Siwai
Siwai is a South Bougainville language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Motuna, or Siwai, is a Papuan language of Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken primarily in Siwai Rural LLG. The current number of speakers is difficult to estimate since the latest figure (6,000 + 600) is from the 1970 census.
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Words in Siwai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | mi* | |
| eye | marE* | |
| ear | duN* | |
| nose | kiN* | |
| tooth | kEvi* | |
| tongue | mini* | |
| hand | aka* | |
| blood | irih* | |
| bone | kona* | |
| skin | kaN* | |
| knee | mi* | |
| breast | nuno* | |
| water | mikisa* | |
| fire | iha* | |
| sun | da* | |
| star | kiwa* | |
| stone | kupuri* | |
| mountain | kinum* | |
| tree | kuna* | |
| leaf | hono* | |
| night | motumo* | |
| dog | mahkata* | |
| fish | iyanna* | |
| louse | hoh* | |
| one | no7* | |
| we | ne* | |
| drink | ne* | |
| see | mono* | |
| hear | onoruhe* | |
| die | pu* |
* 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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