| Part of Speech | noun |
| Phonetic Form | mʷaliko |
| Proto-Form | (?) POc: *mwaqane |
| Tanema Equivalent | anuka |
| Lovono Equivalent | lamuka |
| Paradigm Form | pl: idi |
| Syntactic Restriction | non-specific gender |
| Encyclopedic Info | Phraseol.: While mwaliko can take on a generic or indefinite reading, this meaning is more often achieved using the impersonal pronoun idi, or corresponding 3pl generic subject marker li-. |
Example 589:
die mwaliko pe i-buthe bones of a dead body
Example 621:
Nga mwaliko i-bu, le-iu ebele ini i-wene ne kie ini.When somebody dies, their body is buried in a grave.
| Syntactic Restriction | male |
| (Part of) Antonym (for) | |
| (Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 507:
mwaliko iote da emel’ iapea man and his wife
- Example URL
- https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S1
Example 1772:
momoso ie mwaliko ponuthe wife of that man
- Example URL
- https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003350#S39
Example 1773:
Bwara ka i-te te’ mwaliko pe Franis pon.I believe she married a man from France.
| Syntactic Restriction | possessed |
| (Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 1774:
emele da mwalik' iapethe woman and her husband