Mouk-Aria

Introduction

Mouk-Aria is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in West New Britain Province, southeast coast to northwest coast, Kandrian district.

Dialects

Mouk (Mok), Tourai.

The Mouk-Aria Verb

Verblist

• amna, kun, mnaŋan -- to sniff, smell
• ano -- to dream
• bak, blou, plis, trum, ulaŋ -- to cut, hack
• bak, nabak, noskup -- to split
• bar, krim, kxim -- to hunt
• bauluk, leleli, tuk -- to turn
• beberani, poxpox -- to squeeze
• bet, pou -- to tie up, fasten
• bik, buk, kluk, pai, tin -- to burn
• biŋos, soŋsoŋ -- to breathe
• bitna didi -- to think
• boko -- to work
• bomsuk, gene, gone -- to fall
• bri, mxi, puagene -- to stand
• deite, sai -- to climb
• delim, sisu, susu -- to swim
• dibel -- to laugh
• dilip, lim, lou -- to fear
• doŋ -- to sit
• erke, pati, uluŋ, xik -- to see
• gix, kikxe, kir, kirkir -- to scratch
• ias -- to dig
• ile -- to know, be knowledgeable
• inim sisi, inim sisu -- to suck
• inim -- to drink
• ipu, polou, upi -- to blow
• kamlu, kamno, kluk -- to cook
• kei, uxok -- to fly
• kis -- to hold
• kli -- to buy
• kliŋen, kliŋin -- to hear
• klok, noklok -- to open, uncover
• kŋis, siŋit -- to cry
• kotok, munu -- to lie down
• kubu, panako -- to steal
• kukep, kukuop -- to hide
• lila -- to walk
• mamaiaŋ -- to yawn
• max, me, uti -- to come
• mete, msim -- to die, be dead
• mluk -- to hit
• mluk -- to pound, beat
• mluk, mter, mtex -- to kill
• mteke, mtoko -- to vomit
• mter, mtex -- to shoot
• mter, mtex -- to stab, pierce
• mter, sisix -- to sew
• munu -- to sleep
• ŋan, ŋen -- to eat
• ŋas, ŋaŋu, ŋes -- to chew
• omsok, uru -- to spit
• ret -- to bite
• sin, uasak, usak -- to plant
• soŋ, xes -- to swell
• tapxe, uri, uxi -- to throw
• tik -- to count
• uai -- to say