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Language: Motu

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

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