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Language: Alavas 2

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mvt  Glottocode: mpot1241 
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:
5 to walk      
7 to come      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
23 blood      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
49 to lie down word info      
53 person/human being      
68 needle      
80 to split word info      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
92 to open, uncover      
104 fat/grease      
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm)      
116 flower      
117 fruit      
121 sand      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
131 cloud word info      
132 fog      
138 warm word info      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
173 at      
178 that      
190 other      
191 all      
193 if      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand naðar   16  
2 left na-maiɾ   1, 59  
3 right na-matue   5, 37  
4 leg/foot naᵐbalako-   33  
6 road/path na-hal   1  
8 to turn word info -rori   34, 106  
9 to swim -tial   85  
10 dirty -loŋaloŋ   129  
11 dust nɪ-ᵐbɪtmaɸ   86  
12 skin nɪ-ðil   1, 81  
13 back word info nɪ-suᵐbuna-   91  
14 belly ni-hinɪ-   19, 34  
15 bone ni-si-   52  
16 intestines nɛltɛgnasəne   1, 67  
17 liver na-ᵐbɪ-   7?  
18 breast nohu   1  
19 shoulder nɪ-ᵐbili-   38  
22 to fear -luɣɔ   19  
24 head na-ᵐbatu-   9  
25 neck nɛ-ᵐbɪtralo-   42, 116  
26 hair word info nɪðil batu-   31, 60  
27 nose nu-kunuhu-   1, 58  
30 mouth nu-suŋo-   55  
31 tooth nu-luvo-   1, 35  
32 tongue nɛ-nɛnɛ-   7, 41  
33 to laugh -ðaur   92  
34 to cry -ŋara   5  
35 to vomit -nulue   8  
36 to spit -luvtuθ   37, 102  
37 to eat -or   35  
40 to drink -num   1, 34  
43 ear no-ᵐbororo-   16  
44 to hear -roŋɔ   1  
45 eye na-nata-   1  
46 to see -lɛ   14  
47 to yawn -nanað   19  
48 to sleep -nutuɾ   1  
50 to dream -nutuɾ poɾpoɾ   11, 10  
51 to sit -at   109  
52 to stand -turo   2, 69  
54 man/male nɛ-mɛrɛte   73  
55 woman/female na-ðaðɛn   1, 106  
56 child ni-ʧiᵐblax   79  
57 husband oroŋɔ      
58 wife lɛgtɛr-h-   29  
59 mother ʃuʒu      
60 father tɛte   19  
61 house ne͡-ime   1  
62 thatch/roof nɛ-ɾeat   1, 61  
63 name na-haɣe   1, 39  
64 to say -vaɾa   30  
65 rope nanarte   63  
66 to tie up, fasten -sal   79  
67 to sew word info -ruɾ   13  
69 to hunt word info -xoroɾ   59, 64  
70 to shoot word info -ðin   1  
71 to stab, pierce -haɾa   14  
72 to hit word info -ɾumb   87  
73 to steal -ðanax   1, 58  
74 to kill -ɾuᵐbana   71, 1  
75 to die, be dead -na   1  
76 to live, be alive -nɛvere   1, 69  
77 to scratch word info -koskos   69  
78 to cut, hack word info -hinde   99  
79 stick/wood na-i   1  
81 sharp -mʷon   24  
82 dull, blunt -ᵐbazis   30  
83 to work word info -ðehax   33  
84 to plant -ruɸ   9  
87 to swell word info -wuwun   68  
88 to squeeze word info -vihiɣɪn   74  
89 to hold word info -vuɾuʰ   34  
90 to dig -ɣil   1  
91 to buy -vol   1  
93 to pound, beat word info -ruᵐbuɾuᵐb   43  
94 to throw word info -vis      
95 to fall word info -soð   13  
96 dog ni-viɾi   7, 75, 80  
97 bird na-nanɣɔ   1  
98 egg nu-rul   1, 66  
99 feather ni-ðil-muan   1  
100 wing nandɛn   67  
101 to fly -tahix   77  
102 rat na-rið   18  
103 meat/flesh no-vohowʊθ   89  
105 tail na-valaune   64  
108 louse word info na-ɣut   1  
109 mosquito namɣɔ   1  
110 spider nela   1  
111 fish na-nas   53  
112 rotten word info -momo   51  
113 branch word info na-raŋa-n   1, 21  
114 leaf na-raune   1  
115 root nalaᵐbaine   18  
118 grass na-nuh   51  
119 earth/soil na-tan   1  
120 stone na-ðat   1  
122 water word info no-a   2  
124 sea na-tah   1  
126 lake na-lɛnd   37, 38  
127 woods/forest no-voroa   2, 88  
128 sky nɛ-ⁿdegnaran   30, 31  
129 moon na-βule   1  
130 star no-vovoɾ   70  
133 rain na-hue   1  
134 thunder nakuɾu   2  
135 lightning nɪ-ðilax   26  
136 wind na-laŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info -hiɾ   26  
139 cold word info -nanalah   51  
140 dry word info -nanah   11  
141 wet -hinin   36  
142 heavy -roɸ   31  
143 fire nand   19  
144 to burn word info -gan   40, 92  
145 smoke word info nɪ-hɪnand   2  
146 ash nɪ-ᵐbɪtmaɸ   75  
147 black -loŋ   80  
148 white -ᵐbiahavo   105  
149 red -nial   1, 55  
150 yellow -mɛlɛɣ   68  
151 green -ɣasan   8  
152 small -vɛlvɛle   115  
153 big -land   10, 86  
160 painful, sick -ros   32  
161 shy, ashamed -noɣonɣan   55, 60  
162 old word info nɛ-mɛrsean   1, 124  
163 new -ᵐbara   1, 47  
164 good -naki   107  
165 bad, evil -hat   1  
166 correct, true -urtian   37, 73  
167 night tuᵐbuŋ   1, 67  
168 day tiran   6, 52  
169 year nu-huwað   29, 65  
170 when? word info taxaðe *takape 60  
170 when? word info taxaðe   60  
170 when? word info taxaðe   60  
171 to hide word info -vtehuwun   37, 39  
172 to climb word info -hax   2  
174 in, inside lalalon   1  
175 above maɾo   10  
176 below laŋalgaðɛn   41, 76  
177 this hiŋe   59  
179 near woruð   89  
180 far luhuɣa   62, 63  
181 where? word info ɣande   3, 59  
182 I ɣina   1, 21, 22  
183 thou wunox   1, 18  
184 he/she ɣi   1, 29  
185 we word info lekɛre we pl incl I  
185 we word info kanan we pl excl E42  
185 we word info kananrue we dual excl    
186 you kan you pl 1, 13  
186 you kanrue you dual x  
187 they ɣar they 1, 69  
188 what? word info naha   1  
189 who? word info ihi   1  
192 and kanan   1  
194 how? word info havahara   58, 59  
195 no, not tihiɣa   10  
195 no, not bihiɣa   10  
196 to count -hɛrtɪn   72  
197 One word info hual   5  
198 Two word info rue   1  
199 Three word info til   1  
200 Four word info ðat   1, 65  
201 Five word info linɛ   1  
202 Six word info ɣon   1  
203 Seven word info ɣondit   1  
204 Eight word info ɣoal   3  
205 Nine word info ɣɛhɛve   5  
206 Ten word info haŋaðil   5  
207 Twenty word info wovulurue   9  
208 Fifty word info woðilne   x  
209 One Hundred word info woðaŋaðil   41  

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