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Language: Tanna, Southwest

Source/Author:  John Lynch 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nwi  Glottocode: sout2869 
Notes:  Complex Dialect Chain 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Peng Du  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:South Vanuatu:Tanna 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
68 needle      
132 fog      
135 lightning      
161 shy, ashamed      
190 other      
201 Five word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
19 shoulder nua-      
62 thatch/roof nəklee-      
70 to shoot word info asək      
86 to grow word info pnaal      
92 to open, uncover asəktaa      
93 to pound, beat word info əsianəsian      
137 to blow word info kəlkəl      
157 thick word info esiis      
159 wide ehua      
175 above fakta      
176 below ietana      
18 breast nahi-   1  
23 blood nətau-   1  
37 to eat aan   1  
43 ear mwa|telŋ   1  
45 eye nəml-   1  
60 father ləm-   1  
61 house nimwa   1  
74 to kill huopnii compound of /hu/ "hit" and /opni/ "kill" 1  
75 to die, be dead mha   1  
78 to cut, hack word info əlai   1  
79 stick/wood nəpalnai   1  
90 to dig kəl   1  
97 bird mana   1  
100 wing nəkavkav- <*kapak 1  
101 to fly iva   1  
108 louse word info kel   1  
109 mosquito mumuk   1  
110 spider iielia   1  
118 grass nəvhilək compound form with prefix n*mwan/vhall < *palisi with matathesis 1  
124 sea tahik   1  
133 rain nehen   1  
151 green amləmla   1  
160 painful, sick əmha   1  
163 new vi   1  
165 bad, evil ha   1  
167 night ien|pəŋ   1  
174 in, inside ie   1  
178 that aan   1  
180 far isokw   1  
185 we word info kətaua   1  
188 what? word info naha   1  
192 and kəni VP's 1  
199 Three word info kəsi|səl   1  
83 to work word info asim   1, 13  
189 who? word info pa   1, 30  
105 tail nəpikou-   1, 31  
41 to bite as   1, 60  
1 hand kwa|lm-   1, 64  
136 wind nəmataaŋ (PN) 1, 66 L
187 they ilia   1, 75  
16 intestines nəsinau-   1, 77  
44 to hear ələŋ   1, 84  
186 you kəmia   1, 13  
54 man/male iel|maan   1, 14  
183 thou iik   1, 17  
63 name nhaŋ-   1, 18  
177 this e   1, 18  
182 I iou   1, 21  
117 fruit kwankwa-   1, 26  
27 nose nəpwaŋnhiŋ-   1, 33  
119 earth/soil nəmop|tana   1, 34  
31 tooth kwəlu-   1, 35  
55 woman/female pilavən   1, 35  
66 to tie up, fasten əlkəs   1, 39  
170 when? word info naŋhən   1, 43  
184 he/she in   1, 43  
2 left maul   1, 59  
59 mother nə|sən-   1, 61  
98 egg kwanhel-   1, 61  
200 Four word info ku|as   1, 65  
40 to drink num   1, 72  
146 ash nəmlakw   1, 73  
138 warm word info aliuan   1, 98  
73 to steal aklhakən   10  
126 lake nəsiu   10  
64 to say ni   104  
51 to sit akwəta   108  
48 to sleep apəl   11  
65 rope nelaus   11  
69 to hunt word info ea|pən   11  
87 to swell word info esiis   11  
152 small alkatəət   111  
112 rotten word info əmətət   116  
128 sky neai   12  
50 to dream əmələlha   13  
77 to scratch word info aki   13  
130 star kəmhau   13  
141 wet aptəŋ   13  
162 old word info hualu   131  
10 dirty amkəmək   14  
71 to stab, pierce hai   14  
106 snake taŋalua   14  
148 white hauan   14  
155 long word info aliepomh   14  
158 narrow əvtelakən   14  
197 One word info kəlikiana   14, 44  
28 to breathe ehlaŋ   15  
104 fat/grease nelpwa   15  
140 dry word info əvsək   15  
82 dull, blunt pus   16  
103 meat/flesh nauŋa   16  
131 cloud word info napua   16  
57 husband ielmaan   17  
81 sharp esla   17  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ləkwun   18  
25 neck -lakw   18  
143 fire napw   19, 25  
36 to spit elŋaavh *luaq 'vomit' + *ŋapus 'spit' 19, 38  
115 root nua-   2  
122 water word info nu n is the article, u < *w of *waiR 2  
145 smoke word info nhenapw napw = fire, n/he- < *qasu 2  
172 to climb word info hakta   2  
185 we word info kəmaua   2  
192 and məna NP's 2, 68  
52 to stand alel   2, 57  
134 thunder kalualua   2, 64, 18  
173 at ie   20  
193 if tukwmah future 22  
193 if kipimah past conditional 22  
85 to choose omwhen   23  
99 feather numl-   23  
34 to cry eau   24  
7 to come ua   25  
8 to turn word info oklhekən   25  
42 to suck amwha   25, 57  
137 to blow word info hel   26  
196 to count avhekən   26  
12 skin təki-   27  
84 to plant su   28  
129 moon makua   28  
102 rat iahukw   3  
114 leaf nəmwal- n*mwa- is a prefix for covering things, l- is what is left of root 30  
121 sand nəpakəl *kele with prefixes 30  
142 heavy pwam   30  
179 near ipaka   32  
89 to hold word info vah   33  
13 back word info nəmweitaa-   35  
14 belly təpu-   36  
107 worm (earthworm) mwatíkalo   38  
17 liver nakanmop-   4, 7  
95 to fall word info məl   40  
169 year nekw YAM 41  
144 to burn word info as of fire 42  
150 yellow akwlha   42  
6 road/path suatukw   47  
153 big ehua   47  
56 child nal- with 1s and 2s poss. pron. 5  
56 child ti- else where 5  
9 to swim al   5, 24  
58 wife pilavən = "woman" 5, 58  
3 right matukw   5, 77  
39 to cook word info vikən   50  
191 all mufaam   50  
139 cold word info əmla   51  
111 fish kamaam   51, 86  
94 to throw word info alukən   52  
149 red huau   52?  
53 person/human being ielmama   55  
195 no, not nəkom   55  
123 to flow aiu   57  
26 hair word info nukwanee-   59  
120 stone kopwiel   6  
168 day ie|lan   6  
22 to fear ŋən   60  
76 to live, be alive mlaŋh   60  
164 good vha   61  
29 to sniff, smell ələŋ   62, 74  
21 to think ləki-n l-uh his mind strikes 65  
67 to sew word info lhi   67  
113 branch word info kwalm- = hand 67  
15 bone nəkəlkəlii-   7  
96 dog kuli PN Loan 7 L
171 to hide word info elkwaiŋ   7  
32 tongue nelam-   7, 48  
156 thin word info aviləŋ   70  
91 to buy vah nəml-n   73  
116 flower tihi-   73  
4 leg/foot nuhu-   75  
30 mouth nhel-   76  
11 dust nəmokwlúl   8  
35 to vomit lua   8  
49 to lie down word info əməl   8  
125 salt nəŋal   8  
198 Two word info kəla|lu   8, 1  
46 to see aam   80  
144 to burn word info vaan of person 83  
72 to hit word info uh   85  
194 how? word info hau- verb prefix 87  
147 black apəŋ   9  
24 head -kapwa   9, 17  
88 to squeeze word info əvtete lakən   90  
181 where? word info ihie   91  
127 woods/forest ləkinál   96  
154 short word info kwakwa   96  
5 to walk eliuok   97  
33 to laugh aalh   97  
80 to split word info aləplaai   98  
166 correct, true etkwatukw   x  

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