
24 head pʷatu-ku   9  
25 neck kalo-ku   6  
26 hair word info wulu-ku   31  
27 nose ŋuŋu-k   34  
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
30 mouth wuwa-ku   1  
31 tooth pati-ku   6  
32 tongue meme-ku   7, 41  
33 to laugh man   51  
34 to cry ŋara   5  
35 to vomit lulua   8  
36 to spit lot   37  
37 to eat hanhani   1  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info maka   19  
40 to drink      
41 to bite hatia   1, 55  
42 to suck      
43 ear kaliŋa-ku   1, 41  
44 to hear roŋoa   1  
45 eye mata-ku   1  
46 to see βaroa   98  
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep tˢiŋaro   89  
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream      
51 to sit sosiwɔ·   114  
52 to stand tupsahe   70  
53 person/human being      
54 man/male laman   1, 71  
55 woman/female hakai   76  
56 child natu-ku   5  
57 husband      
58 wife      
59 mother mʷemʷe   5  
60 father tama-ku   1  
61 house ima   1  
62 thatch/roof      
63 name hisa-ku   1, 35  
64 to say      
65 rope asi   58  
66 to tie up, fasten hahatea      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info lusia   41  
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
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      
89 to hold word info tartiyai      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info tˢoβi   13  
96 dog wuriu   7, 75, 77  
97 bird man   1  
98 egg utuli-n   1  
99 feather      
100 wing haβa-n   1  
101 to fly sal   31  
102 rat hariβi   18  
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail lapʷe-n   62  
106 snake mʷata   12  
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info hutu   1  
109 mosquito muhi   1, 80  
110 spider      
111 fish iha   1  
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info      
114 leaf raun   1  
115 root      
116 flower      
117 fruit      
118 grass      
119 earth/soil lɛpa   11, 73  
120 stone βati   1  
121 sand one   1  
122 water word info pei   28  
123 to flow      
124 sea      
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky      
129 moon wula   1  
130 star matˢo   13  
131 cloud word info koko   90  
132 fog      
133 rain usa   1  
134 thunder ururu   2, 64  
135 lightning maramam   75  
136 wind laŋi   1, 77  
137 to blow word info suwiya   62  
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info      
140 dry word info raraka   1, 85  
141 wet wiriβiriha      
142 heavy βilβile      
143 fire aβi   1  
144 to burn word info      
145 smoke word info asun   2  
146 ash huwhuwu      
147 black ləloa   40  
148 white wɔka   13, 93  
149 red hahara   53  
150 yellow ŋaora   9, 81  
151 green      
152 small tɛtehɛt   104  
153 big talaβa   10  
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick osoəsi   104  
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
163 new      
164 good lele   59  
165 bad, evil saplele   41  
166 correct, true      
167 night kokora   68, 69  
168 day      
169 year tawun tewa   1  
170 when? word info pohor wis      
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      
182 I nau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou niho   1, 18  
184 he/she nia   1, 6  
185 we word info nike pl. incl. 46, 47  
185 we word info kɔmɔm pl. excl. 42  
185 we word info karua dl. incl.    
185 we word info kɔmɔrua dl. excl.    
186 you kamin pl. 1, 33  
186 you kumurua dl. x  
187 they nire they 1, 33  
187 they rarua they (dual) x  
188 what? word info warai      
189 who? word info sei   1  
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
196 to count      
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 alo   3  
205 Nine word info tˢiwa   5  
206 Ten word info sinuwulu   5  
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      

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