Ipili Talking Dictionary

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agalilu

n phrase tall man

Speaker: Sam Ako

akepene

adj white

Speaker: Sam Ako

amane

n fish

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ambiarene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ana

n moon

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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

eka

n bird

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ekae irinulu

n feather

Speaker: Sam Ako

ekene

n tongue

Speaker: Sam Ako

endapabe

n garden wall

Speaker: Sam Ako

ereru

n snake

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

idya

n tree

Speaker: Sam Ako

igwananga

n boy

Speaker: Sam Ako

ingane

n nose

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingane

n nose

Speaker: Sam Ako

ini

n daughter

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ipa

n water

Speaker: Sam Ako

ipili pi

n Ipili language

Speaker: Sam Ako

ipwa ugupene

n phrase cold water

Speaker: Sam Ako

irya

n wood

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kaena

stars (design on bilum bag)

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawa irini

n hair

Speaker: Sam Ako

ke

n leg

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

keonrene

n toe; foot

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 heart

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwa

kwa

n tree kangaroo

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

Speaker: Sam Ako

lapo

two; 2

Speaker: Sam Ako

lene

n tears

Speaker: Sam Ako

lenibane

tears cry

Speaker: Sam Ako

majene

n back

Speaker: Sam Ako

majia

eleven; 11

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

mindi

one; 1

Speaker: Sam Ako

mini

n woman

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabe balyene

eighteen; 18

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabipelini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabirabone

twenty-six; 26

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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: Koo Yandapake

namba angini

n phrase my mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba ayene

n phrase my father

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba peyu

you go, I go

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nambana ankari

n phrase my beard

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana kokomane

n phrase my brain

Speaker: Sam Ako

nampana kokomono

n phrase my brain

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

napimane

seventeen; 17

Speaker: Sam Ako

nene

n teeth

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

onyemidi

twenty-eight; 28

Speaker: Sam Ako

orongo

n day

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

paijia

ten; 10

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

paraga

six; 6

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

paraga

six; 6

Speaker: Sam Ako

pobo

n wind

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

pomborene

adj black

Speaker: Sam Ako

ponro

twenty-seven; 27

Speaker: Sam Ako

rabo

two; 2

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tuduba pene

adj red

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

u

n axe

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ubugiran

good morning

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

unitepo

thirty; 30

Speaker: Sam Ako

uru

n night

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wananga

n girl

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wanda miniene

n woman

Speaker: Sam Ako

yanajia

seven; 7

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yanko

n dog

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yapa

n knife

Speaker: Sam Ako

yau

five; 5

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yau

five; 5

Speaker: Sam Ako

yengin

n sow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia akambua

n phrase many 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 kambwa

n phrase many pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nambana andane

n phrase my big 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 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 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 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

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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