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Language: Wala (Worprev B)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:upv  Glottocode: wala1267 
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 nɛvɛrɛ-   16  
2 left ne-maiɾi   1, 59  
3 right ne-matu   5, 37  
4 leg/foot bəla-   33  
5 to walk -mɛl   113  
6 road/path sɛl   1  
7 to come -mɛ   1  
8 to turn word info -rori   34, 106  
9 to swim -loŋ   76  
10 dirty -poroporo   126  
11 dust ᵐbetimau   86, 76  
12 skin nɛ-vɛlʉlʉ-   1, 81  
13 back word info ⁿdotɛrɛ-   82, 81  
14 belly ⁿdepai-   20  
15 bone ʧi-   2, 31  
16 intestines ʧinɛ-   1  
17 liver nɛrɛ-   41  
18 breast na-sus   1  
19 shoulder berpari-   1, 65  
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
22 to fear -mɛto   1  
23 blood ra   1  
24 head batu-   9  
25 neck boʧala-   99, 115  
26 hair word info ron batu-   34, 60  
27 nose ᵑgunʧi-   1, 58  
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell -tɛn   83  
30 mouth      
31 tooth nɛ-luwo-   1, 35  
32 tongue nɛmɛ-   7, 41  
33 to laugh -mɛn   51  
34 to cry -tiŋ   1  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
36 to spit -ltʉ   37, 102  
37 to eat -ain   1  
38 to chew word info -t͡sɛmɛ   21  
39 to cook word info -taβu   86  
40 to drink -mɪn   1, 49  
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
43 ear boro-   16  
44 to hear -ore   57  
45 eye nɛ-mtɛ-   1  
46 to see -lesi   14, 94  
47 to yawn -ɛnma   36  
48 to sleep -matur   1  
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream -matur porporo   11, 10  
51 to sit -lek   110  
52 to stand -tur   2, 69  
53 person/human being t͡sunɘmb   60  
54 man/male norman   1, 14  
55 woman/female nɪ-vsevin   1, 74  
56 child bɛperiŋ   76  
57 husband dewɛn-s-   72  
58 wife nɪvsɛn-s-   77  
59 mother mɛrɛ-   52  
60 father tɛtɛ   19  
61 house na-im   1  
62 thatch/roof ni-at   1  
63 name nesɛ-   66  
64 to say -worai   30  
65 rope ⁿdel   1, 76  
66 to tie up, fasten -sɛre      
67 to sew word info -rur   13  
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info -roʧi   76  
70 to shoot word info -lue   15  
71 to stab, pierce -ʧuʧi   84  
72 to hit word info -rɛʧi   86, 100  
73 to steal -vɛnai   1, 58  
74 to kill -rɛʧbini   74, 1  
75 to die, be dead -mɪʧ   1  
76 to live, be alive -maur   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info -rʃi   68  
78 to cut, hack word info -tai   1  
79 stick/wood na-i   1  
80 to split word info -taxwari   4, 6?  
81 sharp -ʃo   85  
82 dull, blunt muŋol   66  
83 to work word info -maʧiŋ   74  
84 to plant -ruw   9  
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info -sol   66  
88 to squeeze word info -βivani      
89 to hold word info -tortotoni   35  
90 to dig -βeʧi   48  
91 to buy -wol   1  
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info -rɛʧarɛʧi   46, 47  
94 to throw word info -wɪʧeni   87  
95 to fall word info -ʧʉ   13  
96 dog ᵑgəli   7, 78  
97 bird nɪ-mɛn   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-riɸ   18  
103 meat/flesh nɪ-vison   10  
104 fat/grease      
105 tail no-lovolɛn   64  
106 snake nɘ-mʷɛt   12  
107 worm (earthworm) ⁿdoto   66  
108 louse word info na-ut   1  
109 mosquito nom   1  
110 spider nela   1  
111 fish na-msal   52  
112 rotten word info -mʊtmʊt   92  
113 branch word info rɛŋsi-n   1, 21  
114 leaf roin   1  
115 root lapɛn   18  
116 flower      
117 fruit no-wain   1, 26  
118 grass na-mʉs   51  
119 earth/soil ⁿdan   1, 78  
120 stone nɪ-βɪt   1  
121 sand no-wanan   1  
122 water word info nu-ɔ   2  
123 to flow      
124 sea ⁿdes   1, 61  
125 salt      
126 lake la-nəmb   37?  
127 woods/forest nɛ-təra   90  
128 sky baxrɛn   30, 31  
129 moon na-vʉl   1  
130 star nə-mt͡sʉ   13  
131 cloud word info      
132 fog      
133 rain na-us   1  
134 thunder ᵐbɛlvɛr   15, 38  
135 lightning na-βil mivil   26  
136 wind lɪŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info -sɛɾ   26  
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info -namlas   51  
140 dry word info -mimɛs   11  
141 wet -mimim   36  
142 heavy -roβ   31  
143 fire namb   19  
144 to burn word info -in   40  
145 smoke word info no-ʃunin   2  
146 ash mɛʃjʉ   65  
147 black -mɘtmɘt   1  
148 white -wis   1  
149 red -veŋ   91, 92  
150 yellow -ʧaʧɛn   72  
151 green -namʉs   8, 71  
152 small -wɛlele   114  
153 big -lɛp   10  
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed -manun   54  
162 old word info -tara   27  
163 new -mɛr   49  
164 good -rɛs   110  
165 bad, evil -ziʧ   1  
166 correct, true -laβurutun   37, 73  
167 night natubuŋ   1, 67  
168 day natrin   6, 52  
169 year sia   66  
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info -seluani   1, 40  
172 to climb word info -sa   2  
173 at      
174 in, inside olon   1  
175 above mare   10  
176 below mɛlvɛn   41, 74  
177 this ɳok   56  
178 that ɳoxwano   36  
179 near mori   91  
180 far      
181 where? word info nimbe   3, 59  
182 I niɔ   1, 21, 22  
183 thou nik   1, 18  
184 he/she ni   1, 6  
185 we word info kier we pl incl I  
185 we word info kierʧile we pl excl E  
186 you kiami you pl 1, 13  
187 they niri they 1, 33  
188 what? word info ⁿt͡se   1  
189 who? word info sie   1  
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info ɛrpɛsi   55  
195 no, not miʧige   10  
196 to count -ve   70  
197 One word info sa   1  
198 Two word info ɔru   1  
199 Three word info e-tɪl   1  
200 Four word info a-vʉt͡s   1, 65  
201 Five word info ɛ-lim   1  
202 Six word info owɔn   1  
203 Seven word info ɛ-pʉt   1  
204 Eight word info ewɪl   3  
205 Nine word info ɛ-siʉ   5  
206 Ten word info asɪŋavʉl   5  
207 Twenty word info oŋol oru   24  
208 Fifty word info oŋol ɛlim   x  
209 One Hundred word info oŋosɪŋavʉl   40  
210 One Thousand word info      

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