Kosraean

Introduction

Kosraean is a language of Micronesia. It is spoken in Kosrae island, Caroline Islands. Also in Nauru, United States.

Dialects

Lelu-Tafunsak, Malen-Utwe. Lexical similarity: 26% with Pohnapeian (See: Pohnpeian).

The Kosraean Verb

Verblist

• (a)-kɨle-(n), etʌ, etuh -- to know, be knowledgeable
• (mɨ)sʌŋsʌŋ, ŋok -- to sniff, smell
• acni -- to spit
• acsracsr -- to flow
• aŋwe, fæ-k, fahk -- to say
• awi, ayʌ, kapihr, pip -- to tie up, fasten
• eis, moli -- to buy
• el, tahpuhl -- to turn
• ɛl, som -- to walk
• fær, tuhkuh -- to come
• fahluhki, fan -- to climb
• fahrfahr, sruh -- to hold
• faht, fiti -- to swell
• fakfuhk -- to stab, pierce
• falfal, fʌlʌ-ŋ, fihlihk -- to split
• fulok, isihk -- to burn
• ikor, top -- to fall
• ikuhs -- to open, uncover
• ikwi, yok, yuki -- to plant
• isacs -- to squeeze
• isracsr, ŋis, ŋisŋis -- to laugh
• kahl, pɨsre, pʌsr, pisrapasr, puhsr -- to steal
• kakʌ, kawi, rahfuhs[i] -- to scratch
• kalti, kuhluhk, osrak, osrwosr -- to throw
• kaŋ, kihmihs, moŋo -- to eat
• kaŋ, moŋo -- to suck
• kap -- to grow
• kofkof -- to swim
• kolai, wɔt, woht -- to vomit
• kʌlkʌl, kilʌ-ŋ, kuhlkuhl, puhk -- to dig
• lɔŋ, lohŋ -- to hear
• lihkacski -- to shoot
• mo-tok, sahŋweŋ -- to fear
• moul -- to live, be alive
• muh -- to see
• mutul -- to sleep
• mʌ, motko, muh -- to think
• mʌ, muh -- to yawn
• mʌta (in aset), mʌta (lɨplɨp), pihtuhk -- to sit
• mwemwe -- to dream
• mʷet, misac, misɛ -- to die, be dead
• nɨ-m, nɨmnɨm, nihm -- to drink
• ŋalŋuhl -- to bite
• ŋosr -- to breathe
• oacoac, oɛoɛ, oek, oe-k -- to count
• on-(kiyʌki), ona -- to lie down
• pæpæ, uk, ukuk -- to blow
• paki, tæt, twe, uti -- to cut, hack
• pohel[i] -- to cook
• sohk -- to fly
• suhsahk, tuk, tukutuk -- to hit
• sule -- to choose
• tu -- to stand
• tuk, tuk[tuk], tuk-tuk -- to pound, beat
• tʌ, tʌta, tuh[ta] -- to sew
• tʌŋ, tuhŋ -- to cry
• uni -- to kill
• wi[wi] -- to chew
• wihk -- to hide