Kara
Facts
- Language: Kara
- Alternate names: Lemakot, Lemusmus
- Language code: leu
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Meso Melanesian linkage, New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic linkage, Tungak-Nalik
- Number of speakers: 5000
- Script:
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Introduction
Kara is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in New Ireland Province, north New Ireland district.
Dialects
East Kara, Lauan-Nonopai, Luburua, Ngavalus-Lossuk, West Kara.
The Kara Verb
Verblist
- a chakalum -- to see
- a dua a roro -- to live, be alive
- a duri -- to suck
- a febos -- to say
- a fenau -- to steal
- a fuman -- to come
- a kakap -- to dig
- a kakat -- to count
- a kanus sana -- to spit
- a lagina -- to stand
- a langoi -- to hear
- a luk a dua -- to kill
- a luluaki -- to vomit
- a mabus -- to breathe
- a maliu a fipit -- to blow
- a maraip, a pako maraip -- to sleep
- a mat -- to die, be dead
- a matapa lavia -- to lie down
- a nanai -- to sit
- a ngusangi -- to sniff, smell
- a num -- to drink
- a paisok -- to work
- a pan, a sangas -- to walk
- a pauat marang -- to squeeze
- a paweina bonana -- to shoot
- a paworna dat -- to throw
- a pesaup -- to hit
- a pinis -- to tie up, fasten
- a puat a dua -- to cut, hack
- a puk nani -- to turn
- a rechas -- to know, be knowledgeable
- a sasamap -- to sew
- a saseng manu -- to hunt
- a suari -- to stab, pierce
- a susup -- to swim
- a takol bua -- to chew
- a tanak pagae kui -- to split
- a tangis -- to cry
- a taui latimana -- to hold
- a wal -- to laugh
- bok -- to grow
- chachas -- to open, uncover
- chai, kaiau a tana -- to scratch
- faif, ilap -- to burn
- fangan -- to eat
- fazu -- to plant
- lifang wiv -- to bite
- mamauf -- to yawn
- manu lilip -- to fly
- mimif -- to dream
- tana sux -- to swell