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Language: Motu

Information:

Glottocode: motu1246
ISO 639: meu

Sources: Dutton (1970)

Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Papuan Tip linkage, Peripheral Papuan Tip linkage, Central Papuan Oceanic, West Central Papuan linkage

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Lexicon:

IDWordEntryAnnotationLoanSourceSource Gloss
258532sugarcanegeregereDutton (1970)sugarcane
258543pandanus (edible)buatauDutton (1970)pandanus (edible)
258562tanketdamenaDutton (1970)tanket
258575saltsisiaDutton (1970)salt
258588dogboromaDutton (1970)dog
258601pigiu-Dutton (1970)pig
258614tailhui-Dutton (1970)dog's tail
258626furmanuDutton (1970)dog's fur
258639birdhui-Dutton (1970)bird
258652featherɣatoi-Dutton (1970)feather
258665eggape-Dutton (1970)egg
258677wingkokokokoDutton (1970)wing
258689cassowarygaigaiDutton (1970)cassowary
258702snakegwarumeDutton (1970)snake
258715fishlaoDutton (1970)fish
258728fly sp.namoDutton (1970)fly
258741mosquitokaubebeDutton (1970)mosquito
258754butterflyrumaDutton (1970)butterfly
258766househanuaDutton (1970)house
258777bowioDutton (1970)bow
258788arrowvaroDutton (1970)arrow
258803ropekiapaDutton (1970)"string, rope"
258815net bag ramiDutton (1970)"netbag, bilum"
258835woman's clothes (pulpul)sihiDutton (1970)"woman's clothes, pulpul"
258846singsingmavaruDutton (1970)singsing
258860bigbadaDutton (1970)big
258875smallmaraɣiDutton (1970)small
258888goodnamoDutton (1970)good
258901bad (deleterious or unsuitable)dikaDutton (1970)bad
258914longlataDutton (1970)long
258927shortkwadogiDutton (1970)short
258939to be sickgorereDutton (1970)sick
258952to be hungryhitoloDutton (1970)hungry
258965redkakakakaDutton (1970)red
258978whitekurokuroDutton (1970)white
258991blackkoremaDutton (1970)black
259003yellowlaboraDutton (1970)yellow
259011greengadokagadokaDutton (1970)green
259023hotsiahuDutton (1970)hot (water)
259036cold (weather)kerumaDutton (1970)cold (water)
259048blind(mata) kepuluDutton (1970)blind
259060deaf(taia) kudimaDutton (1970)deaf
259072fullhonuDutton (1970)full (of water)
259085come quick!(verb+) haragaDutton (1970)come quick (Imperative)
259097oldgunaDutton (1970)old (house)
259110newmatamataDutton (1970)new (house)
259120rotten (especially log)bodagaDutton (1970)rotten (house)
259131right (hand)idibaDutton (1970)right hand
259144left (hand)lauriDutton (1970)left hand
259157to eatani-Dutton (1970)eat