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

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