Namakura

Introduction

Namakura is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in North Efate, Tongoa, and Tongariki.

Dialects

Buninga, Makura (Emwae Island), Mataso, Tongariki Island, Tongoa Island.

The Namakura Verb

Verblist

• arah -- to sit
• 'ata' -- to know, be knowledgeable
• av -- to swim
• ba'ar -- to split
• banak -- to steal
• batok, du|mama -- to stand
• be'il -- to buy
• benin -- to burn
• benin -- to cook
• betoŋ -- to say
• bewehek, bowos -- to squeeze
• biha' bini' -- to kill
• biha' -- to pound, beat
• biha', di'it -- to hit
• bil -- to turn
• bivitu, di'it, seik -- to throw
• bolo -- to climb
• bulik -- to count
• buvura -- to spit
• da' -- to cut, hack
• dah, mah -- to come
• daliw -- to walk
• de'eŋor -- to hunt
• dir -- to sew
• dom, mumuh -- to suck
• doŋ -- to hear
• doŋ|'ih -- to sniff, smell
• dotom -- to swell
• e'ar, ear -- to cry
• hal -- to flow
• hovahov -- to breathe
• hu -- to blow
• humak, liŋetek -- to hide
• latum -- to fall
• lik -- to hold
• lo'oh -- to see
• lowok -- to plant
• lua' -- to vomit
• mahav -- to open, uncover
• ma'ir -- to live, be alive
• mat -- to die, be dead
• matak -- to fear
• matir ebor -- to dream
• matir -- to lie down
• matir -- to sleep
• mi|dodo -- to think
• munum -- to drink
• ŋan, ŋinikan -- to eat
• ŋat -- to bite
• ŋerah -- to scratch
• ŋetek -- to stab, pierce
• ŋil -- to dig
• 'ol -- to fly
• 'ot, likot, minih -- to tie up, fasten
• so -- to grow
• 'ur -- to laugh
• vivitim -- to shoot