Kowiai

Introduction

Kowiai is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in West Papua Province, Keroi, Adijaya, Namatota, and Kayumerah villages. Bomberai peninsula, southwest coast; Kamrau bay area; Kaimana. Namatote, and Adi islands, smaller islands in bay.

Dialects

Adijaya, Keroi, Namatota.

The Kowiai Verb

Verblist

• -'a yeta -- to eat
• -ara', -rofa -- to bite
• -'ári' -- to dig
• -'arjang -- to work
• -áru' -- to scratch
• -arwe' -- to vomit
• ba', -fa' -- to come
• -bába', -fun -- to hit
• banonggar, -fanonggar -- to hear
• -bégat -- to hunt
• bo'ot, -fi'fart, -fo'ot -- to say
• -buswér -- to flow
• -dai -- to fall
• -'enan -- to lie down
• -'enan -- to sleep
• -fafúran -- to hide
• -fai toba' -- to suck
• -faran -- to turn
• -faré -- to throw
• -faréus -- to steal
• -fáwas -- to split
• -fi'ir -- to think
• -fir -- to open, uncover
• -fun i namáta -- to kill
• -go' -- to cut, hack
• -in -- to drink
• -'it, -sefa -- to see
• -lagur -- to swim
• -mama -- to chew
• -manggúr -- to buy
• -marif -- to laugh
• -marír -- to stand
• -máta -- to die, be dead
• -matatu' -- to fear
• -matóran -- to sit
• -mus, -sagala -- to sniff, smell
• nafafótan -- to swell
• naʔanis -- to spit
• -nyata, -sa'a -- to climb
• -óbas -- to squeeze
• -on -- to hold
• -pil -- to choose
• -rébat, -sáut -- to tie up, fasten
• -re'un -- to count
• -ru' -- to know, be knowledgeable
• rúga -- to live, be alive
• -sa'a la'esa -- to breathe
• -sasúfa -- to dream
• -sígat -- to sew
• -súbun -- to grow
• -swen -- to plant
• -ta' -- to stab, pierce
• -tagis -- to cry
• -taláf -- to burn
• -táng -- to walk
• -tat -- to cook
• -tif -- to fly
• -tu' -- to pound, beat
• -tun -- to shoot
• -útun -- to blow