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Language: Proto Northern Central Vanuatu

Source/Author:  Clark 2009 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode: nort3195 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Erin Donnelly  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 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
68 needle      
82 dull, blunt      
85 to choose      
125 salt      
127 woods/forest      
158 narrow      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
173 at      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
183 thou      
190 other      
192 and      
193 if      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
69 to hunt word info *ara      
71 to stab, pierce *sobwe pierce    
72 to hit word info *digi      
72 to hit word info *sua      
77 to scratch word info *karo-si      
79 stick/wood *tiko      
79 stick/wood *wasu      
80 to split word info *sibwa      
88 to squeeze word info *qu=qu-mi      
89 to hold word info *qo=qo-mi      
90 to dig *vuti      
96 dog *bati canine    
98 egg *Rami crustacean eggs    
107 worm (earthworm) *udu      
107 worm (earthworm) *weli      
113 branch word info *ra=ra      
115 root *karo      
124 sea *masawa      
126 lake *nobu      
140 dry word info *mwa(ri)toʔu      
141 wet *meeu wetness    
146 ash *banoi volcanic ash    
150 yellow *ago=ago      
159 wide *qeqe      
160 painful, sick *kara-ti      
160 painful, sick *rara-gi      
162 old word info *tuai      
166 correct, true *tino      
166 correct, true *tunu      
172 to climb word info *karaka      
172 to climb word info *kara-vi      
185 we word info *(k)ida      
185 we word info *qama(m)i      
186 you *iqo      
197 One word info *zikai      
5 to walk *lako step, walk, go 1  
6 road/path *sala   1  
7 to come *mai   1  
11 dust *avu ashes, lime, dust 1  
12 skin *kuli skin, bark 1  
14 belly *tia   1  
16 intestines *tinaʔe   1  
17 liver *ate   1  
18 breast *susu   1  
22 to fear *mataku   1  
23 blood *daRa   1  
30 mouth *vwavwa   1  
37 to eat *kani   1  
38 to chew word info *mama-ʔi   1  
40 to drink *inu   1  
41 to bite *kaRa-ti   1  
44 to hear *rogo   1  
45 eye *mata   1  
46 to see *kita   1  
48 to sleep *maturu   1  
49 to lie down word info *eno   1  
58 wife *a-soa spouse 1  
59 mother *tina   1  
60 father *tama   1  
61 house *yumwa   1  
62 thatch/roof *ato   1  
65 rope *tali   1  
70 to shoot word info *vana-i   1  
74 to kill *bunu-ʔi   1  
75 to die, be dead *mate   1  
80 to split word info *vora   1  
83 to work word info *ʔumwa   1  
90 to dig *keli   1  
91 to buy *voli   1  
97 bird *manu-ku bird (generic) 1  
98 egg *ʔatolu   1  
99 feather *vulu   1  
101 to fly *rovo   1  
108 louse word info *kutu   1  
109 mosquito *namu-ki   1  
110 spider *ta-lawa   1  
111 fish *ika   1  
114 leaf *rau   1  
116 flower *vuga   1  
118 grass *valisi   1  
119 earth/soil *tano earth 1  
120 stone *vatu   1  
121 sand *ʔone   1  
122 water word info *danu   1  
124 sea *tasi   1  
129 moon *vula   1  
130 star *vituu   1  
133 rain *ʔusa   1  
139 cold word info *madidi   1  
143 fire *avi   1  
147 black *maʔeto   1  
156 thin word info *ma-nivi=nivi   1  
162 old word info *matuʔa   1  
163 new *vaʔou   1  
164 good *wia   1  
165 bad, evil *saʔa-ti   1  
167 night *bogi   1  
169 year *taʔu-ni   1  
170 when? word info *gaisa   1  
174 in, inside *lolo   1  
180 far *sau   1  
188 what? word info *sava   1  
189 who? word info *sei   1  
198 Two word info *rua   1  
199 Three word info *tolu   1  
201 Five word info *lima   1  
202 Six word info *ono   1  
203 Seven word info *bitu   1  
60 father *mama   1, 10  
100 wing *kaba-u   1, 12  
117 fruit *vwa   1, 26  
187 they *n(a)-ira   1, 33  
66 to tie up, fasten *liko-ti   1, 39  
43 ear *daliga   1, 40  
163 new *bwaro   1, 47  
149 red *miala   1, 55  
1 hand *lima hand 1, 64  
76 to live, be alive *maʔuri   1, 76  
136 wind *lagi   1, 77  
55 woman/female *vavine   1, 106  
186 you *qamuyu   1, 13  
54 man/male *ata-mwaʔane   1, 14  
63 name *asa   1, 18  
113 branch word info *raga   1, 21  
182 I *nau   1, 21, 22  
31 tooth *livo   1, 35  
27 nose *qanisu [AF] really means *ᵑganisu 1, 58  
73 to steal *vanako   1, 58  
2 left *mawiri   1, 59  
86 to grow word info *tovu   1, 6  
184 he/she *n(a)ia   1, 6  
200 Four word info *vati   1, 65  
107 worm (earthworm) *sulati   1, 8  
39 to cook word info *taʔo-ni   10  
50 to dream *bore   10  
69 to hunt word info *lako   10  
84 to plant *lavo   10  
103 meat/flesh *visiko   10  
153 big *laba   10  
175 above *maree   10  
195 no, not *tika-i   10  
148 white *ovo=ovo   101  
179 near *rivita   101  
138 warm word info *talai   102  
164 good *bo(s)i   108  
87 to swell word info *vuke   10?  
46 to see *bu(nu)sil *ilo   11  
140 dry word info *ma=masa   11  
64 to say *vasa   116  
112 rotten word info *ma-da-da   116  
51 to sit *saqele   118, 96  
28 to breathe *maro   12  
87 to swell word info *tobu   12  
106 snake *mwata   12  
138 warm word info *tunu   12  
20 to know, be knowledgeable *ilo   13  
21 to think *do=do-mi   13  
33 to laugh *uru   13  
64 to say *vava   13  
67 to sew word info *turu   13  
95 to fall word info *zovi   13  
130 star *mwazoe   13  
148 white *voqe   13  
21 to think *mido-do   13, 72  
28 to breathe *mabu-si   14  
81 sharp *ka=kani   14  
81 sharp *makani   14  
101 to fly *ka=kava   14  
46 to see *leʔo-si   14, 94  
134 thunder *vara   15  
1 hand *vara arm 16  
43 ear *bwero   16  
88 to squeeze word info viri   16  
155 long word info *baravu   16  
168 day *bogi   16  
20 to know, be knowledgeable *kila-la   18  
25 neck *uʔa   18  
46 to see *kila-la   18  
102 rat *karivi   18  
115 root *labwe   18  
174 in, inside *yumwa   18  
47 to yawn *mawa-va   19  
60 father *tata   19  
143 fire *kabu   19  
77 to scratch word info *qaru   1?  
196 to count *vulu-ki   1?  
57 husband *a-soa spouse 2  
100 wing *bani   2  
122 water word info *wai   2  
145 smoke word info *ʔasu   2  
115 root *kawa-ri   2, 41  
52 to stand *tuʔu-ru   2, 69  
62 thatch/roof *takura   20  
93 to pound, beat word info *tu=tu-ki   20, 2  
38 to chew word info *zamwa   21  
143 fire *vaga   21  
156 thin word info *maqura   22  
8 to turn word info *vilo-si   24  
8 to turn word info *vile-si   24  
135 lightning *vila   26  
137 to blow word info *sere   26  
12 skin *vinu-ti skin, husk, rind 28  
122 water word info *bei   28  
140 dry word info *qora   29  
140 dry word info *qoru   29  
169 year *sukawa   29  
102 rat *kasuve   3  
157 thick word info *matolu   3  
204 Eight word info *walu   3  
132 fog *ma-Ravu   3, 32  
181 where? word info *bea   3, 35  
64 to say *vwara   30  
26 hair word info *vulu   31  
118 grass *mwanayu   31  
34 to cry *tei   32  
154 short word info *mwido-lo   32  
4 leg/foot *bwalo leg or part of leg 33  
123 to flow *zara   33  
142 heavy *marazi   33  
131 cloud word info *maliqo   34  
13 back word info *mwadu   35  
28 to breathe *sova   35  
36 to spit *vura-i   35  
116 flower *vira   35  
14 belly *tabwa-i   36  
131 cloud word info *taʔe   36  
4 leg/foot *lewa leg 37  
36 to spit *loto-vi   37  
123 to flow *rave   37  
123 to flow *rovo   37  
123 to flow *sale   38  
105 tail *qere   39  
144 to burn word info *vaga   39  
53 person/human being *ʔata   4  
137 to blow word info *uvi   4, 81  
78 to cut, hack word info *zavi cut with axe 40  
147 black *loa   40  
30 mouth *bwago   41  
25 neck *daleʔo   42  
29 to sniff, smell *bo   42  
29 to sniff, smell *boni   42  
138 warm word info *rara-gi   46  
142 heavy *mava   46  
64 to say *veti   47  
175 above *ulu   47  
90 to dig *vezi   48  
172 to climb word info *qalo   49  
191 all *sara   49  
9 to swim *karu   5  
20 to know, be knowledgeable *bi(ni)si   5  
34 to cry *gara   5  
34 to cry *gere   5  
56 child *natu   5  
205 Nine word info *sivwa   5  
206 Ten word info *sagavulu   5  
3 right *matuʔa   5, 37  
42 to suck *dumu-si   50  
33 to laugh *mana   51  
42 to suck *zimi   51  
139 cold word info *malaso   51  
15 bone *suRi   52  
112 rotten word info *bo   52  
30 mouth *zigo   55  
92 to open, uncover *walaqa   55  
65 rope *kaRo   56  
31 tooth *bati   6  
99 feather *mau-a   6  
124 sea *lau   6  
129 moon *kabatia   6  
168 day *rani   6  
137 to blow word info *bubu-si   6, 60  
29 to sniff, smell *rogo   62  
105 tail *labwe   62  
137 to blow word info *suvi   62  
128 sky *masawa   63  
19 shoulder *bwatu   65  
52 to stand *maraka   66  
152 small *riki   66  
17 liver *mwabwe   7  
32 tongue *mea   7  
196 to count *eve   70  
51 to sit *sake   72  
104 fat/grease *muta   72  
66 to tie up, fasten *Roʔoti   77  
49 to lie down word info *tabwa   78  
152 small *kiki   78  
35 to vomit *lua   8  
56 child *mwara   8  
56 child *mwera   8  
70 to shoot word info *tibwa   8  
72 to hit word info *tu=tu-ki   8  
151 green *keza   8  
151 green *malakeza   8, 43  
30 mouth *go   80  
51 to sit *toka   80  
13 back word info *adu   82  
144 to burn word info *vani   83  
33 to laugh *tayale   84  
94 to throw word info *kubu-i   84  
191 all *vunu   84  
10 dirty *leba mud, dirt 9  
24 head *bwatu   9  
84 to plant *ruvi   9  
154 short word info *vutu   9  
163 new *karabwa   9  
131 cloud word info *dodo   90  
72 to hit word info *tibwa   92  
39 to cook word info *savu(a)   97  
194 how? word info *visa how many? x  

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