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Language: Aitchin (Small Island)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:upv  Glottocode: atch1238 
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:
4 leg/foot      
17 liver      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
29 to sniff, smell      
38 to chew word info      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
46 to see      
47 to yawn      
49 to lie down word info      
68 needle      
78 to cut, hack word info      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
104 fat/grease      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
132 fog      
138 warm word info      
153 big      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
166 correct, true      
173 at      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand nɛvɛrɛ   16  
2 left mʷiɾ   1, 59  
3 right matu   5, 37  
5 to walk -viɛl   10  
6 road/path ni-sɛl   1  
7 to come -ma   1  
8 to turn word info -rori   34, 106  
9 to swim -loŋ   76  
10 dirty -lalo   6  
11 dust potmau   86, 76  
12 skin vivʉlʉ-   1, 81  
13 back word info ru-   82  
14 belly tapai-   36, 99  
15 bone ʧi-   2, 31  
16 intestines ʧinɛ-   1  
18 breast na-sus   1  
19 shoulder pʷili-   38  
22 to fear -mata   1  
23 blood nira   1  
24 head batu-   9  
25 neck sala-   99  
26 hair word info ron batu-   34, 60  
27 nose kunsu-   1, 58  
28 to breathe -vɪnlaŋ   77  
30 mouth ʧuŋo-   55  
31 tooth na-liu   1, 35  
32 tongue mɛmɛ-   7, 41  
33 to laugh -mɛn   51  
34 to cry -taŋ   1  
35 to vomit -lulu   8  
36 to spit -lutʉß   37, 102  
37 to eat -an   1  
39 to cook word info -tapu   86  
40 to drink -minmin   1, 49  
43 ear naᵐbor   16  
44 to hear -roŋe   1  
45 eye na-mɛt-   1  
48 to sleep -matur   1  
50 to dream -porpor   10  
51 to sit -lek   110  
52 to stand -tur   2, 69  
53 person/human being ʧunomb   60  
54 man/male norman   1, 14  
55 woman/female wisevin   1, 74  
56 child kiβis   69?  
57 husband tɛwɛn-s-   72  
58 wife letɛɾ-s-   29  
59 mother pe   20, 62  
60 father te   19  
61 house ne-m   1  
62 thatch/roof ni-at   1  
63 name nɛsɛ-   66  
64 to say -wure   30  
65 rope na      
66 to tie up, fasten -ʧali   79  
67 to sew word info -rur   13  
69 to hunt word info -oror   59, 64  
70 to shoot word info -liwe   15  
71 to stab, pierce -ʧuʧi   84  
72 to hit word info -rɛvʧi   86, 100  
73 to steal -vanua   1, 58  
74 to kill -rɛvʧipɪni   74, 1  
75 to die, be dead -maʧ   1  
76 to live, be alive -nɛur   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info -wowoi   75  
79 stick/wood ne-i   1  
80 to split word info -reri   62  
81 sharp -so   85  
82 dull, blunt -bato   15  
83 to work word info -maʧiŋ   74  
84 to plant -ruw   9  
87 to swell word info -ᵐbur   7  
88 to squeeze word info -wisi   18, 71  
89 to hold word info -totoni   35  
90 to dig -vet͡si   48  
91 to buy -wul   1  
92 to open, uncover -viɛ   1, 56  
95 to fall word info -ʧoβ   13  
96 dog tamai   94  
97 bird ni-man   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-riβ   18  
103 meat/flesh wisovin   10  
105 tail wolwoloin   64  
106 snake ni-mʷɛt   12  
107 worm (earthworm) toto   66, 70  
108 louse word info na-ut   1  
109 mosquito nam   1  
110 spider nolaɸ   1  
111 fish masal   52  
112 rotten word info -motmot   92  
113 branch word info nɛ-rɛŋɛ-n   1, 21  
114 leaf roun   1  
115 root lapʷɛn   18  
116 flower loplop   59?  
117 fruit wɛna-   1, 26  
118 grass na-mʉs   51  
119 earth/soil ⁿdan   1, 78  
120 stone ni-βat   1  
121 sand ⁿdɪpnan   1, 79, 86  
122 water word info nu-a   2  
124 sea ⁿdas   1, 61  
126 lake na-lɛp   37  
127 woods/forest lamʉs rum   92  
128 sky bakran   30, 31  
129 moon na-vʉl   1  
130 star muʧo   13  
131 cloud word info na-ror   90  
133 rain no-us   1  
134 thunder pɛlvɛr   15, 38  
135 lightning na-vʉl   26  
136 wind laŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info -siɾsiɾ   26  
139 cold word info -malas   51  
140 dry word info -mɛmɛs   11  
141 wet -ramim   36  
142 heavy -roʷ   31  
143 fire namb   19  
144 to burn word info -in   40  
145 smoke word info nɪ-snamb   2  
146 ash n-aßɪn   61  
147 black -motmot   1  
148 white -wis   1  
149 red -βɛvɛŋ   91, 92  
150 yellow -mʷɛlmʷalaŋ   68?  
151 green -t͡sat͡sɛn   8  
152 small -wɪlwɪle   115  
160 painful, sick -mse   1  
161 shy, ashamed -mʉnan   54  
162 old word info -taɾa   27  
163 new -ᵐbar   1, 47  
164 good -rɛs   110  
165 bad, evil -t͡sat͡s   1  
167 night notpuŋ   1, 67  
168 day notran   6, 52  
169 year suaβ   29, 65  
170 when? word info sʉeliŋ   59  
171 to hide word info silveni   1, 40  
172 to climb word info -sa   2  
174 in, inside lolon   1  
175 above mare   10  
176 below lɛlovin   41, 74  
180 far soβi   69  
181 where? word info ɳambe   3, 59  
182 I ina   1, 21, 22  
183 thou inik   1, 18  
184 he/she ini   1, 6  
185 we word info lekir we pl incl I  
185 we word info kiam we pl excl E  
185 we word info lekir peru we dl incl    
186 you kiami you pl 1, 13  
186 you kiami eruɔ you dual x  
187 they niɾi they 1, 33  
188 what? word info nise   1  
189 who? word info ise   1  
194 how? word info hɛpɛnse   55  
195 no, not mʷiʧa   10  
196 to count -βɛβɛ   70  
197 One word info sa   1  
198 Two word info e-ru   1  
199 Three word info e-tol   1  
200 Four word info e-vat͡sʰ   1, 65  
201 Five word info e-lim   1  
202 Six word info owon   1  
203 Seven word info ɛᵐbʉt   1  
204 Eight word info oal   3  
205 Nine word info ɛ-siu   5  
206 Ten word info saŋavʉl   5  
207 Twenty word info movleru   6, 25  
208 Fifty word info movlelim   x  
209 One Hundred word info movsaŋavʉl   41  

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