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)

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