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Language: Maewo, Central (Peterara)

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mwo  Glottocode: cent2058 
Notes:  Tryon, DT. 1976. New Hebrides Languages: An internal classification. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Kirsty Maurits  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:East Vanuatu 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
70 to shoot word info      
73 to steal      
82 dull, blunt      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
113 branch word info      
123 to flow      
126 lake      
154 short word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
175 above      
176 below      
190 other      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
58 wife ᵑgauli-ᵑgu      
135 lightning ɣʷana      
178 that ⁿdaɣalia      
179 near fifirtaxi      
185 we word info ɣiⁿdarua dl. incl.    
185 we word info ᵑgomairua dl. excl.    
191 all xumuɣi      
194 how? word info ⁿdasia      
195 no, not xʷata      
5 to walk xao   1  
6 road/path sala   1  
7 to come ɣuma   1  
16 intestines tinae-ᵑgu   1  
18 breast susu-ᵑgu   1  
22 to fear mataxuti   1  
23 blood ⁿdae-ᵑgu   1  
30 mouth ɣʷawa-ᵑgu   1  
37 to eat ɣani   1  
40 to drink unu   1  
44 to hear roŋo   1  
45 eye mata-ᵑgu   1  
48 to sleep maturu   1  
49 to lie down word info eno   1  
60 father tama-ᵑgu   1  
61 house imʷa   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
78 to cut, hack word info tai   1  
79 stick/wood xai   1  
90 to dig xili   1  
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg tol toa   1  
99 feather ulu-na   1  
109 mosquito namu   1  
114 leaf dao-ɣʷai   1  
119 earth/soil tano   1  
120 stone βatu   1  
121 sand one   1  
124 sea tasi   1  
129 moon βula   1  
130 star βitiu   1  
133 rain usa   1  
143 fire aβi   1  
147 black maeto   1  
149 red memea   1  
156 thin word info manifnifi   1  
164 good ɣʷia   1  
165 bad, evil sati   1  
174 in, inside lolo   1  
180 far soai   1  
184 he/she ia   1  
188 what? word info a-sa   1  
189 who? word info ise   1  
198 Two word info rua   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
201 Five word info taβa-lima   1  
196 to count falu **palu 1, 13  
183 thou niᵑgo   1, 17, 18  
117 fruit wei xai   1, 26  
146 ash taniaβu   1, 26  
11 dust ⁿdixefu   1, 44?  
128 sky tae-laŋi cloud? 1, 61  
1 hand lima-ᵑgu   1, 64  
187 they ira they 1, 70  
136 wind laŋi   1, 77  
118 grass ᵐbalisi   1, 81  
46 to see ete   1, 89  
55 woman/female fafine   1, 106  
186 you ᵑgamu pl. 1, 13  
182 I nau   1, 21, 22  
170 when? word info taᵑgasa   1, 24  
31 tooth liwo-ᵑgu   1, 35  
66 to tie up, fasten liɣo   1, 39  
27 nose lisu-ᵑgu   1, 41  
200 Four word info fati   1, 65  
103 meat/flesh fasixona   10  
132 fog fififi   11  
140 dry word info mamasa   11  
160 painful, sick seŋʷa   111  
153 big maŋasi   114  
13 back word info taxu-ᵑgu   12  
74 to kill wasi   12  
138 warm word info tutunu   12  
77 to scratch word info taᵑgari   12, 28  
106 snake mʷaɣata   12, 64  
21 to think ⁿdoⁿdo   13  
67 to sew word info tuxuru   13  
95 to fall word info soe   13  
148 white oɣʷoɣʷo   13  
203 Seven word info laβ-rua   13  
64 to say feβe   13, 103  
162 old word info ŋoixa   133  
2 left xalowa-ᵑgu   14  
28 to breathe maᵐbusi   14  
61 house fale   14  
81 sharp mataxani   14  
101 to fly xaxa   14  
197 One word info tea   14  
8 to turn word info ⁿdiɣerisi   15  
134 thunder man-fara   15, 37  
43 ear ᵑgʷoro-ᵑgu   16  
88 to squeeze word info fifiri   16  
155 long word info ᵐbaᵐbarau   16  
4 leg/foot raŋo-ᵑgu   17  
17 liver fara-ᵑgu   17  
102 rat xarifi   18  
25 neck xaua-ᵑgu   18, 104  
112 rotten word info ⁿdaru   19  
20 to know, be knowledgeable roŋoⁿduni   19, 91  
139 cold word info maⁿdiŋi   1?  
167 night ᵑgʷoŋi   1?  
10 dirty maeto black 2  
100 wing ᵐbani-na   2  
145 smoke word info asu   2  
115 root xori xai   2, 41  
52 to stand tulu   2, 69  
125 salt tasi   20  
202 Six word info laβ-tuɣʷale   20  
205 Nine word info lei-βati   20  
39 to cook word info manaxa   21  
105 tail xolo-na   24  
65 rope xawe   25  
12 skin finu-ᵑgu   28  
122 water word info ᵐbei   28  
169 year siɣʷao   29  
157 thick word info mamatoluxa   3  
131 cloud word info tae-laŋi   3, 36  
181 where? word info ᵐbeɣe   3, 59  
69 to hunt word info saro   30  
108 louse word info mʷaⁿdi   30  
169 year ⁿdamu   30  
192 and ti   30  
26 hair word info ulu-ᵑgu   31  
116 flower matas xai   34?  
36 to spit xura   35  
89 to hold word info tori   35  
76 to live, be alive ŋʷaso   37  
144 to burn word info sulu   4  
53 person/human being tatu   4, 34  
137 to blow word info uβi   4, 81  
78 to cut, hack word info teβe   40  
19 shoulder tiᵑgʷa-ᵑgu   40, 66?  
29 to sniff, smell ᵐbuna   42  
141 wet saŋʷale   43  
42 to suck unu   49, 53  
9 to swim xaxaru   5  
34 to cry ŋara   5  
56 child natu-ᵑgu   5  
206 Ten word info saŋaβulu   5  
3 right matua-ᵑgu   5, 37  
204 Eight word info laβ-tolu   5, 7  
33 to laugh mana   51  
15 bone suri-ᵑgu   52  
111 fish masi   53  
59 mother rerefe-ᵑgu   58  
41 to bite ⁿdere   59  
168 day rani   6  
14 belly taᵑgʷaŋi-ᵑgu   60  
80 to split word info ⁿdara   62  
177 this ela   62  
63 name sasa-ᵑgu   66  
152 small riᵑgi   66  
127 woods/forest utaɣwono   7 ?  
32 tongue luame-ᵑgu   7, 17  
96 dog ɣʷiriu   7, 77  
57 husband tuᵐbu-ᵑgu   71  
142 heavy ⁿdemu   72  
193 if ato   79  
35 to vomit lulue   8  
72 to hit word info tutuɣ   8  
151 green malxesaxa   8, 43  
104 fat/grease rixas   80  
83 to work word info roᵐbana   82  
71 to stab, pierce xoxo   83  
54 man/male tatoata   84, 14  
24 head ᵑgʷatu-ᵑgu   9  
163 new araᵑgʷa   9  
197 One word info tuɣʷale   9  
150 yellow aŋoɣa   9, 82  
94 to throw word info xʷosaxi   92?  
51 to sit taɣʷara   99  
185 we word info ᵑgomai pl. excl. E  
185 we word info ɣiⁿda pl. incl. I  
166 correct, true ɣʷia good X  
186 you ᵑgamrua dl. x  
187 they irarua they (dual) x  

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