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==ton → wad==
 
==ton → wad==
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'''Still need'''<br/>
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Tongan only has one word for ''to swim'', while Wamesa has a few.<br/>
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* (ton) (to cry/weep)  tangi  →   (wad)
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* (ton) kakau → as (wad)
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* (ton) (to ask/appeal) tangi  →   (wad)
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* (ton) kakau → kubira (wad)
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Tongan has one word for ''ocean'', while Wamesa has a couple.<br/>
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* (ton) (large cricket or cicada) kakalu → (wad)  
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* (ton) moana → sasi (wad)
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* (ton) (whistle)                kakalu → (wad)
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* (ton) moana → rawanam (wad)
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:05, 30 March 2017

wad → ton

The Wamesa word re can mean eye or landward/inland.

  • (wad) re → (eye) mata (ton)
  • (wad) re → (landward) (ton)

In Wamesa, bo means fruit or to row.

  • (wad) bo → (fruit) foʻi ʻakau (ton)
  • (wad) bo → (to row) (ton)


Ask about multi word foai akau and about lrx-proc -m in all cases of lrx-proc in modes.xml

ton → wad

  • (ton) (to cry/weep) tangi → (wad)
  • (ton) (to ask/appeal) tangi → (wad)
  • (ton) (large cricket or cicada) kakalu → (wad)
  • (ton) (whistle) kakalu → (wad)

Category:Sp17_LexicalSelection