Language: East Ambae (Sana)
| Source/Author: | Iveth Rodriguez and Tom Ennever | |
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| 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 | |
| Statistics: |
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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 | |
| Map | ||
Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Ambae, East (Lolsiwoi)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Ambae, East (Wailengi)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Ambae, East (Lolomatui)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for North Ambae (Leonda)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for North Ambae (Havai)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for North Ambae (Leo)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for South Ambae (Lolovele)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for South Ambae (Biribiri)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for South Ambae (Sakao)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for East Ambae (Vuindondo)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for East Ambae (Lolovoli)
Ethnologue Information for omb
OLAC Information for omb
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for aml-
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Change History:
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- Changed "language" from "East Ambae (Sana); omb" - Simon Greenhill (2019-03-29 10:41:29)
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- Changed "notes" from "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)" - Simon Greenhill (2019-03-29 10:41:29)
Entries:
| ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | yellow | aŋokæk̚ | 9 | ||
| 55 | woman/female | fafĩ | 1 | ||
| 176 | below | fafæk̚ | 93 | ||
| 180 | far | faksaʊ | [f] ~ [v] | 87 | |
| 196 | to count | faluo̥ | 90 | ||
| 178 | that | faniŋɛ | 45 | ||
| 120 | stone | fat̚ | 1 | ||
| 12 | skin | finu̥ | regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels | 28 | |
| 130 | star | fitiu | 1 | ||
| 64 | to say | fitiɛ | [f] ~ [v] | 47 | |
| 116 | flower | fiɛr | [f] ~ [v] | 35 | |
| 91 | to buy | fol | 1 | ||
| 99 | feather | fulu̥ | 1 | ||
| 209 | One Hundred
|
fuⁿdolɔ | |||
| 7 | to come | fænɛ | 1, 23 | ||
| 70 | to shoot
|
fɛ̃: | 1 | ||
| 135 | lightning | fʲɛl | 26 | ||
| 129 | moon | fʷol | [f] ~ [v] | 1 | |
| 195 | no, not | hate | 113 | ||
| 40 | to drink | inu̥ | 1 | ||
| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable | iolʲol | 13 | ||
| 9 | to swim | kakaro | 5 | ||
| 145 | smoke
|
kakasu̥ | 2 | ||
| 115 | root | kakʷarik | 2, 41 | ||
| 160 | painful, sick | kak̚ⁿdir | 131 | ||
| 139 | cold
|
kakⁿdiⁿdĭ | 1 | ||
| 185 | we
|
kamaru̥ | dl. excl. | ||
| 102 | rat | karif | 18 | ||
| 65 | rope | karo̥ | 56 | ||
| 164 | good | karɛ | 115 | ||
| 166 | correct, true | karʲæk | 124 | ||
| 194 | how?
|
kasæk̚ | unreleased final stops | 91 | |
| 68 | needle | katur | 66 | ||
| 197 | One
|
kat̚wal | 9 | ||
| 144 | to burn
|
kaʊ | 89 | ||
| 201 | Five
|
keliɛm | 1 | ||
| 202 | Six
|
keõ | 1 | ||
| 198 | Two
|
kero | 1 | ||
| 205 | Nine
|
kesiok̚ | unreleased final stops | 5 | |
| 199 | Three
|
ketal | 1 | ||
| 204 | Eight
|
kewol | 3 | ||
| 37 | to eat | kẽkẽʲ | 1 | ||
| 200 | Four
|
keβet̚ | 1, 65 | ||
| 203 | Seven
|
keᵐbitu̥ | devoiced final vowels | 1 | |
| 186 | you | kimiru̥ | pl. | 1, 13 | |
| 186 | you | kimiu | dl. | x | |
| 185 | we
|
kitoro̥ | dl. incl. | ||
| 185 | we
|
kiɛt | pl. incl. | ||
| 125 | salt | kokæ̃ | |||
| 105 | tail | kolæ̃ | 24 | ||
| 30 | mouth | kukʷam | 84 | ||
| 108 | louse
|
kut̚ | 1 | ||
| 79 | stick/wood | kæ | 1 | ||
| 185 | we
|
kæmɛ | pl. excl. | ||
| 41 | to bite | kætlolivom | 1, 55 | ||
| 90 | to dig | kɛl | 1 | ||
| 72 | to hit
|
kʷes | 86 | ||
| 74 | to kill | kʷesfaɣ mat̚ | unreleased final stops | 2, 12 | |
| 88 | to squeeze
|
kʷɔr | 97 | ||
| 159 | wide | lakʷɛk | 78 | ||
| 21 | to think | lanlaⁿdo̥ | 13 | ||
| 127 | woods/forest | laᵐbʷotfʷõ | 100 | ||
| 46 | to see | leo | 14 | ||
| 31 | tooth | liof | 1, 35 | ||
| 1 | hand | liɛm | 1, 64 | ||
| 153 | big | lokʷo | 55 | ||
| 174 | in, inside | lolã | nasal vowels | 1 | |
| 87 | to swell
|
luluoŋ | 67 | ||
| 35 | to vomit | luoˀ | 8 | ||
| 136 | wind | læŋ | 1, 77 | ||
| 36 | to spit | lɔⁿdo | 37 | ||
| 128 | sky | makʷæ | |||
| 162 | old
|
malæk̚ | 144 | ||
| 47 | to yawn | mamao | 19 | ||
| 156 | thin
|
manifnif | 1 | ||
| 134 | thunder | mantak̚ | 37, 42 | ||
| 97 | bird | manu̥ | 1 | ||
| 56 | child | maresu̥ | regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels | 77 | |
| 128 | sky | maslɛ | |||
| 22 | to fear | matmatak̚ | unreleased final stops | 1 | |
| 157 | thick
|
matol | 3 | ||
| 3 | right | matuo | 5, 37 | ||
| 48 | to sleep | matur | 1 | ||
| 45 | eye | mat̚ | 1 | ||
| 86 | to grow
|
mauri̥ | 15 | ||
| 2 | left | maxʷir | 1, 42 | ||
| 147 | black | maɛto | 1 | ||
| 33 | to laugh | mã: | 51 | ||
| 148 | white | maβutek̚ | 1 | ||
| 112 | rotten
|
maᵐboᵐbo | 77 | ||
| 28 | to breathe | maᵐbu̥ | 14 | ||
| 32 | tongue | meam | 7 | ||
| 149 | red | memeæk̚ | 1 | ||
| 192 | and | mẽ | nasal vowels | 2, 46 | |
| 141 | wet | mimiek̚ | unreleased final stops | 36 | |
| 161 | shy, ashamed | mæmæ | 55, 61 | ||
| 137 | to blow
|
mɔser | of the wind | 26 | |
| 142 | heavy | mʷaβ | 92 | ||
| 54 | man/male | mʷear | 73 | ||
| 75 | to die, be dead | mʷæt̚ | 1 | ||
| 109 | mosquito | nam | 1 | ||
| 175 | above | namæk̚ | 71 | ||
| 117 | fruit | naŋʷatik̚ | |||
| 181 | where?
|
nilo | |||
| 183 | thou | niok̚ | 1, 17, 18 | ||
| 177 | this | niŋa | 1 | ||
| 184 | he/she | niɛ | 1, 6 | ||
| 187 | they | niɛr | 1, 33 | ||
| 187 | they | niɛrkero | du. | 1, 33 | |
| 191 | all | niɛrⁿdolek | |||
| 182 | I | nou | 1, 21, 22 | ||
| 107 | worm (earthworm) | nʷof | 92 | ||
| 121 | sand | one̥ | 1 | ||
| 114 | leaf | rauk̚ | 47 | ||
| 84 | to plant | rifu̥ | [f] ~ [v] | 9 | |
| 42 | to suck | rim | 50 | ||
| 59 | mother | risɪŋ | 1, 61 | ||
| 101 | to fly | rof | 1 | ||
| 92 | to open, uncover | roæ | 86 | ||
| 44 | to hear | roŋe | 1 | ||
| 69 | to hunt
|
rukruk | 94 | ||
| 168 | day | ræŋ | 77 | ||
| 113 | branch
|
ræŋæk̚ | 1, 21 | ||
| 170 | when?
|
saftaro | 98 | ||
| 6 | road/path | sal | 1 | ||
| 126 | lake | salɛ | 62 | ||
| 206 | Ten
|
saŋβul | 5 | ||
| 188 | what?
|
saβæk̚ | 1 | ||
| 89 | to hold
|
saᵑɡoβi̥ | 134 | ||
| 189 | who?
|
sĩã | 1, 25 | ||
| 95 | to fall
|
sofi̥ | 13 | ||
| 10 | dirty | soᵑɡar | 98 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | soᵑɡok̚ | 122 | ||
| 15 | bone | sui | 52 | ||
| 193 | if | surkʷa | 101 | ||
| 18 | breast | sus | 1 | ||
| 169 | year | suɣʷaʊ | 29 | ||
| 81 | sharp | sʷok̚ | 103 | ||
| 51 | to sit | tak̚ | 80 | ||
| 173 | at | tak̚ | 6 | ||
| 119 | earth/soil | tano̥ | 1 | ||
| 132 | fog | tantan | 101 | ||
| 60 | father | tat̚ | 19 | ||
| 53 | person/human being | taŋloi | 4, 53 | ||
| 110 | spider | taɣaɣ | 8, 78 | ||
| 158 | narrow | taβulkʷok̚ | |||
| 171 | to hide
|
taβunik̚ | 37, 39 | ||
| 62 | thatch/roof | taᵑɡʷor | 20 | ||
| 16 | intestines | taᵑɡʷɛŋ | 1 | ||
| 210 | One Thousand
|
terβaˀtawal | |||
| 19 | shoulder | tieᵑɡʷɛ | 40 | ||
| 71 | to stab, pierce | tisu̥ | 1 | ||
| 98 | egg | toli̥ | 1 | ||
| 52 | to stand | tu: | noticeable vowel lenghthening | 2 | |
| 94 | to throw
|
tuliɛ | 141 | ||
| 67 | to sew
|
tur | 13 | ||
| 39 | to cook
|
tutun | 9 | ||
| 190 | other | tuɛk̚ | unreleased final stops | ||
| 58 | wife | tuᵐbulovaleŋ | 26 | ||
| 8 | to turn
|
tuⁿdori̥ | |||
| 57 | husband | tæmenituŋ | 17 | ||
| 124 | sea | tæs | 1, 61 | ||
| 34 | to cry | tæŋ | 1 | ||
| 78 | to cut, hack
|
tæɪ | 1 | ||
| 77 | to scratch
|
tæᵑɡær | 12, 28 | ||
| 80 | to split
|
tæⁿdær | |||
| 137 | to blow
|
ufi̥ | with the mouth | 4, 81 | |
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | wet̚ | unreleased final stops | 74 | |
| 96 | dog | wiriu | 7, 77 | ||
| 133 | rain | wos | 1 | ||
| 122 | water
|
wæ | 2 | ||
| 123 | to flow | wæmosuk̚ | |||
| 63 | name | æs | 1, 18 | ||
| 17 | liver | æt | 1 | ||
| 143 | fire | æβ | 1 | ||
| 208 | Fifty
|
ŋoβulɣeliɛm | |||
| 207 | Twenty
|
ŋoβulɣero | |||
| 76 | to live, be alive | ŋʷasu̥ | 37 | ||
| 106 | snake | ŋʷat̚ | 12 | ||
| 138 | warm
|
ŋʷoŋʷɛf | |||
| 111 | fish | ɛk | 1 | ||
| 49 | to lie down
|
ɛno | 1 | ||
| 26 | hair
|
ɸul | 31 | ||
| 61 | house | ɸæl | 14 | ||
| 73 | to steal | ᵐbalu̥ | 23 | ||
| 100 | wing | ᵐbaɪŋsĩ | 2 | ||
| 103 | meat/flesh | ᵐbik̚ | 80 | ||
| 152 | small | ᵐbitᵐbit | 161 | ||
| 29 | to sniff, smell | ᵐburoŋ | 62 | ||
| 83 | to work
|
ᵐbɔlʊk̚ | 117 | ||
| 167 | night | ᵐbʷoŋ | 1 | ||
| 14 | belly | ᵐbʷoᵐbo | 100 | ||
| 50 | to dream | ᵐbʷoᵐbʷɛr | 10 | ||
| 172 | to climb
|
ᵑɡalo̥ | 49 | ||
| 4 | leg/foot | ᵑɡaru̥ | regular ocurrence of devoiced final vowels | 49 | |
| 140 | dry
|
ᵑɡoru̥ | devoiced final vowels | 29 | |
| 13 | back
|
ᵑɡuru̥ | 23 | ||
| 179 | near | ᵑɡæᵑɡərɛ | 133 | ||
| 155 | long
|
ᵑɡʷaraβu̥ | 16 | ||
| 163 | new | ᵑɡʷarok̚ | 1, 47 | ||
| 151 | green | ᵑɡʷaruᵑɡʷarkæk̚ | 91 | ||
| 82 | dull, blunt | ᵑɡʷato | 15 | ||
| 24 | head | ᵑɡʷatu̥ | 9 | ||
| 27 | nose | ᵑɡʷaŋ | 12, 53 | ||
| 43 | ear | ᵑɡʷearo̥ | 16 | ||
| 11 | dust | ᵑɡʷie | 81 | ||
| 146 | ash | ᵑɡʷie | 55 | ||
| 154 | short
|
ᵑɡʷiloⁿdo | 32 | ||
| 38 | to chew
|
ⁿdalⁿdal | 57 | ||
| 104 | fat/grease | ⁿdamʷɛ | 108 | ||
| 23 | blood | ⁿdaɛ | 1 | ||
| 25 | neck | ⁿdiol | 42 | ||
| 5 | to walk | ⁿdiɛk | 99 | ||
| 131 | cloud
|
ⁿdoⁿdo | 90 | ||
| 118 | grass | ⁿduf | 75 | ||
| 85 | to choose | ⁿdɛⁿdɛk | 51 | ||
| 93 | to pound, beat
|
ⁿdʳiⁿdʳin | 33 |




