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

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