Ipili Talking Dictionary

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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

amane

n fish

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ambiarene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ambulene

fifteen; 15

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ana

n moon

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

angini

n mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

ari

n mountain

Speaker: Sam Ako

arini

n ear

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

egene

n tongue

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

eka

n bird

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

eka

n bird of paradise

Speaker: Sam Ako

ekae irinulu

n feather

Speaker: Sam Ako

endabape

n garden wall

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

endapabe

n garden wall

Speaker: Sam Ako

erelu

n snake

Speaker: Sam Ako

ereru

n snake

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

hekeurane

n woman’s organ

Speaker: Sam Ako

ibamane

n fish

Speaker: Sam Ako

igwananga

n boy

Speaker: Sam Ako

inbapu

goodbye

Speaker: Sam Ako

indobu

goodbye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingane

n nose

Speaker: Sam Ako

ipa

n water

Speaker: Sam Ako

ipili pi

n Ipili language

Speaker: Sam Ako

irya

n wood

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kaena

stars (design on bilum bag)

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kankaruene

n chest

Speaker: Sam Ako

kawa irini, irini

n hair

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawane

n head

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawane

n head

Speaker: Sam Ako

kiyanane

n elbow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kuere

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwa

n tree kangaroo

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kwa

kwa

n tree kangaroo

Example: Photo by Tim Williams / Flickr, License: CC-BY via Flickr

Speaker: Sam Ako

kware

n stone

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kwentobe

n beads

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

lejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Sam Ako

lene

n tears

Speaker: Sam Ako

lenibane

tears cry

Speaker: Sam Ako

majene

n back

Speaker: Sam Ako

mantu

n snot

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

masene

n back

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

mindi

one; 1

Speaker: Sam Ako

mini

n woman

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabe balyene

eighteen; 18

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabikirupana

twenty; 20

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabitegone

twenty-five; 25

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabitukuni

twenty-four; 24

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiwaragane

twenty-two; 22

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 igwanana

n phrase my son

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

namba ini

n phrase my daughter

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana ankari

n phrase my beard

Speaker: Sam Ako

nampana kokomono

n phrase my brain

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

napimane

seventeen; 17

Speaker: Sam Ako

nu

Photo by K. David Harrison

n bilum bag

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

oronga

n day

Speaker: Sam Ako

paijia

ten; 10

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

paraga

six; 6

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

pipije

n stars

Speaker: Sam Ako

pobo

n wind

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

pobo ebeja

n wind

Speaker: Sam Ako

ponro

twenty-seven; 27

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ren

n eye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

timu

n arrow

Speaker: Sam Ako

tugumindi

four; 4

Speaker: Sam Ako

turuba

n blood

Speaker: Sam Ako

ubeden ~ (u) ubeden

hello

Speaker: Sam Ako

ubugiran

good morning

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

umbani

n skin

Speaker: Sam Ako

unyemindi

twenty-eight; 28

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wananga

n girl

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wanda

n woman

Speaker: Sam Ako

yanajia

seven; 7

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yanko

n dog

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yanra

n bow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yau

five; 5

Speaker: Sam Ako

yea pomporene

n phrase black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yengin

n sow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia agari

n boar

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia amoko

n phrase that pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane pomberente wa amoko nampana

n phrase these three big black pigs of mine

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia andane pomboren tebo ambun nambana

n phrase these, my three big black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane pomborene tebo

n phrase three big black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nambana

n phrase my pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nampana andane pomborene

n phrase my big black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia o pomborene

n phrase this black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia ogo andane

n phrase this big pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia ogo pomborene

n phrase this black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia ogo pomborene andane

n phrase this big 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: Sam Ako

yia pop pomborene andane tebo nampana

n phrase these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Sam Ako

yu

n earth; dirt

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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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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