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

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 
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:

Showing 3 of 5 entries. Show ALL logged changes

Entries:

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

Seen an error? Please let us know:

Save Data: