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Language: Vaha (Tanna Island)

Source/Author:  Kenneth Nehrbass, 2012 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:nwi  Glottocode: sout2869 
Notes:  From: A Comprehensive Comparison of Lexemes in the Major Languages of Tanna, Vanuatu 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Mary Walworth  Checked By:  
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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:
1 hand lɨm   1, 64  
2 left mawol   1, 59  
3 right m̃atuk   5, 37  
4 leg/foot nɨhu      
5 to walk əliwkə   97  
6 road/path swatuk   47  
7 to come hiə      
8 to turn word info ələləkin   123  
9 to swim eiai   5, 24  
10 dirty əmkɨmɨk 'be dirty' 14  
11 dust nɨmoluul   8  
12 skin lesɨ   73  
13 back word info nɨm̃eita   35  
14 belly nɨkwətp̃      
15 bone nɨkɨlkɨli   7  
16 intestines nɨsinau   1, 77  
17 liver nɨkanmap   7  
18 breast nah      
19 shoulder nula   61  
20 to know, be knowledgeable tkun   18?  
21 to think əlɨg   19  
21 to think ətəlɨg   19  
22 to fear gɨn      
23 blood nɨtaw 'blood belonging to s.o.' 1  
24 head kapə 'head belonging to s.o.' 9, 17  
24 head kap̃ə   9, 17  
25 neck nɨp̃ətək nua   18, 83  
26 hair word info nɨkwəne   59  
27 nose nəpɨghegh   1, 33  
28 to breathe eihaag   15  
29 to sniff, smell pin   42, 73  
30 mouth nəkwa   84  
31 tooth nɨkwəlu      
32 tongue nelam   7, 48  
33 to laugh aləh   97  
34 to cry asək   33  
35 to vomit luə   8  
36 to spit ətpɨs   19, 38  
37 to eat əvɨgɨn   1, 53  
38 to chew word info əkwəsɨs      
39 to cook word info vaan   50  
40 to drink nɨm̃   1, 72  
41 to bite əkwətu   1, 60  
42 to suck tɨm̃   17  
43 ear nɨm̃ətəlg   1  
44 to hear əlɨg      
45 eye nɨmth   1  
46 to see əm   80  
47 to yawn əkwaagha   12  
48 to sleep apɨl   11  
49 to lie down word info lkwao      
50 to dream əmlah   13  
51 to sit əkwətə   108  
52 to stand ətel   2, 57  
53 person/human being yetmamə   55  
54 man/male kwən      
55 woman/female pɨtavən woman 1, 35  
55 woman/female pɨtan wife 1, 35  
56 child tɨni      
57 husband yetman   17  
58 wife pɨtavən   5, 58  
58 wife pɨtan   5, 58  
59 mother nɨsɨn 'mother of someone' 1, 61  
60 father tɨm 'father of someone'    
61 house nim̃ə   1  
62 thatch/roof mələkien 'thatch made from coconut leaf'; also means 'coconut leaf'    
63 name nəg      
64 to say ni   104  
65 rope nələus   11  
66 to tie up, fasten alkɨs   1, 39  
67 to sew word info jil   71  
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info halɨp      
71 to stab, pierce hai   14  
72 to hit word info asɨk      
73 to steal əkləh      
74 to kill əwhapni      
75 to die, be dead mhiə      
76 to live, be alive mɨlagəh   60  
77 to scratch word info əki-əki   13  
78 to cut, hack word info ətai   1  
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info ohaptai   98  
81 sharp eslə   17  
82 dull, blunt pɨs   16  
83 to work word info      
84 to plant əmənə 'plant an orchard'    
85 to choose lp̃en      
86 to grow word info uvlə      
87 to swell word info əsiis      
88 to squeeze word info əvɨt   90  
89 to hold word info əskwalɨm   113  
90 to dig kɨl   1  
91 to buy nɨmtɨ      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info əwhapsɨl      
94 to throw word info atkuə      
95 to fall word info mɨl   40  
96 dog kuri L from Pn 7 L
97 bird manə   1  
98 egg kwənelh   1, 61  
99 feather nɨml      
100 wing təm̃əlm̃əlɨ      
101 to fly ieləg   1  
102 rat yahuk   3  
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease nəlp̃ə   15  
105 tail nɨpikɨ   1, 31  
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm) m̃əjikərəu   38  
108 louse word info ket   1  
109 mosquito m̃ɨk   1  
110 spider məkəl      
111 fish nəm   51  
112 rotten word info əulɨk      
113 branch word info kwenpav      
114 leaf nɨm̃alɨ   30  
115 root nua   50  
116 flower elwən      
117 fruit kwənkwa   1, 26  
118 grass m̃ənwhelɨk   1  
119 earth/soil nɨmoptanə   1, 34  
120 stone kəp̃iel   6  
121 sand nɨməkləkɨl   30  
122 water word info nu   2  
123 to flow      
124 sea tahik   1  
125 salt nɨgəl      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest yelkwən      
128 sky nɨmago-ago      
129 moon makuə   28  
130 star kɨmhau   13  
131 cloud word info nəpuə   16  
132 fog ətokw 'foggy'    
133 rain nəhig   1  
134 thunder kaluəluə   2, 64, 18  
135 lightning nəlowapɨgien   25  
136 wind nɨmətag   1, 66  
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info ap̃ei-ap̃ei   1, 98  
139 cold word info okiai   108  
140 dry word info əvsɨk   15  
141 wet əptɨg   13  
142 heavy pam   30  
143 fire nap̃   19, 25  
144 to burn word info as   42  
145 smoke word info nehenap   2  
146 ash nɨmtakw   1, 73  
147 black apɨg   9  
148 white awən   14  
149 red ətəuatəu      
150 yellow əukləh      
151 green əmlɨmtə   1  
152 small əkok   104  
153 big asol   47  
154 short word info əkok      
155 long word info ikəlu      
156 thin word info əgei-əgei   20  
157 thick word info kɨmkɨm   38  
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick mhiə      
161 shy, ashamed aulɨs      
162 old word info əwhalu   131  
163 new wi   1  
164 good huvə      
165 bad, evil hah   1  
166 correct, true pəlhien      
167 night nɨpɨg   1  
168 day lukweiha 'sunshine; day'    
169 year nekw 'yam; year' 41  
170 when? word info tuk nagheen   1, 43  
171 to hide word info elkwaig   7  
172 to climb word info əktə      
173 at ye   20  
174 in, inside nəkwa   72  
175 above pəktə      
176 below peiwaiyu      
177 this e kwusei; en 1, 18  
178 that ai      
179 near ipakə   32  
180 far isəkw   1  
181 where? word info hia   91  
182 I yəu   1, 21  
183 thou ik   1, 17  
184 he/she in   1, 43  
185 we word info kɨsə pl. incl.; kɨmhə - pl. excl.    
186 you kɨmiə   1, 13  
187 they iliə pl. 1, 75  
188 what? word info naha   1  
189 who? word info pa   1, 30  
190 other      
191 all fam   50  
192 and kɨni   1  
193 if tukmə   93  
194 how? word info -əhol-   87  
195 no, not nɨkam      
196 to count əhvuekɨn   26  
197 One word info kəjikenə   14, 44  
198 Two word info kɨlalu   8, 1  
199 Three word info kɨsisɨl   1  
200 Four word info kwies   1, 65  
201 Five word info kɨlkɨlɨp   1, 14  
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      

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