Lemerig
Facts
- Language: Lemerig
- Alternate names: Bek, Leon, Päk, Sasar
- Language code: lrz
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northern Vanuatu, Torres-Banks linkage, Lemerig-Veraa
- Number of speakers: 2
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Lemerig is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Vanua Lava island, northest coastal villages.
Dialects
Similar to Vera’a (See: Vera’a?) and Mosina (See: Vurës?).
The Lemerig Verb
Verblist
- ɛs -- to stab, pierce
- ɣɒlɒl -- to know, be knowledgeable
- ɣar -- to bite
- ɣɒβ -- to fly
- ɣɛn -- to eat
- ɣil -- to dig
- ɣœr -- to swim
- ɪs -- to live, be alive
- k͡pʷɒrŋis -- to cook
- k͡pʷɛβʔɪ, sœprɪ -- to throw
- k͡pʷœr -- to dream
- kœrkœr -- to scratch
- lik, wɒk -- to open, uncover
- maʔ -- to die, be dead
- miʔir -- to sleep
- mœʔœɣʔœɣ -- to fear
- muɣmuɣu -- to work
- møpsɪ -- to breathe
- ŋ͡mʷɛs -- to fall
- œn -- to lie down
- pɔrpɔr -- to laugh
- pœl -- to steal
- pʊl -- to pound, beat
- puʔ -- to sit
- ræɣ -- to swell
- rɔw -- to flow
- rœŋ -- to hear
- siŋ -- to burn
- sun -- to drink
- tɛk -- to say
- tœt -- to think
- wɒn -- to chew
- wœr -- to squeeze
- wøl -- to buy
- ʔæk -- to shoot
- ʔær -- to stand
- ʔɒkpaʔ -- to hide
- ʔal -- to tie up, fasten
- ʔɒr wɔr -- to split
- ʔɒr -- to cut, hack
- ʔɛŋ -- to cry
- ʔɛt rɒk -- to choose
- ʔɛt -- to see
- ʔʊr -- to grow
- ʔør -- to hold
- βan mɛ -- to come
- βan -- to walk
- βas -- to plant
- βasŋɪ -- to count
- βɛn -- to climb
- βus maʔ -- to kill
- βus -- to hit