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Language: Mota

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Mota
•  Ethnologue Information for mtt
•  OLAC Information for mtt
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 7 entries

• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: tun/tin -> tuntin (Word 39) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: tun/tin -> tuntin (Word 39) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: tun/tin -> tuntin (Word 39) - (2024-07-17 16:02:17)
• Changed from "mosiu" (Word 162) - Simon Greenhill (2010-03-09 09:41:04)
• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Vanuatu, (A), Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, East Vanuatu, (B) 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 "tagai" (Word 195) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:59:51)
• Changed from "qoŋ" (Word 168) - Simon Greenhill (2006-12-11 11:21:52)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	panei		14
2	left	galao		14
3	right	matua	(<M)	5, 37
4	leg/foot	raŋoi		17
5	to walk	van[o]		2
6	road/path	mate-sala		1, 43
7	to come	vano ma		23, 1
8	to turn	viro		24
9	to swim	gagao		5
9	to swim	garu		5
10	dirty	lepa		9
10	dirty	pulua		67
11	dust	wuwua		1, 50
12	skin	vinitiu		28
13	back	tagir		12
13	back	kulai		10
14	belly	toqai	phonet. /tokpʷa-i/	36
15	bone	sur[iu]		52
16	intestines	tinai		1
17	liver	varai		17
18	breast	sus[iu]		1
19	shoulder	qatagpanei		36, 65?
20	to know, be knowledgeable	gilala		18
21	to think	nonom	actually <*dodomi	13
22	to fear	gogolo	cf mataataa (rare)	57
23	blood	nara		1
24	head	qatiu		9
25	neck	nenei		63
26	hair	ului		31
27	nose	manui		14
28	to breathe	mapsag		14
29	to sniff, smell	soman		15
30	mouth	valai		42
31	tooth	liwoi		1, 35
32	tongue	garamʷea|i		7, 14
33	to laugh	mʷarae		87
34	to cry	taŋ[i]	note semantics	1
34	to cry	rarao	note semantics	68
35	to vomit	lua		8
36	to spit	anus		14, 84
37	to eat	gan[a]		1
38	to chew	gat	*kaRat	22
39	to cook	taru		9
39	to cook	ur		9
39	to cook	tuntin		9
40	to drink	un		1
40	to drink	ima		51
41	to bite	ŋau		42
41	to bite	ŋit		58
42	to suck	sus		25
42	to suck	sis		25
43	ear	qoroi		16
44	to hear	roŋo|tag		1, 55
45	eye	matai		1
46	to see	ilo		14
47	to yawn	mamaova		19
48	to sleep	matur		1
49	to lie down	risa		75
50	to dream	qore		10
51	to sit	pute		116
52	to stand	tira		54
52	to stand	tur		2, 69
53	person/human being	ta-nun		4, 51
54	man/male	ata	[AF] means 'person', not 'male'	14
55	woman/female	vavine		1, 106
56	child	mʷera		8
56	child	natiu		5
57	husband	rasoai		2, 64
58	wife	rasoai		1
59	mother	veve		20
60	father	mama		1, 10
60	father	tamai		1
61	house	imʷa		1
62	thatch/roof	no-ota	<M sago leaf'	1, 61
63	name	sasai		66
64	to say	vava		13
64	to say	vet		47
65	rope	tali	(Tryon ?ae)	1
66	to tie up, fasten	vil
67	to sew	susur		15, 59
68	needle
69	to hunt	ganagana	(Tryon)
70	to shoot	tiqa		8
71	to stab, pierce	as		34
71	to stab, pierce	sar		14
72	to hit	tut		8
72	to hit	vus		86
73	to steal	palu		23
74	to kill	vus mate		26, 2
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
76	to live, be alive	es	maur in compounds	24
77	to scratch	gagata		1?
77	to scratch	karu		44
78	to cut, hack	tara		1
79	stick/wood	tan-gae		1
80	to split	[gara]wora		1
81	sharp	tup
82	dull, blunt	qatwono		15
83	to work	mawmawui		29
84	to plant	riv		9
85	to choose	ilo-raka		30
86	to grow	totou		4
87	to swell	riga		23
87	to swell	sis		11?
88	to squeeze	gavir
88	to squeeze	totos
89	to hold	taur	note semantics of alternatives	35
90	to dig	gil		1
90	to dig	nur
91	to buy	girei		48
91	to buy	wol		1
92	to open, uncover	tawalag		55
93	to pound, beat	tipa		12?
94	to throw	vivir		30
95	to fall	mʷas[u]		57
96	dog	kurut		7, 76
97	bird	manu		1
98	egg	toliu		1
99	feather	ul[ui]		1
100	wing	panei		2
101	to fly	rowo	rowo - only in compounds?	1
101	to fly	gawa		14
102	rat	gasuwe		3
103	meat/flesh	visogoi		10
104	fat/grease	garake		39
105	tail	goloi		24
106	snake	mʷata		12
107	worm (earthworm)	sulate		1, 8
108	louse	wut		1
109	mosquito	nam[u]		1
110	spider	marawa		32
111	fish	iga		1
112	rotten	naru		19
113	branch	waŋarai
114	leaf	no		1
114	leaf	naui		1
115	root	gariu	(<+wakaRi?)	2, 41
116	flower	tawaga|siu		34
117	fruit	woai		1, 26
118	grass	valis		1
119	earth/soil	tano		1
120	stone	vat		1
121	sand	one		1
122	water	pei		28
123	to flow	sale		38
123	to flow	wera		31
124	sea	lama		14
124	sea	nawo		42
125	salt	nawo		30
126	lake	pei lava		21
127	woods/forest	uta		7
127	woods/forest	mʷot		60
128	sky	tuka		62
129	moon	vula		1
130	star	vitu		1
131	cloud	maligo		34
132	fog	marav		3, 32
133	rain	wena		51
134	thunder	manu		37
135	lightning	vila		26
136	wind	laŋ	<+laNit?)	1, 77
137	to blow	sawu		12
137	to blow	uw		4, 81
138	warm	titin		12
138	warm	titkeliga
139	cold	mamarir		1
140	dry	mamasa		11
140	dry	raŋo		1, 85
141	wet	nima
142	heavy	mava		46
143	fire	av		1
144	to burn	siŋ		9
145	smoke	as[u]		2
146	ash	tarowo		62
146	ash	tuwus		63
147	black	siliga
148	white	wowoga		13, 93
148	white	aqaga		13
149	red	memea		1
149	red	soroga
150	yellow	aŋoaŋo		9
150	yellow	pepega
151	green	gesagesaga		8
151	green	turturuga		70
152	small	mantagai	/rig/ is rare
153	big	poa		50
153	big	lava		10
154	short	qatutui		9?
155	long	tole
156	thin	mavinvin	(<M)	1, 50
157	thick	matoltol		3
158	narrow	kokota		26
159	wide	tawela		34
160	painful, sick	gopa	(sick)	50, 102
160	painful, sick	woso	(be in pain)
161	shy, ashamed	apegalo
161	shy, ashamed	apemaragai		34
162	old	mosiu		1, 118
162	old	tuai	(of long duration)	1, 35
163	new	garaqa		9
164	good	wia		1
165	bad, evil	malkeke
165	bad, evil	tatas		1, 99
166	correct, true	weswes		43
167	night	qoŋ		1
168	day	qoŋ		16
169	year	tau		1
170	when?	[a]ŋaisa		1, 24
171	to hide	liŋarag		60?
171	to hide	vara
172	to climb	kalo		49
172	to climb	rap		37
173	at	apegalo
173	at	apemaragai
174	in, inside	loloi		1
174	in, inside	a-lo		1
174	in, inside	i-lo		1
175	above	avunana
176	below	alalaŋana
177	this	ike		46
177	this	iloke
178	that	ine		1?
178	that	ilone		1?
179	near	peteŋ
179	near	wenwen
179	near	rivtag		101
180	far	sau		1
180	far	aras		32
181	where?	vea		3, 35
182	I	[i]nau		1, 21, 22
183	thou	[i]niko		1, 17, 18
184	he/she	[i]neia		1, 6
185	we	[i]nina		1?
185	we	[i]kamam		2
186	you	[i] kamiu		1, 13
187	they	[i] neira		1, 33
188	what?	sava		1
189	who?	[i]sei		1
190	other	tuara		61
191	all	gese		48
191	all	nol		15
192	and	wa		56
192	and	ta		30
193	if	menigiu
194	how?	gasavai		13
194	how?	gasei		13
194	how?	tamʷavea
195	no, not	tagai		10
196	to count	liwun		1, 13
197	One	tuwale		9
198	Two	rua		1
199	Three	tole		1
200	Four	vat		1, 65
201	Five	lima	Five, hand-arm.(Source: Pollex)	1
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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