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Language: Mbwenelang (Xoli)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode: bwen1239 
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 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
46 to see      
53 person/human being      
68 needle      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
90 to dig      
104 fat/grease      
125 salt      
138 warm word info      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick      
170 when? word info      
173 at      
177 this      
178 that      
184 he/she      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
195 no, not      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand n-vari-   16  
2 left ho-maɛr   1, 59  
3 right ho-ʧuᵐbɔ      
4 leg/foot ne-lua-   53  
5 to walk -vɛnɛvɛn   2  
6 road/path gaɣovɛl   1?  
7 to come -vume   1  
8 to turn word info -tu      
9 to swim -lohloh   8  
10 dirty -mɛrmɛr   2  
11 dust ⁿdaof   1  
12 skin no-loɣte   1?  
13 back word info maⁿdi-   35  
14 belly no-ɣovtɛ-   5, 15  
15 bone ᵐbalaŋo-   37  
16 intestines na-martɛ-   15  
17 liver nɛ-ᵐbovsɛ-   57  
18 breast na-sus   1  
19 shoulder na-lavsu-   71  
22 to fear ni-metax   1  
23 blood nɛ-ⁿdʳe   1  
24 head ᵐbati-   9  
25 neck toviŋa-   45, 118  
26 hair word info nɛ-vulon bati-   31, 60  
27 nose na-wunʧu-   1, 58, 88  
28 to breathe -rɪvɪnelaŋ   77, 78  
29 to sniff, smell -ᵐboɣte   42, 85  
30 mouth ᵐbaŋo-   41  
31 tooth nɛ-lfa-   1, 35  
32 tongue lɛmɛ-   7, 17  
33 to laugh -mɛn   51  
34 to cry -ⁿdaŋ   1  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
36 to spit -vivre   35  
37 to eat -ɣan   1  
38 to chew word info -ⁿdɛlⁿdɛl   57  
39 to cook word info -tamax   86, 100  
40 to drink -min   1, 49  
43 ear na-ɣarsɛ-   42  
44 to hear -raŋɔ   1  
45 eye mɛtɛ-   1  
47 to yawn -ɣanmoŋ   36  
48 to sleep -ɣavut      
49 to lie down word info -sisla   76  
50 to dream -xavut noᵐbor   10  
51 to sit -non   111  
52 to stand -tu   2  
54 man/male asmaŋ   1, 14  
55 woman/female taᵐbalux   88  
56 child na-tortamari      
57 husband asmaŋ-ta-   83  
58 wife taᵐbalux ta-   78  
59 mother anana   1, 83  
60 father atata   19  
61 house na-im   1  
62 thatch/roof ni-et   1  
63 name na-ɣsɛ-   1, 35  
64 to say -vteni   16  
65 rope no-ɣɔ   25  
66 to tie up, fasten -ᵐbaŋsi   83  
67 to sew word info -sali   62  
69 to hunt word info -ɣaɣao   77  
70 to shoot word info -vɛnei   1  
71 to stab, pierce -sari   14  
72 to hit word info -ᵐbəlasi   94  
73 to steal -fɪnaɣɔ   1, 58  
74 to kill -ᵐbulasᵐbuni   87, 1  
75 to die, be dead -mɪt͡s   1  
76 to live, be alive -maur   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info -xarxaro   1  
78 to cut, hack word info -tai   1  
79 stick/wood na-ɣai   1  
80 to split word info -taiᵐbare   1, 6  
81 sharp -savi   77  
82 dull, blunt -ᵐbʊx   64  
83 to work word info -um   1  
84 to plant -foroni   61  
87 to swell word info -laᵐbon   67  
88 to squeeze word info -fasese   45  
89 to hold word info -vus   46  
91 to buy -ᵑgale   48  
92 to open, uncover -vure   55  
93 to pound, beat word info -ᵐbalasi   51  
94 to throw word info -ɣuᵐbani   85  
95 to fall word info -lɛt   7  
96 dog no-kli   7  
97 bird nɪ-mɛn   1  
98 egg minloɣ-te   83  
99 feather nɛ-vloɣ-te   1  
100 wing nɛ-nɣafɛ-n   1, 12  
101 to fly -marar   27  
102 rat ɣasuv   3  
103 meat/flesh nɛ-vsoŋoɣte   10?  
105 tail ᵑgari-n   63?  
106 snake na-mat   12  
107 worm (earthworm) nɛ-ntuŋlit͡s   68, 64, 65  
108 louse word info na-ɣut   1  
109 mosquito nenam   1  
110 spider tɪᵐbluŋɛŋau   65  
111 fish na-ix   1  
112 rotten word info -boboɣai   30  
113 branch word info ᵐbasiɣte   30, 1  
114 leaf na-ɣarte   47  
115 root no-ɣoɣorte   2  
116 flower nɛ-pɪnarte   56, 58  
117 fruit vanaɣte   1, 26, 39  
118 grass na-munwai   31  
119 earth/soil nɛ-tɛn   1  
120 stone nɛ-vɪt   1  
121 sand ⁿtaᵐbawan   1, 79, 86  
122 water word info no-ai   2  
123 to flow -ⁿdʳof   37  
124 sea ne-tes   1  
126 lake no-ᵐbluɣwai      
127 woods/forest nuvo ⁿtoᵐbʷai   86  
128 sky ne-maɸ   63  
129 moon ɣaᵐbaʧi   6  
130 star mʷose   13  
131 cloud word info ᵐbaraᵐbar   38  
132 fog movkas   3, 12, 32  
133 rain na-us   1  
134 thunder na-urvar   15, 87  
135 lightning na-ᵐbil   26, 70  
136 wind ne-laŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info -ᵐbiᵐbil   66  
139 cold word info -susus      
140 dry word info -memɛs   11  
141 wet -ᵐbarox   98  
142 heavy -maranz   33  
143 fire na-ɳamb   19  
144 to burn word info -loŋ   75  
145 smoke word info ᵐbasoɣamb   2, 75  
146 ash n-misɣamb   75, 83  
147 black -mɛrmɛr   1  
148 white -pux   104  
149 red -ᵐbisᵐbis   93  
150 yellow -ɳaŋ   9, 83  
151 green na-ɣaɣᵐbuɣun   74  
152 small -kakis   78  
153 big -laᵐbon   10, 85  
161 shy, ashamed -mɪtax      
162 old word info -ⁿdaramb   27, 115  
163 new -ᵐbovo   1, 46, 50  
164 good -ᵐbo   108  
165 bad, evil -samb   41  
166 correct, true -paŋazi      
167 night nautmirmɛr      
168 day diɛl   6  
169 year nɛ-ⁿdɛm   30  
171 to hide word info -liŋsusuarni   37, 38  
172 to climb word info -sax   2  
174 in, inside laloɣum   1  
175 above lapoɣte   49, 50  
176 below fevaɣte   77  
179 near morokon   91, 92  
180 far tɛmnɛnz   61  
181 where? word info ambe   3, 59  
182 I inau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou ɣaoŋ   1, 17, 26  
188 what? word info ɣambe      
189 who? word info ɣasi   1  
194 how? word info namurtoni      
196 to count -vuloŋi   1  
197 One word info boɣol   59  
198 Two word info i-ⁿdʳu   1, 22  
199 Three word info i-ⁿdil   1  
200 Four word info i-ᵐbɛt͡s   1, 65  
201 Five word info i-lim   1  
202 Six word info malovtɛs   20  
203 Seven word info malovru   13  
204 Eight word info malovtil   5, 7  
205 Nine word info malopi   20  
206 Ten word info saŋavʊl   5  
187 they ɣaɛr they 1, 69  
187 they araru they dual x  
185 we word info aⁿdaru we dl incl    
185 we word info aⁿdaruᵐbɛte we dual excl    
185 we word info amɛⁿde we pl excl E  
185 we word info ⁿdete we pl incl I  
186 you amuru you dual x  
186 you amuⁿde you pl 1, 13  

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