Buhutu
Buhutu is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Buhutu (Bohutu) is an Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Most Buhutu speakers live in the Sagarai River Valley between Mullins Harbour on the south coast and the Pima mountains north of the Sagarai.
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Words in Buhutu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | waihin | |
| person | doga* | |
| name | hesa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | beya* | |
| nose | hisu* | |
| tooth | mo7atalana* | |
| tongue | lelo* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | wasina* | |
| bone | siyada* | |
| skin | wapi* | |
| knee | tuli* | |
| breast | nom* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | hoowa | |
| fire | oyagi* | |
| sun | maihala* | |
| star | kipwala* | |
| stone | ume7ehu* | |
| mountain | tu7a* | |
| tree | oyagi* | |
| leaf | lugu* | |
| night | i7ipa* | |
| dog | wayowa* | |
| fish | hama* | |
| louse | tuma* | |
| one | esega* | |
| two | luwaga* | |
| I | yau* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · buhu1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bxh