Kairiru

Introduction

Kairiru is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in East Sepik Province, Wewak district, Kairiru, Yuo, and Karesau islands; mainland coastal villages between Cape Karawop and Cape Samein; north and west Mushu island.

Dialects

Similar to Kaiep (See: Kaiep?).

The Kairiru Verb

Verblist

• fas, fyas -- to choose
• fuor, furas -- to squeeze
• ij -- to live, be alive
• in -- to drink
• inamyat -- to sleep
• ip, ipa, yep -- to cut, hack
• ivat -- to open, uncover
• iyei -- to swim
• jiem, jim, jm -- to chew
• laf, lif, lifa -- to burn
• liq -- to throw
• manuq -- to swell
• miu -- to dream
• moñeq, qan -- to eat
• mor̃ -- to sit
• mow, naŋ, niŋ, niŋa -- to work
• mumut -- to vomit
• myai -- to come
• myat -- to die, be dead
• naq -- to think
• nau, nou, nu -- to cook
• pui -- to breathe
• qan -- to bite
• qans, qanswoi -- to spit
• qo, r̃yau -- to hide
• qojkou, rij, snap, wop -- to tie up, fasten
• qu, quwe -- to fear
• qumoui -- to hunt
• qumu, vis, visa, vyas -- to plant
• r̃im, r̃ma, r̃om -- to see
• ruo -- to fly
• ruoŋ -- to hear
• r̃uoq, r̃uqu -- to hold
• sai, sit -- to sew
• soŋ -- to scratch
• spoun, spu -- to sniff, smell
• taŋ, tiŋ -- to cry
• taqau -- to fall
• tit, tut -- to pound, beat
• touñ -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tu -- to stand
• ula, ulau, wul -- to buy
• ulik -- to laugh
• un myat -- to kill
• un -- to hit
• uq, woq -- to shoot
• uq, woq -- to stab, pierce
• ut, uta, wot -- to split
• vanaq -- to steal
• vyal -- to walk
• vyan -- to climb
• wot -- to say
• yin -- to lie down