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Language: Peterara (Maewo)

Source/Author:  Blust, from Tryon unpublished word list 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mwo  Glottocode: pete1237 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Debasish Roy  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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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      
39 to cook word info      
47 to yawn      
50 to dream      
62 thatch/roof      
68 needle      
73 to steal      
82 dull, blunt      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
107 worm (earthworm)      
113 branch word info      
123 to flow      
126 lake      
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      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
30 mouth fin|xusu-      
46 to see saŋgwe      
58 wife ŋgauliŋgu      
71 to stab, pierce xoso < M?    
72 to hit word info rambati      
142 heavy ndemu      
154 short word info ŋwandiŋwandi      
166 correct, true hwia      
178 that ndaɣalia      
179 near fifirtaxi      
181 where? word info mbeɣe      
191 all xunuɣi      
194 how? word info ndasia      
5 to walk xao   1  
6 road/path sala   1  
7 to come xuma   1  
16 intestines tinae-   1  
18 breast susu-   1  
22 to fear mataxuti   1  
23 blood ndae-   1  
37 to eat xani   1  
40 to drink unu   1  
44 to hear roŋo   1  
45 eye mata-   1  
48 to sleep maturu   1  
49 to lie down word info eno   1  
60 father tama-   1  
70 to shoot word info vene   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  
119 earth/soil tano   1  
120 stone fatu   1  
121 sand one   1  
124 sea tasi   1  
129 moon xula   1  
130 star fitiu   1  
133 rain wusa   1  
139 cold word info mandiŋi   1  
143 fire afi   1  
147 black maeto   1  
149 red memea   1  
156 thin word info manifnifi   1  
164 good hwia   1  
165 bad, evil sati   1  
167 night ŋgwoŋi   1  
174 in, inside lolo   1  
180 far soai   1  
184 he/she ia   1  
185 we word info xinda   1  
186 you ŋgamu   1  
188 what? word info asa   1  
189 who? word info ise   1  
198 Two word info rua   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
201 Five word info tafalima   1, 12?  
196 to count falu   1, 13  
183 thou n|iŋgo   1, 17, 18  
117 fruit wei   1, 26  
128 sky tae laŋi prob. misunderstanding for 131 1, 61  
1 hand lima-   1, 64  
187 they ira   1, 70  
136 wind laŋi   1, 77  
118 grass mbalisi   1, 81  
55 woman/female fafine   1, 106  
182 I n|au   1, 21, 22  
146 ash taniaxu   1, 26  
31 tooth liwo-   1, 35  
66 to tie up, fasten liɣo   1, 39  
27 nose lisu-   1, 41  
170 when? word info taŋgasa   1, 47  
200 Four word info fati   1, 65  
103 meat/flesh fasixo-na   10  
132 fog fififi   11  
140 dry word info mamasa   11  
160 painful, sick seŋwa   111  
195 no, not xwatea   113  
153 big maŋasi   114  
8 to turn word info ndiɣerisi   115  
13 back word info taxu-   12  
74 to kill wasi   12  
135 lightning xwaŋa   12  
138 warm word info tutunu probably a verb 12  
77 to scratch word info taŋgari   12, 28  
106 snake ŋwaxata   12, 64  
21 to think ndondo   13  
67 to sew word info tuxuru   13  
95 to fall word info soe   13  
148 white oxwoxwo   13  
64 to say feve   13, 103  
162 old word info ŋoixa   133  
2 left xalawa-   14  
28 to breathe mambusi   14  
61 house fale   14 L?
81 sharp mataxani   14  
101 to fly xaxa   14  
197 One word info tea   14  
134 thunder manfara   15, 37  
43 ear ŋgmoro-   16  
88 to squeeze word info fifiri   16  
155 long word info mbambarau   16  
4 leg/foot raŋo-   17  
17 liver fara-   17  
102 rat xarifi   18  
25 neck xaua-   18, 104  
112 rotten word info ndaru   19  
20 to know, be knowledgeable roŋonduni   19, 91  
11 dust ndixefu   1?  
10 dirty maeto   2  
100 wing mbani-na   2  
145 smoke word info asu   2  
185 we word info ŋgomai   2  
115 root xori <M 2, 41  
52 to stand tulu   2, 69  
125 salt tasi   20  
87 to swell word info rixa   23  
105 tail xolo-na   24  
65 rope xawe   25  
12 skin finu-   28  
122 water word info mbei   28  
157 thick word info mamatoluxa   3  
69 to hunt word info saro   30  
108 louse word info ŋwandi   30  
169 year ndamu   30  
192 and ti   30  
26 hair word info ulu-   31  
116 flower matas   34?  
36 to spit xura   35  
89 to hold word info tori   35  
131 cloud word info tae laŋi   36, 3  
76 to live, be alive ŋwaso   37  
144 to burn word info sulu   4  
53 person/human being ta-tu   4, 34  
137 to blow word info ufi   4, 81  
78 to cut, hack word info teve   40  
19 shoulder tiŋgwa- *bw > gw? 40, 65?  
29 to sniff, smell mbuna   42  
141 wet saŋwale   43  
83 to work word info rombana   47?  
114 leaf ndahwai   48  
42 to suck unu   49, 53  
9 to swim xaxaru   5  
34 to cry ŋara   5  
56 child natu-   5  
3 right mataua-   5, 37  
33 to laugh ma-na   51  
15 bone suri-   52  
111 fish masi   53  
59 mother rerefe   58  
41 to bite ndere   59  
168 day rani   6  
14 belly taŋgwaŋi-   60  
80 to split word info ndara   62  
177 this ela   62  
63 name sasa-   66  
152 small riŋgriŋgi   66  
127 woods/forest utaxwono   7  
32 tongue luame-   7, 17  
96 dog hwiriu   7, 77  
57 husband tumbu-   71  
193 if ato   79  
35 to vomit lulue   8  
151 green malxesaxa   8, 43  
110 spider taxaxa   8, 78  
104 fat/grease rixas   80  
54 man/male tatoata   84, 14  
24 head ŋgwatu-   9  
150 yellow aŋoxa   9  
94 to throw word info xwosaxi   92?  
51 to sit taxwara   99  
163 new araŋgwa   9?  

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