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Language: Tanna, Southwest

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Lapwangtoai
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Ikiti
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Ikiyau
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Enfitena
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Imreang
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Vaha (Tanna Island)
•  Ethnologue Information for nwi
•  OLAC Information for nwi
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for tns
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 16 entries

• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Vanuatu, (I), Tanna, (B) To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, South Vanuatu, Tanna - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:26:21)
• Changed from "mla*h" (Word 76) - John Lynch (2007-01-15 04:36:14)
• Changed from "məl" (Word 95) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-08 12:18:41)
• Changed from "nhenapw" (Word 145) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 01:01:37)
• Changed from "nu" (Word 122) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 01:00:33)
• Changed from "nəpakəl" (Word 121) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:59:27)
• Changed from "nəvhilək" (Word 118) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:58:33)
• Changed from "nəmwal-" (Word 114) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:57:45)
• Changed from "kwalm-" (Word 113) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:56:47)
• Changed from "ira" (Word 101) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:22:43)
• Changed from "nəkavkav-" (Word 100) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:18:49)
• Changed from "kuli" (Word 96) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:10:35)
• Changed from "mlagh" (Word 76) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:04:25)
• Changed from "huopnii" (Word 74) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:02:04)
• Changed from "huopnii" (Word 74) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-01 00:00:48)
• Changed from "pilavən" (Word 58) - Simon Greenhill (2006-11-30 23:42:32)

Entries:

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

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Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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