| One | |
| Also Known As: | West Wapei |
| Region: | north-central Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Torricelli |
| Child1: | One |
| Child2: | Seta |
| Child3: | Seti |
| Glotto: | west2580 |
| Glottorefname: | West Wapei |
| Map: | Torricelli_languages_map.svg |
| Mapcaption: | The Torricelli languages as classified by Foley (2018) |
The One or West Wapei languages constitute a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in north-central Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
The following basic vocabulary words are from the Trans-New Guinea database,[2] citing data from Laycock (1968)[3] and SIL (2000):[4]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. kamóya, komoyo for “bone”) or not (e.g. alfoi, ŋkotelə for “tongue”).
| gloss | Seti | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| head | selə | sela; sila | səkon | |
| hair | sila batalayo | |||
| ear | tipi | tɩbɩli; təpəli | arpan | |
| eye | namla | namana; naməna | nəŋka | |
| nose | suwla | sulu; sülü | sünü | |
| tooth | nala | nɛla; nelə | neːn | |
| tongue | alfoi | ngctela; ŋkotelə | ŋkoten | |
| leg | teu | teu | saten | |
| louse | munola | təmofəl | təmpofənə | |
| dog | paːla | balə; paːlə | paːn | |
| bird | nawra | pəsiapa; pɩsapə | pəlisia | |
| egg | amu | aːmo; gambu | tənna | |
| blood | fampwi | soli | soro | |
| bone | amla | kamóya | komoyo | |
| skin | plapi | tapeo; tapio | naːni | |
| breast | nimla | mommo; momo | momo | |
| tree | silo | si | səno | |
| man | mana | manə; oma | maŋko | |
| woman | piːni | bɩni; pin | pəneno | |
| sky | yebiti | |||
| sun | ayre | kebɩli; kepli | koːfəni | |
| moon | anini | anine; funmo | yinmon | |
| water | faːla | mi | miː | |
| fire | niːpi | sakul; sakulu | nep | |
| stone | taːma | kuləbol; tumala | toːmu | |
| road, path | plɛn | |||
| eat | wune woyuye | |||
| two | plale | pəla | pəna |