Difference between revisions of "Wamesa and Tongan/Lexical Selection"
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Revision as of 09:47, 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
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)