Ipili Talking Dictionary

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abagane

n wing

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

agalilu

n phrase tall man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agari tomaki

n phrase short man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agarinai alie hekelelani

n phrase man’s penis

Speaker: Sam Ako

akepene

adj white

Speaker: Sam Ako

alene

n ear

Speaker: Sam Ako

amane

n fish

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ana

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

anda

n house

Speaker: Sam Ako

arejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ari

n mountain

Speaker: Sam Ako

ari

n sky

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

arijia

twelve; 12

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

egene

n tongue

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

endabape

n garden wall

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

enka

n garden

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

epele

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

eplore

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

erelu

n snake

Speaker: Sam Ako

erije

nine; 9

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

gubaya

n penis

Speaker: Sam Ako

ibamane

ibamane

n fish

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

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ibamane

n fish

Speaker: Sam Ako

ida

n tree

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

igwa

n water

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

indobu

goodbye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingane

n nose

Speaker: Sam Ako

ingeje

fourteen; 14

Speaker: Sam Ako

ipwa ugupene

n phrase cold water

Speaker: Sam Ako

iwananga

n boy

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kaena

stars (design on bilum bag)

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kankaruene

n chest

Speaker: Sam Ako

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

keonrene

n toe; foot

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ki

n arm

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kiyanane

n elbow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kubarini

n chest

Speaker: Sam Ako

kuparini

n heart

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: Sam Ako

kwentobe

n beads

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

lejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Sam Ako

lenibane

tears cry

Speaker: Sam Ako

maje

eleven; 11

Speaker: Sam Ako

majia

eleven; 11

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

mini

n woman

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabimane

seventeen; 17

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabipelini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabirabone

twenty-six; 26

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabitegone

twenty-five; 25

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiwaragane

twenty-two; 22

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiyanana

twenty-one; 21

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabiyawini

twenty-three; 23

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba angini

n phrase my mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

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

nampana kokomono

n phrase my brain

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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: Sam Ako

pipije

n stars

Speaker: Sam Ako

pobo

n wind

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tepo

three; 3

Speaker: Sam Ako

tona

n headband

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

toropeya

n sweat

Speaker: Sam Ako

tudwupene

adj red

Speaker: Sam Ako

unyarabo

twenty-nine; 29

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

unyemindi

twenty-eight; 28

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

uru

n night

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wananga

n girl

Speaker: Sam Ako

wanda

n woman

Speaker: Sam Ako

wenentoba

n beads

Speaker: Sam Ako

yanajia

seven; 7

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia agari

n boar

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 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 andane pomborene tebo

n phrase three big black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia angini

n sow

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nenelu

Photo by K. David Harrison

n tusk

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia ogo

n phrase this pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia ogo andane

n phrase this big 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 tebo

n phrase three black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia rebo

n phrase three pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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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