Kesawai
Kesawai is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Kesawai is a Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Kesawai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | henatamaite* | |
| name | weini* | |
| eye | ami* | |
| ear | ahare* | |
| nose | upu* | |
| tooth | wai* | |
| hand | wapi* | |
| blood | petai* | |
| bone | toko* | |
| skin | metake* | |
| knee | ehitoko* | |
| liver | kame* | |
| water | ya | |
| fire | heken* | |
| sun | were* | |
| star | wanepe* | |
| stone | epo* | |
| mountain | keti* | |
| tree | tiri* | |
| leaf | mati* | |
| night | somoru* | |
| dog | esame* | |
| fish | aine* | |
| one | aterei* | |
| two | aere* | |
| I | i* | |
| you | ne* | |
| we | sene* | |
| drink | ne* | |
| see | were* |
* 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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