Neve’ei
Facts
- Language: Neve’ei
- Alternate names: Banggor, Lambumbu, Nefe’ei, Telag, Vinmavis
- Language code: vnm
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Central Vanuatu, Malakula, Western Malakula linkage, Central-Western Malakula
- Number of speakers: 500
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Neve’ei is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Central west Malekula.
Dialects
Winiv.
The Neve’ei Verb
Verblist
- 'a'an -- to eat
- bibis, xus -- to hit
- bwa' -- to hide
- doŋon -- to count
- dur -- to stab, pierce
- gagah, lulu -- to hunt
- gar -- to swim
- gu, vitalaɣ, vivisen -- to tie up, fasten
- leh -- to see
- lelaɣ -- to sew
- lelem -- to swell
- lu -- to shoot
- luv -- to plant
- mah -- to die, be dead
- maŋalal -- to yawn
- matmatur-bari -- to dream
- matur -- to lie down
- matur -- to sleep
- mera' -- to fly
- meta' -- to fear
- min -- to drink
- mour -- to grow
- mour -- to live, be alive
- mumum -- to suck
- mwa'am -- to sit
- nsevuŋ, tebwar, wel -- to open, uncover
- nsi|vwer, sisien -- to think
- nsimwi, rer -- to chew
- nsuŋ, ŋusuv -- to sniff, smell
- ŋaŋ -- to laugh
- ŋusŋus -- to breathe
- ra' -- to work
- ro|gulel -- to know, be knowledgeable
- roŋ -- to hear
- ror -- to flow
- seber, wu -- to hold
- sesa'awi -- to climb
- sesar, sesev, vuv -- to blow
- sisi, vus -- to squeeze
- suli, tuŋuh -- to burn
- suren, wam -- to fall
- taŋ -- to cry
- tegerev -- to scratch
- tetar -- to cut, hack
- teva', wanswans, ŋar -- to split
- tntn -- to cook
- tuɣ -- to pound, beat
- tur -- to stand
- vavu -- to walk
- vevena' -- to steal
- videnen lowi -- to throw
- vilih -- to turn
- viviri -- to spit
- vul -- to buy
- vwelem -- to come
- vweri -- to say
- xal -- to dig
- xas -- to bite
- xus bin -- to kill
- yoxyoɣ -- to vomit