Language: Vaha (Tanna Island)
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Cognacy: |
Loan: |
| 1 |
hand |
lɨm |
|
1, 64 |
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| 2 |
left |
mawol |
|
1, 59 |
|
| 3 |
right |
m̃atuk |
|
5, 37 |
|
| 4 |
leg/foot |
nɨhu |
|
|
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| 5 |
to walk |
əliwkə |
|
97 |
|
| 6 |
road/path |
swatuk |
|
47 |
|
| 7 |
to come |
hiə |
|
|
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| 8 |
to turn
|
ələləkin |
|
123 |
|
| 9 |
to swim |
eiai |
|
5, 24 |
|
| 10 |
dirty |
əmkɨmɨk |
'be dirty' |
14 |
|
| 11 |
dust |
nɨmoluul |
|
8 |
|
| 12 |
skin |
lesɨ |
|
73 |
|
| 13 |
back
|
nɨm̃eita |
|
35 |
|
| 14 |
belly |
nɨkwətp̃ |
|
|
|
| 15 |
bone |
nɨkɨlkɨli |
|
7 |
|
| 16 |
intestines |
nɨsinau |
|
1, 77 |
|
| 17 |
liver |
nɨkanmap |
|
7 |
|
| 18 |
breast |
nah |
|
|
|
| 19 |
shoulder |
nula |
|
61 |
|
| 20 |
to know, be knowledgeable |
tkun |
|
18? |
|
| 21 |
to think |
əlɨg |
|
19 |
|
| 21 |
to think |
ətəlɨg |
|
19 |
|
| 22 |
to fear |
gɨn |
|
|
|
| 23 |
blood |
nɨtaw |
'blood belonging to s.o.' |
1 |
|
| 24 |
head |
kapə |
'head belonging to s.o.' |
9, 17 |
|
| 24 |
head |
kap̃ə |
|
9, 17 |
|
| 25 |
neck |
nɨp̃ətək nua |
|
18, 83 |
|
| 26 |
hair
|
nɨkwəne |
|
59 |
|
| 27 |
nose |
nəpɨghegh |
|
1, 33 |
|
| 28 |
to breathe |
eihaag |
|
15 |
|
| 29 |
to sniff, smell |
pin |
|
42, 73 |
|
| 30 |
mouth |
nəkwa |
|
84 |
|
| 31 |
tooth |
nɨkwəlu |
|
|
|
| 32 |
tongue |
nelam |
|
7, 48 |
|
| 33 |
to laugh |
aləh |
|
97 |
|
| 34 |
to cry |
asək |
|
33 |
|
| 35 |
to vomit |
luə |
|
8 |
|
| 36 |
to spit |
ətpɨs |
|
19, 38 |
|
| 37 |
to eat |
əvɨgɨn |
|
1, 53 |
|
| 38 |
to chew
|
əkwəsɨs |
|
|
|
| 39 |
to cook
|
vaan |
|
50 |
|
| 40 |
to drink |
nɨm̃ |
|
1, 72 |
|
| 41 |
to bite |
əkwətu |
|
1, 60 |
|
| 42 |
to suck |
tɨm̃ |
|
17 |
|
| 43 |
ear |
nɨm̃ətəlg |
|
1 |
|
| 44 |
to hear |
əlɨg |
|
|
|
| 45 |
eye |
nɨmth |
|
1 |
|
| 46 |
to see |
əm |
|
80 |
|
| 47 |
to yawn |
əkwaagha |
|
12 |
|
| 48 |
to sleep |
apɨl |
|
11 |
|
| 49 |
to lie down
|
lkwao |
|
|
|
| 50 |
to dream |
əmlah |
|
13 |
|
| 51 |
to sit |
əkwətə |
|
108 |
|
| 52 |
to stand |
ətel |
|
2, 57 |
|
| 53 |
person/human being |
yetmamə |
|
55 |
|
| 54 |
man/male |
kwən |
|
|
|
| 55 |
woman/female |
pɨtavən |
woman |
1, 35 |
|
| 55 |
woman/female |
pɨtan |
wife |
1, 35 |
|
| 56 |
child |
tɨni |
|
|
|
| 57 |
husband |
yetman |
|
17 |
|
| 58 |
wife |
pɨtavən |
|
5, 58 |
|
| 58 |
wife |
pɨtan |
|
5, 58 |
|
| 59 |
mother |
nɨsɨn |
'mother of someone' |
1, 61 |
|
| 60 |
father |
tɨm |
'father of someone' |
|
|
| 61 |
house |
nim̃ə |
|
1 |
|
| 62 |
thatch/roof |
mələkien |
'thatch made from coconut leaf'; also means 'coconut leaf' |
|
|
| 63 |
name |
nəg |
|
|
|
| 64 |
to say |
ni |
|
104 |
|
| 65 |
rope |
nələus |
|
11 |
|
| 66 |
to tie up, fasten |
alkɨs |
|
1, 39 |
|
| 67 |
to sew
|
jil |
|
71 |
|
| 68 |
needle |
|
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| 69 |
to hunt
|
|
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| 70 |
to shoot
|
halɨp |
|
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| 71 |
to stab, pierce |
hai |
|
14 |
|
| 72 |
to hit
|
asɨk |
|
|
|
| 73 |
to steal |
əkləh |
|
|
|
| 74 |
to kill |
əwhapni |
|
|
|
| 75 |
to die, be dead |
mhiə |
|
|
|
| 76 |
to live, be alive |
mɨlagəh |
|
60 |
|
| 77 |
to scratch
|
əki-əki |
|
13 |
|
| 78 |
to cut, hack
|
ətai |
|
1 |
|
| 79 |
stick/wood |
|
|
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|
| 80 |
to split
|
ohaptai |
|
98 |
|
| 81 |
sharp |
eslə |
|
17 |
|
| 82 |
dull, blunt |
pɨs |
|
16 |
|
| 83 |
to work
|
|
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| 84 |
to plant |
əmənə |
'plant an orchard' |
|
|
| 85 |
to choose |
lp̃en |
|
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| 86 |
to grow
|
uvlə |
|
|
|
| 87 |
to swell
|
əsiis |
|
11 |
|
| 88 |
to squeeze
|
əvɨt |
|
90 |
|
| 89 |
to hold
|
əskwalɨm |
|
113 |
|
| 90 |
to dig |
kɨl |
|
1 |
|
| 91 |
to buy |
nɨmtɨ |
|
|
|
| 92 |
to open, uncover |
|
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| 93 |
to pound, beat
|
əwhapsɨl |
|
|
|
| 94 |
to throw
|
atkuə |
|
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|
| 95 |
to fall
|
mɨl |
|
40 |
|
| 96 |
dog |
kuri |
L from Pn |
7 |
L |
| 97 |
bird |
manə |
|
1 |
|
| 98 |
egg |
kwənelh |
|
1, 61 |
|
| 99 |
feather |
nɨml |
|
23 |
|
| 100 |
wing |
təm̃əlm̃əlɨ |
|
|
|
| 101 |
to fly |
ieləg |
|
1 |
|
| 102 |
rat |
yahuk |
|
3 |
|
| 103 |
meat/flesh |
|
|
|
|
| 104 |
fat/grease |
nəlp̃ə |
|
15 |
|
| 105 |
tail |
nɨpikɨ |
|
1, 31 |
|
| 106 |
snake |
|
|
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|
| 107 |
worm (earthworm) |
m̃əjikərəu |
|
38 |
|
| 108 |
louse
|
ket |
|
1 |
|
| 109 |
mosquito |
m̃ɨk |
|
1 |
|
| 110 |
spider |
məkəl |
|
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|
| 111 |
fish |
nəm |
|
51 |
|
| 112 |
rotten
|
əulɨk |
|
|
|
| 113 |
branch
|
kwenpav |
|
|
|
| 114 |
leaf |
nɨm̃alɨ |
|
30 |
|
| 115 |
root |
nua |
|
50 |
|
| 116 |
flower |
elwən |
|
|
|
| 117 |
fruit |
kwənkwa |
|
1, 26 |
|
| 118 |
grass |
m̃ənwhelɨk |
|
1 |
|
| 119 |
earth/soil |
nɨmoptanə |
|
1, 34 |
|
| 120 |
stone |
kəp̃iel |
|
6 |
|
| 121 |
sand |
nɨməkləkɨl |
|
30 |
|
| 122 |
water
|
nu |
|
2 |
|
| 123 |
to flow |
|
|
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| 124 |
sea |
tahik |
|
1 |
|
| 125 |
salt |
nɨgəl |
|
|
|
| 126 |
lake |
|
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| 127 |
woods/forest |
yelkwən |
|
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| 128 |
sky |
nɨmago-ago |
|
|
|
| 129 |
moon |
makuə |
|
28 |
|
| 130 |
star |
kɨmhau |
|
13 |
|
| 131 |
cloud
|
nəpuə |
|
16 |
|
| 132 |
fog |
ətokw |
'foggy' |
|
|
| 133 |
rain |
nəhig |
|
1 |
|
| 134 |
thunder |
kaluəluə |
|
2, 64, 18 |
|
| 135 |
lightning |
nəlowapɨgien |
|
25 |
|
| 136 |
wind |
nɨmətag |
|
1, 66 |
|
| 137 |
to blow
|
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|
| 138 |
warm
|
ap̃ei-ap̃ei |
|
1, 98 |
|
| 139 |
cold
|
okiai |
|
108 |
|
| 140 |
dry
|
əvsɨk |
|
15 |
|
| 141 |
wet |
əptɨg |
|
13 |
|
| 142 |
heavy |
pam |
|
30 |
|
| 143 |
fire |
nap̃ |
|
19, 25 |
|
| 144 |
to burn
|
as |
|
42 |
|
| 145 |
smoke
|
nehenap |
|
2 |
|
| 146 |
ash |
nɨmtakw |
|
1, 73 |
|
| 147 |
black |
apɨg |
|
9 |
|
| 148 |
white |
awən |
|
14 |
|
| 149 |
red |
ətəuatəu |
|
|
|
| 150 |
yellow |
əukləh |
|
|
|
| 151 |
green |
əmlɨmtə |
|
1 |
|
| 152 |
small |
əkok |
|
104 |
|
| 153 |
big |
asol |
|
47 |
|
| 154 |
short
|
əkok |
|
|
|
| 155 |
long
|
ikəlu |
|
|
|
| 156 |
thin
|
əgei-əgei |
|
20 |
|
| 157 |
thick
|
kɨmkɨm |
|
38 |
|
| 158 |
narrow |
|
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|
| 159 |
wide |
|
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| 160 |
painful, sick |
mhiə |
|
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| 161 |
shy, ashamed |
aulɨs |
|
|
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| 162 |
old
|
əwhalu |
|
131 |
|
| 163 |
new |
wi |
|
1 |
|
| 164 |
good |
huvə |
|
|
|
| 165 |
bad, evil |
hah |
|
1 |
|
| 166 |
correct, true |
pəlhien |
|
|
|
| 167 |
night |
nɨpɨg |
|
1 |
|
| 168 |
day |
lukweiha |
'sunshine; day' |
|
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| 169 |
year |
nekw |
'yam; year' |
41 |
|
| 170 |
when?
|
tuk nagheen |
|
1, 43 |
|
| 171 |
to hide
|
elkwaig |
|
7 |
|
| 172 |
to climb
|
əktə |
|
|
|
| 173 |
at |
ye |
|
20 |
|
| 174 |
in, inside |
nəkwa |
|
72 |
|
| 175 |
above |
pəktə |
|
|
|
| 176 |
below |
peiwaiyu |
|
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|
| 177 |
this |
e |
kwusei; en |
1, 18 |
|
| 178 |
that |
ai |
|
32 |
|
| 179 |
near |
ipakə |
|
32 |
|
| 180 |
far |
isəkw |
|
1 |
|
| 181 |
where?
|
hia |
|
91 |
|
| 182 |
I |
yəu |
|
1, 21 |
|
| 183 |
thou |
ik |
|
1, 17 |
|
| 184 |
he/she |
in |
|
1, 43 |
|
| 185 |
we
|
kɨsə |
pl. incl.; kɨmhə - pl. excl. |
|
|
| 186 |
you |
kɨmiə |
|
1, 13 |
|
| 187 |
they |
iliə |
pl. |
1, 75 |
|
| 188 |
what?
|
naha |
|
1 |
|
| 189 |
who?
|
pa |
|
1, 30 |
|
| 190 |
other |
|
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| 191 |
all |
fam |
|
50 |
|
| 192 |
and |
kɨni |
|
1 |
|
| 193 |
if |
tukmə |
|
93 |
|
| 194 |
how?
|
-əhol- |
|
87 |
|
| 195 |
no, not |
nɨkam |
|
|
|
| 196 |
to count |
əhvuekɨn |
|
26 |
|
| 197 |
One
|
kəjikenə |
|
14, 44 |
|
| 198 |
Two
|
kɨlalu |
|
8, 1 |
|
| 199 |
Three
|
kɨsisɨl |
|
1 |
|
| 200 |
Four
|
kwies |
|
1, 65 |
|
| 201 |
Five
|
kɨlkɨlɨp |
|
1, 14 |
|
| 202 |
Six
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| 203 |
Seven
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| 204 |
Eight
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| 205 |
Nine
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| 206 |
Ten
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| 207 |
Twenty
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| 208 |
Fifty
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| 209 |
One Hundred
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| 210 |
One Thousand
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