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Mwotlap

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Etymology

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Cognate with Hiw yeqën. From Proto-Torres-Banks *loᵐbʷeβine, ultimately from Proto-Oceanic *pine (woman), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lōqōvēn (determinate nalqōvēn)

  1. female
  2. woman, adult woman

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