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Tebi language
Language in Papua From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tebi, also known by the village name Dubu, is a Western Pauwasi language of West New Guinea. It is spoken in Affi, Dubu, and Jembatan Web villages of Keerom Regency. It is mostly used by older adults.
A survey report has been carried out by Im (2005).[2]
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Basic vocabulary
Below are some basic vocabulary words in Tebi.[3]
Tebi basic vocabulary ‘I’ na ‘you (sg)’ fro ‘we’ numu ‘belly’ dialə ‘bird’ olmu ‘black’ təŋəra ‘blood’ təri ‘breast’ mamu ‘come’ kəlawai ‘eat’ ne ‘eye’ ei ‘foot’ puŋwa ‘give’ taʔa ‘good’ pani ‘hand’ təro ‘head’ məndini ‘hear’ fei ‘house’ ‘louse’ mi ‘man’ toŋkwar ‘mosquito’ mimi ‘name’ kini ‘road’ fiaʔa ‘root’ periŋgu ‘sand’ tədən ‘tooth’ kle ‘tree’ weyalgi ‘water’ ai ‘who’ mate ‘one’ kərowali ‘two’ kre
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References
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