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Language: Wusi (Nonona)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:wsi  Glottocode: wusi1237 
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 βakuku-      
1 hand lima-   1, 64  
2 left marau-   2  
3 right tutuβa-   5, 70  
4 leg/foot palo-   33  
4 leg/foot sari-   73  
5 to walk aliali   10, 63  
6 road/path sala   1  
7 to come βe·   23  
8 to turn word info porieni   28  
9 to swim karo   5  
10 dirty merou   24  
11 dust asu-   41  
12 skin βenu-   28  
13 back word info tao-   12  
14 belly tia-   1  
15 bone sui-   52  
16 intestines tali-   76  
17 liver mape-   7  
18 breast susu-   1  
19 shoulder pili-   38  
20 to know, be knowledgeable tei      
21 to think ḍomiḍomi   13  
22 to fear matau   1  
23 blood ḍae-   1  
24 head patu-   9  
25 neck ḍolo-   42  
26 hair word info βulu-   31  
27 nose malsu-   1, 56  
28 to breathe noro   74  
29 to sniff, smell ᵐponaina   42  
30 mouth βaβa-   1  
31 tooth uḍu-   18  
32 tongue mimi-   7, 41  
33 to laugh uru   13  
34 to cry ulo   59  
35 to vomit lulua   8  
36 to spit loto   37  
37 to eat aniani   1  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info maka   19  
40 to drink koko   54  
41 to bite eti   1, 55  
42 to suck tˢimitˢimi   51  
43 ear talina-   1  
44 to hear rone   1  
45 eye mata-   1  
46 to see ile   18  
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep nuralaβi   91  
49 to lie down word info misimisi      
50 to dream      
51 to sit sari·   115  
52 to stand turi   2, 69  
53 person/human being      
54 man/male taoḍu   22, 85  
55 woman/female laβina   1, 73  
56 child matu-   5, 47  
57 husband taoḍu   18, 40  
58 wife laβina   5, 96  
59 mother pui-   54  
60 father tama-   1  
61 house βanua   7  
62 thatch/roof      
63 name ese-   1, 18  
64 to say βirei   30  
65 rope asi   58  
66 to tie up, fasten toβisi   32  
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info aβeaβe      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce tˢiβi      
72 to hit word info apote   91  
73 to steal      
74 to kill rope-βuni   71, 1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
76 to live, be alive mauri   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info karukarumi   59  
78 to cut, hack word info teβeueue   40  
79 stick/wood matˢa   24  
80 to split word info tereβueβue      
81 sharp ma·ti   1  
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info βauma   84  
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info βiriβirisi   16  
89 to hold word info mani      
90 to dig keli   1  
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info pulai   86  
95 to fall word info tˢoβi   13  
96 dog βoi < PNCV *boe "pig" 74  
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg toli-   1  
99 feather      
100 wing lima- < arm    
101 to fly sala   31  
102 rat ariβi   18  
103 meat/flesh popo      
104 fat/grease aro-   44  
105 tail βuḍi-   76  
106 snake marita   12  
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info utu-   1  
109 mosquito βuβu   83  
110 spider      
111 fish matˢi   53  
112 rotten word info mapu·   52, 107  
113 branch word info      
114 leaf rau-   1  
115 root ari-   2  
116 flower βira-   35  
117 fruit βa-   35  
118 grass palisi   1, 81  
119 earth/soil tano   1  
120 stone sula   19  
121 sand βusiβusi   77  
122 water word info ḍano   1  
123 to flow βura   31  
124 sea tasi   1  
125 salt      
126 lake nopu   49  
127 woods/forest βoroβono   7?  
128 sky sailon   1, 61  
129 moon apatia   6  
130 star βitu   1  
131 cloud word info ḍoḍo   90  
132 fog ḍaβo   3  
133 rain usa   1  
134 thunder pirini   80  
135 lightning βilei   26  
136 wind lani   1, 77  
137 to blow word info sisi   60  
138 warm word info βariβaritunu   12, 95  
139 cold word info mariri   1  
140 dry word info koru   29  
141 wet metimetina   35  
142 heavy puruna   75  
143 fire aβi   1  
144 to burn word info sului   4  
145 smoke word info asu-   2  
146 ash βaḍini-      
147 black lo·   40  
148 white βoko   13, 92  
149 red kara   53  
150 yellow matˢina   71  
151 green etˢa   8  
152 small kilekile   103  
153 big suei   103  
154 short word info      
155 long word info paraβu   16  
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick rotˢo   32  
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info korukoru   9, 114  
163 new araḍi   58  
164 good mamasa   57  
165 bad, evil pasokoe   117  
166 correct, true tataolo      
167 night poni   1  
168 day rani   6  
169 year taoni   1  
170 when? word info saβa rani   56, 57  
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 iβenie   3, 78  
182 I inau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou iniko   1, 18  
184 he/she inie   1, 6  
185 we word info iḍe pl. incl. 45  
185 we word info kamai pl. excl. 43  
186 you kamiu pl. 1, 13  
187 they ire they 1, 70  
188 what? word info saβa   1  
189 who? word info sei   1  
190 other tuai      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
196 to count eβi   70  
197 One word info ese   1  
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 lima-raβe   35  
203 Seven word info raβe-rua   13  
204 Eight word info raβ-tolu   5, 7  
205 Nine word info ra-pati   20  
206 Ten word info sanaβulu   5  
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      

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