Ipili Talking Dictionary

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agari nurugu mindi

n phrase a tall man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agarinai alie hekelelani

n phrase man’s penis

Speaker: Sam Ako

alene

n ear

Speaker: Sam Ako

ambiarene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ana

n moon

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ana

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

anda

n house

Speaker: Sam Ako

arejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ari

n sky

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

arijia

twelve; 12

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

arini

n ear

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ebere

thank you

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

eka

n bird

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ekae irinulu

n feather

Speaker: Sam Ako

endabape

n garden wall

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

endapabe

n garden wall

Speaker: Sam Ako

enga

n garden

Speaker: Sam Ako

enka

n garden

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

erelu

n snake

Speaker: Sam Ako

ereru

n snake

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

hekeurane

n woman’s organ

Speaker: Sam Ako

ibamane

ibamane

n fish

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Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ibunane

n son

Speaker: Sam Ako

idya

n tree

Speaker: Sam Ako

igwananga

n boy

Speaker: Sam Ako

ingaje

fourteen; 14

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingane

n nose

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingeje

fourteen; 14

Speaker: Sam Ako

iramasine

n leaf

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

irimajene

n leaf

Speaker: Sam Ako

irya

n wood

Speaker: Sam Ako

kankaruene

n chest

Speaker: Sam Ako

ke

n leg

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ki

n arm

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kirupaje

eight; 8

Speaker: Sam Ako

kuparini

n lungs

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwa

n tree kangaroo

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kwentobe

n beads

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kwimi

n bone

Speaker: Sam Ako

lapo

two; 2

Speaker: Sam Ako

lene

n tears

Speaker: Sam Ako

lenibane

tears cry

Speaker: Sam Ako

maje

eleven; 11

Speaker: Sam Ako

majia

eleven; 11

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

mantu

n snot

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabimane

seventeen; 17

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabirabone

twenty-six; 26

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabirabone

twenty-six; 26

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabitukuni

twenty-four; 24

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiyanana

twenty-one; 21

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiyauguni

twenty-three; 23

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabiyawini

twenty-three; 23

Speaker: Sam Ako

nai

n sun

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba peyu

you go, I go

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nambana kokomane

n phrase my brain

Speaker: Sam Ako

nene

n teeth

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nu

Photo by K. David Harrison

n bilum bag

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

paijia

ten; 10

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

parokane

n wing

Speaker: Sam Ako

ponro

twenty-seven; 27

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ren

n eye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tebo

three; 3

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

timu

n arrow

Speaker: Sam Ako

tona

n headband

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

toropena

adj hot

Speaker: Sam Ako

toropeya

n sweat

Speaker: Sam Ako

tuduba pene

adj red

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tugumindi

four; 4

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tugumindi

four; 4

Speaker: Sam Ako

u

n axe

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ubeden ~ (u) ubeden

hello

Speaker: Sam Ako

ubugiran

good morning

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

umbani

n skin

Speaker: Sam Ako

unitepo

thirty; 30

Speaker: Sam Ako

wenentoba

n beads

Speaker: Sam Ako

yanajia

seven; 7

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yau

five; 5

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yau

five; 5

Speaker: Sam Ako

yengin

n sow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia agari

n boar

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia amako

n phrase that pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia andane

n phrase big pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia andane a

n phrase mama pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane pomberente bo

n phrase three big black pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia andane pomboren tebo ambun nambana

n phrase these, my three big black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nambana andane

n phrase my big pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nambana andane pomborene

n phrase my big black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nambana andane pomborene tebo

n phrase my three big black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nampana pomborene

n phrase my black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia nenelu

Photo by K. David Harrison

n tusk

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia o pomborene

n phrase this black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia ogo

n phrase this pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia ogo pomborene

n phrase this black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia oko andane

n phrase this big pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia pomborena andane

n phrase big black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia pomborene

n phrase black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia pop pomborene andane tebo nampana

n phrase these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia rebo

n phrase three pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia tebo

n phrase three pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yu

n earth; dirt

Speaker: Sam Ako

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Ipili Talking Dictionary produced by K. David Harrison, Neal Kelso and Jeremy Fahringer. (2020) Ipili language contributors are credited within the dictionary entries.
The Ipili Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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