Efate, North
Facts
- Language: Efate, North
- Alternate names: Nakanamanga
- Language code: llp
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Central Vanuatu, Epi-Efate, Efate, North Efatic
- Number of speakers: 9500
- Script:
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Introduction
Efate, North is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in North Efate island, Nguna, Tongoa, and several smaller islands, southeast Epi.
Dialects
Buninga, Emau, Livara, Nguna (Guna, Ngunese, Tongoa), Paunangis, Sesake.
The Efate, North Verb
Verblist
- aso -- to burn
- atae -- to know, be knowledgeable
- dam̃o, nap̃o -- to sniff, smell
- ganikani -- to eat
- karuti -- to scratch
- kati -- to bite
- kili -- to dig
- lawo -- to plant
- lawodu -- to stand
- likoti, solisoki -- to tie up, fasten
- loloso -- to swim
- lua -- to vomit
- m|unu -- to drink
- maradoa -- to turn
- mari|p̃ora|i -- to split
- mari|punu|e -- to kill
- maromaro -- to breathe
- matadoa -- to choose
- mataku -- to fear
- mate -- to die, be dead
- maturu -- to sleep
- mauri -- to live, be alive
- midoki -- to think
- m̃im̃isoki, molitawonaki -- to squeeze
- muru -- to laugh
- nadi -- to throw
- noa -- to say
- one -- to lie down
- pagi -- to climb
- pakotovi -- to buy
- palako -- to hunt
- panako -- to steal
- p̃erea -- to dream
- peve -- to count
- p̃olagati -- to open, uncover
- p̃ora -- to grow
- p̃osiwosi -- to work
- puasoki, tapesoki -- to hold
- puka -- to swell
- punusi -- to see
- puri -- to stab, pierce
- puvurai, taniu -- to spit
- sara -- to flow
- sau, sui -- to blow
- surata -- to walk
- susu -- to suck
- tai -- to cut, hack
- tao -- to cook
- tāsake -- to sit
- tasuru -- to hide
- tip̃a -- to hit
- tipe -- to shoot
- tiri -- to fly
- togo -- to hear
- towo -- to fall
- tuturi -- to sew
- u|mai -- to come
- vioso -- to cry