The ASJP Database - Wordlist Kamasau

Wordlist Kamasau

Compiled by Cecil H. Brown and Matthew S. Dryer

Showing 1 to 100 of 112 entries

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

1	I	I	Ne	False
2	you	THOU	nu	False
3	we	WE	bexi	False
4	this	THIS	en	False
5	that	THAT	te	False
5	that	THAT	ta7	False
6	who	WHO	tuxe	False
7	what	WHAT	puxe	False
8	not	NOT	xari	False
8	not	NOT	segi	False
9	all	ALL	buagi	False
10	many	MANY	buagi	False
10	many	MANY	7uan	False
11	one	ONE	iri	False
12	two	TWO	temi	False
13	big	BIG	yumbui	False
14	long	LONG	dobui	False
15	small	SMALL	wo	False
15	small	SMALL	wokuandi	False
16	woman	WOMAN	5umbueg	False
17	man	MAN	wuti	False
17	man	MAN	7uayi	False
18	person	PERSON	wuti	False
19	fish	FISH	wuye umo	False
20	bird	BIRD	wapi	False
21	dog	DOG	5ombui	False
22	louse	LOUSE	imbiski	False
23	tree	TREE	5umo	False
24	seed	SEED	yi	False
25	leaf	LEAF	ra7e	False
26	root	ROOT	tumuri	False
27	bark	BARK	sare gagriwo	False
28	skin	SKIN	CoNo	False
29	flesh	FLESH	som	False
30	blood	BLOOD	yabi	False
31	bone	BONE	Nape	False
32	grease	FAT (ORGANIC SUBSTANCE)	uye	False
33	egg	EGG	5o7	False
35	tail	TAIL	tumo	False
36	feather	FEATHER	kimbi	False
37	hair	HAIR	i5	False
38	head	HEAD	Nawu	False
39	ear	EAR	aNe	False
40	eye	EYE	rar	False
41	nose	NOSE	kime	False
42	mouth	MOUTH	mim	False
43	tooth	TOOTH	sawo	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	minju7	False
45	claw	CLAW	su7	False
46	foot	FOOT	5iNe	False
47	knee	KNEE	suNomyu	False
48	hand	HAND	si	False
49	belly	BELLY	umbo	False
50	neck	NECK	gibe	False
51	breast	BREAST	mi5	False
52	heart	HEART	dugogu	False
53	liver	LIVER	jag	False
54	drink	DRINK	e	False
55	eat	EAT	e	False
56	bite	BITE	at	False
56	bite	BITE	ait	False
57	see	SEE	u7oind	False
58	hear	HEAR	utuNu	False
59	know	KNOW	ei amb	False
60	sleep	SLEEP	ru7o ase	False
61	die	DIE	ati	False
62	kill	KILL	i	False
63	swim	SWIM	xiri numbo7	False
64	fly	FLY (MOVE THROUGH AIR)	5iNrai7 o	False
65	walk	WALK	5iNe are o	False
66	come	COME	andi	False
67	lie	LIE (REST)	ase	False
68	sit	SIT	as	False
68	sit	SIT	CuCu as	False
69	stand	STAND	yeu	False
70	give	GIVE	eN	False
71	say	SAY	ari	False
72	sun	SUN	Ni5	False
73	moon	MOON	irew	False
74	star	STAR	tomnji	False
75	water	WATER	wuye	False
76	rain	RAINING OR RAIN	wuye	False
77	stone	STONE	wet	False
77	stone	STONE	wet 5aw	False
78	sand	SAND	jiji	False
79	earth	EARTH (SOIL)	7i	False
80	cloud	CLOUD	Ni5 tu	False
81	smoke	SMOKE (EXHAUST)	wasebo	False
82	fire	FIRE	wase	False
83	ash	ASH	i5ap	False
84	burn	BURN	yita7wi	False
84	burn	BURN	endi	False
84	burn	BURN	ande	False
85	path	PATH	Nim	False
86	mountain	MOUNTAIN	rand	False
87	red	RED	ambo	False
89	yellow	YELLOW	5es	False
90	white	WHITE	7uem	False
91	black	BLACK	7uari	False
92	night	NIGHT	bur	False

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Glottocode: kama1367
ISO 639-3: kms

Coordinates WGS84

3°50'S, 143°50'E
-3.83, 143.83

number of speakers	960
status	alive

Classification

WALS: Tor > Marienberg
Glottolog: Nuclear Torricelli > Marienberg > Elepi Kamasau Marienberg
Ethnologue: Torricelli > Marienberg

Sources

Sanders and Sanders 1996: Wand Tuan Wand Puate: Yumbo Yumbo Buagi Raqe WundAs tok bilong Tok Ples Wand Tuan Kamasau practical Tri-glot dictionary. Compiled by Arden & Joy Sanders. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics.