https://abvd.eva.mpg.de : Austronesian : Crows : Bantu :

Language: Sowa

Source/Author:  Tryon (1976) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:sww  Glottocode: sowa1244 
Notes:  Tryon, DT. 1976. New Hebrides Languages: An internal classification. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Kirsty Maurits  Checked By:  
Statistics:   
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 
Map 
 

Resources:

Change History:

No changes logged...

Entries:

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      
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      
89 to hold 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      
137 to blow word info      
154 short word info      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
175 above      
176 below      
192 and      
193 if      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
76 to live, be alive -bes   56  
88 to squeeze word info -busu   18, 71  
66 to tie up, fasten -bze   86  
196 to count -bʷili   1, 13  
34 to cry -daiŋ   1  
77 to scratch word info -dakri   12, 28  
78 to cut, hack word info -dali   1  
80 to split word info -dalpʷere   1, 62  
21 to think -dodome   13  
51 to sit -dok   147  
52 to stand -du poswos   2, 73  
101 to fly -kak   14  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -kala   18  
37 to eat -kan   1  
36 to spit -kasu·   19  
41 to bite -kat   1, 55  
90 to dig -kili   1  
8 to turn word info -kinsek   117  
69 to hunt word info -koror   59  
46 to see -lesi   14, 94  
9 to swim -los   8  
35 to vomit -lu   8  
7 to come -mai   1  
33 to laugh -man   51  
75 to die, be dead -mat   1  
22 to fear -mazaik   72  
40 to drink -mni   1, 73  
48 to sleep -mzu·   1  
49 to lie down word info -or   79  
49 to lie down word info -o·   79  
94 to throw word info -rit      
44 to hear -roŋo   1  
42 to suck -rusu   58  
29 to sniff, smell -rŋo-bon   42, 62  
67 to sew word info -solo   32  
72 to hit word info -tumu      
71 to stab, pierce -turu   14  
95 to fall word info -us      
74 to kill -usi   26  
5 to walk -wurut   29  
28 to breathe -ŋoŋos   36  
144 to burn word info -βaŋsi   39  
64 to say -βe   13, 103  
76 to live, be alive -βes   56  
141 wet a-mis   49  
148 white adao   48  
190 other adun      
194 how? word info akenbe      
153 big alok   55  
151 green amalmales   43  
81 sharp amaman   24  
149 red ame   1  
147 black ame·   1?  
156 thin word info amkiβkiβ   1??  
155 long word info amraβ   18  
157 thick word info amzol   3  
103 meat/flesh anenawi      
112 rotten word info apok   30  
140 dry word info arakas   1, 85  
163 new arap   9  
165 bad, evil asasanba   1  
150 yellow aseset   47  
145 smoke word info asunsap   2  
195 no, not atna   106  
166 correct, true atnotnon straight x  
127 woods/forest atʳab   41  
164 good awi   1  
53 person/human being azu   24  
179 near ben      
135 lightning bilnan   26, 70  
128 sky bini   29  
167 night boŋ   1  
126 lake bulo      
27 nose bwa-ŋsu-   1, 58  
24 head bwozo-   9  
25 neck bʷalakena-   84  
106 snake bʷarasok   20  
134 thunder bʷatʳuruβa·   84  
19 shoulder bʷa·se-   65, 40?  
97 bird bʷisiel   30  
23 blood da-   1  
58 wife dado-   37  
54 man/male dalmo   27  
43 ear dalŋe-   1, 40  
169 year dam   30  
59 mother dasi-   17  
98 egg dol   1  
45 eye dolo-mza-   1  
56 child dozo-      
185 we word info ed pl. incl. I  
185 we word info ed raziru dl. incl.    
111 fish ek   1  
65 rope ekai   35  
57 husband esa   2  
201 Five word info i-lim   1  
198 Two word info i-ru   1  
199 Three word info i-zol   1  
200 Four word info i-βet   1, 65  
55 woman/female iemat   37  
183 thou ik   1  
61 house imʷ   1  
185 we word info kamʷam pl. excl. E42  
185 we word info kamʷam raziru dl. excl.    
132 fog kaβ   1  
105 tail kere-   39  
186 you kimi pl. 1, 13  
186 you kimi raziru dl. x  
136 wind laiŋ   1, 77  
205 Nine word info lak-pat   20  
174 in, inside lal   1  
30 mouth lal-wa-   50  
4 leg/foot le-   37  
204 Eight word info lep-tul   5, 7  
203 Seven word info lew-ru   13  
26 hair word info li-   31  
99 feather li-   1  
115 root lipʷe-   18, 44  
31 tooth liwo   1, 35  
174 in, inside lo   1  
202 Six word info lowal      
79 stick/wood maisatukai      
139 cold word info malas   51  
11 dust marsou   88  
32 tongue me-   7  
131 cloud word info melek   34  
3 right mezo   5, 37  
162 old word info mʷagugze      
142 heavy mʷamres   46  
2 left mʷi·   1, 59  
180 far nawut   85  
170 when? word info naŋis   1, 43  
187 they ne· they    
187 they ne· raziru they (dual) x  
184 he/she ni   1, 6  
177 this nini   1  
178 that nizai      
182 I no·   1, 21, 22  
121 sand on   1  
168 day ran   6  
122 water word info ri   1  
114 leaf ro-   1  
10 dirty roŋsa   56  
104 fat/grease ru-   44  
6 road/path sal   1  
181 where? word info sawut   40  
63 name se-   1, 18  
206 Ten word info sebʳenok   14  
189 who? word info sinan   1, 25  
191 all si·      
188 what? word info sowa   1, 72  
10 dirty soŋo·   73?  
15 bone su-   52  
18 breast susu-   1  
13 back word info suⁿdo-   67?  
109 mosquito tapken   35  
138 warm word info tawunut      
16 intestines tine-   1  
197 One word info tuwal   9  
83 to work word info um   1  
133 rain us   1  
108 louse word info ut   1  
117 fruit wa-   1, 26  
130 star wa-mso   13  
118 grass wa-βlis   1  
152 small watitik   121, 46  
158 narrow wattek   82  
96 dog wiri   7  
129 moon wol   1  
14 belly wolatne-   39  
143 fire wusab   38  
127 woods/forest zabe      
60 father zama-   1  
124 sea zas   1  
125 salt zas   20  
146 ash zaŋeβ      
17 liver zi-   40  
102 rat zomo   72  
119 earth/soil zuzan   1  
206 Ten word info ŋawul   5  
1 hand ŋe-   27  
116 flower ŋek   1?  
100 wing βalka-      
120 stone βat   1  
12 skin βinu-   28  
66 to tie up, fasten βze   86  

Seen an error? Please let us know:

Save Data: