Dobu
Dobu is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Dobu or Dobuan is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a lingua franca for 100,000 people in D'Entrecasteaux Islands.
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Words in Dobu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | waine | |
| person | tomota* | |
| name | esa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tena* | |
| nose | ubusu* | |
| tooth | sara* | |
| tongue | meia* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | rara* | |
| bone | lulu* | |
| skin | bwara* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | bwasi | |
| fire | awe* | |
| star | kwadima* | |
| stone | gurewa* | |
| leaf | iawa* | |
| night | boiboi* | |
| dog | kedewa* | |
| fish | iana* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | bweu* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | abo7agu* | |
| you | oiu* | |
| we | abo7ada* | |
| drink | numa* | |
| see | ita* |
* 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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Elsewhere
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