A Comprehensive Comparison of Lexemes in the ... - SIL International

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Appendix A.Nearly identical lexemes in Tanna’s languages.
Gloss
Vernacular
1. ashamed aulɨs/aurɨs
2. atmosphere nɨmago-ago/nɨmagouagou/nagəpagəp
3. backpack kajipə
4. bait nɨpien
5. baked vegetables kəktən
6. beloved, important keikei
7. bickering musmus
8. blood (possessive) nɨrə*/nɨta*/nɨtaw*
9. builder, woodcarver, hypocrite yalpəkao/yarpəkao/ yərpəkau
10. butterfly, moth pãup̃auk
11. cheek nɨkap̃*
12. chief yeni
13. cloud nəpuə
14. cry, bark, neigh, ring asək
15. dance (women, jumping up and əmako
down)
16. descend eiwaiyu
17. digging stick kakɨl/kakɨr
18. dry (as in food that is not moist) pɨkɨn/peikɨn
19. echo təp̃utəm
20. evening meal for the men nahunu/nəhunu/nafunu/ nəfunu
21. exit, escape, go out iet/ier
22. fat tissue (possessive) nərp̃ə/nəlp̃ə/nɨlɨp̃ə/nəlɨp̃ə
23. festival of exchanging food with niel/nieli/nier/ nieri
cousins
24. float, swim eiai
25. fork in the wood səpaag/səpaag*/təpaag/təpaag*
26. gable, jaw, triangle kaugə/nenkaugə
27. girl (affectionate term of address) koko
28. glutton yaoəgənam/yaoəgənəm
29. goodbye im̃ a*
30. he, him, she, her, it (3sg) in
31. hole (in stone, wood) nɨp̃əg/nəp̃əg
32. horsefly kətə
33. house nim̃ ə
34. hunger for meat naugə
35. I, me (1sg) yəu
36. intoxicated, drunk ap̃ɨs
37. kind of bat təu-təu/uto-uto/uuto-uuto
38. leaf (possessive) nɨm̃ al*/nɨm̃ alɨ*/nɨm̃ ar*/nɨm̃ ei*