Ipili Talking Dictionary

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abagane

n wing

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

agari nurugu mindi

n phrase a tall man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agari tomaki

n phrase short man

Speaker: Sam Ako

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ana

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

angini

n mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

arejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ari

n mountain

Speaker: Sam Ako

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

ekene

n tongue

Speaker: Sam Ako

endabape

n garden wall

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

enga

n garden

Speaker: Sam Ako

enka

n garden

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

eplore

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

erelu

erelu

n snake

Example: Photo by tom-kirschey-nabu / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Speaker: Sam Ako

erije

nine; 9

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ibamane

n fish

Speaker: Sam Ako

ibunane

n son

Speaker: Sam Ako

ida

n tree

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

idya

n tree

Speaker: Sam Ako

igwananga

n boy

Speaker: Sam Ako

indobu

goodbye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingaje

fourteen; 14

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ini

n daughter

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ipwa ugupene

n phrase cold water

Speaker: Sam Ako

iramasine

n leaf

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

iwananga

n boy

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawa irini, irini

n hair

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawane

n head

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawane

n head

Speaker: Sam Ako

ki

n arm

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kionrene

n finger

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kirupaje

eight; 8

Speaker: Sam Ako

kiyanane

n elbow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kubarini

n chest

Speaker: Sam Ako

kuere

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

kuparini

n lungs

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

kware

n stone

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwimi

n bone

Speaker: Sam Ako

lapo

two; 2

Speaker: Sam Ako

lejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Sam Ako

lene

n tears

Speaker: Sam Ako

lenibane

tears cry

Speaker: Sam Ako

majia

eleven; 11

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

mantu

n snot

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

masene

n back

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabibirini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabipelini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabirabone

twenty-six; 26

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabirabone

twenty-six; 26

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabitegone

twenty-five; 25

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabitukuni

twenty-four; 24

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiyanana

twenty-one; 21

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabiyauguni

twenty-three; 23

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabugirubana

twenty; 20

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nai

n sun

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba igwanana

n phrase my son

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

namba ini

n phrase my daughter

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba torobeye

n phrase my sweat

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana kokomane

n phrase my brain

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana kuparini

n phrase my heart

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana kuparini

n phrase my lungs

Speaker: Sam Ako

nampana kokomono

n phrase my brain

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

napimane

seventeen; 17

Speaker: Sam Ako

paijia

ten; 10

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

pipije

n stars

Speaker: Sam Ako

ponro

twenty-seven; 27

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

pyanko

n dog

Speaker: Sam Ako

tebo

three; 3

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tuduba pene

adj red

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tugumindi

four; 4

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

u

n axe

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ubeden ~ (u) ubeden

hello

Speaker: Sam Ako

ubugiran

good morning

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

unyemindi

twenty-eight; 28

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

uru

n night

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wananga

n girl

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wenentoba

n beads

Speaker: Sam Ako

yau

five; 5

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane pomberente bo

n phrase three big black pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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 angini

n sow

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 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 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

yia pop pomborene andane tebo nampana

n phrase these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia tebo

n phrase three pigs

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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