Lou
Facts
- Language: Lou
- Alternate names:
- Language code: loj
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern Admiralty Islands, South-East Admiralty, Lou-Paluai
- Number of speakers: 1000
- Script:
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Introduction
Lou is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Manus Province, Lou island.
Dialects
Rei. Dialects are very similar. Rei is dominant.
The Lou Verb
Verblist
- aek -- to shoot
- al|ma -- to yawn
- aŋar -- to think
- apur -- to cook
- arisap -- to bite
- as -- to plant
- im -- to drink
- in -- to lie down
- ir -- to squeeze
- karirit -- to fear
- kea -- to swim
- kokorup -- to spit
- kui -- to chew
- kum -- to suck
- lus -- to fall
- maŋas -- to work
- mat marak -- to grow
- mat puin -- to live, be alive
- mat -- to die, be dead
- me -- to come
- metir -- to sleep
- mipmip -- to dream
- mumut -- to vomit
- nek -- to throw
- nesek -- to say
- niŋ -- to see
- ŋais -- to scratch
- ŋan -- to eat
- ŋaraŋraŋ -- to choose
- ok -- to hold
- om -- to cut, hack
- op mat -- to kill
- op -- to fly
- op -- to hit
- panak -- to steal
- pap -- to buy
- pasek -- to know, be knowledgeable
- perek -- to hide
- pilél -- to laugh
- rek pelewek -- to turn
- ririk -- to swell
- roŋ -- to hear
- so -- to sew
- sok -- to stab, pierce
- suli -- to burn
- suŋsuŋ -- to hunt
- tarak -- to climb
- teŋ -- to cry
- tepelek -- to blow
- tolul -- to stand
- tuk -- to sit
- tut -- to count
- uk -- to open, uncover
- uŋ -- to sniff, smell
- wawa -- to walk
- wil -- to dig
- wilip ŋo-m -- to breathe
- wirik eli tel -- to tie up, fasten