Ipili Talking Dictionary

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agari nurugu mindi

n phrase a tall man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agari tomaki

n phrase short man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agarirumag

n phrase short man

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

akebene

adj white

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

amane

n fish

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ana

n moon

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ana

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

anda

n house

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

angini

n mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

arejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ari

n sky

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

arini

n ear

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

egene

n tongue

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ekae irinulu

n feather

Speaker: Sam Ako

ekene

n tongue

Speaker: Sam Ako

epele

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

erije

nine; 9

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

gubaya

n penis

Speaker: Sam Ako

hekeurane

n woman’s organ

Speaker: Sam Ako

ibunane

n son

Speaker: Sam Ako

ida

n tree

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

igwa

n water

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

indobu

goodbye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingane

n nose

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingeje

fourteen; 14

Speaker: Sam Ako

ipa

n water

Speaker: Sam Ako

irya

n wood

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

iwananga

n boy

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawa irini

n hair

Speaker: Sam Ako

kawa irini, irini

n hair

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawane

n head

Speaker: Sam Ako

ke

n leg

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kiyanane

n elbow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kubarini

n chest

Speaker: Sam Ako

kuparini

n lungs

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwa

n tree kangaroo

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kwentobe

n beads

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

maje

eleven; 11

Speaker: Sam Ako

mantu

n snot

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabibirini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabitegone

twenty-five; 25

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nai

n sun

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

namba angini

n phrase my mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba ayene

n phrase my father

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba ayene

n phrase my father

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

namba ini

n phrase my daughter

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba pejogo

you go, I go

Speaker: Paulus

namba peyu

you go, I go

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

namba torobeye

n phrase my sweat

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana ankari

n phrase my beard

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana kuparini

n phrase my lungs

Speaker: Sam Ako

nene

n teeth

Speaker: Sam Ako

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

pomborene

adj black

Speaker: Sam Ako

rabo

two; 2

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ren

n eye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

toropeya

n sweat

Speaker: Sam Ako

tugumindi

four; 4

Speaker: Sam Ako

turuba

n blood

Speaker: Sam Ako

ubeden ~ (u) ubeden

hello

Speaker: Sam Ako

umbani

n skin

Speaker: Sam Ako

unitepo

thirty; 30

Speaker: Sam Ako

unyarabo

twenty-nine; 29

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

uru

n night

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wananga

n girl

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wananga

n girl

Speaker: Sam Ako

wanda

n woman

Speaker: Sam Ako

wenentoba

n beads

Speaker: Sam Ako

yanko

n dog

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yanra

n bow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yea pomporene

n phrase black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yengin

n sow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia

n pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia akambua

n phrase many pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia andane

n phrase big pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia andane

n phrase big pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane a

n phrase mama pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane pomborene tebo

n phrase three big black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia angini

n sow

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia kambwa

n phrase many pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nambana

n phrase my 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

n phrase my pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia nampana andane pomborene

n phrase my big black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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 andane

n phrase this big pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia ogo pomborene andane

n phrase this big black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia pomberente bo

n phrase three black pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia pomborena andane

n phrase big black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia pomborena andane

n phrase big black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia pomborene tebo

n phrase three black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yu

n earth; dirt

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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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