Language name and locationː Kerewo, Gulf, Papua New Guinea [Ref to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区克雷沃语, 巴布亚新几内亚海湾省

 

1. nɑɑʔu

2. neʔewɑ

3. neʔewɑ-nɑɑʔu   (2+1)

4. neʔewɑ-neʔewɑ (2+2)

5. tuu hɑpuo nɑɑʔu  (litː ''hand side'')

6. tuu hɑpuo nɑɑʔu via nɑɑʔu  (sikisi)

7. tuu hɑpuo nɑɑʔu via neʔewɑ (seveni)

8. tuu hɑpuo nɑɑʔu via neʔewɑ-nɑɑʔu (eiti)

9. tuu hɑpuo nɑɑʔu via neʔewɑ-neʔewɑ (naini)

10. tuu hɑpuo neʔewɑ (litː ''hand side-two'') / (teni)

11. tuu hɑpuo neʔewɑ via nɑɑʔu

12. tuu hɑpuo neʔewɑ via neʔewɑ

13. tuu hɑpuo neʔewɑ via neʔewɑ-nɑɑʔu

14. tuu hɑpuo neʔewɑ via neʔewɑ-neʔewɑ

15. tuuhapuoha neʔeva-naaʔu

16. tuuhapuoha neʔeva-naaʔu via nɑɑʔu

17. tuuhapuoha neʔeva-naaʔu via neʔewɑ

18. tuuhapuoha neʔeva-naaʔu via neʔewɑ-nɑɑʔu

19. tuuhapuoha neʔeva-naaʔu via neʔewɑ-neʔewɑ

20. tuuhapuoha neʔeva-neʔeva 

21. tuuhapuoha neʔeva-neʔeva via nɑɑʔu

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Robert Peterson, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. September 24, 2021.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. Robert Peterson. 2021 年 9 月 24 日.

 

Other comments: Kerewo is spoken by about 1,000 speakers in Omati river west bank, Gulf province, Papua New Guinea. Kerewo has a 2-cycle system with morphemes for 'hand' and 'foot' up to 20.  

Notesː tuu=hand,  hapuo=one of two opposite sides, via=and.
And the letter ' (called modi or apostrophe) is used for a glottal stop - a break between vowels sounds.


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