Language: Orkon
| Source/Author: | Crowley, Lynch, Early - notes | |
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| Notes: | A moribund language of West Ambrym, Vanuatu, now spoken by almost no active speakers, maybe 40 or so have a passive knowledge of it. | |
| Problems: | In some cases in our notes, there is some dispute as to whether a vowel is e or open e, or again o or open o. No final phonemic analysis of the vowels has been done, due to inadequate data. We believe that possibly the sole fluent speaker (who we worked with briefly) has since died. | |
| Data Entry: | Typed By: John Lynch Checked By: | |
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| Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Vanuatu:(G):Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:(B):Central Vanuatu | |
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- Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2007-01-30 13:58:32)
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| ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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| 1 | hand | vela- | 16 | ||
| 2 | left | mʷil | 1 | ||
| 3 | right | mæru | 5 | ||
| 4 | leg/foot | ye- | 1? | ||
| 5 | to walk | tele | |||
| 6 | road/path | silil | 1? | ||
| 7 | to come | me | 1 | ||
| 8 | to turn
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kelai | |||
| 9 | to swim | lolō | 8? | ||
| 10 | dirty | soksok | possibly means 'rubbish' | ||
| 11 | dust | bulumolɔɔ | 20 | ||
| 12 | skin | leŋe- | |||
| 13 | back
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pʷiri | 52? | ||
| 14 | belly | toa- | |||
| 15 | bone | pal|si | 2? | ||
| 16 | intestines | tine- | 1 | ||
| 17 | liver | linar | |||
| 18 | breast | sī | 1 | ||
| 19 | shoulder | pʷelespʷe | 38? | ||
| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable | kil|pʷele | 18 | ||
| 21 | to think | notnor | |||
| 22 | to fear | mɨro | 1 | ||
| 23 | blood | ra | 1 | ||
| 24 | head | pare- | 9 | ||
| 25 | neck | ewundo- | |||
| 26 | hair
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vɨlo- | 31 | ||
| 27 | nose | koso- | 1 | ||
| 28 | to breathe | taboŋo | |||
| 29 | to sniff, smell | pon|əse | 42 | ||
| 30 | mouth | boŋo- | 41 | ||
| 31 | tooth | luo- | 1 | ||
| 32 | tongue | mia- | 7 | ||
| 33 | to laugh | mæn | 51 | ||
| 34 | to cry | raŋ | 1 | ||
| 35 | to vomit | lo | 8 | ||
| 36 | to spit | kup | 42 | ||
| 37 | to eat | yɛn | 1 | ||
| 38 | to chew
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| 39 | to cook
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| 40 | to drink | min | 1 | ||
| 41 | to bite | ari | 1 | ||
| 42 | to suck | pa|sum | 21 | ||
| 43 | ear | releŋa- | 1 | ||
| 44 | to hear | loŋone | 1 | ||
| 45 | eye | mera- | 1 | ||
| 46 | to see | kulkulo | |||
| 47 | to yawn |
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| 48 | to sleep | fʷier | 44 | ||
| 49 | to lie down
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liŋ kareno | 25, 1? | ||
| 50 | to dream |
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| 51 | to sit | tofan | |||
| 52 | to stand | sop | |||
| 53 | person/human being | namʷe | |||
| 54 | man/male | entɛn | also person, husband | ||
| 55 | woman/female | vɛn | 1, 41 | ||
| 56 | child | lolpuŋpoŋ | 31 | ||
| 57 | husband | entɛn | also man, person | ||
| 58 | wife |
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| 59 | mother | laha- | reference | ||
| 59 | mother | nina | address | 1, 5 | |
| 60 | father | tema- | reference | 1 | |
| 60 | father | tita | address | 23 | |
| 61 | house | ɛm | 1 | ||
| 62 | thatch/roof |
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| 63 | name | isa- | 1, 66 | ||
| 64 | to say | war | 30 | ||
| 65 | rope | awa | 25? | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | fari | 35 | ||
| 67 | to sew
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sene | |||
| 68 | needle |
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| 69 | to hunt
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mɨtlo | |||
| 70 | to shoot
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| 71 | to stab, pierce | tili | 35? | ||
| 72 | to hit
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lupu | 48 | ||
| 73 | to steal |
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| 74 | to kill | lupu | 42? | ||
| 74 | to kill | to|pini | 1 | ||
| 75 | to die, be dead | mier | 1 | ||
| 76 | to live, be alive | mɨl | 1 | ||
| 77 | to scratch
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kelkele | 1 | ||
| 78 | to cut, hack
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t | 1? | ||
| 79 | stick/wood | ririli-ye | 1 | ||
| 80 | to split
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lel | |||
| 81 | sharp | ken | 14 | ||
| 82 | dull, blunt |
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| 83 | to work
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ɣ | |||
| 84 | to plant |
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| 85 | to choose |
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| 86 | to grow
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| 87 | to swell
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mokolo | |||
| 88 | to squeeze
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usi | 18 | ||
| 89 | to hold
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rokoni | 49 | ||
| 90 | to dig | kil | 1 | ||
| 91 | to buy |
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| 92 | to open, uncover |
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| 93 | to pound, beat
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| 94 | to throw
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topne | |||
| 95 | to fall
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mur | 57 | ||
| 96 | dog | kuli | 7 | ||
| 97 | bird | pael | |||
| 98 | egg | rili|ri | 1 | ||
| 99 | feather | velo- | 1 | ||
| 100 | wing | apau- | 1 | ||
| 101 | to fly | ka | 14 | ||
| 102 | rat | tɔmɔ | |||
| 103 | meat/flesh | isi | 10? | ||
| 104 | fat/grease | kulori | 42? | ||
| 105 | tail | kile- | animal | 1 | |
| 105 | tail | punse- | bird | 30 | |
| 106 | snake | tiltiel | 13 | ||
| 107 | worm (earthworm) |
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| 108 | louse
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ur | 1 | ||
| 109 | mosquito | paŋken | |||
| 110 | spider | ramo|lo | spiderweb | 1 | |
| 111 | fish | malo | 52 | ||
| 112 | rotten
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po | 52 | ||
| 113 | branch
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| 114 | leaf | lo|ko | 1 | ||
| 115 | root | lipʷi | 18 | ||
| 116 | flower | wuŋo- | 1 | ||
| 117 | fruit | we- | 1 | ||
| 118 | grass | lopʷer|mune | 31 | ||
| 119 | earth/soil | tan | 1 | ||
| 120 | stone | vior | 1 | ||
| 121 | sand | pelo|en | 1 | ||
| 122 | water
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we | 2 | ||
| 123 | to flow | mokɨr | |||
| 124 | sea | tie | 1? | ||
| 125 | salt | tie | = sea | 20? | |
| 126 | lake | we|male | may be proper noun | 9 | |
| 127 | woods/forest | pupuor | |||
| 127 | woods/forest | pʷirior | |||
| 128 | sky | toŋtoŋ | |||
| 129 | moon | apari | 29 | ||
| 130 | star | mɨso | 13 | ||
| 131 | cloud
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(si)lolō | |||
| 132 | fog | mōp | 32 | ||
| 133 | rain | ō | |||
| 134 | thunder | palta | |||
| 135 | lightning | pel | 26 | ||
| 136 | wind | leŋ | 1 | ||
| 137 | to blow
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u | 1 | ||
| 138 | warm
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fenfaŋ | 50 | ||
| 139 | cold
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mel | 51? | ||
| 140 | dry
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toŋtoŋ | |||
| 140 | dry
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mem | 11 | ||
| 141 | wet | sipsiep | |||
| 142 | heavy | map | 1 | ||
| 143 | fire | fæŋ | 21 | ||
| 144 | to burn
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yɛn | 40 | ||
| 144 | to burn
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mʷane | |||
| 145 | smoke
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yo | 2? | ||
| 146 | ash | mai | |||
| 147 | black | mirmir | 1 | ||
| 148 | white | mɨ-fɨfɨ | 1? | ||
| 149 | red | filfili | 18 | ||
| 150 | yellow | yiŋyæŋ | 9 | ||
| 151 | green | mɨlmɨl | 13 | ||
| 152 | small | kekeli | 2 | ||
| 153 | big | topo | |||
| 154 | short
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mʷermʷer | 32 | ||
| 155 | long
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pɨlɔɔp | 16 | ||
| 156 | thin
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minip | 1 | ||
| 157 | thick
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mirel | 3 | ||
| 158 | narrow | sele|walkier | ? (sele = path?) | 22 | |
| 159 | wide |
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| 160 | painful, sick | mise | 1 | ||
| 161 | shy, ashamed |
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| 162 | old
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mæro | 1 | ||
| 163 | new | yiye | |||
| 164 | good | we | 1 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | sakape | 1? | ||
| 166 | correct, true | meor | correct | ||
| 166 | correct, true | enko | true/real | ||
| 167 | night | lon|bumalɛk | 43 | ||
| 168 | day | liyal | |||
| 169 | year | rom | = yam | 43 | |
| 170 | when?
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naŋe | 1 | ||
| 170 | when?
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pilikope | |||
| 171 | to hide
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| 172 | to climb
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| 173 | at |
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| 174 | in, inside | lo | 1 | ||
| 175 | above |
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| 176 | below |
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| 177 | this | kole | |||
| 178 | that | kola | |||
| 179 | near | felte | 42? | ||
| 180 | far | soren | 1 | ||
| 181 | where?
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pe | 3, 35 | ||
| 182 | I | no | 1 | ||
| 183 | thou | nak | 1 | ||
| 184 | he/she | ŋe | 1 | ||
| 185 | we
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er | 1 | ||
| 185 | we
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ɣɲmɲm | 2 | ||
| 186 | you | ɣimim | 1 | ||
| 187 | they | yel | 1 | ||
| 188 | what?
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sowe | 1 | ||
| 189 | who?
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si | 1 | ||
| 190 | other | kotine | |||
| 191 | all | sela | 49 | ||
| 192 | and | ro | 30? | ||
| 193 | if | ɣile | |||
| 194 | how?
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min mane sowe | |||
| 195 | no, not | mʷiraŋa | |||
| 196 | to count | fulfuluk | 13 | ||
| 197 | One
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(h)ol | |||
| 198 | Two
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lɔ | 1 | ||
| 199 | Three
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siel | 1 | ||
| 200 | Four
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yar | 1 | ||
| 201 | Five
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lim | 1 | ||
| 202 | Six
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melep sie | |||
| 203 | Seven
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melep lɔ | |||
| 204 | Eight
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melep siel | 7 | ||
| 205 | Nine
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melep yar | |||
| 206 | Ten
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seŋail | 5 | ||
| 207 | Twenty
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| 208 | Fifty
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| 209 | One Hundred
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| 210 | One Thousand
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