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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:
5 to walk      
8 to turn word info      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
16 intestines      
17 liver      
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      
125 salt      
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      
204 Eight word info alo   3  
65 rope asi   58  
145 smoke word info asun   2  
143 fire aβi   1  
149 red hahara   53  
66 to tie up, fasten hahatea      
55 woman/female hakai   76  
37 to eat hanhani   1  
102 rat hariβi   18  
41 to bite hatia   1, 55  
100 wing haβa-n   1  
63 name hisa-ku   1, 35  
108 louse word info hutu   1  
146 ash huwhuwu      
111 fish iha   1  
61 house ima   1  
43 ear kaliŋa-ku   1, 41  
25 neck kalo-ku   6  
186 you kamin pl. 1, 33  
185 we word info karua dl. incl.    
131 cloud word info koko   90  
167 night kokora   68, 69  
186 you kumurua dl. x  
185 we word info kɔmɔm pl. excl. 42  
185 we word info kɔmɔrua dl. excl.    
54 man/male laman   1, 71  
105 tail lapʷe-n   62  
136 wind laŋi   1, 77  
164 good lele   59  
201 Five word info lima   1  
1 hand lima-ku   1, 64  
36 to spit lot   37  
35 to vomit lulua   8  
72 to hit word info lusia   41  
147 black ləloa   40  
119 earth/soil lɛpa   11, 73  
23 blood mahaβi-ku   52  
39 to cook word info maka   19  
33 to laugh man   51  
97 bird man   1  
135 lightning maramam   75  
45 eye mata-ku   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
130 star matˢo   13  
32 tongue meme-ku   7, 41  
109 mosquito muhi   1, 80  
106 snake mʷata   12  
59 mother mʷemʷe   5  
56 child natu-ku   5  
182 I nau   1, 21, 22  
184 he/she nia   1, 6  
183 thou niho   1, 18  
185 we word info nike pl. incl. 46, 47  
187 they nire they 1, 33  
121 sand one   1  
202 Six word info ono   1  
160 painful, sick osoəsi   104  
31 tooth pati-ku   6  
122 water word info pei   28  
203 Seven word info pitu   1  
170 when? word info pohor wis      
12 skin puluŋu-ku   74  
24 head pʷatu-ku   9  
140 dry word info raraka   1, 85  
187 they rarua they (dual) x  
114 leaf raun   1  
6 road/path rio   39  
19 shoulder riri-ku   68  
44 to hear roŋoa   1  
198 Two word info rua   1  
101 to fly sal   31  
165 bad, evil saplele   41  
4 leg/foot sari-ku   73  
189 who? word info sei   1  
7 to come simai   1  
206 Ten word info sinuwulu   5  
51 to sit sosiwɔ·   114  
15 bone sui-ku   52  
18 breast susu-ku   1  
137 to blow word info suwiya   62  
153 big talaβa   10  
60 father tama-ku   1  
89 to hold word info tartiyai      
169 year tawun tewa   1  
197 One word info tewa   9  
14 belly tia-ku   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
52 to stand tupsahe   70  
152 small tɛtehɛt   104  
9 to swim tˢalehe   80  
205 Nine word info tˢiwa   5  
48 to sleep tˢiŋaro   89  
95 to fall word info tˢoβi   13  
13 back word info upu-ku   135  
134 thunder ururu   2, 64  
133 rain usa   1  
98 egg utuli-n   1  
188 what? word info warai      
141 wet wiriβiriha      
129 moon wula   1  
26 hair word info wulu-ku   31  
96 dog wuriu   7, 75, 77  
30 mouth wuwa-ku   1  
148 white wɔka   13, 93  
150 yellow ŋaora   9, 81  
34 to cry ŋara   5  
27 nose ŋuŋu-k   34  
2 left βah marau-ku   2  
3 right βah matua-ku   5, 37  
46 to see βaroa   98  
120 stone βati   1  
200 Four word info βati   1, 65  
142 heavy βilβile      

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