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Language: Wala (Botku)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:upv  Glottocode: wala1267 
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:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Malekula Coastal 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
2 left      
3 right      
6 road/path      
8 to turn word info      
18 breast      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
49 to lie down word info      
57 husband      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
83 to work word info      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
90 to dig      
104 fat/grease      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
126 lake      
132 fog      
138 warm word info      
140 dry word info      
146 ash      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
173 at      
177 this      
178 that      
181 where? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand nɛvɛrɛ-   16  
4 leg/foot bəla-   33  
5 to walk -mɛl   113  
7 to come -mɛ   1  
9 to swim -loŋ   76  
10 dirty -poroporo   126  
11 dust ᵐbetimau   86, 76  
12 skin nɛ-vɛlɛvʉlʉ-   1, 81  
13 back word info ⁿdotɛrɛ-   82, 81  
14 belly ⁿdəpai-   36, 99  
15 bone ʧi-   2, 31  
16 intestines ʧinɛ-   1  
17 liver nɛrɛ-   41  
19 shoulder bɛrpari-   1, 65  
22 to fear -mɪto   1  
23 blood ra   1  
24 head batu-   9  
25 neck bot͡sɛla-   99, 115  
26 hair word info ron batu-   34, 60  
27 nose ᵑgunsi-   1, 58  
28 to breathe -veliŋ   77  
29 to sniff, smell -tɛk   85  
30 mouth ʧoŋo-   55  
31 tooth ne-luwo-   1, 35  
32 tongue nɛmɛ-   7, 41  
33 to laugh -mɛn   51  
34 to cry -tiŋ   1  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
36 to spit -ltʉ   37, 102  
37 to eat -ain   1  
38 to chew word info -t͡simɛ   21  
39 to cook word info -tapu   86  
40 to drink -min   1, 49  
43 ear ᵐboro-   16  
44 to hear -ore   57  
45 eye nɛ-mtɛ-   1  
46 to see -lesi   14, 94  
47 to yawn -ɛnma   36  
48 to sleep -matur   1  
50 to dream -matur porpor   11, 10  
51 to sit -lɪk   110  
52 to stand -tur   2, 69  
53 person/human being t͡sunɘmb   60  
54 man/male norman   1, 14  
55 woman/female nɪ-vsevin   1, 74  
56 child bɪpɛriŋ   76  
58 wife lɛktɛr-s-   29  
59 mother mɪrɛ-   52  
60 father tɛtɛ   19  
61 house na-im   1  
62 thatch/roof ni-at   1  
63 name nesɛ-   66  
64 to say -βorai   30  
65 rope ⁿtel   1, 76  
66 to tie up, fasten -mɛlʧi   80  
67 to sew word info -rur   13  
70 to shoot word info -lue   15  
72 to hit word info -rɛʧi   86, 100  
73 to steal -vanai   1, 58  
74 to kill -rɛt͡spini   74, 1  
75 to die, be dead -mit͡s   1  
76 to live, be alive -maur   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info -rsi   68  
78 to cut, hack word info -tai   1  
79 stick/wood na-i   1  
80 to split word info -kari      
81 sharp -sɔ   85  
82 dull, blunt muŋol   66  
84 to plant -ruw   9  
87 to swell word info -sol   66  
88 to squeeze word info -βusi   18, 71  
88 to squeeze word info -βusi   18, 71  
89 to hold word info -tortoni   35  
91 to buy -wul   1  
92 to open, uncover -βɛ   1, 56  
93 to pound, beat word info -rɛʧarɛʧi   46, 47  
94 to throw word info -wɪt͡seni   87  
95 to fall word info -ʧʉ   13  
96 dog ᵑgəli   7, 78  
97 bird nɪ-mɪn   1  
98 egg rulu-n   1, 66  
99 feather mowɛ-n   6  
100 wing nambɛn   1, 12  
101 to fly -ro   1  
102 rat na-riɸ   18  
103 meat/flesh nɪ-vison   10  
105 tail no-volovolain   64  
106 snake nɪ-mɛt   12  
107 worm (earthworm) ⁿdoto   66  
108 louse word info na-ut   1  
109 mosquito nʊm   1  
110 spider nela   1  
111 fish na-msal   52  
112 rotten word info -mʊtmʊt   92  
113 branch word info rɛŋsi-n   1, 21  
114 leaf roin   1  
115 root lapɛn   18  
116 flower loklok   59  
117 fruit no-wɛn   1, 26  
118 grass na-mʉs   51  
119 earth/soil ⁿdan   1, 78  
120 stone nɪ-βɪt   1  
121 sand dɪpenan   1, 79, 86  
122 water word info nu-ɔ   2  
124 sea ⁿdes   1, 61  
127 woods/forest nɛ-təra   90  
128 sky bakren   30, 31  
129 moon na-vʉl   1  
130 star nɛ-mʧʉ   13  
131 cloud word info na-ror   90  
133 rain na-us   1  
134 thunder ᵐbɛlvɛr   15, 38  
135 lightning mivil   26  
136 wind lɪŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info -sɛr   26  
139 cold word info -namlas   51  
141 wet -mimim   36  
142 heavy -roβ   31  
143 fire namp   19  
144 to burn word info -in   40  
145 smoke word info mʷos   2, 76  
145 smoke word info mʷos   2, 76  
147 black -motmot   1  
148 white -wis   1  
149 red -veŋ   91, 92  
150 yellow -t͡sat͡sɛn   72  
151 green -namʉs   8, 71  
152 small -wɛlele   114  
153 big -lɛp   10  
160 painful, sick -msɛ   1  
161 shy, ashamed -manun   54  
162 old word info -tara   27  
163 new -mɛr   49  
164 good -rɛs   110  
165 bad, evil -siʧ   1  
166 correct, true -lɛvorotun   37, 73  
167 night natpʊŋ   1, 67  
168 day natrɪn   6, 52  
169 year sia   66  
170 when? word info sʉeliŋ   59  
171 to hide word info -silβani   1, 40  
172 to climb word info -sa   2  
174 in, inside olon   1  
175 above mare   10  
176 below mɛlvɛn   41, 74  
179 near mori   91  
180 far asɔ   1  
182 I niɔ   1, 21, 22  
183 thou nik   1, 18  
184 he/she ni   1, 6  
188 what? word info ⁿt͡se   1  
189 who? word info sie   1  
194 how? word info ɛrpɛse   55  
195 no, not miʧige   10  
196 to count -βe   70  
197 One word info sa   1  
198 Two word info ɔru   1  
199 Three word info e-tɪl   1  
200 Four word info a-vʉt͡s   1, 65  
201 Five word info ɛ-lim   1  
202 Six word info owɔn   1  
203 Seven word info ɛ-pʉt   1  
204 Eight word info ewɪl   3  
205 Nine word info ɛ-siʉ   5  
206 Ten word info asɪŋavʉl   5  
207 Twenty word info oŋol oru   24  
208 Fifty word info oŋol ɛlim   x  
209 One Hundred word info oŋosɪŋavʉl   40  
88 to squeeze word info -βusi *pwusi 18, 71  
187 they nir they 1, 33  
185 we word info kierʧile we pl excl E  
185 we word info kier we pl incl I  
145 smoke word info mʷos X 2, 76  
186 you kiami ɔru you dual x  
186 you kiami you pl 1, 13  

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