Kire
Kire is a Ramu language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kire (Giri) is a Ramu language of Giri village (4.286778°S 144.724753°E / -4.286778; 144.724753 (Giri 1)) in Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
From Wikipedia · Kire language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kire
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | guma* | |
| name | zi* | |
| eye | rum3* | |
| ear | kw3r* | |
| nose | kom* | |
| tooth | t3r* | |
| tongue | zE* | |
| hand | ax3r* | |
| blood | v3s3N* | |
| bone | ag3r* | |
| skin | ndEr* | |
| knee | th3b* | |
| breast | t3* | |
| liver | bEnag3m* | |
| water | mb3* | |
| fire | bv3p* | |
| sun | 3r3* | |
| star | k3m* | |
| stone | k3m* | |
| mountain | mb3g* | |
| tree | k3* | |
| leaf | f3r* | |
| night | m3* | |
| dog | fi3* | |
| fish | mb3g3m* | |
| louse | pEr* | |
| one | pabia* | |
| two | puni* | |
| I | gu* | |
| you | ndu* |
* 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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