vao² pig; espec. wild pig

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	fao
Tanema Equivalent	va
Lovono Equivalent	vao

• • pig; espec. wild pig
  • • Zool

  Scientific Name	Sus scrofa
  (Part of) Antonym (for)	pwoi

  • • Example 1297:
      

      Poi pe li-womanga ne kulumoe, vao i-moloe ne ngogoro.

      Domesticated pigs are fed in the village, but wild pigs wander about in the forest.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • vao¹ wild (opp. tame) / wild, growing in the bush (opp. cultivated)