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Language: Peterara (Maewo)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Maewo, Central (Peterara)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwadia (Naomumu)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwadaga (Roŋnawo)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwaloge (Tawet) as spoken at Naviso
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwadaga (Lalaundi)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwada (Ngota)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwadola (Gʷaaran Uta)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwadoga (Rata)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwaloge (Tawet) as spoken at Narovorovo
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwaloge (Nalemba) as spoken at Narovorovo)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwaloge (Nalemba) as spoken at Nasawa
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungagage (Avanbatai)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungagage (Avavanvae)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungagage (Asanvari)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Xalangi (Baetora)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Sungwadia (Naone)
•  Ethnologue Information for mwo
•  OLAC Information for mwo
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 12 entries

• Changed from "mbeɣe" (Word 181) - Simon Greenhill (2022-01-04 09:08:02)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2021-05-13 03:20:24)
• Source: Gaïa Fisher (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2010-03-25 22:59:16)
• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Vanuatu, (C), Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, East Vanuatu, (A) To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, East Vanuatu - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:21:28)
• Changed from "finxusu-" (Word 30) - John Lynch (2007-02-06 03:42:53)
• Changed from "ti" (Word 192) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:57:42)
• Changed from "taŋgasa" (Word 170) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:25:52)
• Changed from "ndamu" (Word 169) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:24:01)
• Changed from "xori" (Word 115) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-10 13:07:53)
• Changed from "saro" (Word 69) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 09:14:59)
• Changed from "xawe" (Word 65) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-09 09:11:12)
• Source: Catriona Malau (Word 70) - Simon Greenhill (2006-07-25 22:17:14)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	lima-		1, 64
2	left	xalawa-		14
3	right	mataua-		5, 37
4	leg/foot	raŋo-		17
5	to walk	xao		1
6	road/path	sala		1
7	to come	xuma		1
8	to turn	ndiɣerisi		115
9	to swim	xaxaru		5
10	dirty	maeto		2
11	dust	ndixefu		1?
12	skin	finu-		28
13	back	taxu-		12
14	belly	taŋgwaŋi-		60
15	bone	suri-		52
16	intestines	tinae-		1
17	liver	fara-		17
18	breast	susu-		1
19	shoulder	tiŋgwa-	*bw > gw?	40, 65?
20	to know, be knowledgeable	roŋonduni		19, 91
21	to think	ndondo		13
22	to fear	mataxuti		1
23	blood	ndae-		1
24	head	ŋgwatu-		9
25	neck	xaua-		18, 104
26	hair	ulu-		31
27	nose	lisu-		1, 41
28	to breathe	mambusi		14
29	to sniff, smell	mbuna		42
30	mouth	fin|xusu-
31	tooth	liwo-		1, 35
32	tongue	luame-		7, 17
33	to laugh	ma-na		51
34	to cry	ŋara		5
35	to vomit	lulue		8
36	to spit	xura		35
37	to eat	xani		1
38	to chew
39	to cook
40	to drink	unu		1
41	to bite	ndere		59
42	to suck	unu		49, 53
43	ear	ŋgmoro-		16
44	to hear	roŋo		1
45	eye	mata-		1
46	to see	saŋgwe
47	to yawn
48	to sleep	maturu		1
49	to lie down	eno		1
50	to dream
51	to sit	taxwara		99
52	to stand	tulu		2, 69
53	person/human being	ta-tu		4, 34
54	man/male	tatoata		84, 14
55	woman/female	fafine		1, 106
56	child	natu-		5
57	husband	tumbu-		71
58	wife	ŋgauliŋgu
59	mother	rerefe		58
60	father	tama-		1
61	house	fale		14	L?
62	thatch/roof
63	name	sasa-		66
64	to say	feve		13, 103
65	rope	xawe		25
66	to tie up, fasten	liɣo		1, 39
67	to sew	tuxuru		13
68	needle
69	to hunt	saro		30
70	to shoot	vene		1
71	to stab, pierce	xoso	< M?
72	to hit	rambati
73	to steal
74	to kill	wasi		12
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
76	to live, be alive	ŋwaso		37
77	to scratch	taŋgari		12, 28
78	to cut, hack	tai		1
78	to cut, hack	teve		40
79	stick/wood	xai		1
80	to split	ndara		62
81	sharp	mataxani		14
82	dull, blunt
83	to work	rombana		47?
84	to plant
85	to choose
86	to grow
87	to swell	rixa		23
88	to squeeze	fifiri		16
89	to hold	tori		35
90	to dig	xili		1
91	to buy
92	to open, uncover
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	xwosaxi		92?
95	to fall	soe		13
96	dog	hwiriu		7, 77
97	bird	manu		1
98	egg	tol toa		1
99	feather	ulu-na		1
100	wing	mbani-na		2
101	to fly	xaxa		14
102	rat	xarifi		18
103	meat/flesh	fasixo-na		10
104	fat/grease	rixas		80
105	tail	xolo-na		24
106	snake	ŋwaxata		12, 64
107	worm (earthworm)
108	louse	ŋwandi		30
109	mosquito	namu		1
110	spider	taxaxa		8, 78
111	fish	masi		53
112	rotten	ndaru		19
113	branch
114	leaf	ndahwai		48
115	root	xori	<M	2, 41
116	flower	matas		34?
117	fruit	wei		1, 26
118	grass	mbalisi		1, 81
119	earth/soil	tano		1
120	stone	fatu		1
121	sand	one		1
122	water	mbei		28
123	to flow
124	sea	tasi		1
125	salt	tasi		20
126	lake
127	woods/forest	utaxwono		7
128	sky	tae laŋi	prob. misunderstanding for 131	1, 61
129	moon	xula		1
130	star	fitiu		1
131	cloud	tae laŋi		36, 3
132	fog	fififi		11
133	rain	wusa		1
134	thunder	manfara		15, 37
135	lightning	xwaŋa		12
136	wind	laŋi		1, 77
137	to blow	ufi		4, 81
138	warm	tutunu	probably a verb	12
139	cold	mandiŋi		1
140	dry	mamasa		11
141	wet	saŋwale		43
142	heavy	ndemu
143	fire	afi		1
144	to burn	sulu		4
145	smoke	asu		2
146	ash	taniaxu		1, 26
147	black	maeto		1
148	white	oxwoxwo		13
149	red	memea		1
150	yellow	aŋoxa		9
151	green	malxesaxa		8, 43
152	small	riŋgriŋgi		66
153	big	maŋasi		114
154	short	ŋwandiŋwandi
155	long	mbambarau		16
156	thin	manifnifi		1
157	thick	mamatoluxa		3
158	narrow
159	wide
160	painful, sick	seŋwa		111
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	ŋoixa		133
163	new	araŋgwa		9?
164	good	hwia		1
165	bad, evil	sati		1
166	correct, true	hwia
167	night	ŋgwoŋi		1
168	day	rani		6
169	year	ndamu		30
170	when?	taŋgasa		1, 47
171	to hide
172	to climb
173	at
174	in, inside	lolo		1
175	above
176	below
177	this	ela		62
178	that	ndaɣalia
179	near	fifirtaxi
180	far	soai		1
181	where?	mbeɣe
182	I	n|au		1, 21, 22
183	thou	n|iŋgo		1, 17, 18
184	he/she	ia		1
185	we	xinda		1
185	we	ŋgomai		2
186	you	ŋgamu		1
187	they	ira		1, 70
188	what?	asa		1
189	who?	ise		1
190	other
191	all	xunuɣi
192	and	ti		30
193	if	ato		79
194	how?	ndasia
195	no, not	xwatea		113
196	to count	falu		1, 13
197	One	tea		14
198	Two	rua		1
199	Three	tolu		1
200	Four	fati		1, 65
201	Five	tafalima		1, 12?
202	Six
203	Seven
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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