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Language: East Ambae (Sana)

Source/Author:  Iveth Rodriguez and Tom Ennever 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:omb  Glottocode: east2443 
Notes:  Regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels
Speaker would often articulate the vowel but no sound was audible.
Open vowel prominence (when compared to other Ambae languages) 
Data Entry:  Typed By:  Checked By: Mary Walworth 
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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:East Vanuatu  
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
8 to turn word info tuⁿdori̥      
80 to split word info tæⁿdær      
85 to choose ⁿdɛⁿdɛk      
117 fruit naŋʷatik̚      
123 to flow wæmosuk̚      
125 salt kokæ̃      
128 sky maslɛ      
128 sky makʷæ      
134 thunder mantak̚      
135 lightning fʲɛl      
137 to blow word info mɔser of the wind    
138 warm word info ŋʷoŋʷɛf      
139 cold word info kakⁿdiⁿdĭ      
142 heavy mʷaβ      
144 to burn word info kaʊ      
145 smoke word info kakasu̥      
148 white maβutek̚      
149 red memeæk̚      
151 green ᵑɡʷaruᵑɡʷarkæk̚      
152 small ᵐbitᵐbit      
154 short word info ᵑɡʷiloⁿdo      
158 narrow taβulkʷok̚      
159 wide lakʷɛk      
160 painful, sick kak̚ⁿdir      
161 shy, ashamed mæmæ      
162 old word info malæk̚      
163 new ᵑɡʷarok̚      
165 bad, evil soᵑɡok̚      
166 correct, true karʲæk      
167 night ᵐbʷoŋ      
168 day ræŋ      
169 year suɣʷaʊ      
170 when? word info saftaro      
171 to hide word info taβunik̚      
172 to climb word info ᵑɡalo̥      
173 at tak̚      
175 above namæk̚      
176 below fafæk̚      
177 this niŋa      
178 that faniŋɛ      
179 near ᵑɡæᵑɡərɛ      
181 where? word info nilo      
185 we word info kiɛt pl. incl.    
185 we word info kæmɛ pl. excl.    
185 we word info kitoro̥ dl. incl.    
185 we word info kamaru̥ dl. excl.    
187 they niɛr      
187 they niɛrkero du.    
190 other tuɛk̚ unreleased final stops    
191 all niɛrⁿdolek      
193 if surkʷa      
194 how? word info kasæk̚ unreleased final stops    
196 to count faluo̥      
198 Two word info kero      
199 Three word info ketal      
201 Five word info keliɛm      
202 Six word info keõ      
203 Seven word info keᵐbitu̥ devoiced final vowels    
204 Eight word info kewol      
207 Twenty word info ŋoβulɣero      
208 Fifty word info ŋoβulɣeliɛm      
209 One Hundred word info fuⁿdolɔ      
210 One Thousand word info terβaˀtawal      
6 road/path sal   1  
16 intestines taᵑɡʷɛŋ   1  
17 liver æt   1  
18 breast sus   1  
22 to fear matmatak̚ unreleased final stops 1  
23 blood ⁿdaɛ   1  
34 to cry tæŋ   1  
37 to eat kẽkẽʲ   1  
40 to drink inu̥   1  
44 to hear roŋe   1  
45 eye mat̚   1  
48 to sleep matur   1  
49 to lie down word info ɛno   1  
55 woman/female fafĩ   1  
70 to shoot word info fɛ̃:   1  
71 to stab, pierce tisu̥   1  
75 to die, be dead mʷæt̚   1  
78 to cut, hack word info tæɪ   1  
79 stick/wood   1  
90 to dig kɛl   1  
91 to buy fol   1  
97 bird manu̥   1  
98 egg toli̥   1  
99 feather fulu̥   1  
101 to fly rof   1  
108 louse word info kut̚   1  
109 mosquito nam   1  
111 fish ɛk   1  
119 earth/soil tano̥   1  
120 stone fat̚   1  
121 sand one̥   1  
129 moon fʷol [f] ~ [v] 1  
130 star fitiu   1  
133 rain wos   1  
143 fire æβ   1  
147 black maɛto   1  
156 thin word info manifnif   1  
174 in, inside lolã nasal vowels 1  
188 what? word info saβæk̚   1  
183 thou niok̚   1, 17, 18  
63 name æs   1, 18  
2 left maxʷir   1, 42  
1 hand liɛm   1, 64  
186 you kimiru̥ pl. 1, 13  
113 branch word info ræŋæk̚   1, 21  
182 I nou   1, 21, 22  
7 to come fænɛ   1, 23  
189 who? word info sĩã   1, 25  
31 tooth liof   1, 35  
41 to bite kætlolivom   1, 55  
184 he/she niɛ   1, 6  
59 mother risɪŋ   1, 61  
124 sea tæs   1, 61  
200 Four word info keβet̚   1, 65  
136 wind læŋ   1, 77  
50 to dream ᵐbʷoᵐbʷɛr   10  
14 belly ᵐbʷoᵐbo   100  
127 woods/forest laᵐbʷotfʷõ   100  
132 fog tantan   101  
81 sharp sʷok̚   103  
104 fat/grease ⁿdamʷɛ   108  
195 no, not hate   113  
164 good karɛ   115  
83 to work word info ᵐbɔlʊk̚   117  
106 snake ŋʷat̚   12  
27 nose ᵑɡʷaŋ   12, 53  
77 to scratch word info tæᵑɡær   12, 28  
20 to know, be knowledgeable iolʲol   13  
21 to think lanlaⁿdo̥   13  
67 to sew word info tur   13  
95 to fall word info sofi̥   13  
89 to hold word info saᵑɡoβi̥   134  
28 to breathe maᵐbu̥   14  
46 to see leo   14  
61 house ɸæl   14  
94 to throw word info tuliɛ   141  
82 dull, blunt ᵑɡʷato   15  
86 to grow word info mauri̥   15  
43 ear ᵑɡʷearo̥   16  
155 long word info ᵑɡʷaraβu̥   16  
57 husband tæmenituŋ   17  
102 rat karif   18  
47 to yawn mamao   19  
60 father tat̚   19  
52 to stand tu: noticeable vowel lenghthening 2  
100 wing ᵐbaɪŋsĩ   2  
122 water word info   2  
115 root kakʷarik   2, 41  
74 to kill kʷesfaɣ mat̚ unreleased final stops 2, 12  
192 and mẽ nasal vowels 2, 46  
62 thatch/roof taᵑɡʷor   20  
13 back word info ᵑɡuru̥   23  
73 to steal ᵐbalu̥   23  
105 tail kolæ̃   24  
58 wife tuᵐbulovaleŋ   26  
12 skin finu̥ regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels 28  
140 dry word info ᵑɡoru̥ devoiced final vowels 29  
157 thick word info matol   3  
26 hair word info ɸul   31  
93 to pound, beat word info ⁿdʳiⁿdʳin   33  
116 flower fiɛr [f] ~ [v] 35  
141 wet mimiek̚ unreleased final stops 36  
36 to spit lɔⁿdo   37  
76 to live, be alive ŋʷasu̥   37  
53 person/human being taŋloi   4, 53  
137 to blow word info ufi̥ with the mouth 4, 81  
19 shoulder tieᵑɡʷɛ   40  
25 neck ⁿdiol   42  
64 to say fitiɛ [f] ~ [v] 47  
114 leaf rauk̚   47  
4 leg/foot ᵑɡaru̥ regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels 49  
9 to swim kakaro   5  
205 Nine word info kesiok̚ unreleased final stops 5  
206 Ten word info saŋβul   5  
3 right matuo   5, 37  
42 to suck rim   50  
33 to laugh mã:   51  
15 bone sui   52  
146 ash ᵑɡʷie   55  
153 big lokʷo   55  
65 rope karo̥   56  
38 to chew word info ⁿdalⁿdal   57  
29 to sniff, smell ᵐburoŋ   62  
126 lake salɛ   62  
68 needle katur   66  
87 to swell word info luluoŋ   67  
32 tongue meam   7  
96 dog wiriu   7, 77  
54 man/male mʷear   73  
66 to tie up, fasten wet̚ unreleased final stops 74  
118 grass ⁿduf   75  
56 child maresu̥ regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels 77  
112 rotten word info maᵐboᵐbo   77  
35 to vomit luoˀ   8  
110 spider taɣaɣ   8, 78  
51 to sit tak̚   80  
103 meat/flesh ᵐbik̚   80  
11 dust ᵑɡʷie   81  
30 mouth kukʷam   84  
72 to hit word info kʷes   86  
92 to open, uncover roæ   86  
180 far faksaʊ [f] ~ [v] 87  
24 head ᵑɡʷatu̥   9  
39 to cook word info tutun   9  
84 to plant rifu̥ [f] ~ [v] 9  
150 yellow aŋokæk̚   9  
197 One word info kat̚wal   9  
131 cloud word info ⁿdoⁿdo   90  
107 worm (earthworm) nʷof   92  
69 to hunt word info rukruk   94  
88 to squeeze word info kʷɔr   97  
10 dirty soᵑɡar   98  
5 to walk ⁿdiɛk   99  
186 you kimiu dl. x  

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