Jawe

Introduction

Jawe is a language of New Caledonia. It is spoken in East coast, Hienghène, from Tchamboenne to Tao; some inland villages on both sides of central divide.

The Jawe Verb

Verblist

• [ne]nemi -- to think
• cim -- to grow
• cuut -- to stand
• -dua -- to stab, pierce
• goni -- to sniff, smell
• guna, gunee -- to steal
• harat -- to fear
• haulai -- to hunt
• he-me -- to come
• higuk -- to swell
• hina -- to know, be knowledgeable
• hñamwi -- to choose
• hñana, po-hyeen -- to breathe
• huu -- to eat
• hwaŋi -- to tie up, fasten
• hwei -- to chew
• hwii -- to bite
• hya- -- to walk
• hyai -- to dig
• hye -- to cry
• hyoom -- to swim
• kaai -- to hit
• kaai -- to kill
• khêgo -- to lie down
• khêixa -- to sleep
• khûdi, khûduk -- to drink
• mac -- to die, be dead
• maric -- to live, be alive
• nep, neu-n -- to dream
• noja -- to see
• ŋaan -- to laugh
• oahem -- to yawn
• peei -- to say
• phinee -- to count
• soot -- to hold
• suma -- to spit
• ta -- to climb
• tago -- to sit
• tan -- to fly
• tavi -- to open, uncover
• tei -- to plant
• teiʔ -- to shoot
• tena -- to hear
• teo -- to cook
• texec -- to burn
• thai -- to throw
• thebanem -- to turn
• thebilee -- to squeeze
• thigic -- to sew
• thii na xoi -- to hide
• tho -- to flow
• tiluk -- to fall
• tit -- to suck
• to-gane -- to cut, hack
• ùi, thai -- to blow
• ûja -- to vomit
• uvi -- to buy
• yaxi -- to scratch