Haigwai
Haigwai is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Haigwai is an Oceanic language of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Haigwai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | lava* | |
| name | wavana* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tanigha* | |
| nose | diga* | |
| tooth | mou* | |
| tongue | mena* | |
| hand | nimana* | |
| blood | wahina* | |
| bone | ge* | |
| skin | opi* | |
| knee | itutu* | |
| breast | guguna* | |
| liver | lilivatuna* | |
| water | gwaila* | |
| fire | eyagialalatana* | |
| sun | madega* | |
| star | ubona* | |
| stone | ghaima* | |
| mountain | oiya* | |
| tree | egi* | |
| leaf | lugu* | |
| night | wagwala* | |
| dog | laulau* | |
| fish | iyana* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | emota* | |
| two | lugha* | |
| I | ta* | |
| you | tam* |
* 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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