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Language: Na'ahai (Mbatvanui) 162-85

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mlx  Glottocode: malf1237 
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:
9 to swim      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
53 person/human being      
61 house      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
104 fat/grease      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
128 sky      
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      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand na-vara-n   16  
2 left ⁿdalmʷir   1, 59  
3 right ᵐbaraŋin   30  
4 leg/foot ni-ᵐbulɛ-n   33  
5 to walk i-loŋ   60  
6 road/path na-hal   1  
7 to come ᵑga-mi   1  
8 to turn word info pul-veɣis   31  
10 dirty no-mʷolɔ   43  
11 dust niap   1  
12 skin no-olʃin   73  
13 back word info na-taɣu-n   12  
14 belly naᵐbavu-n   66  
15 bone ni-ᵐbulᵐʙul   52  
16 intestines ni-sini-   1  
17 liver na-mamb   7  
18 breast ni-šušu-n   1  
19 shoulder na-ᵐbatɣavʷa-n   65, 87  
22 to fear -matatah   1  
23 blood næ-ⁿda   1  
24 head na-ᵐbati-n   9  
25 neck nɪ-ⁿdəlʊ-n   42  
26 hair word info no-ɣoswul   31, 33  
27 nose nɪ-ᵑginhu-n   1, 58  
28 to breathe i-ŋarŋar   13  
29 to sniff, smell no-ᵐbʷo-n   42  
30 mouth no-ᵐboɣo-n   41  
31 tooth ni-liwo-n   1, 35  
32 tongue na-malavmi-n   7, 42  
33 to laugh i-man   51  
34 to cry i-tɛŋ   1  
35 to vomit i-lulu   8  
36 to spit i-pure   35, 86, 96  
37 to eat i-kan   1  
38 to chew word info i-ŋas   12  
39 to cook word info i-saŋ   87  
40 to drink i-mʉn   1, 49  
43 ear ⁿdalɪŋa-n   1, 40  
44 to hear i-roŋ   1  
45 eye na-mata-n   1  
46 to see i-lɪs   14, 94  
47 to yawn -momolɛn   19, 34  
48 to sleep i-pas   86  
49 to lie down word info -pas ⁿdeo   25, 62  
50 to dream ᵐbʷɛre   10  
51 to sit i-sumb   40  
52 to stand i-tur   2, 69  
54 man/male ᵐbaᵐbariŋin   117  
55 woman/female vin aiwut   103  
56 child ni-ᵐbunoŋ   81  
57 husband na-aiwut   67  
58 wife han      
59 mother ivhinanian      
60 father niptamanian   1?  
62 thatch/roof ni-at   1  
63 name na-aha-n   37  
64 to say i-pɛ   13, 103  
65 rope nɛ-ɣeo   25  
66 to tie up, fasten i-vit   74  
69 to hunt word info i-sal   30  
70 to shoot word info i-vini   1  
71 to stab, pierce i-tur   14  
72 to hit word info i-uras   94  
73 to steal i-vanax   1, 58  
74 to kill i-orᵐʙun   88, 1  
75 to die, be dead i-mas   1  
76 to live, be alive i-meur   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info i-oiɣoi   75  
78 to cut, hack word info i-tiri   1  
79 stick/wood na-ɣai   1  
80 to split word info -tarpor   1  
81 sharp i-kan   14  
82 dull, blunt i-mah   34  
83 to work word info i-rax   46  
84 to plant i-kor   69  
87 to swell word info i-timb   12  
88 to squeeze word info i-porus   16  
89 to hold word info i-wurwor   34  
90 to dig i-ɣil   1  
91 to buy i-pul   1  
92 to open, uncover -sisivan   24  
93 to pound, beat word info i-uras   60  
94 to throw word info i-komb   85  
95 to fall word info i-ᵐbah   97  
96 dog ni-kileu   7, 77, 80  
97 bird na-man   1  
98 egg na-manlɛn(to)   83  
99 feather no-ᵐbonᵐbo-n   25  
100 wing na-ɣaᵐban   1, 12  
101 to fly ivʷɛmb   46  
102 rat na-ɣahup   3  
103 meat/flesh ni-vuɣɔʰ   10  
105 tail ni-ᵐʙusin   76  
106 snake na-mat   12  
107 worm (earthworm) nu-ⁿdulas   68, 64  
108 louse word info nu-ɣut   1  
109 mosquito nɛ-teoɣas   38, 48  
110 spider nɪ-ŋɛŋeo   8, 79  
111 fish na-mahal   52  
112 rotten word info i-mom   51  
113 branch word info na-ᵐbal   31  
114 leaf ne-reun   1  
115 root na-raran   2  
116 flower nɪ-tavhɛn   53, 57  
117 fruit vʷan(ɣai)   1, 26  
118 grass nɪ-(ᵐʙun) mʷini   31  
119 earth/soil na-tan   1  
120 stone na-vat   1  
121 sand ni-ᵐbinon   1, 79  
122 water word info no-oi   2  
124 sea na-tas   1  
126 lake no-oi ⁿdalⁿdal      
127 woods/forest nɪ-ᵐʙunɣai   2, 87  
129 moon ni-vʉl   1  
130 star no-mʷɔsoi   13  
131 cloud word info na-maliŋ   34  
133 rain nu-uh   1  
134 thunder ni-pil      
135 lightning nu-ŋulum      
136 wind nɛ-lɛŋ   1, 77  
137 to blow word info i-hup   62, 63  
139 cold word info -malɣah   51  
140 dry word info -mahamah      
141 wet imʉsmʉs   49  
142 heavy i-ⁿdop   14  
143 fire na-ɣamb   19  
144 to burn word info i-paŋ   39, 91  
145 smoke word info i-tuŋk   94  
146 ash mʷoʃun (ɣamb)      
147 black i-mɛtmɪt      
148 white i-mavus   1  
149 red i-paŋpaŋ   91  
150 yellow i-lʉtlʉt   43  
151 green i-aɣasan   8  
152 small -malaalax      
153 big i-ᵐboᵐbo   50  
160 painful, sick -mɪhɛx   1  
161 shy, ashamed -mamaɣan      
162 old word info -marlamb      
163 new -veveo   1  
164 good i-lɛh   59  
165 bad, evil i-hat   1  
166 correct, true i-ᵐbarəŋin      
167 night lipat      
168 day lɛrɛŋ   6  
169 year nɛ-teo   1  
170 when? word info matanial   61  
171 to hide word info -tɪtehɛx   61  
172 to climb word info i-hax   2  
174 in, inside lʊnmʉšʉn   1  
175 above livʷanmahap      
176 below salvʉn      
177 this aiᵐbʷah      
178 that aiᵐbʷajaŋ      
179 near masaŋsaŋ   90  
180 far sɛlɛ   5  
181 where? word info ambɛʰ   3, 59  
182 I ᵑgina   1, 21, 22  
183 thou aiunk   1, 18  
184 he/she ai   1  
188 what? word info nahai   1  
189 who? word info ahɛn   1, 25  
194 how? word info ivare   30  
195 no, not awah   104  
196 to count -ᵐbuliŋ   1  
197 One word info i-tɛx   14, 4  
198 Two word info i-ru   1  
199 Three word info i-tʉl   1  
200 Four word info i-vas   1, 65  
201 Five word info i-lim   1  
202 Six word info iraa-tɛx      
203 Seven word info iraa-ru   13  
204 Eight word info raa-tʉl      
205 Nine word info raa-vas   20  
206 Ten word info laŋvul   5, 8  
207 Twenty word info namaratin itɛx   35  
208 Fifty word info namaratin iru noornan ilaŋvul      
209 One Hundred word info namaritin ilim   57  
187 they ral they 55  
187 they raru they dual x  
185 we word info ⁿdaru we dl incl    
185 we word info maru we dual excl    
185 we word info matʉl we pl excl    
185 we word info ⁿdatʉl we pl incl    
186 you amuru you dual x  
186 you amʷil you pl 1, 13  

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