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Language: Venen Taute (Unmet)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nmb  Glottocode: bign1238 
Notes:  Transcription -- broad -- done with standard IPA with the exception that [ᴅ] was represented as "dʳ". 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Aviva Shimelman  Checked By: Aviva Shimelman 
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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:Malekula Interior:Malekula Central 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand lɪma-   1, 64  
2 left mir   1, 59  
3 right mɛlɪⁿdao   44  
4 leg/foot tl-   34  
5 to walk -vɛl   10  
6 road/path na-vanɛl   46  
7 to come -ma   1  
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim      
10 dirty      
11 dust neɛv   1  
12 skin ni-lepa-   23, 88  
13 back word info ⁿdu-   82  
14 belly vat-   5  
15 bone su-   52  
16 intestines xɛn-      
17 liver xarn-   5?  
18 breast nunu   3  
19 shoulder vən   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
22 to fear nɛⁿdʳn   25  
23 blood na-ⁿde   1  
24 head pət-   9  
25 neck natəv-   45  
26 hair word info nil-   31  
27 nose      
28 to breathe -rivinalɛn   77, 78  
29 to sniff, smell -min   42?  
30 mouth pn-   83  
31 tooth lu-   1, 35  
32 tongue nlm-   7, 41  
33 to laugh -vutma   47  
34 to cry -valo   60  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
36 to spit -tupi   15  
37 to eat -timax      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
40 to drink -min   1, 49  
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
43 ear ⁿdʳɪlna-   1, 40  
44 to hear -rni   1  
45 eye mata-   1  
46 to see -le   14  
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep -matr   1  
49 to lie down word info -wasri   88  
50 to dream -liliɣren      
51 to sit -lak   110  
52 to stand -ptir   2, 59  
53 person/human being      
54 man/male ⁿdui   45  
55 woman/female tavɛt   24  
56 child marⁿdɛl   68  
57 husband nau-k   85  
58 wife noɛn tavɛt   64  
59 mother oune   71  
60 father tate   19  
61 house nə-max   51  
62 thatch/roof ne-ɛt   1  
63 name naxa-   37  
64 to say -vəri   30  
65 rope na-xao   25  
66 to tie up, fasten -xawi   84  
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info -xaɣax   59, 64  
70 to shoot word info -lue   15  
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info -rpi   87  
73 to steal -vənaɣi   1, 58  
74 to kill -rapupini   71, 1  
75 to die, be dead -n̼a   1  
76 to live, be alive -siliv   57  
77 to scratch word info -xarxari   12  
78 to cut, hack word info -tri   1  
79 stick/wood na-i   1  
80 to split word info -tərpri   1  
81 sharp -ɣan   14  
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info -pare   7, 73  
84 to plant -lawi   10  
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info -ɛrɛn   69  
88 to squeeze word info -mlani   70  
89 to hold word info -wənde   89  
90 to dig -xəli   1  
91 to buy -wuli   1  
92 to open, uncover -wale   55  
93 to pound, beat word info -rpi   43  
94 to throw word info -sərani   87  
95 to fall word info -irɪs   101  
96 dog lipax   29  
97 bird manəx   1  
98 egg naxaⁿdʳ-n   1, 66  
99 feather nil-n   1  
100 wing ni-lxa-ɛn   38, 69, 71  
101 to fly -tɛtv   32  
102 rat lɪpo   45  
103 meat/flesh niɣ-n   10  
104 fat/grease      
105 tail vəli-n   64  
106 snake nɪ-mat   12  
107 worm (earthworm) sɪlɛs   68, 72  
108 louse word info naɣt   1  
109 mosquito namax   1  
110 spider ni-lo   1  
111 fish tilo   83  
112 rotten word info -mumu   51  
113 branch word info ranɛ (nai)   1  
114 leaf raun   1  
115 root warn   2  
116 flower      
117 fruit      
118 grass      
119 earth/soil na-ⁿdep   11  
120 stone na-vɛt   1  
121 sand n-un   1  
122 water word info na-we   2  
123 to flow      
124 sea na-ta   1  
125 salt      
126 lake na-lɪp   37  
127 woods/forest lilimt   92?  
128 sky pɛkmarɛn   30, 31  
129 moon na-al   1  
130 star mʷəsi   13  
131 cloud word info pɛkmarɛn   94  
132 fog      
133 rain n-u   1  
134 thunder na-vl   23  
135 lightning lɛvmatn   77  
136 wind na-lɛn   1, 77  
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info mɪla   51  
140 dry word info -mama   11  
141 wet -wir   35, 47  
142 heavy -ⁿdv   14  
143 fire na-ap   19  
144 to burn word info i-vɛn   83  
145 smoke word info iɛnnaap   2, 77  
146 ash vɛrnnaap      
147 black -mɪt   1  
148 white -tfa   1  
149 red -miɛl   1, 55  
150 yellow i-wəs   67  
151 green      
152 small -supa   112  
153 big -lil   91  
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick -mat   1, 98  
161 shy, ashamed -momiɣ   65  
162 old word info -tarɛp   27, 115  
163 new -mⁿdax   48  
164 good -pas   108  
165 bad, evil -stu   1  
166 correct, true -vərəndaui   37, 73  
167 night liɣɛt   42  
168 day rɛn   6  
169 year pai   68  
170 when? word info varɛn   56  
171 to hide word info -tutuani   37, 39  
172 to climb word info -xapr   47  
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above aia      
176 below xilaɣa      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near -mima   95  
180 far viva   65  
181 where? word info ipi   3, 59  
182 I kana   1, 21, 22  
183 thou nakm   1, 17, 18, 25  
184 he/she ɣin   1, 29  
185 we word info naknd we pl incl I  
185 we word info naknd uⁿdʳani we dl incl    
186 you kami you pl 1, 13  
186 you kami iru you dual x  
187 they xir they 1, 69  
187 they xir aru they dual x  
188 what? word info vata   1, 57, 58  
189 who? word info hanak   41  
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info hinapi   65  
195 no, not i-ɣe   10  
196 to count -spɪsnan   69  
197 One word info isɪt   25  
198 Two word info i-ru   1  
199 Three word info i-tl   1  
200 Four word info i-va   1, 65  
201 Five word info i-lɪm   1  
202 Six word info lɪmse   20  
203 Seven word info saru   9  
204 Eight word info satl   11, 7  
205 Nine word info savɛt   5  
206 Ten word info snaɬ   5  
207 Twenty word info i-nɛlru   9  
208 Fifty word info i-nɛlɪm   x  
209 One Hundred word info i-nɛɬnalivank   46  
210 One Thousand word info      

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