Ambrym, Southeast
Facts
- Language: Ambrym, Southeast
- Alternate names:
- Language code: tvk
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Central Vanuatu, Ambrym
- Number of speakers: 3700
- Script:
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Introduction
Ambrym, Southeast is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Southeast Ambrym island.
Dialects
Endu, Penapo, Taveak (Taviak), Toak. Linguistically similar to Paama (See: Paama).
The Ambrym, Southeast Verb
Verblist
- am|mei -- to come
- hasɪ -- to hit
- hasɪ -- to kill
- hiles -- to turn
- hilɪ -- to dig
- hiteni, xa -- to say
- hoka, laŋa, saha -- to open, uncover
- huii -- to blow
- hurɪ -- to hold
- husɪ -- to squeeze
- kaakau -- to walk
- kakalɛ -- to scratch
- kakan-ni -- to steal
- kila -- to know, be knowledgeable
- kokei -- to hunt
- kop-ni -- to throw
- kusah -- to spit
- læh -- to flow
- lavuap -- to swell
- lihɪ -- to plant
- liŋ -- to lie down
- loŋɛ -- to hear
- lʊlu -- to vomit
- mæmæi -- to yawn
- mæt -- to die, be dead
- mea -- to stand
- men -- to laugh
- meul -- to grow
- meul -- to live, be alive
- mot -- to fall
- muis -- to cry
- mʊmun, munɪ -- to drink
- mumuni -- to suck
- nɛnemi -- to think
- ŋasi -- to bite
- ŋasi -- to chew
- pat -- to sleep
- pol -- to work
- pueou, puŋei -- to climb
- puŋosɪ -- to sniff, smell
- pʊpuluu, vulii -- to count
- pusɪ -- to see
- pä|pæn -- to shoot
- sarɛ, varɛ -- to tie up, fasten
- selpasɪ -- to split
- tarati, tata, te -- to cut, hack
- tilɪ -- to sew
- tilɪ -- to stab, pierce
- tinɪ -- to burn
- tinɪ -- to cook
- to|tan -- to sit
- ulikkanen -- to fear
- vaŋos -- to breathe
- xa -- to fly
- xalɛ -- to buy
- xanɪ -- to eat
- xul -- to swim
- xus -- to hide