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

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