Terei
Terei is a South Bougainville language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Terei or Buin, also known as Telei, Rugara, is the most populous Papuan language spoken to the east of New Guinea. There are about 27,000 speakers in the Buin District of Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Terei
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | roi* | |
| name | miN* | |
| eye | noine* | |
| ear | nume* | |
| nose | keN* | |
| tooth | kompe* | |
| tongue | mere* | |
| hand | aku* | |
| blood | inna* | |
| bone | kana* | |
| skin | katu* | |
| knee | mi* | |
| breast | nutu* | |
| liver | nunno* | |
| water | tu* | |
| fire | oguai* | |
| sun | rua* | |
| star | kaipa* | |
| stone | aru* | |
| mountain | menu* | |
| tree | kui* | |
| leaf | oto* | |
| night | muro* | |
| dog | maikuna* | |
| fish | iana* | |
| louse | oti* | |
| one | noi* | |
| two | ke* | |
| I | ne* | |
| you | ro* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · tere1278 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · buo