Tebi | |
Nativename: | Tepi-Dubu |
States: | Indonesia |
Region: | New Guinea |
Speakers: | 220 |
Date: | 2005 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Pauwasi |
Fam2: | West Pauwasi |
Fam3: | Tebi–Towe |
Iso3: | dmu |
Glotto: | dubu1240 |
Glottorefname: | Dubu |
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).[1]
Below are some basic vocabulary words in Tebi.[2]
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 |