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Language: Siviti (Beterbu, Jericho)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mll  Glottocode: malu1245 
Notes:  Transcription -- broad -- done with standard IPA with the exception that [ᴅ] was represented as "dʳ". 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Aviva Shimelman  Checked By: Aviva Shimelman 
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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:Malekula Interior 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
38 to chew word info      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
53 person/human being      
68 needle      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
93 to pound, beat word info      
104 fat/grease      
116 flower      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
132 fog      
138 warm word info      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
170 when? word info      
173 at      
177 this      
178 that      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
195 no, not      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand wara-   16  
2 left mʷiɾ   1, 59  
3 right matu   5, 37  
4 leg/foot malɛ-   62  
5 to walk -vial   10  
6 road/path ⁿzal   1  
7 to come -mʷẽ   1  
8 to turn word info -rori   34, 106  
9 to swim -kaɾ   5  
10 dirty -lalo   6  
11 dust ᵐbutkus   86, 89  
12 skin vɪlo-   1, 81  
13 back word info ⁿdahu-   12  
14 belly laxwa-   86  
15 bone ⁿʒi-   2, 31  
16 intestines ⁿʒɪnɛ-   1  
17 liver na-re lalo-   15, 41  
18 breast ne-sus   1  
19 shoulder ᵐbʷili-   38  
22 to fear -mɪtaɣut   1  
23 blood na-re   1  
24 head ᵐbatu-   9  
25 neck ⁿsalɣa-   99  
26 hair word info vɪlon batu-   31, 60  
27 nose ᵑgusu-   1, 58, 55  
30 mouth ⁿzoŋo-   55  
31 tooth lowo-   1, 35  
32 tongue mimɛ-   7, 41  
33 to laugh -ɳiɾ   93  
34 to cry -rat   61  
35 to vomit -lulu   8  
36 to spit -tipis   15  
37 to eat -or   35  
39 to cook word info -titin   9  
40 to drink -min   1, 49  
43 ear ᵐboɾo-   16  
44 to hear -roŋɔ   1  
45 eye mɛta-   1  
46 to see -lɪs   14, 94  
47 to yawn -mumaɸ   19  
48 to sleep -metuɾ   1  
49 to lie down word info -metuɾ tuɣon   37, 90  
50 to dream -metur poɾpoɾ   11, 10  
51 to sit -at   109  
52 to stand -tuɾ   2, 69  
54 man/male nɪ-mɛɾmɛɾ   73  
55 woman/female nɛvɛnar   1, 101  
56 child lɪlɪʧiplɛx   79  
57 husband lilɛɣ-s-   38  
58 wife nɛ-vɛnar-s-   75, 76  
59 mother mɛra   52  
60 father tate   19  
61 house na-im   1  
62 thatch/roof ni-at   1  
63 name na-ŋis   1, 36  
64 to say -wiɾ   30  
65 rope marit   63  
66 to tie up, fasten -mʷit͡s   80  
67 to sew word info -rur   13  
69 to hunt word info -xorxoɾ   59, 64  
70 to shoot word info -soɾo   16  
71 to stab, pierce -siɾ   14  
72 to hit word info -rup   87  
73 to steal -vɪnaɣe   1, 58  
74 to kill -rupinmɛs   71, 1, 2  
75 to die, be dead -mɛs   1  
76 to live, be alive -meɾuv   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info -kot͡skot͡s   69  
78 to cut, hack word info -te   1  
79 stick/wood na-ɣa   1  
80 to split word info pɛrtuaɣe   1  
81 sharp -mʷon   24  
82 dull, blunt -papot   15  
83 to work word info -ᵐbas   30  
84 to plant -ruɸ   9  
87 to swell word info -puɾ   7  
89 to hold word info -us   46  
90 to dig -ɣil   1  
91 to buy -wʊl   1  
92 to open, uncover -ɣiɣɛs   59, 62  
94 to throw word info -wɛrɛnlue   90  
95 to fall word info -t͡soɸ   13  
96 dog nu-ɣuli   7, 84  
97 bird mænux   1  
98 egg rulu-n   1, 66  
99 feather vɪlo-n   1  
100 wing na-ɣpan   1, 12  
101 to fly -ɣiɣamp   14, 78  
102 rat na-ɣariv   18  
103 meat/flesh mɪsɣovina   10  
105 tail wilɣaon   60  
106 snake nə-mat   12  
107 worm (earthworm) wulɪt͡slɛt͡s   68, 72, 73, 74  
108 louse word info na-ɣut   1  
109 mosquito namux   1  
110 spider nela   1  
111 fish nɪ-mat͡s   53  
112 rotten word info -mɛɾɛvrɪv   100  
113 branch word info nɛ-raŋ   1, 21  
114 leaf roxɔ   51, 53  
115 root lapʷɛn   18  
117 fruit woŋa(na)   13  
118 grass na-mʉs   51  
119 earth/soil ⁿdan   1, 78  
120 stone nɪ-vat   1  
121 sand no-won   1  
122 water word info nu-a   2  
124 sea ⁿdas   1, 61  
126 lake malɛn   39  
127 woods/forest no-vorɣa   2, 88  
128 sky ᵐbaknɛran   30, 31  
129 moon na-vil   1  
130 star wugoror   70  
131 cloud word info na-ror   90  
133 rain na-us   1  
134 thunder ᵐbotokuɾ   2, 84  
135 lightning nɛ-vɛlax   26  
136 wind laŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info -sɛɾ   26  
139 cold word info -malaɣas   51  
140 dry word info -mimas   11  
141 wet -mimim   36  
142 heavy -roɸ   31  
143 fire na-ɣamb   19  
144 to burn word info -ɣan   40  
145 smoke word info ni-s-na-ɣamb   2  
146 ash holuvias   56  
147 black -mɛɾmɛɾ   1  
148 white -pɪsax   104  
149 red -mial   1, 55  
150 yellow -məɣɛl   68  
151 green -ɣɛt͡san   8  
152 small -wɪlwɪle   115  
153 big -lalamb   10  
160 painful, sick -rot͡s   32  
161 shy, ashamed -muwonɣɛn   55, 60  
162 old word info -tɛɾtɛɾa   27  
163 new -merax   48  
164 good -nam   27  
165 bad, evil -sat   1  
166 correct, true -wuɾatin   37, 73  
167 night na-utpuŋ   1, 67  
168 day notərɛn   6, 52  
169 year ᵑgaka   67  
171 to hide word info -tɛsusuɣun   37, 39  
172 to climb word info -sax   2  
174 in, inside lalon   1  
175 above limsax   11  
176 below litan      
179 near gəriv   89  
180 far luhsax   62  
181 where? word info hambe   3, 59  
182 I   1, 21, 22  
183 thou nox   1, 18  
184 he/she xain   1, 29  
188 what? word info ⁿzaβ   1, 73  
189 who? word info sena   1, 25  
194 how? word info plakɛnzaβ   56  
196 to count ʧɪpʷɪn   69  
197 One word info soɣal   42, 57  
198 Two word info i-ru   1  
199 Three word info i-til   1  
200 Four word info i-vat   1, 65  
201 Five word info i-lim   1  
202 Six word info ɣɔn   1  
203 Seven word info hoᵐbʉt   1  
204 Eight word info xoɛl   3  
205 Nine word info ɣɪsju   5  
206 Ten word info saŋavʉl   5  
207 Twenty word info moviliɾu   6, 25  
208 Fifty word info movilim   x  
209 One Hundred word info movsaŋavʉl   41  
187 they xair pɔ they 1, 69  
187 they xair pɔ iru they dual x  
185 we word info nekir iru we dl incl    
185 we word info kemam we pl excl E42  
185 we word info nekir we pl incl I  
186 you kemi saru you dual x  
186 you kemi pɔ you pl 1, 13  

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