Language: Avava

Source/Author:	Crowley, T. (2006). The Avava language ...
Identifiers:	ISO-639-3:tmb Glottocode: katb1237
Notes:	from: Crowley, T. (2006). The Avava language of Central Malakula (Vanuatu). Edited by John Lynch. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra. /bb/ = voiced bilabial trill, /ng/ = velar nasal Also know as Katbol
Data Entry:	Typed By: Russell Gray Checked By:
Statistics:	Total Data: 265 Number of Retentions: Proto Malayo-Polynesian:91 Proto-Oceanic:117 Number of Loans: 0
Classification:	Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Malekula Interior:Malekula Central
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Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Vanuatu, (F), Malekula Interior, Malekula Central, (B) To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Malekula Interior, Malekula Central - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:35:23)
Changed from "dunngo" (Word 144) - John Lynch (2007-02-05 00:28:36)
Changed from "ivsak" (Word 175) - John Lynch (2007-01-16 05:52:03)
Source: John Lynch (Word 183) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:52:29)
Changed from "adam" (Word 169) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:25:12)
Source: John Lynch (Word 138) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 02:20:25)
Source: John Lynch (Word 138) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 02:20:10)
Changed from "alang nan auh" (Word 131) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 02:11:44)
Source: John Lynch (Word 127) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 01:54:13)
Changed from "tuswe" (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 01:47:19)
Source: John Lynch (Word 89) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 12:33:03)
Source: John Lynch (Word 62) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 09:02:50)
Changed from "matak" (Word 58) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 08:48:07)
Source: John Lynch (Word 22) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-07 08:36:23)
Changed from "batn varan" (Word 19) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-07 08:34:17)
Updated Language Details - Russell Gray (2006-11-13 14:19:52)
Updated Language Details - Russell Gray (2006-11-13 14:18:27)
Language Added - Russell Gray (2006-11-13 13:41:40)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:
53	person/human being
67	to sew
68	needle
71	to stab, pierce
85	to choose
86	to grow
123	to flow
125	salt
126	lake
152	small
158	narrow
159	wide
173	at
177	this
178	that
208	Fifty
143	fire	aabb		19
145	smoke	aabb teltel		46
129	moon	abasi		6
168	day	abbung		16
169	year	adam	= yam	30
79	stick/wood	aga		1
128	sky	alang		1
131	cloud	alang nan auh	sky-poss.-rain	37
135	lightning	alangaap
61	house	amal		30
97	bird	aman		1
106	snake	amwat		12
109	mosquito	anam		1
209	One Hundred	angat		12
114	leaf	aruun		1
6	road/path	asal		1
189	who?	asi		1
18	breast	asih		1, 55
116	flower	atah		34
65	rope	atal		1
119	earth/soil	atan		1
210	One Thousand	atar		13
56	child	atda		5, 52
56	child	atn		5, 52
56	child	atnida		5, 52
133	rain	auh		1
108	louse	aut		1
120	stone	avat		1
181	where?	ba		3
171	to hide	babak		33
25	neck	balawan		84
193	if	bana
181	where?	bang		60
50	to dream	bari		10
50	to dream	bari borokonah		10
3	right	bariin		30
24	head	bat		9
24	head	batn		9
19	shoulder	batn varan	=head + arm	65, 1
99	feather	bbulen		1
74	to kill	bbun		1
87	to swell	bbur		7
16	intestines	bburtan		75
105	tail	bbusn		76
113	branch	bbutn	(large branch)	30
69	to hunt	bel	hunt after	10
155	long	ber		16
155	long	berber		16
11	dust	bisnaap		80
146	ash	bisnaap	ashes	75
4	leg/foot	bolokon		33
15	bone	bolong		37
30	mouth	bongon		41
82	dull, blunt	bonot		15
161	shy, ashamed	bor		59
31	tooth	boroh		45
100	wing	bwian		1, 12
102	rat	bwisibok		73
43	ear	dilingan		1, 40
49	to lie down	ding		25
49	to lie down	dingman		25
144	to burn	dinih		1
196	to count	dongon		42
196	to count	dongongon		42
175	above	draka		25
8	to turn	dri		34, 106
192	and	dri		30
115	root	drumusn	(small and fine)	3?
132	fog	dukap		1, 63
144	to burn	dumu		1
144	to burn	dungo		7?
184	he/she	e	he	1
23	blood	edre		1
17	liver	elemet		52
122	water	esn		27
96	dog	gabwir		10
59	mother	galu		65
115	root	gerwen	(large)	2, 41
88	to squeeze	gih		32
185	we	git	pcl.	1
185	we	gitdru	incl: dl.	1
185	we	gitntl	pcl.	1
62	thatch/roof	iat	thatching	1
181	where?	iba		3, 59
56	child	ida
187	they	ier		1, 70
61	house	iim		1
111	fish	iki		1
90	to dig	il		1
201	Five	ilim		1
116	flower	ipman		1
12	skin	ipmin		28
138	warm	ir	hot	31
198	Two	iru		1
63	name	isan		1, 18
57	husband	it
195	no, not	itik		10
31	tooth	itivilak
199	Three	itl		1
127	woods/forest	itoro	"the bush"	69
200	Four	ivat		1, 65
188	what?	ive		1
175	above	iv\|sak		25
186	you	kam	pl.	1
186	you	kamdru	dl.	x
186	you	kamtl	pcl.	x
37	to eat	kan		1
170	when?	kesan		1
90	to dig	kikil		1
90	to dig	kilkil		1
185	we	kopm	pl.	2
185	we	kopmdru	excl: dl	2
185	we	kopmtl	pcl.	2
176	below	kutn	beneath	9
46	to see	la		18
46	to see	labit		99
46	to see	lala		18
110	spider	lala		1
206	Ten	langal		5, 8
92	to open, uncover	langlangar		23
84	to plant	lap		10
176	below	lapan		41, 74
174	in, inside	le	in	1
91	to buy	leh		47
32	tongue	lemen		7, 17
153	big	levlep		10
66	to tie up, fasten	lik		1, 39
179	near	lile		60
150	yellow	lilit		43
104	fat/grease	lingiling		31
150	yellow	lit		43
72	to hit	lop		48
93	to pound, beat	lop		14
94	to throw	lop	throw at
70	to shoot	lu		15
35	to vomit	lualu		8
76	to live, be alive	luk		23
70	to shoot	luluka		15
9	to swim	lumlum		38
167	night	lupat		42
148	white	maap		1
38	to chew	mabbuhi		56
17	liver	mabwin		7
81	sharp	magal		14, 79, 81
191	all	mah		36
136	wind	malah		78
139	cold	malah		51
191	all	mamah		36
156	thin	manana		1
47	to yawn	mangulal		19, 34
142	heavy	map		46
75	to die, be dead	mat		1
75	to die, be dead	mat bbun		1
22	to fear	matak	afraid	1
58	wife	matak		28?
45	eye	matan		1
48	to sleep	matur		1
163	new	melerler
151	green	melih		43
151	green	melmelih		43
140	dry	mesemah		11
10	dirty	met		2
147	black	met		1
10	dirty	metemet		2
147	black	metemet		1
149	red	mial		1, 55
141	wet	mida		35
40	to drink	min		1, 49
40	to drink	minmin		1, 49
103	meat/flesh	misal		84
60	father	mom		1, 10
112	rotten	momo		51
55	woman/female	momok		23
156	thin	morot		13
154	short	mut		32
154	short	mutmut		32
54	man/male	muut		94
118	grass	mwana		31
2	left	mwiir		1, 59
182	I	na		1, 21, 22
189	who?	nahe		1
189	who?	nasi		1
207	Twenty	ngai iru		9
80	to split	ngar		28
80	to split	ngar wel		28, 1
28	to breathe	ngarngar		13
107	worm (earthworm)	odalah		68, 64
183	thou	ong		1, 66
27	nose	onosn		18
98	egg	ovingaad	of ants
122	water	owe		2
83	to work	per		7, 73
66	to tie up, fasten	pih		32
73	to steal	pinok		1, 58
73	to steal	pinoki		1, 58
36	to spit	prura		35
138	warm	rar	hot	46
160	painful, sick	rer	(painful)	34
74	to kill	riit		70
74	to kill	riit bbun		70, 1
164	good	rivik		67
44	to hear	ro		1
29	to sniff, smell	robit
44	to hear	robit		1, 58
20	to know, be knowledgeable	rokut		19, 87
44	to hear	rong		1
113	branch	rongon	(small branch)	1, 21
37	to eat	rule
172	to climb	saksak		2
160	painful, sick	sal	(sick)	35
180	far	saman		31
197	One	sapm		58
172	to climb	sasur		2
205	Nine	savat		5
165	bad, evil	se		1
38	to chew	sem		21
204	Eight	setl		11, 7
179	near	sin		54
21	to think	sisien		39
42	to suck	sisih		43
42	to suck	sisihi		43
188	what?	sive		1
26	hair	sivlen		31, 33
5	to walk	solsol		114
203	Seven	souru		9
202	Six	sout		31, 32
51	to sit	sum		40
29	to sniff, smell	sungsung		9
77	to scratch	suvsup		76
116	flower	tah		34
194	how?	tamak		62
95	to fall	tami		42
162	old	tara		27
89	to hold	tata
190	other	tele		54
37	to eat	temetem
78	to cut, hack	ter		1
39	to cook	tntn		9
52	to stand	turi		2, 69
124	sea	tuswe	tus+we = water	1, 47
13	back	udruun		82
34	to cry	ul		59
137	to blow	up		4
134	thunder	uuruur		2, 64
64	to say	va		30
117	fruit	vanan		1, 26
56	child	vanatn		5
1	hand	varan		16
14	belly	vatn		5
72	to hit	vih		86
157	thick	von		35
7	to come	vwel		25
111	fish	vwiniek		88
130	star	vwinmese		13
121	sand	vwinsilah		1, 79?
33	to laugh	wang		88
80	to split	wel		1
80	to split	welewel		1
166	correct, true	yadryadr
101	to fly	yalyal		31
37	to eat	yanyan		1
41	to bite	yat		1, 55
41	to bite	yatyat		1, 55
77	to scratch	yor		70
148	white	yovyop		41

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