Gapapaiwa
Gapapaiwa is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea, by about 3,000 people.
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Gapapaiwa, also Gapa or Paiwa, is an Austronesian language of the eastern Papua New Guinean mainland.
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Words in Gapapaiwa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | wavine | |
| person | wawaya* | |
| name | vava* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tini* | |
| nose | gia* | |
| tooth | oke* | |
| tongue | pepa* | |
| hand | ima* | |
| blood | tara* | |
| bone | tuiri* | |
| skin | beka* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | katekate* | |
| water | okoa* | |
| fire | keama* | |
| star | gwamegwame* | |
| stone | wakima* | |
| leaf | rugurugu* | |
| night | didibhara* | |
| dog | kukou* | |
| fish | siaiana* | |
| louse | tuma* | |
| one | sagho* | |
| two | rua* | |
| you | kakam* | |
| we | ta* | |
| drink | keomai* | |
| see | kekita* | |
| hear | kevianei* |
* 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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