Loniu
Facts
- Language: Loniu
- Alternate names: Lonio, Ndroku
- Language code: los
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern Admiralty Islands, Manus, Mokoreng-Loniu
- Number of speakers: 460
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Loniu is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Manus Province, Los Negros island south coast, Lolak and Loniu villages.
Dialects
Similar to Bipi (See: Bipi?).
The Loniu Verb
Verblist
- ahe -- to lie down
- amut -- to vomit
- aŋey -- to hear
- asi -- to scratch
- cama -- to swell
- celu -- to stand
- ceʔiti -- to cut, hack
- cimani -- to buy
- coco mʷi -- to suck
- coeti -- to sew
- coŋ -- to hunt
- culumʷi -- to burn
- e lomʷi -- to plant
- e mitan -- to sit
- e ñak -- to climb
- ek, mata -- to grow
- eleʔey -- to see
- han, helisai -- to laugh
- hilitei -- to choose
- hoŋey -- to sniff, smell
- hosi -- to tie up, fasten
- hoti ŋesuha-n -- to breathe
- ilos -- to fall
- ɪn -- to drink
- la -- to walk
- mahuyan -- to live, be alive
- mat -- to die, be dead
- me -- to come
- metɪ -- to sleep
- ñani -- to eat
- nihineh -- to dream
- nohono -- to fear
- ñuhay, yaŋaŋay -- to swim
- ñuʔoh -- to spit
- ŋoh -- to blow
- oŋehi -- to count
- oŋoŋehe -- to think
- pahena -- to steal
- pasani -- to know, be knowledgeable
- potoey -- to hold
- puret -- to work
- pʷay -- to say
- sopoʔoti -- to stab, pierce
- soʔiy -- to shoot
- tahawowoh -- to fly
- taku|eli -- to dig
- taŋ -- to cry
- tapaʔani -- to open, uncover
- tapicey -- to squeeze
- tekeni -- to throw
- telpelewani -- to turn
- tesalay -- to split
- te-tehei -- to pound, beat
- teʔiy -- to hit
- teʔiy -- to kill
- tuɪ -- to cook
- yakaʔani -- to hide
- yati -- to bite
- yati -- to chew
- yelimaw -- to yawn