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Language: West Ambae (Walaha)

Source/Author:  Iveth Rodriguez and Tom Ennever 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nnd  Glottocode: wala1268 
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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:
16 intestines ..      
67 to sew word info ..      
68 needle ..      
85 to choose ..      
158 narrow ..      
159 wide ..      
76 to live, be alive ahi      
145 smoke word info ahu   2  
184 he/she aia   1  
191 all airaβunu      
17 liver ate   1  
62 thatch/roof ato      
175 above aulu      
150 yellow aŋora   9  
188 what? word info ãhã      
181 where? word info aβe   3, 35  
58 wife fafine hiᵑgu      
55 woman/female fafinɛ      
180 far fakahaʊ   87  
146 ash falala      
196 to count falu   1, 13  
7 to come fanamaɛ   1, 23  
120 stone fatu regular [f] ~ [v] free variation #_ 1  
70 to shoot word info fene      
87 to swell word info fikɪ      
135 lightning fila   26  
79 stick/wood finaɪ      
209 One Hundred word info findolua      
12 skin finʊ   28  
132 fog fivi      
129 moon fula   1  
99 feather fulu      
94 to throw word info fʷohokɪ      
91 to buy fʷoli   1  
6 road/path hala   1  
93 to pound, beat word info harɪ      
165 bad, evil hati   1  
188 what? word info havakɪna      
170 when? word info havataro      
206 Ten word info haŋaβulu   5  
137 to blow word info here of the wind 26  
195 no, not hetea   113  
63 name hina      
81 sharp hoko      
10 dirty hoᵑgo   98  
18 breast huhu   1  
15 bone hui   52  
169 year hukao      
51 to sit huᵑgu      
173 at hɪka      
177 this hɪka      
178 that hɪnea      
189 who? word info ihe   1  
40 to drink inu   1  
187 they ira   1, 70  
61 house iŋʷa   1  
205 Nine word info kaihikʷa      
204 Eight word info kaikʷalu      
115 root kaikʷari      
201 Five word info kailima      
198 Two word info kairua      
199 Three word info kaitolu      
202 Six word info kaiʲono      
200 Four word info kaiβati      
203 Seven word info kaiᵐbitu      
160 painful, sick kakaⁿdi      
185 we word info kami pl. excl.    
185 we word info kamirua dl. excl.    
186 you kamu dl. x  
186 you kamurua pl. 1, 13  
37 to eat kankan   1  
144 to burn word info kao      
149 red kara   53  
124 sea karata      
125 salt karata      
163 new karaᵑgʷa   9  
164 good karea   115  
166 correct, true kareaki      
102 rat kariβi   18  
65 rope karo   56  
77 to scratch word info karo      
190 other karuaki      
9 to swim karʊ   5  
197 One word info katukʷale   9  
41 to bite katɪ      
139 cold word info kaŋkaŋʷa      
1 hand kaᵐba      
100 wing kaᵐba   1, 58  
143 fire kaᵐbu   19  
152 small kelekele   103  
90 to dig keli   1  
151 green kesɐna      
185 we word info kita pl. incl.    
185 we word info kitarua dl. incl.    
126 lake kokona      
105 tail kolo   24  
25 neck kusu      
108 louse word info kutu   1  
122 water word info kʷai   2, 51  
123 to flow kʷaihuki      
30 mouth kʷakʷa      
126 lake kʷalnɐkʷai      
193 if kʷaraβai      
66 to tie up, fasten kʷeti      
96 dog kʷiriu   7, 77  
89 to hold word info kʷiriᵐbiᵐbi      
72 to hit word info kʷohi      
74 to kill kʷohi mate      
88 to squeeze word info kʷoro      
194 how? word info kʷoroho      
117 fruit kʷæɪki      
5 to walk lakaɔ   1  
104 fat/grease lakua      
153 big lakua      
136 wind laŋi   1, 77  
31 tooth lifo      
174 in, inside lolona   1  
148 white lotu      
35 to vomit lua   8  
36 to spit lɪⁿdo      
147 black maeto   1  
192 and mai      
161 shy, ashamed maimai      
140 dry word info mamaha   11  
47 to yawn mamao      
33 to laugh mana   51  
192 and mana   2, 40  
156 thin word info manivinivi      
97 bird manu   1  
45 eye mata   1  
22 to fear mataku   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
3 right matua   5, 37  
48 to sleep maturu   1  
142 heavy mava   46  
32 tongue mea   7  
141 wet meˀᵐbuka      
112 rotten word info mɐⁿdamɐⁿda      
208 Fifty word info nafkailima      
207 Twenty word info nafkairua      
109 mosquito namo   1  
56 child natu offspring    
182 I nau   1, 21, 22  
183 thou niᵑgo   1, 17, 18  
121 sand one   1  
168 day rani   6  
187 they rarua dl.    
114 leaf rau   1  
113 branch word info raŋa      
59 mother retahiᵑgu      
28 to breathe revemaᵐbu      
84 to plant riβu      
101 to fly rovo   1  
44 to hear roŋo   1  
42 to suck rumi      
38 to chew word info saŋʷatia      
95 to fall word info sovi   13  
107 worm (earthworm) sulet̚      
29 to sniff, smell suruŋ      
78 to cut, hack word info tai   1  
80 to split word info taikʷakɐ      
92 to open, uncover takahɪ      
60 father tamaᵑgu      
119 earth/soil tano   1  
210 One Thousand word info tari      
171 to hide word info tavunikɪ      
53 person/human being taŋaloi   4, 53  
131 cloud word info taɪnalaŋ      
128 sky taɪtaɪ      
176 below taβtina      
46 to see taᵑga      
86 to grow word info taᵑgahuria      
14 belly taᵑgʷaŋ   60  
71 to stab, pierce tene      
19 shoulder tiᵑgʷa      
98 egg tolu   1  
52 to stand tu   2  
162 old word info tuaɪ      
57 husband tuaᵑgu ŋʷarasea      
39 to cook word info tutun rusum    
133 rain uha   1  
137 to blow word info uβi with the mouth 4, 81  
116 flower vira      
69 to hunt word info viro regular [f] ~ [v] free variation #_    
64 to say viti regular [f] ~ [v] free variation #_    
130 star vitu regular [f] ~ [v] free variation #_ 1  
39 to cook word info xalaxalakʷai kuk lo sospen    
34 to cry ŋara   5  
157 thick word info ŋoŋota      
49 to lie down word info ŋʷalulu      
2 left ŋʷari   1, 59  
106 snake ŋʷata   12  
138 warm word info ŋʷaβŋʷaβ      
54 man/male ŋʷera   73  
111 fish ɪka      
26 hair word info ɸulu      
73 to steal ᵐbalu      
103 meat/flesh ᵐbiki   80  
8 to turn word info ᵐbohi      
83 to work word info ᵐbolok      
167 night ᵐboŋi   1  
50 to dream ᵐboᵐbore   10  
127 woods/forest ᵐbuᵐbu   83, 85  
172 to climb word info ᵑgalo      
4 leg/foot ᵑgaru   49  
179 near ᵑgaᵑgarani      
13 back word info ᵑgula      
154 short word info ᵑgʷanuᵑgʷanu      
110 spider ᵑgʷara      
155 long word info ᵑgʷaraβu   16  
82 dull, blunt ᵑgʷatoa      
134 thunder ᵑgʷatuhari      
27 nose ᵑgʷaŋo   12, 53  
11 dust ᵑgʷia   81  
24 head ᵑɡʷatu      
43 ear ᵑɡʷero      
23 blood ⁿdae      
21 to think ⁿdomdom      
20 to know, be knowledgeable ⁿdomhaᵑgʷe      
118 grass ⁿdufu      

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