Tabo

Noun

kamena

1. woman
   • Maka 10.6, Godokono Hido Tabo (KNVANT) (Mark 10.6, Tabo Bible):

     Huiyatiya numa꞉la꞉, dopamo Godote ba꞉moe hopo dododiya꞉, ba꞉ba tetelo ebete dubu kamena bododiliya꞉.

     “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’”

2. wife
   • Maka 10.2, Godokono Hido Tabo (KNVANT) (Mark 10.2, Tabo Bible):

     “Dubuti ebeno kamena dibukimini, Godokono Tutumu Tabo ba꞉kadikamidalemene?”

     “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19