Taupota
Taupota is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Taupota is an Oceanic language of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It appears to be a dialect chain, with southern varieties called Wa'ema and western Wedau.
The Wedau variety, which varies between villages, was adopted by Anglican missionaries who settled in Dogura and so became the lingua franca for the southern coast of Goodenough Bay.
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Words in Taupota
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | wavine | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taniga* | |
| tooth | ivo* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| water | waira* | |
| fire | elagi* | |
| sun | madega* | |
| stone | gaima* | |
| dog | owo* | |
| fish | kiepa* | |
| one | emoti* | |
| two | ruaga* | |
| I | tau* | |
| you | tam* | |
| we | tauta* | |
| path | talaba* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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