Kala Lagaw Ya
Facts
- Language: Kala Lagaw Ya
- Alternate names: Central Torres Strait, Kala Lagau Langgus, Kala Lagaw, Kala Yagaw Ya, Langus, Mabuiag, Yagar Yagar
- Language code: mwp
- Language family: Pama-Nyungan
- Number of speakers: 1210
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script:
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Introduction
Kala Lagaw Ya is a language of Australia. It is spoken in Queensland, Western Torres Strait islands, Mabuiag, Badu, Moa, Kubin, Saibai, Boigu, Dauan, Yam, Sue, Yorke, Coconut, Thursday, Bamaga Islands; Townsville, Brisbane.
Dialects
Kalaw Kawaw.
The Kala Lagaw Ya Verb
Verblist
- girar
- (ai) luuma-, (aipu) luuma+i- -- to hunt
- (muipu) natha-, (wœrpu) thara-, tharthara-, wœidha+i- -- to cook
- (muipu) puya-, (muithai/muipu) natha-, yayama- -- to burn
- (wœrpu) waya+i-, thapa- -- to swim
- (ya) mula+i-, (yadu) uuma- -- to say
- aba+i-, dhubuthai-, dhubwardhai-, wœradhi- -- to hide
- adha-, nuuda-, sasima- -- to squeeze
- aka -- to fear
- almathama- -- to pound, beat
- anara-, pama- -- to dig
- balbama+i-, punga+i- -- to flow
- barpuuda- -- to buy
- bœi, ngapa -- to come
- bœlsi-, nanitha, paga-, sigama -- to stab, pierce
- daan(a), iigil(a) -- to live, be alive
- dhadhpalama- -- to split
- gaanu -- to sniff, smell
- gamusithœridha+i-, garkap thœridha+i- -- to scratch
- gethtida+i- -- to count
- giiw(a) -- to laugh
- gimawala+i-, giyami -- to climb
- gùdkasapa+i- -- to yawn
- iima-, naga+i- -- to see
- karngemi-, kœrngai -- to hear
- kœsimi- -- to grow
- kunuma-, yathara- -- to tie up, fasten
- maab(a) -- to walk
- mathama-, wœrima- -- to hit
- mayœrs- -- to cry
- mœgis(a) -- to vomit
- mòòs(a) -- to spit
- nanitha-, uthu- -- to plant
- ngœna -- to breathe
- ngulaig(a) -- to know, be knowledgeable
- ni-, niina-, nithama-, niya-, thaanura+i- -- to sit
- nithu-, thaya- -- to throw
- nœidha+i-, pagasama- -- to hold
- paga-, pala-, tadi-, uthu- -- to shoot
- pagama- -- to sew
- palgi-, pœlagi-, wari- -- to fly
- papatha-, patha -- to cut, hack
- para+i-, puudha+i- -- to fall
- payi-, puuya- -- to blow
- piki -- to dream
- pùrathi-, pùrtha- -- to eat
- purunu wardha- -- to steal
- puuda- -- to open, uncover
- puyma-, susuwani- -- to suck
- ruwama+i- -- to turn
- si-, siina-, siya-, thara+i- -- to stand
- thala+i- -- to chew
- thaya, thayama- -- to choose
- thœidha+i- -- to bite
- umamathama- -- to kill
- uthui -- to sleep
- uthuiyunai-, uthuiyuwi- -- to lie down
- uum(a) -- to die, be dead
- wakaithœmama+i- -- to think
- wani- -- to drink
- yœuru- -- to swell
- zageth(a) -- to work