Ipili Talking Dictionary

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agalilu

n phrase tall man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agari nurugu mindi

n phrase a tall man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agarinai alie hekelelani

n phrase man’s penis

Speaker: Sam Ako

agariru

n phrase tall man

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

agarirumag

n phrase short man

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

akebene

adj white

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

akepene

adj white

Speaker: Sam Ako

alene

n ear

Speaker: Sam Ako

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ambiarene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ana

n moon

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ana

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

anara

n moon

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

angini

n mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

arejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ari

n mountain

Speaker: Sam Ako

ari

n sky

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

arini

n ear

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

egene

n tongue

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

eka

n bird of paradise

Speaker: Sam Ako

endapabe

n garden wall

Speaker: Sam Ako

epele

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

ereru

n snake

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

erije

nine; 9

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

hekeurane

n woman’s organ

Speaker: Sam Ako

ibamane

ibamane

n fish

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Speaker: Koo Yandapake

igwananga

n boy

Speaker: Sam Ako

indobu

goodbye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ini

n daughter

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ipwa ugupene

n phrase cold water

Speaker: Sam Ako

iramasine

n leaf

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

iruwaje

eight; 8

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

irya

n wood

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kankaruene

n chest

Speaker: Sam Ako

kawane

n head

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawane

n head

Speaker: Sam Ako

keonrene

n toe; foot

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ki

n arm

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kionrene

n finger

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kware

n stone

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwentobe

n beads

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kwimi

n bone

Speaker: Sam Ako

lapo

two; 2

Speaker: Sam Ako

majene

n back

Speaker: Sam Ako

majia

eleven; 11

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

masene

n back

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

mini

n woman

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabe balyene

eighteen; 18

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabibirini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabikirupana

twenty; 20

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabimane

seventeen; 17

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabipelini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabitukuni

twenty-four; 24

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiyanana

twenty-one; 21

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabugirubana

twenty; 20

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 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 kawari irinulu

n phrase my hair

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana kuparini

n phrase my heart

Speaker: Sam Ako

nampana kokomono

n phrase my brain

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nu

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n bilum bag

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

oronga

n day

Speaker: Sam Ako

parokane

n wing

Speaker: Sam Ako

pobo ebeja

n wind

Speaker: Sam Ako

pomborene

adj black

Speaker: Sam Ako

ponro

twenty-seven; 27

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

pyanko

n dog

Speaker: Sam Ako

rabo

two; 2

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ren

n eye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

timu

n arrow

Speaker: Sam Ako

tuduba pene

adj red

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tudwupene

adj red

Speaker: Sam Ako

tugumindi

four; 4

Speaker: Sam Ako

unitepo

thirty; 30

Speaker: Sam Ako

uru

n night

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wananga

n girl

Speaker: Sam Ako

yanko

n dog

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yau

five; 5

Speaker: Sam Ako

yengin

n sow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia agari

n boar

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia amoko

n phrase that pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane

n phrase big pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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 kambwa

n phrase many pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nambana

n phrase my pig

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 o pomborene

n phrase this black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia ogo pomborene

n phrase this 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: Sam Ako

yia pomborene

n phrase black pig

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.
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