Maewo, Central
Facts
- Language: Maewo, Central
- Alternate names: Maewo, Sungwadaga, Tanoriki
- Language code: mwo
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northern Vanuatu, Maewo
- Number of speakers: 1400
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Maewo, Central is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Maewo (Aurora) island.
Dialects
Lotora. Arata and Bangoro may be dialects or closely related languages.
The Maewo, Central Verb
Verblist
- eno -- to lie down
- falu -- to count
- feve -- to say
- fifiri -- to squeeze
- liɣo -- to tie up, fasten
- lulue -- to vomit
- mambusi -- to breathe
- ma-na -- to laugh
- mataxuti -- to fear
- mate -- to die, be dead
- maturu -- to sleep
- mbuna -- to sniff, smell
- ndara -- to split
- ndere -- to bite
- ndiɣerisi -- to turn
- ndondo -- to think
- ŋara -- to cry
- ŋwaso -- to live, be alive
- rambati -- to hit
- rixa -- to swell
- rombana -- to work
- roŋo -- to hear
- roŋonduni -- to know, be knowledgeable
- saŋgwe -- to see
- saro -- to hunt
- soe -- to fall
- sulu -- to burn
- tai, teve -- to cut, hack
- taŋgari -- to scratch
- taxwara -- to sit
- tori -- to hold
- tulu -- to stand
- tuxuru -- to sew
- ufi -- to blow
- unu -- to drink
- unu -- to suck
- vene -- to shoot
- wasi -- to kill
- xani -- to eat
- xao -- to walk
- xaxa -- to fly
- xaxaru -- to swim
- xili -- to dig
- xoso -- to stab, pierce
- xuma -- to come
- xura -- to spit
- xwosaxi -- to throw