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Language: Tamambo

Source/Author:  Jauncey 1997 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mla  Glottocode: malo1243 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By:  
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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:West Santo 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand lima   1, 64  
2 left marau   2  
3 right matua   5, 37  
4 leg/foot karu   49  
5 to walk βanoβano   2  
6 road/path sala   1  
7 to come mai   1  
8 to turn word info bosi turn around    
9 to swim alotusi swim across    
10 dirty vuriha      
11 dust      
12 skin huri   1, 80  
13 back word info      
14 belly bange      
15 bone sui   52  
16 intestines      
17 liver      
18 breast susu   1  
19 shoulder bwili      
20 to know, be knowledgeable rongovosai hear + be perfect    
21 to think domdomi      
22 to fear matahu   1  
23 blood dae   1  
24 head bwatu   9  
25 neck domi      
26 hair word info vulu   31  
27 nose bona      
28 to breathe sova   35  
29 to sniff, smell borongi   42, 62  
30 mouth jingo      
31 tooth undu   5  
32 tongue      
33 to laugh mana   51  
34 to cry tangi mourn 1  
35 to vomit lua   8  
36 to spit lito   37, 101  
37 to eat hani   1  
37 to eat hanhani   1  
38 to chew word info hani duru eat + split    
39 to cook word info tutunu roast 9  
39 to cook word info tunu cook on top of fire 9  
40 to drink inu   1  
41 to bite hati   1, 55  
42 to suck ku      
43 ear bwero   16  
44 to hear roŋ   1  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see soari      
47 to yawn hani-maomao eat + be tame    
48 to sleep maturu   1  
49 to lie down word info eno   1  
50 to dream matu-maturu-soari RED~sleep+see    
51 to sit ate   109  
52 to stand turu   2, 69  
53 person/human being tamalohi   4, 53  
54 man/male mwera   73  
55 woman/female βaβine   1, 106  
56 child uranji      
56 child natu   5  
57 husband tamanatu father+child    
58 wife tabaluxi      
59 mother tina   1  
60 father tama   1  
61 house vanua   7  
62 thatch/roof      
63 name hisa   1, 35  
64 to say sora      
65 rope asi   58  
66 to tie up, fasten lasi   87  
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info unu   78  
70 to shoot word info vine      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info losu      
72 to hit word info hovo      
73 to steal rovi      
74 to kill losu strike 59  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
76 to live, be alive mauru   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info harosi      
78 to cut, hack word info tai   1  
79 stick/wood harimbai      
80 to split word info duru      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info sahasaha   33  
84 to plant lavo   10  
85 to choose mata-tauhi eye/s + promise    
86 to grow word info jalo grow along    
86 to grow word info sulu grow up    
87 to swell word info nini swell up    
88 to squeeze word info viri-si      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig heli   1  
91 to buy voli   1  
92 to open, uncover vokati      
93 to pound, beat word info savi      
94 to throw word info bulahi   86  
95 to fall word info jovi   13  
96 dog vuria      
97 bird manj creature 1  
98 egg tolu   1  
99 feather indongo feather headdress    
100 wing hamba   1, 12  
101 to fly avu   1?  
102 rat harivi   18  
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease baru      
105 tail windi      
106 snake mwata   12  
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info hutu   1  
109 mosquito      
110 spider bwara   8, 78  
111 fish manji   53  
112 rotten word info dovo   96  
113 branch word info ranga   1, 21  
114 leaf ra   1  
115 root      
116 flower tete   86  
117 fruit vira      
118 grass ramesmesu      
119 earth/soil      
120 stone tahasi   30  
121 sand oneone   1  
122 water word info reu      
123 to flow kolo   62  
124 sea tarusa   79  
125 salt tarusa sea    
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky tukahenja   62  
129 moon vitu   53  
130 star vitu-sarasara moon + shine 1  
131 cloud word info      
132 fog      
133 rain kiri   50  
134 thunder batu-sari head + spear    
135 lightning βila   26  
136 wind langi   1, 77  
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info mahariri be cold    
140 dry word info mamasa be dry (like ground) 11  
140 dry word info koru be dry 29  
141 wet aira   35, 47  
142 heavy      
143 fire hambu      
144 to burn word info suli   4  
144 to burn word info hani   40  
145 smoke word info asu   2  
146 ash avu   1  
147 black vuriha      
148 white lulu   89, 91  
149 red dae-ha blood-like    
150 yellow jori-ha      
151 green dangi      
152 small vorivori      
153 big tawera      
154 short word info busohi      
155 long word info baravu   16  
156 thin word info baranga      
157 thick word info baru fat    
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick ronjo sick    
160 painful, sick vasuhi      
160 painful, sick hanji      
161 shy, ashamed mahanuhanu      
162 old word info maranjea man    
162 old word info vomaranjea woman    
163 new haramba      
164 good duhu      
165 bad, evil sasati   1  
166 correct, true retinduhu truth    
167 night dondo      
168 day boŋi      
169 year tauni   1  
170 when? word info savai      
170 when? word info bongi      
171 to hide word info sohi      
172 to climb word info hao      
173 at      
174 in, inside lolo   1  
175 above      
176 below      
177 this niani   1  
178 that niala      
179 near aien      
179 near niani      
179 near roni      
180 far      
181 where? word info ambea      
182 I ku   1  
183 thou niho   1, 18  
184 he/she nia   2  
185 we word info kamam excl    
185 we word info hinda incl    
186 you kamim      
187 they nira   1, 33  
188 what? word info sava   1  
189 who? word info hisei      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info sohena      
194 how? word info savua      
195 no, not      
196 to count      
197 One word info atea   9  
198 Two word info arua   1  
199 Three word info atolu   1  
200 Four word info aβati   1, 65  
201 Five word info alima   1, 20  
202 Six word info aiono   1  
203 Seven word info ambitu   1  
204 Eight word info awalu   3  
205 Nine word info asuwa   5  
206 Ten word info sangavulu   5  
207 Twenty word info ngalai rua (a lei rua)      
208 Fifty word info ngalailima      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      

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