Lawunuia
Lawunuia is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Lawunuia (also called Piva) is an Austronesian language spoken along the Piva river in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It is closely related to Banoni; together, Lawununia and Banoni make up one of the five primary branches of Northwest Solomonic, a major subgroup of the Oceanic languages.
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Words in Lawunuia
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | natavana* | |
| name | vasaNa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tagina* | |
| nose | su* | |
| tooth | noki* | |
| tongue | mea* | |
| hand | numa* | |
| blood | marana* | |
| bone | sipanna* | |
| skin | ghuni* | |
| breast | su* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | koromo* | |
| fire | cai* | |
| star | pipito* | |
| stone | palaci* | |
| leaf | vagini* | |
| night | boNi* | |
| dog | vidaga* | |
| fish | bosi* | |
| louse | ghucu* | |
| one | kadaken* | |
| two | tonua* | |
| I | ana* | |
| you | agoi* | |
| we | aghaita* | |
| drink | ku* | |
| see | katoa* | |
| hear | noNono* |
* 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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