Pamosu
Pamosu is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Pamosu is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Some of the older generations speak Pal, a related language. It has been documented by Andrew Pick.
Pamosu grammar has been documented in Tupper (2012).
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Words in Pamosu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | epiov | |
| person | mande* | |
| name | aNgoNg* | |
| eye | eliaha* | |
| ear | pika* | |
| nose | salona* | |
| tooth | naNgepia* | |
| tongue | mindak* | |
| hand | ape* | |
| blood | mavol* | |
| bone | kenav* | |
| skin | fuku* | |
| knee | baun* | |
| breast | me* | |
| liver | kema* | |
| water | opet | |
| fire | mundu* | |
| sun | mali* | |
| star | sepena* | |
| stone | nome* | |
| mountain | somu* | |
| tree | na* | |
| leaf | saku* | |
| night | nokov* | |
| dog | eman* | |
| fish | bilale* | |
| louse | nandi* | |
| one | tuku* | |
| two | ilov* | |
| I | ye* |
* 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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