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Language: Sowa

Source/Author:  Andrew Gray 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:sww  Glottocode: sowa1244 
Notes:  Sowa language is extinct; the last fluent speaker died in 2000. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew Gray  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:
10 dirty      
38 to chew word info      
47 to yawn      
68 needle      
93 to pound, beat word info      
99 feather      
131 cloud word info      
144 to burn word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
184 he/she      
196 to count -bli   1, 13  
147 black -broh   78  
20 to know, be knowledgeable -kla   18  
91 to buy -kle transitive 48  
90 to dig -kli transitive 1  
37 to eat -kngê transitive 1  
69 to hunt word info -kro chase 59  
41 to bite -kzê transitive 1, 55  
46 to see -lsê transitive 14, 94  
40 to drink -mni transitive 1, 49  
155 long word info -mrav   18  
142 heavy -mres   33  
22 to fear -mzaêk   1  
157 thick word info -mzôl   3  
48 to sleep -mzôô   1  
89 to hold word info -psu      
82 dull, blunt -ptet   15  
140 dry word info -rkas be dry 37  
44 to hear -rngo transitive 1  
29 to sniff, smell -rngo bwo- -rngo = hear/feel 42, 62  
42 to suck -rsu   58  
84 to plant -rwu transitive 9  
71 to stab, pierce -sko   67  
67 to sew word info -slo transitive 32  
156 thin word info -spaspa      
72 to hit word info -sê      
74 to kill -sê same as "hit"    
166 correct, true -tnon straight, correct 44  
164 good -twus nice in appearance 124  
64 to say -ve   13, 103  
190 other a-dun      
194 how? word info a-kenbe      
209 One Hundred word info amrôb   19  
195 no, not atna negative marker ("not") 106  
127 woods/forest atrab   41  
187 they ava- perfective (past tense) 23  
53 person/human being azô   24  
192 and   34  
138 warm word info bangvang   47  
19 shoulder base-   65, 71  
135 lightning bil   26  
128 sky bini   29  
24 head bozô-   9  
146 ash bsiêv   75  
25 neck bwalakena-   84  
27 nose bwangsô-      
153 big bwara-   50  
106 snake bwarasok   20  
126 lake bwatnêb pool in river 23  
196 to count bwili   1, 13  
97 bird bwisêl   30  
167 night bwông   1  
76 to live, be alive bês   56  
161 shy, ashamed bôs   32  
23 blood da   1  
58 wife dadô-   37  
78 to cut, hack word info dal intransitive 1  
54 man/male dalmo   27  
43 ear dalngê-   1, 40  
78 to cut, hack word info dalê transitive 38  
169 year dam also "yam" 30  
59 mother dasê-   17  
34 to cry daêng   1  
70 to shoot word info dep   8  
51 to sit dok   147  
52 to stand du   2  
171 to hide word info du saraêk   6?  
85 to choose dungenê   35  
21 to think dôdmê   13  
98 egg dôl   1, 66  
98 egg dôlô-   1, 66  
65 rope e-      
111 fish ek   1  
65 rope ekaê   35  
57 husband esa-   2  
55 woman/female iemat   37  
26 hair word info il   31  
201 Five word info ilim   1  
61 house im   1  
198 Two word info iru   1  
200 Four word info ivêt   1, 65  
195 no, not iwaa interjection ("no") 104?  
197 One word info izuwal   9  
199 Three word info izôl   1  
185 we word info ka pa- exclusive    
185 we word info ka va- exclusive    
101 to fly kak   14  
132 fog kakaw   1  
172 to climb word info kalnê climb up something 49  
87 to swell word info kalok "be big" 60  
153 big kalok   55  
37 to eat kan intransitive 1  
36 to spit kasuu   19  
41 to bite kat intransitive 1, 55  
41 to bite kazê imperative 1, 55  
91 to buy kele imperative 48  
105 tail kere- of animal 39  
186 you ki pa-   44  
186 you ki va-   44  
183 thou ki-   1  
90 to dig kil intransitive 1  
90 to dig kili imperative 1  
8 to turn word info kinsêk   117  
205 Nine word info lakpat   20  
173 at lal in 20, 48  
174 in, inside lal   1  
30 mouth lalwa- internal 50  
73 to steal las intransitive 20  
73 to steal lasnê transitive 20, 28  
136 wind laêng   1, 77  
50 to dream le pabwêk   29  
46 to see les intransitive 14, 94  
46 to see lesê imperative 14, 94  
26 hair word info li-   31  
30 mouth lipmo- external    
174 in, inside lo-   1  
153 big lok   55  
9 to swim los bathe 8  
105 tail lupinzê- of bird 68  
204 Eight word info lêptôl   5, 7  
115 root lêpwe-   18  
31 tooth lêw   1, 35  
203 Seven word info lêwru   13  
31 tooth lêwô-   1, 35  
35 to vomit   8  
12 skin lô-   1, 81  
202 Six word info lôwal   15  
151 green malmales   43  
81 sharp maman   24  
139 cold word info mamdid   1  
33 to laugh man   51  
142 heavy mapmap   46  
175 above marak high up 25  
11 dust marsôw   88  
75 to die, be dead mat   1  
208 Fifty word info mawul ilim   x  
207 Twenty word info mawul iru   9  
209 One Hundred word info mawul sebrenok   18  
45 eye maza-   1  
7 to come maê   1  
40 to drink min intransitive 1, 49  
40 to drink mini imperative 1, 49  
150 yellow msoh   80  
182 I mwi- imperfective (present tense) x  
2 left mwii   1, 59  
154 short word info mwut   32  
3 right mwôzô   5  
32 tongue mê-   7  
141 wet mês   49  
86 to grow word info môô   24  
170 when? word info nangês   1, 43  
180 far nawôt   85  
28 to breathe ngongos   36  
116 flower ngê-   39  
182 I ni- perfective (past tense) x  
177 this no   1  
177 this   1  
121 sand on   1  
49 to lie down word info oo   79  
187 they pa- imperfective (present tense) x  
186 you pi-      
112 rotten word info pok   30  
80 to split word info pwerê usually in combination with other verbs (dal pwere, 'cut and split') 1?  
193 if pwesa nê      
113 branch word info ra-   1  
175 above ra- on 18  
163 new rab   9  
168 day ran   6  
173 at ran on 49  
39 to cook word info rangnê roast 37  
25 neck ranvadlo-   42  
137 to blow word info ree of wind 40  
113 branch word info rez   1  
137 to blow word info riv of wind 40  
44 to hear rong intransitive 1  
123 to flow row run 37  
104 fat/grease ru- large pieces of fat 44  
134 thunder ruu mere   47  
84 to plant ruwu imperative 9  
122 water word info   1  
114 leaf rô-   1  
6 road/path sal   1  
123 to flow sal float 38  
6 road/path sala-   1  
92 to open, uncover sangvê   40  
104 fat/grease sasal small amounts of grease    
165 bad, evil sasanba   41  
165 bad, evil sasaêba   41  
179 near savi      
181 where? word info sawô   40  
181 where? word info sawôt   40  
63 name se-   1, 18  
206 Ten word info sebrenok   14  
191 all sii      
189 who? word info sinan   1, 25  
67 to sew word info solsol intransitive 32  
145 smoke word info sonbiê-   32  
188 what? word info sowa   1, 72  
15 bone su-   52  
13 back word info sundô-   137  
4 leg/foot sunlê-   37  
18 breast sus   1  
18 breast susu-   1  
62 thatch/roof sêkoo sago palm 20  
185 we word info ta pa- inclusive 1  
185 we word info ta va- inclusive 1  
109 mosquito tabken   35  
107 worm (earthworm) tabsus   25  
77 to scratch word info takrê   12, 28  
166 correct, true tiwek true    
79 stick/wood tukaê wood 1  
197 One word info tuwal   9  
166 correct, true tuwek true    
16 intestines têne-   1  
108 louse word info ut   1  
176 below va- under 1, 39  
61 house val   14  
100 wing valka-   38, 69  
149 red vang   91, 92  
142 heavy vangse   39  
120 stone vat   1  
210 One Thousand word info vataa may be corrupted by Apma 13  
143 fire vihtre      
12 skin vinu-   28  
103 meat/flesh viso-   10  
76 to live, be alive vês   56  
117 fruit wa-   1, 26  
130 star wamso   13  
169 year wasa   29  
94 to throw word info wasnê   42  
152 small watêk   121, 46  
118 grass wavilis   1  
88 to squeeze word info wewe      
66 to tie up, fasten weze   86  
96 dog wiri   7, 77  
14 belly wolatne-   39  
56 child womwal   8  
110 spider wotabkaka   8, 77  
107 worm (earthworm) wotabsus   25  
137 to blow word info wu with mouth 4  
154 short word info wudu-   32  
96 dog wuri   L?  
5 to walk wurut   29  
154 short word info wus   32  
143 fire wusap   38  
164 good   1  
129 moon wôl   1  
60 father zama-   1  
14 belly zapnge-   13  
124 sea zas   1  
125 salt zas same as "sea" or "saltwater" 20  
148 white zav   99  
178 that zaê      
17 liver zi-   40  
162 old word info zibwêt   57?  
160 painful, sick zir   53  
62 thatch/roof zokoo sago palm 20  
102 rat zomo   72  
176 below zovan low down 41, 38  
119 earth/soil zuzan   1  
83 to work word info ôm   1  
95 to fall word info ôs      
133 rain ôs   1  
1 hand ŋê-   27  

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