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

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