Kwamera

Introduction

Kwamera is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Southeast Tanna coast, major villages: Port Resolution, Imayo, Samaria, Galilee, Imaki, Yeruareng, Yenmarei, Kwamera, Kwaraka, and Greenpoint.

Dialects

2 main dialects.

The Kwamera Verb

Verblist

• (ru)kurən -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ahavi -- to plant
• ahi -- to bite
• ahi -- to burn
• ahi -- to chew
• aiu -- to swim
• akres -- to steal
• akure -- to sit
• akwaŋ, asisi -- to open, uncover
• akwaŋ-ase -- to yawn
• akwriŋi -- to squeeze
• amak -- to lie down
• amhu -- to work
• an -- to walk
• ani -- to eat
• anumwi -- to drink
• apri -- to sleep
• arai -- to cut, hack
• araŋavus -- to spit
• arer -- to stand
• arəs -- to flow
• arəs -- to laugh
• arhi -- to think
• arihi -- to tie up, fasten
• arukwafa -- to hide
• arukwi -- to shoot
• asas, mwei -- to fall
• asək, eau -- to cry
• ata amwhen -- to choose
• ata -- to see
• atiri -- to sew
• avahi nenime- -- to buy
• avahi -- to hold
• avan -- to cook
• ave|he -- to come
• avsini -- to count
• ef|aiuk -- to hunt
• əhekər -- to fear
• eiahaŋ -- to breathe
• əkakini, ikou -- to turn
• əki -- to scratch
• ekwi, əsəsau -- to blow
• əməkraha -- to dream
• emha -- to die, be dead
• eŋis, peŋhi -- to sniff, smell
• əp -- to stab, pierce
• eri -- to dig
• ərui -- to pound, beat
• eua -- to vomit
• iva -- to fly
• muru -- to live, be alive
• ni -- to say
• os apune -- to kill
• os -- to hit
• oskriŋi -- to split
• reŋi -- to hear
• rukwi -- to throw
• rupu -- to swell
• tumwi -- to suck
• uta -- to climb
• vera -- to grow