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Language: Venen Taute (Alpalak)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nmb  Glottocode: bign1238 
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:Malekula Central 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
9 to swim      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
34 to cry      
37 to eat      
38 to chew word info      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
50 to dream      
53 person/human being      
68 needle      
71 to stab, pierce      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
104 fat/grease      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
132 fog      
136 wind      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
144 to burn word info      
151 green      
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      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
186 you      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
210 One Thousand word info      
169 year (irɛta)pai   68  
8 to turn word info -fafʷi      
5 to walk -fel   10  
33 to laugh -ftma   47  
80 to split word info -fəlpri   1  
73 to steal -fənaɣi   1, 58  
64 to say -fəri   30  
95 to fall word info -irs   101  
51 to sit -lak   110  
84 to plant -lawi   10  
46 to see -le   14  
67 to sew word info -lilai   66  
153 big -lix   91?  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
70 to shoot word info -luai   15  
7 to come -ma   1  
160 painful, sick -met   1, 98  
179 near -mima   95  
29 to sniff, smell -min   42?  
40 to drink -min   1, 49  
149 red -miɛl   1, 55  
88 to squeeze word info -mlani   70  
112 rotten word info -mumu   51  
161 shy, ashamed -məmʷix   65  
139 cold word info -mɪla   51  
147 black -mɪt   1  
163 new -mⁿdax   48  
75 to die, be dead -n̼a   1  
140 dry word info -n̼an̼a   11  
47 to yawn -n̼an̼ao   19  
48 to sleep -n̼atr   1  
28 to breathe -n̼in̼in   71  
82 dull, blunt -pana      
83 to work word info -pare   7, 73  
164 good -pas   108  
52 to stand -pətir   2, 59  
44 to hear -rni   1  
74 to kill -rpapɪni   71, 1  
72 to hit word info -rpʷi   87  
93 to pound, beat word info -rpʷi   43  
76 to live, be alive -silif   57  
152 small -sipa   112  
196 to count -spani   69  
165 bad, evil -stu   1  
94 to throw word info -sərani   87  
162 old word info -tarɛp̼   27, 115  
39 to cook word info -taxpai   86, 99?  
148 white -tfa   1  
171 to hide word info -tituani   37, 39  
78 to cut, hack word info -tri   1  
36 to spit -tup̼i   15  
101 to fly -tɛtv   32  
10 dirty -vlaɣmɪt   2  
166 correct, true -vərəndaui   37, 73  
92 to open, uncover -wale   55  
49 to lie down word info -wasri   88  
141 wet -wir   35, 47  
91 to buy -wuli   1  
89 to hold word info -wəⁿde   89  
81 sharp -xan   14  
172 to climb word info -xapr   47  
77 to scratch word info -xarxari   12  
66 to tie up, fasten -xawi   84  
69 to hunt word info -xaxar   59, 64  
90 to dig -xəli   1  
87 to swell word info -ɛrɛn   69  
142 heavy -ⁿdv   14  
16 intestines an-   1  
17 liver arn-   5  
146 ash farn      
180 far fið̼a   65  
105 tail fəli   64  
19 shoulder fʷan   1  
197 One word info i-amk      
195 no, not i-kaɣe   10  
201 Five word info i-lɪm   1  
202 Six word info i-lɪmse   20  
206 Ten word info i-naɬ   5  
207 Twenty word info i-nɛlru   9  
208 Fifty word info i-nɛlɪm   x  
209 One Hundred word info i-nɛɬnalivamk   46  
198 Two word info i-ru   1  
203 Seven word info i-saru   9  
204 Eight word info i-satl   11, 7  
205 Nine word info i-savɛt   5  
199 Three word info i-tl   1  
150 yellow i-wəs   67  
200 Four word info i-ð̼a   1, 65  
194 how? word info inapi   65  
181 where? word info ipi   3, 59  
145 smoke word info iɛn   2, 77  
185 we word info kamɛm we pl excl E42  
182 I kana   1, 21, 22  
116 flower laklak   59  
127 woods/forest lilimt   92?  
96 dog lipax   29  
167 night liɣat   42  
31 tooth lu-   1, 35  
102 rat ləpo   45  
135 lightning lɛfmatɛn   77  
32 tongue lɪm-   7, 17  
1 hand lɪn̼a-   1, 64  
2 left mir   1, 59  
3 right mɛlɛⁿdao   44  
56 child mʷarⁿdɛl   68  
130 star mʷəsi   13  
129 moon n-al   1  
133 rain n-u   1  
121 sand n-un   1  
143 fire na-ap̼   19  
117 fruit na-fa-n   1, 26  
134 thunder na-fl   23  
79 stick/wood na-i   1  
126 lake na-lɪp   37  
15 bone na-su-   52  
124 sea na-taʰ   1  
6 road/path na-vanɛl   46  
120 stone na-vɛt   1  
122 water word info na-we   2  
65 rope na-xao   25  
23 blood na-ⁿde   1  
119 earth/soil na-ⁿdɛð̼   11  
183 thou nakm   1, 17, 18, 25  
185 we word info naknd we pl incl I  
185 we word info naknd uⁿdʳani we dl incl    
109 mosquito naməx   1  
25 neck natəf-   45  
57 husband nau-n   85  
63 name naxa-   37  
98 egg naɣaⁿdʳl-n   1, 66  
108 louse word info naɣt   1  
62 thatch/roof ne-ɛt   1  
11 dust neɛf   1  
110 spider ni-lao   1  
12 skin ni-lepa-   23, 88  
100 wing ni-lxai-ɛn   38, 69, 71  
118 grass ni-na      
99 feather nil(ⁿdʳln)   1  
26 hair word info nil-   31  
103 meat/flesh niəx   10  
168 day nu-tran   6, 52  
18 breast nunu   3  
61 house nə-max   51  
106 snake nɪ-mʷat   12  
97 bird n̼a-nəx   1  
45 eye n̼ata-   1  
30 mouth pn-   83  
24 head pət-   9  
128 sky pɛknaran   30, 31  
131 cloud word info pɛknaran   94  
113 branch word info ran̼ɛ-n   1  
114 leaf ru (nai)   1  
27 nose suka-   1, 87  
107 worm (earthworm) sɪlɛs *julaj 68, 72  
107 worm (earthworm) sɪlɛs   68, 72  
107 worm (earthworm) sɪlɛs   68, 72  
60 father tate   19  
55 woman/female tavɛt   24  
58 wife tavɛta-   64  
111 fish tilao   83  
4 leg/foot tl   34  
59 mother une   71  
115 root warn   2  
184 he/she xin   1, 29  
189 who? word info xinak   41  
187 they xir they 1, 69  
187 they xir aru they dual x  
188 what? word info ð̼ata   1, 57, 58  
14 belly ð̼ɛt-   5  
13 back word info ⁿdu-   82  
54 man/male ⁿdui   45  
22 to fear ⁿdɛⁿdʳn   25  
43 ear ⁿdʳɪlna-   1, 40  

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