Source: Dutton (1970)
Dutton, T.E., 1970. Notes on the languages of the Rigo area of the Central district of Papua. In S. A. Wurm & D. C. Laycock, eds. Pacific Linguistic Studies in honour of Arthur Capell. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257978 | Motu | sore, wound | toto- | sore | ||
| 258300 | Motu | smoke (of fire) | kwaiahu | smoke | ||
| 258210 | Motu | mountain | ororo | mountain | ||
| 258136 | Motu | water | ranu | water | ||
| 258991 | Motu | black | korema | black | ||
| 259327 | Motu | to fall (from standing) | keto- | fall (from standing) | ||
| 257966 | Motu | liver | ate- | liver (blakliwa) | ||
| 258054 | Motu | cloud | ori | cloud | ||
| 257605 | Motu | tooth (front rather than molar) | ite- | tooth | ||
| 259791 | Motu | straight | maoro | straight | ||
| 259812 | Motu | ripe banana | mage- | ripe (banana) | ||
| 258313 | Motu | ashes | kaha | ashes (black) | ||
| 259781 | Motu | wide | lababa | [(wide)] | ||
| 257953 | Motu | heart | kudou- | heart | ||
| 259316 | Motu | to break | hamakoi- | break (tr.) | ||
| 257422 | Motu | sibling, opposite sex, older | taihu- | "sibling, opp.sex, older" | ||
| 259304 | Motu | to hit | bota- | hit (with hand) | ||
| 258123 | Motu | evening | adorahi | evening | ||
| 257332 | Motu | young boy | mero | young boy (manki) | ||
| 257939 | Motu | bone | turia- | bone | ||
| 257592 | Motu | ear | taia- | ear | ||
| 258543 | Motu | pandanus (edible) | buatau | pandanus (edible) | ||
| 258965 | Motu | red | kakakaka | red | ||
| 259754 | Motu | thick | uduna | [(thick)] | ||
| 259761 | Motu | thin | severa | [(thin)] | ||
| 259771 | Motu | narrow | hekahi | [(narrow)] | ||
| 259746 | Motu | painful | hisihisi- | pain | ||
| 257927 | Motu | fat | diɣara- | fat | ||
| 258952 | Motu | to be hungry | hitolo | hungry | ||
| 259288 | Motu | give you | heni-mu | give you | ||
| 259292 | Motu | to give | heni-a | give him | ||
| 258728 | Motu | fly sp. | namo | fly | ||
| 258715 | Motu | fish | lao | fish | ||
| 257579 | Motu | nose | udu- | nose | ||
| 257913 | Motu | blood | rara- | blood | ||
| 258390 | Motu | root | ramu- | root of tree | ||
| 258532 | Motu | sugarcane | geregere | sugarcane | ||
| 259735 | Motu | name | lada- | [(name)] | ||
| 259283 | Motu | give me! | keni-gu | give me! (Imperative) | ||
| 257409 | Motu | sibling, same sex, younger | tadi- | "sibling, s.sex, younger" | ||
| 258196 | Motu | sand | miri | sand | ||
| 258614 | Motu | tail | hui- | dog's tail | ||
| 257901 | Motu | hair (body) | dera- | body hair | ||
| 259711 | Motu | to chop, cut down | utu- | chop wood | ||
| 258287 | Motu | fire | lahi | fire | ||
| 258197 | Motu | sand | raria | sand | ||
| 258575 | Motu | salt | sisia | salt | ||
| 259698 | Motu | a cough | hua- | cough | ||
| 257889 | Motu | skin | kopi- | skin | ||
| 258978 | Motu | white | kurokuro | white |