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

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