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Language: Wala (Worprev A)

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:
9 to swim      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
28 to breathe      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
44 to hear      
46 to see      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
80 to split word info      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
90 to dig      
94 to throw word info      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail      
116 flower      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
132 fog      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
173 at      
177 this      
180 far      
190 other      
191 all      
193 if      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand naver   16  
2 left nɛ-mair   1, 59  
3 right nɛ-matu   5, 37  
4 leg/foot bəla-   33  
5 to walk -vɛl   10  
6 road/path sɛl   1  
7 to come -mɛ   1  
8 to turn word info -rori   34, 106  
10 dirty -poporo   126  
11 dust ᵐbetimau   86, 76  
12 skin vɛlʉ-   1, 81  
13 back word info ⁿdotrɛ-   82, 81  
14 belly ⁿdɛpe-   36, 99  
15 bone t͡si-   2, 31  
16 intestines t͡sinɛ-   1  
17 liver nɛrɛ-   41  
18 breast na-su   1  
19 shoulder bɛrpari-   1, 65  
22 to fear -mɪto   1  
23 blood ra   1  
24 head batu-   9  
25 neck bot͡sla-   99, 115  
26 hair word info ron batu-   34, 60  
27 nose ᵑgunt͡si-   1, 58  
29 to sniff, smell -tɛn   83  
30 mouth t͡soŋo-   55  
31 tooth na-liu   1, 35  
32 tongue nɛmɛ-   7, 41  
33 to laugh -mɛn   51  
34 to cry -ⁿdiŋ   1  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
36 to spit -ltʉ   37, 102  
37 to eat -ain   1  
38 to chew word info -t͡sɪme   21  
39 to cook word info -tapʷɛ-   86  
40 to drink -min   1, 49  
43 ear boro-   16  
45 eye nɛ-mtɛ-   1  
47 to yawn -ɛnma   36  
48 to sleep -matur   1  
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 bɪperiŋ   76  
57 husband dɪwɛn-s-   72  
58 wife lɪktɛr-s-   29  
59 mother mɛrɛ-   52  
60 father tɛte   19  
61 house na-im   1  
62 thatch/roof ni-at   1  
63 name nesɛ-   66  
64 to say -worai   30  
65 rope ⁿdɛl   1, 76  
66 to tie up, fasten -mɛlt͡si   80  
70 to shoot word info -lue   15  
71 to stab, pierce -ʧuʧi   84  
72 to hit word info -ret͡si   86, 100  
73 to steal -venai   1, 58  
74 to kill -rɛt͡sbini   74, 1  
75 to die, be dead -mɪt͡s   1  
76 to live, be alive -maur   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info -rsi   68  
78 to cut, hack word info -spɛ   40  
79 stick/wood na-i   1  
81 sharp -so   85  
82 dull, blunt -ᵐbato   15  
83 to work word info -mat͡siŋ   74  
84 to plant -ruw   9  
87 to swell word info -sol   66  
88 to squeeze word info -virani   16?  
89 to hold word info -tortoni   35  
91 to buy -wol   1  
92 to open, uncover -ve   1, 56  
93 to pound, beat word info -rɛt͡sarɛt͡si   46, 47  
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-riv   18  
103 meat/flesh nɪ-visum   10  
106 snake nə-mʷɛt   12  
107 worm (earthworm) ⁿdoto   66  
108 louse word info na-ut   1  
109 mosquito nom   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  
117 fruit no-wain   1, 26  
118 grass na-mʉs   51  
119 earth/soil ⁿdan   1, 78  
120 stone nɪ-βɪt   1  
121 sand no-wanan   1  
122 water word info nu-ɔ   2  
124 sea ⁿdes   1, 61  
126 lake lalɛp   37  
127 woods/forest nɛ-təra   90  
128 sky bakrɛn   30, 31  
129 moon na-vʉl   1  
130 star nɛ-mt͡sʉ   13  
131 cloud word info no-ᵐbor   38  
133 rain na-us   1  
134 thunder ᵐbɛlvɛr   15, 38  
135 lightning na-vʉl mevil   26  
136 wind lɪŋ   1, 77  
139 cold word info -namlas   51  
140 dry word info -mɛs   11  
141 wet -mimim   36  
142 heavy -ro   31  
143 fire namb   19  
144 to burn word info -in   40  
145 smoke word info ni-ʊs   2, 76  
146 ash mɪsjʉ   65  
147 black -motmot   1  
148 white -wis   1  
149 red veŋ   91, 92  
150 yellow -t͡sat͡sɛn   72  
151 green -namʉs   8, 71  
152 small -wɪlɪle   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 -lavorotun   37, 73  
167 night natboŋ   1, 67  
168 day natrin   6, 52  
169 year sia   66  
170 when? word info sʉeliŋ   59  
171 to hide word info -silvani   1, 40  
172 to climb word info -sa   2  
174 in, inside olon   1  
175 above mare   10  
176 below mɛlvɛn   41, 74  
178 that ɳokwano   36  
179 near mori   91  
181 where? word info nimbe   3, 59  
182 I niɔ   1, 21, 22  
183 thou nik   1, 18  
184 he/she ni   1, 6  
185 we word info kir we pl incl I  
186 you kiami you pl 1, 13  
186 you kiami ɔru you dual x  
187 they nir they 1, 33  
188 what? word info ⁿt͡se   1  
189 who? word info sie   1  
192 and ko   12  
194 how? word info ɛrpɛsi   55  
195 no, not mit͡sige   10  
196 to count -ve   70  
197 One word info ɛ-tɛs   14, 48  
198 Two word info ɔru   1  
199 Three word info ɛ-til   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 ewil   3  
205 Nine word info ɛ-siʉ   5  
206 Ten word info asiŋaβʉl   5  
207 Twenty word info oŋol oru   24  
208 Fifty word info oŋol ɛlim   x  
209 One Hundred word info oŋosɪŋavil   40  

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