Language: Motu
| Source/Author: | Schlossberg (2012) | |
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| Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:meu Glottocode: motu1246 | |
| Notes: | Schlossberg's data come from various sources. See Schlossberg 2012 for details | |
| Data Entry: | Typed By: Malcolm Ross Checked By: Malcolm Ross | |
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| Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Papuan Tip:Peripheral:Central Papuan:Sinagoro-Keapara | |
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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Motu
Ethnologue Information for meu
OLAC Information for meu
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for mtu-
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| ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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| 1 | hand | ima | 1, 65 | ||
| 2 | left | lauri | 1, 73 | ||
| 3 | right | idiba | 22 | ||
| 4 | leg/foot | ae | 1 | ||
| 5 | to walk | raka | |||
| 6 | road/path | dala | 1 | ||
| 7 | to come | mai | 1 | ||
| 8 | to turn
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kerehai | |||
| 9 | to swim | nahu | 51 | ||
| 10 | dirty | miro | 142 | ||
| 11 | dust | kahu | 17 | ||
| 12 | skin | kopi | 15 | ||
| 13 | back
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doru | 12 | ||
| 14 | belly | boga | 21 | ||
| 15 | bone | turia | 40 | ||
| 16 | intestines | bogarau | 89 | ||
| 17 | liver | ase | 1 | ||
| 18 | breast | rata | 59 | ||
| 19 | shoulder | paɣa | 17 | ||
| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable | diba | 66 | ||
| 21 | to think | lalo-a | 96 | ||
| 22 | to fear | gari | 86 | ||
| 23 | blood | rara | 1 | ||
| 24 | head | kwara | 44 | ||
| 25 | neck | aio | 1, 31 | ||
| 25 | neck | gado | 30 | ||
| 26 | hair
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hui | 31 | ||
| 27 | nose | udu | 1 | ||
| 28 | to breathe | laɣa | 46 | ||
| 29 | to sniff, smell | bona-ia | 42 | ||
| 30 | mouth | udu | 2 | ||
| 31 | tooth | ise | 24 | ||
| 32 | tongue | mala | 7 | ||
| 33 | to laugh | kiri | 67 | ||
| 34 | to cry | tai | 1 | ||
| 35 | to vomit | mumuta | 1 | ||
| 36 | to spit | kanudi | 14, 84 | ||
| 37 | to eat | ani-a | 1 | ||
| 38 | to chew
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ɣaua-ia | 8 | ||
| 39 | to cook
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nadu-a | 3 | ||
| 40 | to drink | inu-a | 1 | ||
| 41 | to bite | kori-a | 45 | ||
| 42 | to suck | topo-a | 1, 32 | ||
| 43 | ear | taia | 1 | ||
| 44 | to hear | kamonai | 41 | ||
| 45 | eye | mata | 1 | ||
| 46 | to see | ita-ia | 1 | ||
| 47 | to yawn | mava | 19 | ||
| 48 | to sleep | mahuta | 15 | ||
| 49 | to lie down
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eno | 1 | ||
| 50 | to dream | nihi | 1, 60 | ||
| 51 | to sit | helai | |||
| 52 | to stand | gini | 67 | ||
| 53 | person/human being | tau | 1 | ||
| 54 | man/male | marurane | 1, 69 | ||
| 54 | man/male | tau | 22 | ||
| 55 | woman/female | hahine | 1, 106 | ||
| 56 | child | natu-na | 5 | ||
| 57 | husband | adava-na | 2 | ||
| 58 | wife | adava-na | 1 | ||
| 59 | mother | sina-na | 1 | ||
| 60 | father | tama-na | 1 | ||
| 61 | house | ruma | 1 | ||
| 62 | thatch/roof | biri | 68 | ||
| 63 | name | lada | 1, 18 | ||
| 64 | to say | toma | 161 | ||
| 64 | to say | gwau | 98 | ||
| 65 | rope | kwanau | 20 | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | mata-ia | 147 | ||
| 67 | to sew
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turi | 13 | ||
| 68 | needle | kobi | 42 | ||
| 69 | to hunt
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labana | 50 | ||
| 70 | to shoot
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pidia | 22 | ||
| 71 | to stab, pierce | gwadaia | |||
| 72 | to hit
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bota-ia | 116 | ||
| 73 | to steal | |
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| 74 | to kill | |
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| 75 | to die, be dead | |
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| 76 | to live, be alive | |
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| 77 | to scratch
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| 78 | to cut, hack
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| 79 | stick/wood | |
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| 80 | to split
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| 81 | sharp | |
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| 82 | dull, blunt | |
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| 83 | to work
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| 84 | to plant | |
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| 85 | to choose | |
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| 86 | to grow
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| 87 | to swell
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| 88 | to squeeze
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| 89 | to hold
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kahu-a | |||
| 89 | to hold
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abi-a | 23 | ||
| 90 | to dig | ɣei-a | 1 | ||
| 91 | to buy | hoi-a | 1 | ||
| 92 | to open, uncover | keho-a | 47 | ||
| 93 | to pound, beat
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bidi-a | |||
| 94 | to throw
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taho-a | 98 | ||
| 95 | to fall
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moru | 57 | ||
| 96 | dog | sisia | 34 | ||
| 97 | bird | manu | 1 | ||
| 98 | egg | gatoi | 1 | ||
| 99 | feather | hui | 1 | ||
| 100 | wing | hani | 2 | ||
| 101 | to fly | roho | 1 | ||
| 102 | rat | bita | |||
| 103 | meat/flesh | hidio | 10 | ||
| 104 | fat/grease | diɣara | 103 | ||
| 104 | fat/grease | dia | ointment | 103 | |
| 105 | tail | iu | 1 | ||
| 106 | snake | gaigai | 30 | ||
| 107 | worm (earthworm) | biluga | |||
| 108 | louse
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utu | 1 | ||
| 109 | mosquito | namo | 1 | ||
| 110 | spider | magera | |||
| 110 | spider | valavala | |||
| 111 | fish | gwarume | |||
| 112 | rotten
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pouka | |||
| 113 | branch
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rigi | 1, 14 | ||
| 113 | branch
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raga | 1 | ||
| 114 | leaf | rau | 1 | ||
| 115 | root | ramu-na | 3 | ||
| 116 | flower | au bure-na | 22 | ||
| 117 | fruit | au huahua | 1 | ||
| 118 | grass | kudekude | |||
| 119 | earth/soil | tano | 1 | ||
| 120 | stone | nadi | |||
| 121 | sand | raria | |||
| 121 | sand | kone | beach | 1 | |
| 122 | water
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ranu | 1 | ||
| 122 | water
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sina-vai | river | 2 | |
| 123 | to flow | aru | 21 | ||
| 124 | sea | davara | 39 | ||
| 125 | salt | damena | 25 | ||
| 125 | salt | tadi | sea water | 20 | |
| 126 | lake | gohu | 15 | ||
| 127 | woods/forest | uda | 7, 20 | ||
| 128 | sky | guba | 17 | ||
| 129 | moon | hua | 1 | ||
| 130 | star | hisiu | 1 | ||
| 131 | cloud
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ori | 52 | ||
| 132 | fog | ɣahu | 1 | ||
| 132 | fog | ninoa | 107 | ||
| 133 | rain | medu | |||
| 134 | thunder | guba rahua | 98, 103 | ||
| 135 | lightning | kevaru | |||
| 136 | wind | lai | 1 | ||
| 136 | wind | lahara | 74 | ||
| 136 | wind | laurabada | 20 | ||
| 137 | to blow
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toa | 20 | ||
| 138 | warm
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hiriria | |||
| 139 | cold
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keruma | |||
| 140 | dry
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kaukau | 112 | ||
| 141 | wet | paripari | |||
| 142 | heavy | metau | 48 | ||
| 143 | fire | lahi | 1 | ||
| 144 | to burn
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ara-ia | 17 | ||
| 144 | to burn
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gabu | 16 | ||
| 145 | smoke
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kwalahu | 16 | ||
| 146 | ash | rahurahu | 67 | ||
| 147 | black | koremakorema | |||
| 148 | white | kurokuro | 74 | ||
| 149 | red | kakakaka | 26 | ||
| 150 | yellow | laboralabora | 41 | ||
| 151 | green | gadokagadoka | |||
| 152 | small | maragi | 71 | ||
| 153 | big | bada | 66 | ||
| 154 | short
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kwadogi | |||
| 154 | short
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kubakuba | 20 | ||
| 155 | long
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lata | |||
| 156 | thin
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severasevera | |||
| 157 | thick
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uduna | |||
| 158 | narrow | iora | |||
| 159 | wide | lababa | 48 | ||
| 160 | painful, sick | hisi | 95 | ||
| 160 | painful, sick | gorere | |||
| 161 | shy, ashamed | hemarai | -r- for expected -l-. | 1 | |
| 162 | old
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iahu | |||
| 162 | old
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guine | |||
| 163 | new | matamata | 19 | ||
| 164 | good | namo | 27 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | dika | 14 | ||
| 166 | correct, true | maoro | 97 | ||
| 167 | night | boi | 1 | ||
| 168 | day | dina | 11 | ||
| 168 | day | laɣani | year | 6 | |
| 169 | year | laɣani | 16 | ||
| 170 | when?
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edananegai | |||
| 171 | to hide
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huni-a | 1 | ||
| 172 | to climb
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dadadae | 2 | ||
| 173 | at | ai | 12 | ||
| 174 | in, inside | lalo-nai | 1 | ||
| 175 | above | atai | 1 | ||
| 176 | below | henuai | 56 | ||
| 177 | this | ina | 67 | ||
| 178 | that | ena | 1 | ||
| 178 | that | una | 1 | ||
| 179 | near | kahirakahira | 106 | ||
| 180 | far | daudau | 1 | ||
| 181 | where?
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edesini | |||
| 182 | I | lau | 1, 21 | ||
| 183 | thou | oi | 1 | ||
| 184 | he/she | ia | 1 | ||
| 185 | we
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ita | |||
| 185 | we
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ai | |||
| 186 | you | umui | 1, 13 | ||
| 187 | they | idia | 25 | ||
| 188 | what?
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dahaka | 1 | ||
| 189 | who?
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daika | 1 | ||
| 190 | other | idau | |||
| 191 | all | ibou- | 93 | ||
| 192 | and | mai | 2, 46 | ||
| 192 | and | bona | 27 | ||
| 193 | if | bema | 28, 3 | ||
| 194 | how?
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edeheto | |||
| 195 | no, not | asi | 1 | ||
| 195 | no, not | ida | |||
| 196 | to count | duahi-a | 19 | ||
| 197 | One
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ta | 14 | ||
| 197 | One
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tamona | 14 | ||
| 198 | Two
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rua | 1 | ||
| 199 | Three
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toi | 1 | ||
| 200 | Four
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hani | 1, 69 | ||
| 201 | Five
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ima | 1 | ||
| 202 | Six
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| 203 | Seven
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| 204 | Eight
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| 205 | Nine
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| 206 | Ten
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| 207 | Twenty
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| 208 | Fifty
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| 209 | One Hundred
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| 210 | One Thousand
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