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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
257450you (pronoun d:2s)oiDutton (1970)you (sing.
257488you pl. (pronoun d:2p)umuiDutton (1970)you (pl.)
257332young boymeroDutton (1970)young boy (manki)
259003yellowlaboraDutton (1970)yellow
258505yam (taitu)bikuDutton (1970)yam (taitu)
258491yam (maho)taituDutton (1970)yam (maho)
258490yam (maho)mahoDutton (1970)yam (maho)
258835woman's clothes (pulpul)sihiDutton (1970)"woman's clothes, pulpul"
257272womanhahineDutton (1970)woman
258677wingkokokokoDutton (1970)wing
258275to blow (wind)toaDutton (1970)wind blows
258262windiaiDutton (1970)wind
257358wifeadava-Dutton (1970)wife
259781widelababaDutton (1970)[(wide)]
260009who?daikaDutton (1970)who
258978whitekurokuroDutton (1970)white
260033where?edeseni aiDutton (1970)where (at)
260045when?edena nega aiDutton (1970)when
260021what?dahakaDutton (1970)what
259832wetparipari-Dutton (1970)wet
257477we incl. (pronoun d:1p, incl)itaDutton (1970)we incl.
258136waterranuDutton (1970)water
259508to washdigu-Dutton (1970)wash onself
259259to walkraka-Dutton (1970)walk
259686to vomitmumuta-Dutton (1970)vomit
260386to understanddibaDutton (1970)understand (language)
260094underneathhenunaiDutton (1970)underneath (of house) stationary
259588to turn (change one's direction)hegiro-Dutton (1970)turn (oneself) (intr.)
258352trunk (of tree)gabaka-Dutton (1970)trunk of tree
258416tree topdori-Dutton (1970)tree top
258340treeauDutton (1970)tree
260258to towrua (rua)Dutton (1970)tow
257605tooth (front rather than molar)ite-Dutton (1970)tooth
257619tonguemaia-Dutton (1970)tongue
260341with (accompanying)idaDutton (1970)together with
257990to dreamnihi-Dutton (1970)to dream
259988to tiekwatu-Dutton (1970)tie rope
259488to throwtaho-Dutton (1970)throw
257645throatgado-Dutton (1970)throat
260270threetoi (toi)Dutton (1970)three
260191this (further)enaDutton (1970)this (further)
260178this (close)inaDutton (1970)this (close)
259761thinseveraDutton (1970)[(thin)]
257852thighmamu-Dutton (1970)thigh
259754thickudunaDutton (1970)[(thick)]
257500they (pronoun d:3p)idiaDutton (1970)they
260224there (lohap)that + aiDutton (1970)there (lohap)
260233there (distant)that + aiDutton (1970)there (distant)
260198that (distant)unaDutton (1970)that (distant)
260325tengwautaDutton (1970)ten