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

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