Bola
Bola is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Bola, or Bakovi, is an Oceanic language of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea. The Harua (Xarua) dialect developed on a palm plantation.
From Wikipedia · Bola language (Austronesian) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Bola
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | biri* | |
| name | ara* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNa* | |
| nose | rupere* | |
| tooth | Ni* | |
| tongue | tabele* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | dara* | |
| bone | tuxa* | |
| skin | kuli* | |
| knee | turu* | |
| breast | ru* | |
| liver | xate* | |
| water | naru | |
| fire | kanono* | |
| sun | xaro* | |
| star | xada* | |
| stone | kedo* | |
| mountain | lolo* | |
| tree | kai* | |
| leaf | paga* | |
| night | rodo* | |
| dog | ligo* | |
| fish | manu* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | taku* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | mua* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · bola1250 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bnp