Buna
Buna is a Nuclear Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Buna is a Torricelli language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
There are two divergent dialects. One dialect is spoken in Kasmin (4.018975°S 144.060235°E / -4.018975; 144.060235 (Kasmin 1)), Boig (3.84861°S 144.054923°E / -3.84861; 144.054923 (Boik)), Waskurin (3.870089°S 144.068112°E / -3.870089; 144.068112 (Waskurin)), and Arapang (3.88039°S 144.073217°E / -3.88039; 144.073217 (Ariapan)) villages, and another in Masan, Mangan (3.953676°S 144.239463°E / -3.953676; 144.239463 (Mangan)), and Garien villages.
From Wikipedia · Buna language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Buna
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | uri* | |
| name | eab* | |
| eye | laloe* | |
| ear | makaoe* | |
| nose | amakale* | |
| tooth | saoe* | |
| tongue | meNoe* | |
| hand | shlgue* | |
| blood | yekoe* | |
| bone | igabe* | |
| skin | kpagoe* | |
| knee | kolbabe* | |
| breast | onhnameNoe* | |
| liver | yagaloe* | |
| water | nmeao* | |
| fire | was* | |
| sun | ane* | |
| star | aNoae* | |
| stone | muyik* | |
| mountain | amoa* | |
| tree | nmi* | |
| leaf | maetap* | |
| night | ekol* | |
| dog | kaok* | |
| fish | kasil* | |
| louse | bisa* | |
| one | n3Nako* | |
| I | Na* | |
| drink | nmeaodal* | |
| see | dape* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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