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Language: Marovo

Source/Author:  Blust, from Tryon & Hackman (1983) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mvo  Glottocode: maro1244 
Notes:  Tryon, D.T. & Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: an internal classification. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Penny Keenan  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Western Oceanic:Meso Melanesian:New Ireland:South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic:New Georgia:East 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
38 to chew word info      
68 needle      
19 shoulder kivekive      
24 head calivi-      
50 to dream mucha hita      
51 to sit ndoku      
58 wife ororeke      
77 to scratch word info pɛropɛro      
80 to split word info okat|ia      
84 to plant choku      
86 to grow word info ŋgete keli 2    
92 to open, uncover hairia      
93 to pound, beat word info poŋga      
94 to throw word info hona tera      
112 rotten word info siona      
116 flower mburoŋo      
120 stone indaka      
125 salt karaka      
134 thunder paratata      
152 small tsatsa|na      
153 big ŋgɛte|na      
159 wide eto (2)    
160 painful, sick pavu      
165 bad, evil tsie|na      
167 night ipu      
171 to hide word info liungu      
171 to hide word info ado      
172 to climb word info keli la      
178 that pio      
182 I raka      
191 all tou      
207 Twenty word info bane      
7 to come mae   1  
14 belly tia-   1  
18 breast cucu-   1  
27 nose isu-   1  
35 to vomit muta   1  
43 ear taliŋi-   1  
45 eye mata-   1  
59 mother tina-   1  
60 father tama-   1  
79 stick/wood hae   1  
90 to dig hɛli   1  
91 to buy holu   1  
108 louse word info hutu   1  
111 fish ihana   1  
156 thin word info manovisi   1  
170 when? word info pana isa   1  
180 far seu   1  
183 thou hoi   1  
184 he/she ia   1  
185 we word info hita   1  
186 you hamu   1  
188 what? word info nasa   1  
189 who? word info e sei   1  
198 Two word info karua   1  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info onomo   1  
208 Fifty word info limaŋavulu   1  
42 to suck nonopo   1, 22  
42 to suck totopo   1, 32  
132 fog ɣambu   1, 54  
163 new haŋguru|na   1, 14  
85 to choose vile   1, 24  
113 branch word info raŋga   1, 34  
31 tooth livɔ-   1, 35  
1 hand lima-   1, 64  
23 blood njuka-   10  
53 person/human being tinoni   10  
97 bird ɔlɔkɔ   10  
169 year mburumburu   10  
196 to count ase   10  
209 One Hundred word info meka ghoghoto   10  
5 to walk ɛne   11  
44 to hear avɔso   11  
49 to lie down word info ɛko   11  
52 to stand tiva   11  
13 back word info kakandɔ-   112  
55 woman/female manemaneke   113  
9 to swim cucuve   12  
56 child komburu   12  
98 egg vɔvɔto-   12  
203 Seven word info juapa   12  
73 to steal ciko   13  
105 tail ciku-   13  
146 ash ɛmba   13  
166 correct, true ɣoto   13  
176 below karu-na   13  
176 below pa kauru-na   13  
128 sky ɣaleɣaleanarane   14  
194 how? word info vehua   14  
36 to spit kamicu   14, 22  
37 to eat ŋɔŋɔ   15  
65 rope iku   15  
123 to flow totolo   15  
124 sea indere karaka   15  
162 old word info koi|na   15  
204 Eight word info vesu   15  
2 left hɛnde   16  
74 to kill valɛŋgua   16  
154 short word info kokutsu   16?  
21 to think mbalambala   17  
46 to see omi   17  
71 to stab, pierce cova|ia   17  
83 to work word info tavetavete   17  
118 grass tsetseu   17  
141 wet mɔhu   17  
150 yellow meava   17  
155 long word info hele   17  
195 no, not kare   17  
25 neck rua-   18  
66 to tie up, fasten pir|ia   18  
88 to squeeze word info potsoa   18  
104 fat/grease ndeana-   18  
140 dry word info popa   18  
177 this pia   18  
47 to yawn mava   19  
67 to sew word info pitipiti   19  
72 to hit word info sɛkea   19  
89 to hold word info tiŋan|ia   19  
106 snake nɔki   19  
131 cloud word info cokoro   19  
151 green mbuma   19  
175 above pa ulu-na   19  
95 to fall word info uke irreg loss of *p-? 19, 22  
185 we word info hami   2  
192 and ma=ni and=3sg.subj 2  
30 mouth hunju-   2, 44  
28 to breathe siŋo   20  
82 dull, blunt pako   20  
190 other hokiti   20  
210 One Thousand word info meka tina   20  
75 to die, be dead lɛŋgu   22  
164 good lea|na   22  
206 Ten word info naŋguru   23, 25  
26 hair word info kalu   24  
87 to swell word info mbɔmbɔŋo   24  
174 in, inside pa korapa-na   24  
63 name kila-   25  
70 to shoot word info hona   25  
81 sharp ŋatsu   25  
114 leaf rokoroko   25  
145 smoke word info rovu   25  
187 they ria   25  
78 to cut, hack word info kur|ia   26  
126 lake kopi   27  
107 worm (earthworm) nokinoki   28  
143 fire ikutsu   28  
158 narrow ŋirisi   28  
193 if mbambe   28  
181 where? word info pa vei   3  
200 Four word info mande   3  
102 rat kutu irreg reflex 3, 63  
117 fruit ure   30  
41 to bite usua   31  
197 One word info meka   31, 33  
166 correct, true lea|na   32  
129 moon paleke   34  
6 road/path huana   35  
20 to know, be knowledgeable atɛn|ia   35  
122 water word info kavɔ   35  
12 skin kɔrekɔre-   37  
62 thatch/roof cinumba   37  
161 shy, ashamed kekea   37  
130 star tsēru   38  
135 lightning mandava   39  
86 to grow word info to 1 4  
144 to burn word info sulua   4  
115 root ndanadaha   40  
142 heavy puha   40  
34 to cry ulo   41  
37 to eat vavae   41  
110 spider kukaere   41  
157 thick word info patuara   42  
8 to turn word info likoco   43  
109 mosquito nderi   43  
69 to hunt word info ɛnetsie   44  
54 man/male tinoni   46  
147 black tsinoko   47  
159 wide labe (1) 47  
22 to fear talokɛte   48  
65 rope andɔso   48  
103 meat/flesh mbɔrambɔra-   48  
127 woods/forest ŋgoana   48  
137 to blow word info ivua   5  
205 Nine word info sia   5  
3 right matao   5, 13  
136 wind are   50  
100 wing cacarava-   51  
148 white heva   51  
15 bone susuri-   52  
96 dog tsie   52  
29 to sniff, smell hina   53  
48 to sleep muca   53  
121 sand keoro   53  
57 husband palabatu   54  
39 to cook word info kina   55  
93 to pound, beat word info ruja   56  
149 red orava   56  
139 cold word info ŋgaumu   57  
138 warm word info reka   58  
139 cold word info manombu   58  
138 warm word info luluŋu   59  
168 day rane   6  
199 Three word info hike   6  
119 earth/soil puava   60  
101 to fly tsarava   61  
4 leg/foot mahele-   62  
33 to laugh iraŋa   62  
32 tongue mea-   7  
61 house vanua   7  
10 dirty nindze   72  
11 dust kavuru   72  
64 to say njaman|ia   77  
17 liver kɔla-   8  
40 to drink mbei   8  
76 to live, be alive tona   8  
133 rain umbata   8  
173 at pa   8  
16 intestines kuru-   80  
99 feather kalu-   9  
179 near tata   9  
186 you hakisa   x  

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