| *uɾatu || fish |- | *u[w]ata || name |- | *jaɸutu || stone |- | *-ɾasi || tooth |- | *joku || breast |- | *ne-me || you |- | *kae || path |- | *-tuɾa || bone |- | *-saɸia || tongue |} Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: {| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Mairasi !! Semimi |- ! head | neŋguvu || kotera |- ! hair | eŋguasa || nasuru |- ! eye | ne-mbutu || -mbiato |- ! tooth | nerasi || n-erasi |- ! leg | oʔoro || okoranda |- ! louse | umai || kumai |- ! dog | asi || ansi |- ! pig | bembe || pembe |- ! bird | sai || sai |- ! egg | ete || aŋgu-ate |- ! blood | isere || monda |- ! bone | natura || natura |- ! skin | n-aiʔa || kakia |- ! tree | iwo || u |- ! man | tatovo || tatakovo |- ! sun | tende || tende |- ! water | fata || fate |- ! fire | ivoro || iboro |- ! stone | javutu || jahutu |- ! name | negwata || nawata |- ! eat | nenem- || nenem- |- ! one | taŋggau || tana |- ! two | amoi || amoi |} See also Papuan languages Further reading Peckham, Lloyd. 1982. Mairasi verb morphology. Workpapers in Indonesian Linguistics 1: 75–96. Peckham, Lloyd. 1991. Etna Bay survey report: Irian Jaya Bird’s Neck languages. Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures 10: 147–185. Peckham, Nancy, Adriana Waryengsi, Esther Fov and Mariana Oniw. 1991. Farir Mairas na’atuei = Perbendaharaan kata bahasa Mairasi = Mairasi vocabulary. SIL. Notes References External links Mairasi languages database at TransNewGuinea.org Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–Etna Bay New Guinea Papuan languages Language families