Apma

Introduction

Apma is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Central Pentecost (Raga).

Dialects

Asuk (Asa, Asu), Suru Kavian, Suru Mwerani, Suru Rabwanga (Suru Bo), Wolwolan (Volvoluana).

The Apma Verb

Verblist

• bulki, wulki, wulwulkik -- to count
• dakri, takari -- to scratch
• das, dasi, tas -- to cut, hack
• deng, ngaa, tang -- to cry
• di tsibi, si sibi -- to swell
• di, si -- to stand
• dok, sadok -- to sit
• en surak, -tpo surak -- to hide
• en, -tbo -- to lie down
• gaa, kakaa, leleh -- to swim
• gak, kak -- to fly
• galkaltak, galtani -- to hunt
• gani, kan -- to eat
• gasuu, kasuu -- to spit
• gatsi, kas -- to bite
• gele -- to buy
• gil, gili, kil -- to dig
• git bwabwik -- to dream
• git ulu, vep ulu -- to choose
• git, gita, kit -- to see
• gosmi -- to pound, beat
• -hi, ih -- to hit
• hural -- to walk
• iah -- to fall
• ih baamete, ih bamte -- to kill
• ilil, ililngi, ililngi ut -- to know, be knowledgeable
• lap devak, las, lasi -- to steal
• liait, liaut -- to vomit
• liko, woosi, wootsi -- to tie up, fasten
• maamemep, maawaawaa -- to yawn
• man -- to laugh
• mat -- to die, be dead
• mataasi, -mtani, -mtatsi -- to fear
• mesuu, -mtsuu -- to sleep
• meuu, miuu -- to grow
• min, -mni -- to drink
• mwas -- to live, be alive
• ngosngos, rap ngongos -- to breathe
• -pma, vama -- to come
• rii, riri, up, wu -- to blow
• rong, rongo -- to hear
• rongo bungu-, rongo buni- -- to sniff, smell
• rop, sal -- to flow
• ruhu, sis -- to suck
• rup, ruwu -- to plant
• sain, sak -- to climb
• samga -- to chew
• sangvi -- to open, uncover
• sin, -tni, vaaka -- to cook
• -sko, sok -- to stab, pierce
• slo, solo, solsol -- to sew
• um -- to work
• vahngi, visturu, visuu -- to burn
• vana, vena -- to shoot
• vep -- to say
• vihni, vini -- to think
• wara -- to split
• woh, wohni -- to throw
• wuh, wuhu -- to hold
• wup, wuri -- to squeeze
• wuukak -- to turn