:Maimai languages
{{Short description|Branch of the Torricelli language family}}
{{Infobox language family
|name = Maimai
|altname =
|region = eastern Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
|familycolor = Papuan
|fam1 = Torricelli
|fam2 =
|child1 =
|child2 =
|glotto = nucl1590
|glottorefname = Nuclear Maimai
|map = Torricelli_languages_map.svg
|mapcaption = The Torricelli languages as classified by Foley (2018)
}}
The Maimai languages constitute a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken just to the west of Nuku town in eastern Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea (including in Maimai Wanwan Rural LLG).
Languages
Pronouns
:
| {{table}}
|+ Maimai pronouns |
| 1s
| ki || oi || ai || ai |
|---|
| 2s
| si || yi || is || is |
| 3s
| ofo || tən || apan || apan |
| 1p
| əfə || yep || epep || apap |
| 2p
| || yip || ipip || ipip |
| 3p
| afa || təmoŋ || apam || |
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from Laycock (1968),Laycock, Donald C. 1968. Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea. Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66. as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.{{Cite web |url=http://transnewguinea.org/family/torricelli |title=TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea |last=Greenhill |first=Simon |date=2016 |access-date=2020-11-05}}
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. elktife, elaŋkitif for “tongue”) or not (e.g. nikiw, rakun, taŋən for “ear”).
:
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| head
| etwun || utüwe || paroŋ || wuntəf || |
|---|
| ear
| nikiw || rakun || taŋən || raŋkun || ŋətə |
| eye
| napə || napelkə || oi || nampəl || satoʔ |
| nose
| mohau || luweka || luwet || ruwot || suwopən |
| tooth
| panikye || parkita || panəm || paniŋk || niŋo |
| tongue
| ləhe || elktife || yansɨ || elaŋkitif || life |
| leg
| etiyə || itikya || tiŋ || youpep || papaŋ |
| louse
| lumum || hipəp || || yaflin || |
| dog
| panə || mpat || pat || mpat || pato |
| bird
| pelhin || walfisa || hilít || felfis || walfun |
| egg
| waltiye || laʔwo || yilhəf || lawo || lawiyen |
| blood
| amkeʔ || wiyefa || wuji || wiyef || kuijwẽ |
| bone
| loki || yefa || lokɨ || yefa || loknwẽ |
| skin
| kirkeʔ || halipa || purko || halip || noʔoŋ |
| breast
| mapi || maka || mayr || may || mapi |
| tree
| lowɨ || lowə || lou || lou || lowo |
| man
| məsən || mohon || matan || mukun || masən |
| woman
| nuka- pyene || nuweteʔ || yukətet || nuwot || sakwoto |
| sun
| amwo || fala || olok || fala || watli |
| moon
| auniye || onifəʔ || aune || kwonif || waluko |
| water
| supɨ || hipelə || sifyer || himpel || ite |
| fire
| yakel || yafa || ya || yaʔaf || safi |
| stone
| alpɨl; kitampa || paleka || wotə || wətə́f || kalkopo |
| two
| yatowiye || oloʔw || wuríkrŋ || kolou || wosoŋ |
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |last=Foley |first=William A. |author-link=William A. Foley |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=197–432 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}
{{Torricelli languages}}