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Language: Fas

Source/Author:  John Kohip 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:fqs  Glottocode: fass1245 
Notes:  The author is a native speaker of this language. Nineteen (19) villages in West Sepik Province use this language. its geographic range is Maiu/Sumumini Villages (Buof River)up Sumo Villages (Bliri and Piore Rivers).  
Problems:  Probably an endangered language because the new generations use Tok Pisin.  
Data Entry:  Typed By: Norman Barrias  Checked By:  
Statistics: 
  • Total Data: 185
  • Number of Retentions:
  • Number of Loans: 0
 
Classification:  Fas 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
47 to yawn      
62 thatch/roof      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
74 to kill      
86 to grow word info      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
127 woods/forest      
132 fog      
173 at      
183 thou      
184 he/she      
187 they      
189 who? word info      
190 other      
192 and      
193 if      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
69 to hunt word info a      
107 worm (earthworm) a-u      
186 you ai      
154 short word info akiu      
98 egg ako      
150 yellow akokis      
151 green akoku      
176 below akuo ario      
161 shy, ashamed akuota      
103 meat/flesh amno      
157 thick word info aneita      
159 wide aneita      
153 big annuo      
159 wide anou      
177 this anu      
63 name apu      
88 to squeeze word info awonei      
12 skin awu      
15 bone effu      
76 to live, be alive eku      
163 new eku      
119 earth/soil ekuo      
164 good emsu      
185 we word info erpu kopo      
178 that eru      
4 leg/foot essei      
95 to fall word info eu      
155 long word info fafo      
114 leaf fah      
91 to buy faimar      
61 house fek      
197 One word info fesni      
122 water word info fi      
40 to drink fi kieye      
11 dust fifia pipano      
179 near fiki      
121 sand fisu      
73 to steal fofko      
112 rotten word info fota      
87 to swell word info fufnu      
131 cloud word info fufofi      
137 to blow word info fufuan      
126 lake fuku      
18 breast fuku efu      
32 tongue funei      
117 fruit hu      
138 warm word info huian      
174 in, inside huoi      
90 to dig huon      
129 moon huos      
169 year huos mepki      
109 mosquito hus      
25 neck husno      
96 dog husu      
51 to sit hutei      
28 to breathe ianpin      
53 person/human being imei      
54 man/male imei      
85 to choose inakta tin      
5 to walk inatim      
33 to laugh ininta      
84 to plant inn      
7 to come innei      
111 fish iye      
42 to suck iyenei      
22 to fear kafokta      
20 to know, be knowledgeable kamefeta      
128 sky kami      
135 lightning kami      
134 thunder kami kuruan      
146 ash kamuso      
196 to count kantimar      
1 hand kei      
2 left kei kakfo      
3 right kei mene      
89 to hold word info kei nepsi      
166 correct, true kemen      
81 sharp kifa      
141 wet kisfita      
156 thin word info kista      
37 to eat kiyei      
45 eye koi      
46 to see koi onei      
6 road/path kos      
39 to cook word info ku-kani      
136 wind kufmiye      
145 smoke word info kukwakfi      
79 stick/wood kuo      
143 fire kuo      
113 branch word info kuofuku      
144 to burn word info kuomnaos      
191 all kuopo      
209 One Hundred word info kuopo      
23 blood kusu      
149 red kutu      
26 hair word info kwa      
99 feather kwa      
34 to cry kwefita      
19 shoulder makfo      
180 far maku      
59 mother masu      
31 tooth mei      
38 to chew word info mekei      
139 cold word info meketa      
194 how? word info memeta      
170 when? word info menfur oh      
130 star mepke      
181 where? word info mina      
105 tail minia      
58 wife mofo      
43 ear moina      
124 sea moiye      
195 no, not momu meni      
64 to say mon yeni      
55 woman/female muh      
65 rope mui      
100 wing mumu      
108 louse word info munpu      
10 dirty mutta      
8 to turn word info nafua nafua      
110 spider nakiye      
80 to split word info napua      
29 to sniff, smell nasuon      
168 day neop      
94 to throw word info netipi      
133 rain nifo      
162 old word info nihu      
175 above nin      
44 to hear nipunei      
71 to stab, pierce niye      
140 dry word info nukita      
14 belly nunu      
16 intestines nunu anou      
102 rat onei      
172 to climb word info onei      
60 father pafu      
56 child paso      
167 night pinip      
77 to scratch word info pipkar      
158 narrow pitita      
152 small pitu      
17 liver poki      
52 to stand puanan      
21 to think pufo pufo      
24 head pufu      
115 root puku      
82 dull, blunt puuta      
171 to hide word info sasen      
116 flower saw      
75 to die, be dead senei      
97 bird sih      
165 bad, evil sikepu      
9 to swim sinin      
27 nose sipty      
104 fat/grease sipu      
101 to fly siyen      
148 white siyepu      
160 painful, sick suknu      
147 black suku      
182 I te      
78 to cut, hack word info teipuan      
48 to sleep tiako      
49 to lie down word info tiakomku      
198 Two word info tianepem      
199 Three word info tianepem ef      
202 Six word info tianepem ef tianepem ef      
200 Four word info tianepem tianepem      
201 Five word info tianepem tienepem fesni      
70 to shoot word info tinei      
72 to hit word info tipaiye      
36 to spit tipbri      
66 to tie up, fasten titan      
83 to work word info tuku      
106 snake tukwipe      
118 grass tukwiye      
120 stone unnei      
13 back word info wamku      
41 to bite wei      
142 heavy weita      
35 to vomit yakfuta      
172 to climb word info yanei      
30 mouth yefko      
57 husband yefu      
50 to dream yekmuos      
188 what? word info yekuo      

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