Tebi language
| Tebi | |
|---|---|
| Tepi-Dubu | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | New Guinea |
Native speakers | 220 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dmu |
| Glottolog | dubu1240 |
| ELP | Dubu |
Tebi, also known by the village name Dubu, is a
. It is mostly used by older adults.A survey report has been carried out by Im (2005).[2]
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
References
- ^ Tebi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Im, Youn-Shim. 2005. Draft survey report on the Tebi language of Papua, Indonesia. Manuscript. SIL.
- ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.