| Tebi | |
|---|---|
| Tepi-Dubu | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | New Guinea |
Native speakers | 220 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dmu |
| Glottolog | dubu1240 |
| ELP | Dubu |
Tebi, also known by the village nameDubu, is aWestern Pauwasi language ofWest New Guinea. It is spoken inAffi, Dubu, andJembatan Web villages ofKeerom Regency. It is mostly used by older adults.
A survey report has been carried out by Im (2005).[2]
Below are some basic vocabulary words in Tebi.[3]
| ‘I’ | 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 |
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