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Language: Wala (Botku)

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:upv  Glottocode: wala1267 
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:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Malekula Coastal 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
2 left      
3 right      
6 road/path      
8 to turn word info      
18 breast      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
49 to lie down word info      
57 husband      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
83 to work word info      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
90 to dig      
104 fat/grease      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
126 lake      
132 fog      
138 warm word info      
140 dry word info      
146 ash      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
173 at      
177 this      
178 that      
181 where? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
210 One Thousand word info      
37 to eat -ain   1  
144 to burn word info -in   40  
80 to split word info -kari      
46 to see -lesi   14, 94  
9 to swim -loŋ   76  
36 to spit -ltʉ   37, 102  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
70 to shoot word info -lue   15  
153 big -lɛp   10  
166 correct, true -lɛvorotun   37, 73  
51 to sit -lɪk   110  
161 shy, ashamed -manun   54  
48 to sleep -matur   1  
50 to dream -matur porpor   11, 10  
76 to live, be alive -maur   1, 76  
141 wet -mimim   36  
40 to drink -min   1, 49  
75 to die, be dead -mit͡s   1  
147 black -motmot   1  
160 painful, sick -msɛ   1  
7 to come -mɛ   1  
5 to walk -mɛl   113  
66 to tie up, fasten -mɛlʧi   80  
33 to laugh -mɛn   51  
163 new -mɛr   49  
22 to fear -mɪto   1  
112 rotten word info -mʊtmʊt   92  
139 cold word info -namlas   51  
151 green -namʉs   8, 71  
44 to hear -ore   57  
10 dirty -poroporo   126  
101 to fly -ro   1  
142 heavy -roβ   31  
77 to scratch word info -rsi   68  
67 to sew word info -rur   13  
84 to plant -ruw   9  
164 good -rɛs   110  
74 to kill -rɛt͡spini   74, 1  
93 to pound, beat word info -rɛʧarɛʧi   46, 47  
72 to hit word info -rɛʧi   86, 100  
172 to climb word info -sa   2  
171 to hide word info -silβani   1, 40  
165 bad, evil -siʧ   1  
87 to swell word info -sol   66  
81 sharp -sɔ   85  
137 to blow word info -sɛr   26  
78 to cut, hack word info -tai   1  
39 to cook word info -tapu   86  
162 old word info -tara   27  
34 to cry -tiŋ   1  
89 to hold word info -tortoni   35  
52 to stand -tur   2, 69  
29 to sniff, smell -tɛk   85  
150 yellow -t͡sat͡sɛn   72  
38 to chew word info -t͡simɛ   21  
73 to steal -vanai   1, 58  
28 to breathe -veliŋ   77  
149 red -veŋ   91, 92  
148 white -wis   1  
91 to buy -wul   1  
152 small -wɛlele   114  
94 to throw word info -wɪt͡seni   87  
47 to yawn -ɛnma   36  
95 to fall word info -ʧʉ   13  
196 to count -βe   70  
64 to say -βorai   30  
88 to squeeze word info -βusi *pwusi 18, 71  
88 to squeeze word info -βusi   18, 71  
88 to squeeze word info -βusi   18, 71  
92 to open, uncover -βɛ   1, 56  
200 Four word info a-vʉt͡s   1, 65  
180 far asɔ   1  
206 Ten word info asɪŋavʉl   5  
128 sky bakren   30, 31  
24 head batu-   9  
25 neck bot͡sɛla-   99, 115  
4 leg/foot bəla-   33  
19 shoulder bɛrpari-   1, 65  
56 child bɪpɛriŋ   76  
121 sand dɪpenan   1, 79, 86  
199 Three word info e-tɪl   1  
204 Eight word info ewɪl   3  
186 you kiami you pl 1, 13  
186 you kiami ɔru you dual x  
185 we word info kier we pl incl I  
185 we word info kierʧile we pl excl E  
115 root lapɛn   18  
116 flower loklok   59  
58 wife lɛktɛr-s-   29  
136 wind lɪŋ   1, 77  
175 above mare   10  
135 lightning mivil   26  
195 no, not miʧige   10  
179 near mori   91  
99 feather mowɛ-n   6  
82 dull, blunt muŋol   66  
176 below mɛlvɛn   41, 74  
59 mother mɪrɛ-   52  
145 smoke word info mʷos X 2, 76  
145 smoke word info mʷos   2, 76  
145 smoke word info mʷos   2, 76  
79 stick/wood na-i   1  
61 house na-im   1  
111 fish na-msal   52  
118 grass na-mʉs   51  
102 rat na-riɸ   18  
131 cloud word info na-ror   90  
133 rain na-us   1  
108 louse word info na-ut   1  
129 moon na-vʉl   1  
100 wing nambɛn   1, 12  
143 fire namp   19  
167 night natpʊŋ   1, 67  
168 day natrɪn   6, 52  
31 tooth ne-luwo-   1, 35  
110 spider nela   1  
63 name nesɛ-   66  
184 he/she ni   1, 6  
62 thatch/roof ni-at   1  
183 thou nik   1, 18  
187 they nir they 1, 33  
182 I niɔ   1, 21, 22  
105 tail no-volovolain   64  
117 fruit no-wɛn   1, 26  
54 man/male norman   1, 14  
122 water word info nu-ɔ   2  
45 eye nɛ-mtɛ-   1  
130 star nɛ-mʧʉ   13  
127 woods/forest nɛ-təra   90  
12 skin nɛ-vɛlɛvʉlʉ-   1, 81  
32 tongue nɛmɛ-   7, 41  
17 liver nɛrɛ-   41  
1 hand nɛvɛrɛ-   16  
106 snake nɪ-mɛt   12  
97 bird nɪ-mɪn   1  
103 meat/flesh nɪ-vison   10  
55 woman/female nɪ-vsevin   1, 74  
120 stone nɪ-βɪt   1  
109 mosquito nʊm   1  
174 in, inside olon   1  
202 Six word info owɔn   1  
207 Twenty word info oŋol oru   24  
208 Fifty word info oŋol ɛlim   x  
209 One Hundred word info oŋosɪŋavʉl   40  
23 blood ra   1  
114 leaf roin   1  
26 hair word info ron batu-   34, 60  
98 egg rulu-n   1, 66  
113 branch word info rɛŋsi-n   1, 21  
197 One word info sa   1  
169 year sia   66  
189 who? word info sie   1  
170 when? word info sʉeliŋ   59  
60 father tɛtɛ   19  
53 person/human being t͡sunɘmb   60  
198 Two word info ɔru   1  
201 Five word info ɛ-lim   1  
203 Seven word info ɛ-pʉt   1  
205 Nine word info ɛ-siʉ   5  
194 how? word info ɛrpɛse   55  
15 bone ʧi-   2, 31  
16 intestines ʧinɛ-   1  
30 mouth ʧoŋo-   55  
11 dust ᵐbetimau   86, 76  
43 ear ᵐboro-   16  
134 thunder ᵐbɛlvɛr   15, 38  
27 nose ᵑgunsi-   1, 58  
96 dog ᵑgəli   7, 78  
119 earth/soil ⁿdan   1, 78  
124 sea ⁿdes   1, 61  
107 worm (earthworm) ⁿdoto   66  
13 back word info ⁿdotɛrɛ-   82, 81  
14 belly ⁿdəpai-   36, 99  
65 rope ⁿtel   1, 76  
188 what? word info ⁿt͡se   1  

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