Kove
Facts
- Language: Kove
- Alternate names:
- Language code: kvc
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, North New Guinea linkage, Ngero-Vitiaz linkage, Ngero, Eastern Ngero, Kaliai-Kove
- Number of speakers: 6750
- Script:
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Introduction
Kove is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in West New Britain Province, northwest coast. 24 villages, most on small coastal islands.
The Kove Verb
Verblist
- ali, ani -- to eat
- ani -- to burn
- anunu-ɣu -- to dream
- atai -- to know, be knowledgeable
- awa maŋaŋa -- to yawn
- burari, taluani -- to spit
- eno -- to lie down
- eno -- to sleep
- ɣali -- to stab, pierce
- gnali -- to shoot
- ɣoɣo -- to bite
- ɣunu -- to stand
- hau ɣa i mate, sulu -- to kill
- hau -- to hit
- hoho -- to fly
- kaho -- to scratch
- karo, umo -- to work
- keti -- to cut, hack
- kisi -- to hold
- kona -- to see
- kuku, mura -- to hide
- lalao -- to walk
- lauri, piti, vono -- to tie up, fasten
- lele -- to blow
- loŋo-ni -- to hear
- lua -- to vomit
- mata i nana, vaɣa -- to think
- matauri -- to fear
- mate -- to die, be dead
- mororo -- to live, be alive
- nama -- to come
- nao, waia -- to swim
- nono -- to cook
- nuri -- to sniff, smell
- ŋau -- to chew
- ŋiŋi -- to laugh
- oli -- to buy
- pala -- to split
- palele -- to turn
- panaho -- to steal
- paŋo, wana kauwa -- to hunt
- rae -- to climb
- ralei, riri -- to sew
- rere -- to open, uncover
- roa -- to sit
- roa, uwe -- to plant
- ruru -- to suck
- sale -- to dig
- silele -- to flow
- taŋi -- to cry
- tapu -- to fall
- taro -- to throw
- tuvu -- to grow
- uhu -- to breathe
- unu -- to drink
- vaɣa, varo -- to say
- vini -- to swell
- vivi -- to squeeze
- ware -- to count
- watu -- to pound, beat