Difference between revisions of "Wamesa and Tongan/Lexical Selection"
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Revision as of 22:59, 30 March 2017
wad → ton
The Wamesa word re can mean eye or landward/inland.
- (wad) matotap (to fall) → tō (ton)
- (wad) matotap (to collapse) → holo (ton)
In Wamesa, bo means fruit or to row.
- (wad) raria (day) → ʻaho (ton)
- (wad) raria (right now) → ʻanai (ton)
mun = hunt, kill
ton → wad
- (ton) (to cry/weep) tangi → sau (wad)
- (ton) (to ask/appeal) tangi → utanusara (wad)
- (ton) (large cricket or cicada) kakalu → sararer (wad)
- (ton) (whistle) kakalu → nginggisi (wad)
