The Mafulu eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 349 pages of information about The Mafulu.

The Mafulu eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 349 pages of information about The Mafulu.

Mafulu.  Kambisa.  Sikube.  Kabana.  Korona.

Adze so so cho —­ itau Arm, hand —­ ia ia ia ya Belly ombo hombo —­ habe obo Bird nembe neba membe —­ nebe Cassowary plume —­ wasa vasa —­ —­ Child, son me, ese isa me ese isia Club gilise hadufa adufa, —­ hadoga
girishia
Dog oi hu hu, fu hoa ho Ear yangolo gadoro gaderu gadero i Eye i i i e yago Forest —­ —­ bu = garden —­ bu Father ba —­ —­ ba ba Fire oki uki okia okia oke Foot soge siga suku suge sogo Go gege —­ henga inga hego Ground bu, fa hoa bu = garden —­ fa Hair, head ade ha ha ha ha House e e —­ e e Knife indi indi indi —­ —­ Leaf tu idu itu idu utu Lip, mouth ude uba ude ude uau Moon one hama —­ hama hoana Navel kombolu kumburu —­ habera = koboro
belly
Nose unge unga hunge unuga unga Pig ovo —­ obu —­ o’o Rain yangose —­ iangushe iangose yagosa Smoke iso iso ishio —­ isoa Stone bute io —­ io butia Sun, day eve ewuri —­ evurima eurima Sugar-cane —­ teba tebe —­ —­ Taro munde munda mude —­ mude Thigh mude muda mude —­ mude Tongue usese asisino asese asese asiesa Tooth ato usi ado ado atu Village e haru e —­ eda Water yu iu iu iu eu Woman amu ?mamo = amu amu amu
mother

The numerals show similar agreements.  These will be illustrated in the next section.

2.  Afoa.—­The Afoa vocabulary was collected by Dr. Strong in the villages on Mount Pitsoko from a Fuyuge native who spoke Afoa fluently.  Dr. Strong also obtained a short vocabulary from a native who came from a village apparently on the slopes of Mount Davidson.  The language is substantially the same as the Tauata or Tauatape of which Rev. Father Egedi has published a Vocabulary and Grammar. [188]

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