Kandas

Introduction

Kandas is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in New Ireland Province, southwest coast, Watpi, King, and Kait villages.

The Kandas Verb

Verblist

• a gar, i bis -- to spit
• i inep -- to lie down
• i inep -- to sleep
• i irum -- to drink
• i kaskas -- to scratch
• i kerker -- to tie up, fasten
• i kil -- to dig
• i kis -- to sit
• i loŋoroi -- to hear
• i maboni -- to sew
• i mamaup -- to yawn
• i mat -- to die, be dead
• i murumuru -- to vomit
• i noŋon -- to laugh
• i ŋaran, i matut -- to fear
• i ŋas, karkaret -- to bite
• i pagola -- to split
• i pamautna -- to hold
• i papos -- to open, uncover
• i puku -- to fall
• i pupusi -- to squeeze
• i saŋup -- to sniff, smell
• i sisio -- to hunt
• i suru -- to swell
• i tamai -- to see
• i taŋis -- to cry
• i tao, i tawa -- to cut, hack
• i tasmani -- to know, be knowledgeable
• i tuntun -- to cook
• i tupukus -- to turn
• i tur -- to stand
• i uaŋon -- to eat
• i umdoka boro -- to kill
• i umi -- to hit
• i uro -- to throw
• i wanpat -- to come
• i was -- to swim
• i wasiso -- to say
• i wok -- to work
• i woloŋi -- to steal
• i wuwu -- to blow
• laun -- to live, be alive
• lubuŋ -- to grow
• marut -- to plant
• piko i ro -- to fly
• ririon -- to dream
• ruŋaso -- to breathe
• suŋun i kunabor -- to burn
• wan -- to walk