Language name and location: Taeme, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 泰梅语, 巴布亚新几内亚西部省

1. /zindabe/   (lit: 'one')

2. /komläbe/  (lit: 'two')

3. /kumulzin/ (lit: 'three')

4. /tope/        (lit: 'pointer finger')

5. /ménda/    (lit: 'thumb  finger')

6. /képén/    (lit: 'wrist ')

7. /ttängkwém/ (lit: 'elbow')

8. /matta/ (lit: 'shoulder')

9. ngäm/  (lit: ' breast')

10. /ddél/ (lit: 'chest')

11. /ddémana ngäm/ (lit: ' other side of breast')

12. /ddémana matta/ (lit: 'other side of shoulder')

13. /ddémana ttängkwém / (lit: 'other side of elbow')

14. /ddémana käpén / (lit: 'other side of wrist')

15. /ddémana ménda / (lit: 'other side of thumb finger')

16. /ddémana tope / (lit: 'other side of pointer finger')

17. /ddémana métikin / (lit: ' other side of tall finger')

18. /ddémana klazoamae / (lit: 'other side of ring finger')

19. /ddémana trekesa / (lit: 'other side of small finger')

20. /pelyi/  (lit: '(whole) body ')

100. /daménéng/   (lit: ' hundred')

1000. /naptten/  (lit: ' thousand')

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Philip Tama, student at University of New England, Armidale, Australia and Lecturer at the University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea, January 27, 2022.  

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Philip Tama, 2022 年 1 月 27 日.

Other comments: Taeme (or Tame) is a Pahoturi language spoken in Kondobol ward, northeast Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 834 people in Taeme village, Kondobol ward, Morehead Rural LLG. Taeme has a numbering system based on body parts. Though numbers over 10 can be expressed in Taeme, most are so complex that English is invariably used for everything over 10.

The following forms are used as modifiers in the modified noun phrase

/yao még/   nothing   ‘zero’

/zin/    one/next  ‘one’

/komläbe/  two  ‘two’  

/kumulzin/   three ‘three’

/tope/   pointer finger  ‘four’  

/ménda/  thumb  finger  ‘five’

/képén/  wrist  ‘six’