Austral

Introduction

Austral is a language of French Polynesia. It is spoken in Austral (Tubuai) Islands.

Dialects

Raivavae, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai. Mutually intelligible with Tahitian (See: Tahitian). Currently Raivavae, Rurutu, Tubuai and Rimatara dialects considered as dialects of Tahitian.

The Austral Verb

Verblist

• araʔi, noʔo -- to sit
• ata -- to laugh
• au, nira, tiiʔai -- to sew
• aʔuaʔu -- to hunt
• farara, puʔi -- to blow
• manaʔo -- to think
• marua, topa -- to fall
• mata'u, meʔameʔa, riʔariʔa -- to fear
• mate -- to die, be dead
• maʔiti -- to choose
• moe -- to sleep
• naanaa -- to see
• naʔaʔa, piʔi ai, taatuʔaʔa, vaaʔi, vaavaaʔi -- to split
• ora -- to live, be alive
• paatia -- to stab, pierce
• parau -- to say
• paʔi, tuʔi -- to pound, beat
• piʔi -- to climb
• purei -- to tie up, fasten
• raʔuraʔu -- to scratch
• ruʔaʔi -- to vomit
• taaora -- to throw
• taapeʔa -- to hold
• taapuu -- to cut, hack
• taarava, tiipapa, tiiraʔa -- to lie down
• taaʔiri -- to hit
• taiʔo -- to count
• tanu -- to plant
• tau, tunu -- to cook
• taʔe -- to flow
• teʔa -- to shoot
• tiipuʔu -- to turn
• tupu -- to grow
• tutuʔa -- to spit
• tuu -- to stand
• unu -- to drink
• ʔaamama -- to yawn
• ʔaere mai, ʔano mai -- to come
• ʔaere, ʔano, ʔano rimo ʔaere, rimorimo -- to walk
• ʔai -- to eat
• ʔatapu -- to work
• ʔau -- to swim
• ʔauʔa -- to sniff, smell
• ʔauʔau -- to chew
• ʔaʔamaraʔa, rere -- to fly
• ʔaʔamate, ta -- to kill
• ʔaʔaroʔo, ʔiiroʔaroʔa -- to hear
• ʔaʔaʔama -- to burn
• ʔaʔaʔeimoe, moemoeaa -- to dream
• ʔeiaa -- to steal
• ʔeva -- to cry
• ʔiri, paʔi -- to dig
• ʔiriti, ʔuaʔi -- to open, uncover
• ʔite -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ʔooʔiniʔini, paʔati -- to bite
• ʔoru -- to swell
• ʔote -- to suck
• ʔoʔo mai -- to buy
• ʔuna, taapuni -- to hide
• ʔuti i te aʔo -- to breathe
• ʔuʔumu, neʔineʔi -- to squeeze