Huli
Huli is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Huli is a Tari language spoken by the Huli people of the Hela Province of Papua New Guinea.
Huli has a pandanus language called tayenda tu ha illili (bush divide taboo) used for collecting karuka nuts (anga) as well as hunting or traveling. Tayenda is used to evade malevolent bush spirits. The grammar for Tayenda is nearly identical to normal Huli, but the vocabulary is changed, often borrowing words from Duna but with changed meanings.
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Words in Huli
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mbirale* | |
| name | mini* | |
| eye | de* | |
| ear | hale* | |
| nose | ngui* | |
| tooth | ne* | |
| tongue | hege* | |
| hand | gi* | |
| blood | darama* | |
| bone | kuni* | |
| skin | dogone* | |
| knee | lagoli* | |
| breast | andu* | |
| liver | bu* | |
| water | iba | |
| fire | ira* | |
| sun | ni* | |
| star | yakundi* | |
| stone | egetole* | |
| mountain | hari* | |
| tree | ira* | |
| leaf | yuni* | |
| night | mbiraga* | |
| dog | biango* | |
| fish | wena* | |
| louse | kua* | |
| one | mbira* | |
| two | kira* | |
| I | i* | |
| you | i* |
* 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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