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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      
3 right ho-ʧuᵐbɔ      
8 to turn word info -tu      
48 to sleep -ɣavut      
56 child na-tortamari      
126 lake no-ᵐbluɣwai      
139 cold word info -susus      
161 shy, ashamed -mɪtax      
166 correct, true -paŋazi      
167 night nautmirmɛr      
185 we word info aⁿdaru we dl incl    
185 we word info aⁿdaruᵐbɛte we dual excl    
188 what? word info ɣambe      
194 how? word info namurtoni      
7 to come -vume   1  
11 dust ⁿdaof   1  
18 breast na-sus   1  
22 to fear ni-metax   1  
23 blood nɛ-ⁿdʳe   1  
34 to cry -ⁿdaŋ   1  
37 to eat -ɣan   1  
44 to hear -raŋɔ   1  
45 eye mɛtɛ-   1  
61 house na-im   1  
62 thatch/roof ni-et   1  
70 to shoot word info -vɛnei   1  
75 to die, be dead -mɪt͡s   1  
77 to scratch word info -xarxaro   1  
78 to cut, hack word info -tai   1  
79 stick/wood na-ɣai   1  
83 to work word info -um   1  
97 bird nɪ-mɛn   1  
99 feather nɛ-vloɣ-te   1  
108 louse word info na-ɣut   1  
109 mosquito nenam   1  
111 fish na-ix   1  
119 earth/soil nɛ-tɛn   1  
120 stone nɛ-vɪt   1  
124 sea ne-tes   1  
133 rain na-us   1  
147 black -mɛrmɛr   1  
174 in, inside laloɣum   1  
189 who? word info ɣasi   1  
196 to count -vuloŋi   1  
199 Three word info i-ⁿdil   1  
201 Five word info i-lim   1  
100 wing nɛ-nɣafɛ-n   1, 12  
183 thou ɣaoŋ   1, 17, 26  
198 Two word info i-ⁿdʳu   1, 22  
117 fruit vanaɣte   1, 26, 39  
63 name na-ɣsɛ-   1, 35  
163 new -ᵐbovo   1, 46, 50  
80 to split word info -taiᵐbare   1, 6  
187 they ɣaɛr they 1, 69  
76 to live, be alive -maur   1, 76  
136 wind ne-laŋ   1, 77  
121 sand ⁿtaᵐbawan   1, 79, 86  
186 you amuⁿde you pl 1, 13  
54 man/male asmaŋ   1, 14  
182 I inau   1, 21, 22  
31 tooth nɛ-lfa-   1, 35  
40 to drink -min   1, 49  
73 to steal -fɪnaɣɔ   1, 58  
27 nose na-wunʧu-   1, 58, 88  
2 left ho-maɛr   1, 59  
200 Four word info i-ᵐbɛt͡s   1, 65  
59 mother anana   1, 83  
50 to dream -xavut noᵐbor   10  
153 big -laᵐbon   10, 85  
148 white -pux   104  
164 good -ᵐbo   108  
103 meat/flesh nɛ-vsoŋoɣte   10?  
140 dry word info -memɛs   11  
51 to sit -non   111  
106 snake na-mat   12  
130 star mʷose   13  
203 Seven word info malovru   13  
71 to stab, pierce -sari   14  
16 intestines na-martɛ-   15  
134 thunder na-urvar   15, 87  
1 hand n-vari-   16  
64 to say -vteni   16  
60 father atata   19  
143 fire na-ɳamb   19  
6 road/path gaɣovɛl   1?  
12 skin no-loɣte   1?  
5 to walk -vɛnɛvɛn   2  
10 dirty -mɛrmɛr   2  
52 to stand -tu   2  
115 root no-ɣoɣorte   2  
122 water word info no-ai   2  
172 to climb word info -sax   2  
145 smoke word info ᵐbasoɣamb   2, 75  
202 Six word info malovtɛs   20  
205 Nine word info malopi   20  
65 rope no-ɣɔ   25  
135 lightning na-ᵐbil   26, 70  
101 to fly -marar   27  
162 old word info -ⁿdaramb   27, 115  
102 rat ɣasuv   3  
132 fog movkas   3, 12, 32  
181 where? word info ambe   3, 59  
112 rotten word info -boboɣai   30  
169 year nɛ-ⁿdɛm   30  
113 branch word info ᵐbasiɣte   30, 1  
118 grass na-munwai   31  
26 hair word info nɛ-vulon bati-   31, 60  
142 heavy -maranz   33  
13 back word info maⁿdi-   35  
36 to spit -vivre   35  
47 to yawn -ɣanmoŋ   36  
15 bone ᵐbalaŋo-   37  
123 to flow -ⁿdʳof   37  
171 to hide word info -liŋsusuarni   37, 38  
131 cloud word info ᵐbaraᵐbar   38  
30 mouth ᵐbaŋo-   41  
165 bad, evil -samb   41  
43 ear na-ɣarsɛ-   42  
29 to sniff, smell -ᵐboɣte   42, 85  
88 to squeeze word info -fasese   45  
25 neck toviŋa-   45, 118  
89 to hold word info -vus   46  
114 leaf na-ɣarte   47  
91 to buy -ᵑgale   48  
175 above lapoɣte   49, 50  
206 Ten word info saŋavʊl   5  
14 belly no-ɣovtɛ-   5, 15  
204 Eight word info malovtil   5, 7  
33 to laugh -mɛn   51  
93 to pound, beat word info -ᵐbalasi   51  
4 leg/foot ne-lua-   53  
92 to open, uncover -vure   55  
116 flower nɛ-pɪnarte   56, 58  
17 liver nɛ-ᵐbovsɛ-   57  
38 to chew word info -ⁿdɛlⁿdɛl   57  
197 One word info boɣol   59  
129 moon ɣaᵐbaʧi   6  
168 day diɛl   6  
84 to plant -foroni   61  
180 far tɛmnɛnz   61  
67 to sew word info -sali   62  
128 sky ne-maɸ   63  
105 tail ᵑgari-n   63?  
82 dull, blunt -ᵐbʊx   64  
110 spider tɪᵐbluŋɛŋau   65  
137 to blow word info -ᵐbiᵐbil   66  
87 to swell word info -laᵐbon   67  
107 worm (earthworm) nɛ-ntuŋlit͡s   68, 64, 65  
95 to fall word info -lɛt   7  
96 dog no-kli   7  
32 tongue lɛmɛ-   7, 17  
19 shoulder na-lavsu-   71  
151 green na-ɣaɣᵐbuɣun   74  
144 to burn word info -loŋ   75  
146 ash n-misɣamb   75, 83  
49 to lie down word info -sisla   76  
69 to hunt word info -ɣaɣao   77  
81 sharp -savi   77  
176 below fevaɣte   77  
28 to breathe -rɪvɪnelaŋ   77, 78  
58 wife taᵐbalux ta-   78  
152 small -kakis   78  
9 to swim -lohloh   8  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
57 husband asmaŋ-ta-   83  
66 to tie up, fasten -ᵐbaŋsi   83  
98 egg minloɣ-te   83  
94 to throw word info -ɣuᵐbani   85  
127 woods/forest nuvo ⁿtoᵐbʷai   86  
39 to cook word info -tamax   86, 100  
74 to kill -ᵐbulasᵐbuni   87, 1  
55 woman/female taᵐbalux   88  
24 head ᵐbati-   9  
150 yellow -ɳaŋ   9, 83  
179 near morokon   91, 92  
149 red -ᵐbisᵐbis   93  
72 to hit word info -ᵐbəlasi   94  
141 wet -ᵐbarox   98  
185 we word info amɛⁿde we pl excl E  
185 we word info ⁿdete we pl incl I  
186 you amuru you dual x  
187 they araru they dual x  

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