Hiw

Introduction

Hiw is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Hiw island, Torres Islands.

The Hiw Verb

Verblist

• pa

• at -- to live, be alive
• ɔ -- to open, uncover
• ɣatɪt -- to say
• ɣaβə -- to fly
• ɣənɣɔn -- to eat
• ɣij -- to dig
• ᶢʟaɣə -- to bite
• ᶢʟaɣə-mɵt -- to spit
• ᶢʟak təᶢʟɔɣ -- to hold
• ᶢʟɔɣ -- to swim
• ᶢʟɔtə, nɔt -- to hit
• ᶢʟəkɔβə -- to work
• ᶢʟiwə -- to laugh
• ᶢʟoŋ -- to hear
• ᶢʟɵt, sɔj -- to tie up, fasten
• ᶢʟot, taᶢʟə -- to cut, hack
• ᶢʟow, sɔj -- to flow
• ɪn [PL: mɔnəᶢʟɵɣ] -- to lie down
• ɪt-ᶢʟakə -- to choose
• iw, so -- to fall
• jɔp -- to pound, beat
• jɵ -- to vomit
• jɵjməᶢʟen -- to know, be knowledgeable
• jʉkʷ βi -- to hide
• jʉkʷ -- to count
• kəᶢʟkɔᶢʟ -- to scratch
• kojkojot -- to sew
• kʷɪt, met -- to die, be dead
• kʷɪtŋɔɣ, nɔt -- to kill
• kʷnɔβəŋi -- to sniff, smell
• kʷoᶢʟ -- to dream
• mənawə -- to breathe
• meneɣ -- to steal
• mətəɣtɔɣ -- to fear
• mitiᶢʟ -- to sleep
• ni -- to drink
• sɔᶢʟ, sɪᶢʟŋi- -- to stab, pierce
• təto -- to walk
• tᶢʟɔɣ, wɵtɔɣ -- to throw
• tin -- to buy
• to mə -- to come
• tow -- to grow
• towᶢʟɔɣ -- to burn
• ttɵm -- to think
• tʉtʉ -- to hunt
• wɔɣə -- to cry
• wɔᶢʟə tajə -- to split
• ye, yo -- to see
• βa, tɔn -- to plant
• βɔᶢʟsasɪᶢʟɪɣ, saɣ -- to sit
• βɔᶢʟtʉᶢʟ, tʉ -- to stand
• βᶢʟəβᶢʟɔβ -- to cook
• βɪn -- to climb
• βɪn, kaᶢʟə -- to shoot
• βisə -- to turn
• βiβ -- to blow