kogola; fofoye (_ash colour_)
Kambisa: --
Korona: foa
Afoa: ilitu
Kovio: unimala; [aela].
English: Wife
Mafulu: amu(le)
Kambisa: --
Korona: --
Afoa: omen)iva [177]; [iva]
Kovio: anamara.
English: Wind
Mafulu: gubu(le)
Kambisa: --
Korona: gubu(ra)
Afoa: kavi; [oive]
Kovio: tamara; [tsinu].
English: Wing
Mafulu: geoge; fala(le) (_feathers_); pilulupe (_of bat_)
Kambisa: --
Korona: --
Afoa: --
Kovio: --
English: Woman
Mafulu: amu(le)
Kambisa: mamo [178]
Korona: amu
Afoa: iva
Kovio: anakave; [anatemada, anakave; anafu].
English: Wrist
Mafulu: bodul' u' gurube [179]
Kambisa: ia' u' gidiba
Korona: --
Afoa: --
Kovio: --
English: Yam
Mafulu: ai(ne)
Kambisa: --
Korona: hain
Afoa: loite
Kovio: darai; [tarae].
English: Yellow
Mafulu: yangogona [180]
Kambisa: --
Korona: yarem
Afoa: epe
Kovio: katech.
English: Yes
Mafulu: e
Kambisa: --
Korona: --
Afoa: namoade
Kovio: --
English: Yesterday
Mafulu: arima
Kambisa: --
Korona: --
Afoa: kila
Kovio: [orivafari].
CHAPTER V
Appendix V
Notes on the Papuan Languages spoken about the Head Waters of the
St. Joseph River, Central Papua
By Sidney H. Ray, M.A.
The grammars and vocabularies collected by the Rev. Father Egedi,
the Rev. E. P. Money and Dr. W. M. Strong illustrate the languages
spoken in the higher hill country extending from the district about
Mount Yule to Mount Albert Edward and the Upper Vanapa River. They
form three distinct groups.
1. Fuyuge, comprising the dialects of Mafulu, Kambisa, Korona and
Sikube.
2. Afoa or Ambo, including Tauata.
3. Kovio, including Oru Lopiko.
SECTION I
I. Classification.
1. Fuyuge:--The first specimen of any lanugage of the Fuyuge group was
collected by the Rev. James Chalmers in 1879. This was called by him
Kabana, and was printed in a collection of vocabularies in 1888. [181]
From a note on the original MS., the vocabulary was assumed to be
the dialect of a village on Mount Victoria (called by Chalmers Mount
Owen Stanley). [182] But as Sir William MacGregor pointed out, [183]
there are no villages on that mountain, hence Chalmers, in assigning
a locality to the vocabulary some time after its collection, must
have b
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