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

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

angini

n mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

arejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

arijia

twelve; 12

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

arini

n ear

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

eka

n bird of paradise

Speaker: Sam Ako

ekae irinulu

n feather

Speaker: Sam Ako

ekene

n tongue

Speaker: Sam Ako

enka

n garden

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

eplore

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

erelu

n snake

Speaker: Sam Ako

gubaya

n penis

Speaker: Sam Ako

hekeurane

n woman’s organ

Speaker: Sam Ako

igwa

n water

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

indobu

goodbye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingane

n nose

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingane

n nose

Speaker: Sam Ako

ingeje

fourteen; 14

Speaker: Sam Ako

ipwa ugupene

n phrase cold water

Speaker: Sam Ako

irimajene

n leaf

Speaker: Sam Ako

iruwaje

eight; 8

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kaena

stars (design on bilum bag)

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawa irini, irini

n hair

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawane

n head

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

keonrene

n toe; foot

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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

kuparini

n heart

Speaker: Sam Ako

kuparini

n lungs

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwa

kwa

n tree kangaroo

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Speaker: Sam Ako

kware

n stone

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kware

n stone

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwentobe

n beads

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

lene

n tears

Speaker: Sam Ako

lenibane

tears cry

Speaker: Sam Ako

maje

eleven; 11

Speaker: Sam Ako

majia

eleven; 11

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

mindi

one; 1

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabe balyene

eighteen; 18

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabikirupana

twenty; 20

Speaker: Sam Ako

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

nabiyawini

twenty-three; 23

Speaker: Sam Ako

nai

n sun

Speaker: Sam Ako

nai

n sun

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

namba ayene

n phrase my father

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba ini

n phrase my daughter

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba pejogo

you go, I go

Speaker: Paulus

nambana kawari irinulu

n phrase my hair

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana kokomane

n phrase my brain

Speaker: Sam Ako

napimane

seventeen; 17

Speaker: Sam Ako

nene

n teeth

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nene

n teeth

Speaker: Sam Ako

nu

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n bilum bag

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

onyemidi

twenty-eight; 28

Speaker: Sam Ako

oronga

n day

Speaker: Sam Ako

paraga

six; 6

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

paraga

six; 6

Speaker: Sam Ako

pobo

n wind

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ponro

twenty-seven; 27

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tani

n grass

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tebo

three; 3

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tepo

three; 3

Speaker: Sam Ako

tugumindi

four; 4

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

turuba

n blood

Speaker: Sam Ako

u

n axe

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

umbani

n skin

Speaker: Sam Ako

unitepo

thirty; 30

Speaker: Sam Ako

unyarabo

twenty-nine; 29

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

unyemindi

twenty-eight; 28

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wananga

n girl

Speaker: Sam Ako

wenentoba

n beads

Speaker: Sam Ako

yanko

n dog

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yapa

n knife

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 amako

n phrase that pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia andane a

n phrase mama 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 nambana andane pomborene tebo

n phrase my three big black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nenelu

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n tusk

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia o pomborene

n phrase this black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia pomberente bo

n phrase three black pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia pomborene

n phrase black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia rebo

n phrase three pigs

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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