Meyah
bahasa Meax
Meyah is an East Bird's Head language spoken in Indonesia.
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Meyah (Meyakh) is a West Papuan language spoken in North Manokwari District, Manokwari Regency, West Papua, Indonesia. The Meyah language is agglutinative and head-marking and has no grammatical cases. It has subject-verb-object word order, which comes from nearby Austronesian languages.
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Words in Meyah
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | osnok* | |
| name | ofoka* | |
| eye | EitEij* | |
| ear | osu* | |
| nose | osum* | |
| tooth | ofon* | |
| tongue | arni* | |
| hand | Etma* | |
| blood | ogufu* | |
| bone | ofora* | |
| skin | ofos* | |
| knee | okEibi* | |
| breast | mENk* | |
| liver | odou* | |
| water | mei | |
| fire | mah* | |
| sun | mowa* | |
| star | motur* | |
| stone | mamu* | |
| mountain | mEmaga* | |
| tree | mEga* | |
| leaf | EfEi* | |
| night | motu* | |
| dog | mEs* | |
| fish | mos* | |
| louse | mEj* | |
| one | EgEns* | |
| two | EgEka* | |
| I | didif* | |
| you | bua* |
* 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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