Ipili Talking Dictionary

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akepene

adj white

Speaker: Sam Ako

alene

n ear

Speaker: Sam Ako

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ana

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

anara

n moon

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

angini

n mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

arejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

arini

n ear

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ebere

thank you

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

eka

eka

n bird

Example: Photo by Katernia Tvardikova / New Guinea Birds, License: CC-BY-NC-SA via pngbirds.myspecies.info

Speaker: Sam Ako

eka

n bird of paradise

Speaker: Sam Ako

ekene

n tongue

Speaker: Sam Ako

enka

n garden

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

epele

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

eplore

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

erije

nine; 9

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

gubaya

n penis

Speaker: Sam Ako

hekeurane

n woman’s organ

Speaker: Sam Ako

ida

n tree

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

idya

n tree

Speaker: Sam Ako

igwananga

n boy

Speaker: Sam Ako

inbapu

goodbye

Speaker: Sam Ako

ipili pi

n Ipili language

Speaker: Sam Ako

iramasine

n leaf

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

irimajene

n leaf

Speaker: Sam Ako

iwananga

n boy

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

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

ki

n arm

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

kwimi

n bone

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

masene

n back

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

mindi

one; 1

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabipelini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabirabone

twenty-six; 26

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabitukuni

twenty-four; 24

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiyanana

twenty-one; 21

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiyanana

twenty-one; 21

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabiyauguni

twenty-three; 23

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabiyawini

twenty-three; 23

Speaker: Sam Ako

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 kawari irinulu

n phrase my hair

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

orongo

n day

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

paijia

ten; 10

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

paraga

six; 6

Speaker: Sam Ako

parokane

n wing

Speaker: Sam Ako

pobo ebeja

n wind

Speaker: Sam Ako

pomborene

adj black

Speaker: Sam Ako

pyanko

n dog

Speaker: Sam Ako

ren

n eye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tani

n grass

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tebo

three; 3

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tona

n headband

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

toropena

adj hot

Speaker: Sam Ako

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

umbani

n skin

Speaker: Sam Ako

unitepo

thirty; 30

Speaker: Sam Ako

unyemindi

twenty-eight; 28

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

uru

n night

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wenentoba

n beads

Speaker: Sam Ako

yapa

n knife

Speaker: Sam Ako

yea pomporene

n phrase black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yengin

n sow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yerajia

seven; 7

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia

n 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 angini

n sow

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nambana

n phrase my pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nambana andane pomborene

n phrase my big black 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

n phrase this pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia pomberente bo

n phrase three black pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia pomborene tebo

n phrase three black pigs

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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