Kuni

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Language: Kuni
Alternate names:
Language code: kse
Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Papuan Tip linkage, Peripheral Papuan Tip linkage, Central Papuan Oceanic, West Central Papuan linkage, Nuclear West Central Papuan linkage
Number of speakers: 2400
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Introduction

Kuni is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Central Province, Kairuku and southwest Goilala districts, toward Port Moresby, south of Mekeo.

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 52% with Lala (See: Lala), 47% with Mekeo (See: Mekeo), 40% with Waima (See: Waima), the most similar varieties.

The Kuni Verb

Verblist

e-afi -- to hold
e-afi-bebe -- to squeeze
e-aku e-fa -- to kill
e-aku -- to hit
e-akufa -- to open, uncover
e-ala -- to bite
e-ali, e-iva, e-kala -- to cut, hack
e-ani -- to eat
e-anida -- to steal
e-anodi -- to spit
e-atsitsi -- to scratch
ebabili -- to turn
e-bado -- to plant
e-baka -- to swell
e-ba-na, e-kou, e-kou-vi, e-na -- to burn
e-bibi -- to fly
e-bilaula -- to work
e-bina, e-bua -- to blow
e-buni, e-buni-ai -- to hide
e-da, e-dada -- to walk
e-defa, e-momoi -- to suck
e-deo -- to fall
e-dina -- to count
e-do, e-fatsi -- to tie up, fasten
e-duau -- to climb
e-eko -- to lie down
e-fa, i-fa-ko -- to die, be dead
e-fai -- to hunt
e-faluba -- to sleep
e-foya -- to split
e-galoa -- to grow
e-ika -- to see
e-inu -- to drink
e-kabi -- to dig
e-kani -- to cry
e-kava(ya) -- to buy
e-ko -- to stab, pierce
e-kua, e-mema -- to chew
e-leva -- to shoot
e-mai -- to come
e-makau -- to fear
e-male, e-ne -- to throw
e-mauli, mauli-na -- to live, be alive
e-mavada -- to yawn
e-mia -- to sit
e-midi -- to sniff, smell
e-na, e-nadu -- to cook
e-nibi -- to dream
e-ou(a) -- to say
e-ula -- to vomit
e-uve -- to swim
e-yaba -- to stand
e-yave -- to laugh
e-yo -- to hear
nua-na e-yaka -- to breathe
valia-na -- to know, be knowledgeable