Leipon
Facts
- Language: Leipon
- Alternate names: Pitilu, Pityilu
- Language code: lek
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern Admiralty Islands, Manus, East Manus
- Number of speakers: 650
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Leipon is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Manus Province, Lolo Village, Hauwai, Ndrilo, and Pityilu islands.
Dialects
Pafulu.
The Leipon Verb
Verblist
- ced̃iti -- to cut, hack
- celŋe -- to see
- ceret -- to stand
- ceweti -- to sew
- cɪpak -- to fall
- cucmʷi -- to suck
- culmʷi -- to burn
- d̃uŋhi -- to count
- eb̃ucɪŋi -- to scratch
- en|an -- to lie down
- haŋoŋorow -- to think
- hare -- to sit
- he|rŋe -- to hear
- hecinen -- to know, be knowledgeable
- hɪl -- to laugh
- hol|maw -- to yawn
- huyan -- to live, be alive
- i-en -- to eat
- i-eti -- to bite
- i-huk -- to swell
- i-lumʷi -- to drink
- i-noh -- to fear
- i-re|mot -- to vomit
- i-rɪk -- to grow
- i-woh -- to fly
- keyihi -- to dig
- kimet -- to kill
- korhani -- to throw
- kose -- to shoot
- kose -- to stab, pierce
- kotɪ -- to hit
- kowsi -- to tie up, fasten
- ku|me -- to come
- kuyey -- to swim
- kʷacanɪm -- to turn
- kʷanes -- to say
- kʷause -- to walk
- lacoŋ -- to hunt
- mender -- to sleep
- meŋes -- to work
- met -- to die, be dead
- ni|nih -- to dream
- pe|hene -- to steal
- potawi -- to hold
- tecile -- to split
- teli -- to squeeze
- teŋ -- to cry
- tewi -- to plant
- tuani -- to cook
- tucap ŋohosa-n -- to breathe
- tuhuŋ -- to sniff, smell
- wurhi -- to blow