Arguni

Introduction

Arguni is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Papua Province, Fak-Fak district. Off northwest coast, Bomberai peninsula on Arguni island in Maccluer gulf.

The Arguni Verb

Verblist

• [ga-vaʔanev] sinin... -- to dream
• binapes -- to breathe
• -demi -- to kill
• -fo... -- to cook
• fofor -- to swell
• -fures -- to spit
• -ga -- to say
• gamaŋgati -- to think
• gamberad -- to fear
• garuʔu -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ga-soso ga-daderembi... -- to lie down
• gaʔor -- to scratch
• i-tiʔir -- to fly
• -ma -- to come
• -madenan -- to eat
• -marif -- to laugh
• -mat -- to die, be dead
• -mbam -- to hunt
• -mbaref -- to shoot
• -mdagen -- to sit
• -menena -- to steal
• orar -- to cut, hack
• -peg -- to open, uncover
• -pili -- to choose
• -preʔe -- to vomit
• -pʷaper -- to hit
• -pʷaʔus -- to split
• -ra -- to walk
• -rarewer -- to live, be alive
• -ret -- to bite
• -rewer -- to see
• -reʔenef -- to sleep
• -rur -- to swim
• -sambe -- to stab, pierce
• -ser -- to stand
• sera... -- to blow
• -sigir -- to sniff, smell
• -sir -- to tie up, fasten
• -so -- to pound, beat
• -so -- to throw
• sus -- to suck
• suvuren -- to turn
• -tagis -- to cry
• -tanem -- to hear
• -tanem -- to plant
• -taʔun -- to buy
• -ture -- to sew
• uferam -- to count
• -umun -- to drink
• u-sua -- to climb
• -voʔit -- to work
• -wagit -- to hold
• -wame -- to squeeze
• -ʔe -- to dig