Bamgi Awyu
Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
Situation
[under construciton]
Sources
Drabbe (1950) grammar notes and (pp. 131-142) 408 comparative terms for Jénimu
Drabbe (1954: 231-255) 100 comparative terms for Jénimu
Drabbe (1959:162-181) 431 comparative terms for Jénimu
Lebold, Kriens and de Vries (2010: 46-52) 97 comparative terms for Salamepe village
Lebold, Kriens and Susanto (2013: 36-47) 239 comparative terms for Yeloba and Konebi (Jas) villages and (pp. 48-50) 60 comparative terms for Banamepe and Konebi (Homeme)
Phonology
[under construction]
Pronouns
Drabbe (1950: 99-102) gives Jénimu pronouns in two case forms as follows:
| nominative | possessive | |
| 1 sg. | nu | na |
| 2 sg. | gu | ga |
| 3 sg. | ewi, egi | wa |
| 1 pl. | nugu | 'niga |
| 2 pl. | gugu | 'giga |
| 3 pl. | joɣo | 'jaɣa |
Counting system
Drabbe (1950: 104-105) gives six numbers for Jénimu as follows:
| 1 | i'ʃo |
| 2 | okum |
| 3 | okum-i'ʃo |
| 4 | okum-okum |
| 5 | bed-afi-ko'mɛ |
| 10 | sɛ |
According to Drabbe, /bed-afi/ in the term for “five” means “one hand.”
Verbal morphology
[under construction]