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Language: Tirax (Mae B)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mme  Glottocode: maee1241 
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:
1 hand vra-   16  
2 left mair   1, 59  
3 right matu   5, 37  
4 leg/foot male-   62  
5 to walk -fɪvial   10  
6 road/path na-hal   1  
7 to come -mɛ   1  
8 to turn word info -ⁿdʳori   34, 106  
9 to swim -huɸ   12  
10 dirty -lalo   6  
11 dust ᵐbɛtkuʰ   86, 89  
12 skin vle-   1, 81  
13 back word info taxo-   12  
14 belly tᵐba-   36  
15 bone su-   52  
16 intestines hɛnɛ-   1  
17 liver      
18 breast na-sus   1  
19 shoulder vtiɣ ᵐbovre   88, 65?  
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
22 to fear -mtaɣit   1  
23 blood na-ⁿdʳe   1  
24 head ᵐbɪt-   9  
25 neck ᵐbitirɛⁿdʳal   42, 117  
26 hair word info fɪlɪn bɪt-   31  
27 nose kuhu-   1, 58, 55  
28 to breathe -vɪnlaŋ   77  
29 to sniff, smell -ɳuʰ   64  
30 mouth soŋɔ-   55  
31 tooth lɪvo-   1, 35  
32 tongue nɛnɛ-   7, 41  
33 to laugh -vɣaur   92  
34 to cry -ŋar   5  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
36 to spit -tⁿdi   15  
37 to eat -wɛⁿdʳ   35  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info -titin   9  
40 to drink -nin   1, 49  
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
43 ear ⁿdʳɪlɪŋ-   1, 40  
44 to hear -roŋo   1  
45 eye məta-   1  
46 to see      
47 to yawn -mamaɸ   19  
48 to sleep -netur   1  
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream -netur ᵐborbor   11, 10  
51 to sit -at   109  
52 to stand -tur   2, 69  
53 person/human being mʷorti   7, 8  
54 man/male nɛrnɛr   73?  
55 woman/female finaⁿdʳ   1, 101  
56 child tɛᵐbiʰ   80  
57 husband leəx   38  
58 wife finaⁿdʳ   5  
59 mother ⁿdɪⁿde   17  
60 father tate   19  
61 house na-in   1  
62 thatch/roof ni-at   1  
63 name na-haɣe   1, 39  
64 to say -vɛri   30  
65 rope narit   63  
66 to tie up, fasten -miši   80  
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info -ⁿdʳɛlⁿdʳɛl   79  
70 to shoot word info -vini   1  
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info -ruᵐbi   87  
73 to steal -vnaɣe   1, 58  
74 to kill -ruᵐbɪⁿdini   71, 1  
75 to die, be dead -nɛʰ   1  
76 to live, be alive -seliɸ   57  
77 to scratch word info -koskosi   69  
78 to cut, hack word info -tɛsi   29  
79 stick/wood na-ɣa   1  
80 to split word info -ⁿdʳeri   62  
81 sharp -mon   24  
82 dull, blunt -ᵐbatot   15  
83 to work word info -ⁿdah   75  
84 to plant -lav   10  
85 to choose -toᵐbi      
86 to grow word info -ⁿdʳax      
87 to swell word info -hol   66  
88 to squeeze word info -ᵐbɣusi   18, 71?  
89 to hold word info -tuwuni   94  
90 to dig -ɣil   1  
91 to buy -vol   1  
92 to open, uncover -təɣahi   59  
93 to pound, beat word info -ruᵐbruᵐbi   43  
94 to throw word info -sɛrɛɣe **jarake 87  
94 to throw word info -sɛrɛɣe   87  
94 to throw word info -sɛrɛɣe   87  
95 to fall word info -soɸ   13  
96 dog liⁿdax   29  
97 bird nanix   1  
98 egg ⁿdʳul   1, 66  
99 feather fəle   1  
100 wing na-ɣaⁿde   67  
101 to fly -xaxaⁿd   14, 78, 80  
102 rat na-ɣariv ⁿdɪknali   18  
103 meat/flesh nɪŋor      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail balɣa-   60  
106 snake nə-mat   12  
107 worm (earthworm) vɪlɛslɛs *pwi-lajujlaj 68, 72, 73, 74  
107 worm (earthworm) vɪlɛslɛs   68, 72, 73, 74  
107 worm (earthworm) vɪlɛslɛs   68, 72, 73, 74  
108 louse word info na-ɣut   1  
109 mosquito namux   1  
110 spider nela   1  
111 fish nas   53  
112 rotten word info -ⁿdʳivⁿdʳiɸ   100  
113 branch word info raŋ   1, 21  
114 leaf ro   1  
115 root lɪᵐba   18  
116 flower nɪᵐbrax      
117 fruit na-voŋa-   13  
118 grass nɪ-nih   51  
119 earth/soil ⁿtan   1  
120 stone nə-vat   1  
121 sand na-wɛn   1  
122 water word info nu-ã   2  
123 to flow      
124 sea ⁿtah   1  
125 salt      
126 lake nanɛⁿdʳ   37, 38?  
127 woods/forest ⁿdʳoho tɛra   90  
128 sky ⁿdakran   30, 31  
129 moon na-vil   1  
130 star fivor   70  
131 cloud word info      
132 fog      
133 rain na-uh   1  
134 thunder ᵐbɪtᵐbɪtekur   2, 84  
135 lightning vlax   26  
136 wind n-laŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info tɛltɪle      
139 cold word info -nalɣa   51  
140 dry word info -nɪnah   11  
141 wet -wair   35, 47  
142 heavy -ⁿdʳoɸ   14  
143 fire naⁿdɣan   19  
144 to burn word info -xan   40  
145 smoke word info neh   2  
146 ash ᵐbɪtɪɸ   79  
147 black -nɛt   1  
148 white -wuh   1  
149 red -nial   1, 55  
150 yellow -məɣɛl   68  
151 green -xsan   8  
152 small -ᵐbiʰ   109  
153 big -laⁿdlaⁿd   10, 86  
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick -ros   32  
161 shy, ashamed -nɣan   60  
162 old word info -trtəra   27  
163 new -məⁿdʳax   48  
164 good -nam   27  
165 bad, evil -hat   1  
166 correct, true -vratin   37, 73  
167 night laᵐbuŋ   1  
168 day laran   6  
169 year kaka   67  
170 when? word info hɛvɛliŋ   59  
171 to hide word info -tohuwɛɣi   37, 39  
172 to climb word info -hɛx   2  
173 at      
174 in, inside lalɛn   1  
175 above lihina   11  
176 below nɛlvɛn   41, 74  
177 this      
178 that xuwe   37  
179 near xəriɸ   89  
180 far awe   71  
181 where? word info ande   3, 59  
182 I xono   1, 21, 22  
183 thou nox   1, 18  
184 he/she xain   1, 29  
185 we word info nekir we pl incl I  
185 we word info knɛn we pl excl E42  
185 we word info nekir aru we dl incl    
185 we word info knɛn aru we dual excl    
186 you kɛni you pl 1, 13  
186 you kɛni raru you dual x  
187 they xair they 1, 69  
188 what? word info haɣa   1, 59  
189 who? word info hena   1, 25  
190 other      
191 all      
192 and ⁿdɣi      
193 if      
194 how? word info ⁿdlahaɣa   56  
195 no, not      
196 to count sɪᵐbeɣi   73  
197 One word info haɣal   42, 57  
198 Two word info i-ru   1  
199 Three word info i-til   1  
200 Four word info i-vat   1, 65  
201 Five word info i-lin   1  
202 Six word info i-ɣoɛn   1  
203 Seven word info i-ɣɛⁿdit   1  
204 Eight word info i-ɣewel   3  
205 Nine word info i-ɣesiɸ   5  
206 Ten word info i-hiŋavil   5  
207 Twenty word info i-ŋovilru   9  
208 Fifty word info i-ŋovilin   x  
209 One Hundred word info i-ŋosiŋavil   40  
210 One Thousand word info      

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