Lala
Facts
- Language: Lala
- Alternate names: Ala’ala, Nala, Nara, Pokau
- Language code: nrz
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Papuan Tip linkage, Peripheral Papuan Tip linkage, Central Papuan Oceanic, West Central Papuan linkage, Nuclear West Central Papuan linkage
- Number of speakers: 3000
- Script:
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Introduction
Lala is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Central Province, between Kuni and Waima, inland from the coast, south of Yule Island.
Dialects
Lexical similarity: 57% with Toura (See: Toura) (most similar).
The Lala Verb
Verblist
- alove'ani, e'abua -- to burn
- 'anodina -- to spit
- e mauli -- to live, be alive
- e'a 'aloa -- to scratch
- e'abiakau -- to hold
- e'abua, evasiavua -- to cook
- e'ala -- to bite
- eania -- to chew
- e'asi -- to come
- ebaba -- to die, be dead
- ebonalala -- to sniff, smell
- edada -- to walk
- edo'oa -- to tie up, fasten
- e'idua -- to squeeze
- eika la -- to see
- eika -- to hear
- eikaibas -- to know, be knowledgeable
- eioni -- to yawn
- eka kani -- to cry
- ekai'udai -- to turn
- ekubala -- to kill
- ekukubu -- to grow
- ekulia -- to sew
- ela la la -- to stand
- elale -- to swell
- elana -- to breathe
- elavabuku -- to stab, pierce
- elu lu a -- to say
- eluvua -- to open, uncover
- emakau -- to fear
- emamai -- to laugh
- emiadivo -- to sit
- emomote -- to suck
- ene'ea -- to shoot
- enivinivi -- to dream
- epapala -- to split
- epidipidi -- to hunt
- etoa -- to throw
- euala -- to dig
- e'ula -- to vomit
- e'unu -- to blow
- evakua -- to count
- evala -- to cut, hack
- evavado -- to plant
- eviaku -- to hit
- evina'o -- to steal
- evinaula -- to work
- ia 'eveeaniam -- to eat
- idi'u -- to swim
- imuinai -- to sleep
- inuinu -- to drink
- lolo -- to fly