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.
ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
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259003 | Motu | yellow | labora | yellow | ||
259791 | Motu | straight | maoro | straight | ||
259374 | Motu | to see | ita- | see | ||
258991 | Motu | black | korema | black | ||
258901 | Motu | bad (deleterious or unsuitable) | dika | bad | ||
259802 | Motu | crooked | gageva | crooked | ||
259938 | Motu | sweat | varahu | sweat | ||
258978 | Motu | white | kurokuro | white | ||
259842 | Motu | dry (be dry) | kaukau- | dry | ||
258965 | Motu | red | kakakaka | red | ||
259812 | Motu | ripe banana | mage- | ripe (banana) | ||
259362 | Motu | to lie on ground | hekure- | lie on ground | ||
258914 | Motu | long | lata | long | ||
259580 | Motu | to go down | diho- | go down mountain | ||
258952 | Motu | to be hungry | hitolo | hungry | ||
259822 | Motu | cooked | maeda- | cooked (kaukau) | ||
258939 | Motu | to be sick | gorere | sick | ||
259832 | Motu | wet | paripari- | wet | ||
258927 | Motu | short | kwadogi | short | ||
258728 | Motu | fly sp. | namo | fly | ||
259350 | Motu | to sleep | mahuta- | sleep | ||
259588 | Motu | to turn (change one's direction) | hegiro- | turn (oneself) (intr.) | ||
258677 | Motu | wing | kokokoko | wing | ||
259454 | Motu | to laugh | kiri | laugh | ||
259338 | Motu | to fall (drop rather than topple) | moru | fall (from height) | ||
258741 | Motu | mosquito | kaubebe | mosquito | ||
259327 | Motu | to fall (from standing) | keto- | fall (from standing) | ||
259599 | Motu | to put down | ato-diho | put down (on ground) | ||
259530 | Motu | to smell (something) | bona- | smell (tr.) | ||
259316 | Motu | to break | hamakoi- | break (tr.) | ||
259927 | Motu | make hole (in ground) | gei- | make hole in gound | ||
259610 | Motu | to hold (in hand) | dogo-tao | hold in hand | ||
259508 | Motu | to wash | digu- | wash onself | ||
259304 | Motu | to hit | bota- | hit (with hand) | ||
259292 | Motu | to give | heni-a | give him | ||
258754 | Motu | butterfly | ruma | butterfly | ||
259477 | Motu | to scratch (as with fingernails to relieve itch) | kakasi- | scratch skin | ||
259620 | Motu | to carry | hua- | carry on shoulder | ||
259443 | Motu | to jump | roho dobi | jump | ||
259288 | Motu | give you | heni-mu | give you | ||
259957 | Motu | to sew | turi- | sew up | ||
259283 | Motu | give me! | keni-gu | give me! (Imperative) | ||
259916 | Motu | to bury | guri- | bury | ||
259632 | Motu | to push | dori- | push | ||
259435 | Motu | blow (on fire) | hururu- | blow fire | ||
259271 | Motu | to take | abi- | take | ||
258766 | Motu | house | hanua | house | ||
259259 | Motu | to walk | raka- | walk | ||
259643 | Motu | to pull | veri- | pull | ||
258689 | Motu | cassowary | gaigai | cassowary |