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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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