Tofanma or Tofamna is a poorly documented Papuan language of Indonesia. Wurm (1975) placed it as an independent branch of Trans–New Guinea, but Ross (2005) could not find enough evidence to classify it. It appears to be related to Namla, a neighboring language.
Vocabulary Tofanma vocabulary from Foley (2018):
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Tofanma |- | ‘bird’ || yetai |- | ‘blood’ || læki |- | ‘bone’ || da |- | ‘breast’ || mu |- | ‘ear’ || kemblale |- | ‘eat’ || dimisipe |- | ‘egg’ || li |- | ‘eye’ || yei |- | ‘fire’ || ve |- | ‘give’ || vænə |- | ‘go’ || wao |- | ‘ground’ || yai |- | ‘hair’ || kemblena |- | ‘hear’ || varli |- | ‘I’ || ne |- | ‘leg’ || wukudaʔ |- | ‘louse’ || bili |- | ‘man’ || lamle |- | ‘moon’ || min-yaku |- | ‘name’ || ame |- | ‘one’ || kenanu |- | ‘road, path’ || mæki |- | ‘see’ || mæsi |- | ‘sky’ || nəmlo |- | ‘stone’ || kəlo |- | ‘sun’ || yaku |- | ‘tongue’ || kuguku |- | ‘tooth’ || dimi |- | ‘tree’ || la |- | ‘two’ || næni |- | ‘water’ || basu |- | ‘we’ || ngu |- | ‘woman’ || ale |- | ‘you (sg)’ || wo |- | ‘you (pl)’ || dule
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1971, 1975),Voorhoeve, C.L. "Miscellaneous Notes on Languages in West Irian, New Guinea". In Dutton, T., Voorhoeve, C. and Wurm, S.A. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 14. A-28:47-114. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1971. Voorhoeve, C.L. Languages of Irian Jaya: Checklist. Preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists. B-31, iv + 133 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Tofanma |- ! head | kemble |- ! hair | kemble-na |- ! ear | kemb lelu |- ! eye | jei; yei |- ! nose | məniti |- ! tooth | geme |- ! tongue | goŋgogok |- ! leg | wanta |- ! louse | bli |- ! bird | jetai; yetai |- ! egg | taili |- ! blood | leki |- ! bone | nta |- ! skin | jefake; yefake |- ! breast | mo |- ! tree | kili |- ! man | lame |- ! woman | ale |- ! sun | jaku; yaku |- ! moon | menti-gaku |- ! water | basu |- ! fire | we |- ! stone | klo |- ! road, path | meka |- ! name | emi |- ! eat | sembe |- ! one | kenano |- ! two | neni
References
Wambaliau, Theresia. 2005. Survey Report on the Tofanma Language in Papua, Indonesia. (in Indonesian). Unpublished manuscript. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia.
External links
Tofanma word list at TransNewGuinea.org