Ipili Talking Dictionary

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abagane

n wing

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

agalilu

n phrase tall man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agari nurugu mindi

n phrase a 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

agariru

n phrase tall man

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

akebene

adj white

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

akepene

adj white

Speaker: Sam Ako

alene

n ear

Speaker: Sam Ako

amane

n fish

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ana

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

anara

n moon

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

anda

n house

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

anda

n house

Speaker: Sam Ako

ari

n mountain

Speaker: Sam Ako

arini

n ear

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ebere

thank you

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

egene

n tongue

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

endabape

n garden wall

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

enga

n garden

Speaker: Sam Ako

epele

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

eplore

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

erelu

n snake

Speaker: Sam Ako

ereru

n snake

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

erije

nine; 9

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ibamane

ibamane

n fish

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Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ibunane

n son

Speaker: Sam Ako

idya

n tree

Speaker: Sam Ako

inbapu

goodbye

Speaker: Sam Ako

ingeje

fourteen; 14

Speaker: Sam Ako

ipili pi

n Ipili language

Speaker: Sam Ako

iramasine

n leaf

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

irimajene

n leaf

Speaker: Sam Ako

kakayenra

n stars on flag

Speaker: Sam Ako

kankaruene

n chest

Speaker: Sam Ako

kawa irini, irini

n hair

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kawane

n head

Speaker: Sam Ako

keonrene

n toe; foot

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kionrene

n finger

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kiyanane

n elbow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kuparini

n lungs

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwa

n tree kangaroo

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kware

n stone

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kware

n stone

Speaker: Sam Ako

lapo

two; 2

Speaker: Sam Ako

lene

n tears

Speaker: Sam Ako

maje

eleven; 11

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabe balyene

eighteen; 18

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabibirini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabimane

seventeen; 17

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

namba peyu

you go, I go

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nambana ankari

n phrase my beard

Speaker: Sam Ako

nene

n teeth

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nu

Photo by K. David Harrison

n bilum bag

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

onyemidi

twenty-eight; 28

Speaker: Sam Ako

orongo

n day

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

pobo ebeja

n wind

Speaker: Sam Ako

ponro

twenty-seven; 27

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

rabo

two; 2

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ren

n eye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tebo

three; 3

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

timu

n arrow

Speaker: Sam Ako

toropena

adj hot

Speaker: Sam Ako

toropeya

n sweat

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

unitepo

thirty; 30

Speaker: Sam Ako

wanda

n woman

Speaker: Sam Ako

yanajia

seven; 7

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yanko

n dog

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yanra

n bow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yapa

n knife

Speaker: Sam Ako

yengin

n sow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia agari

n boar

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia akambua

n phrase many pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia amoko

n phrase that pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane

n phrase big pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

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 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 ogo pomborene andane

n phrase this big black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

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 rebo

n phrase three pigs

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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