Difference between revisions of "Wamesa and Tongan/Lexical Selection"

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==ton → wad==
 
==ton → wad==
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Tongan only has one word for ''to swim'', while Wamesa has a few.<br/>
 
Tongan only has one word for ''to swim'', while Wamesa has a few.<br/>
 
* (ton) kakau → as (wad)
 
* (ton) kakau → as (wad)

Revision as of 12:20, 28 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)


ton → wad

Still need
Tongan only has one word for to swim, while Wamesa has a few.

  • (ton) kakau → as (wad)
  • (ton) kakau → kubira (wad)

Tongan has one word for ocean, while Wamesa has a couple.

  • (ton) moana → sasi (wad)
  • (ton) moana → rawanam (wad)