Magori
Facts
- Language: Magori
- Alternate names:
- Language code: zgr
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Papuan Tip linkage, Peripheral Papuan Tip linkage, Central Papuan Oceanic, Oumic, Magoric
- Number of speakers: 100
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Magori is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Central Province, Table bay east end, Bailebo-Tavenei river lower reaches.
Dialects
Most similar to Suau (See: Suau). Vocabulary heavily influenced by Mailu (See: Mailu).
The Magori Verb
Verblist
- [e]veau -- to fear
- [yao], yaw -- to walk
- abi[bao], gori -- to kill
- abitari -- to hold
- ani -- to eat
- apu -- to bite
- ausi -- to tie up, fasten
- bao -- to die, be dead
- bati -- to hit
- biti -- to shoot
- biu -- to fall
- boboga -- to swell
- bora [bora] -- to steal
- bui -- to lie down
- bui -- to sleep
- dara -- to climb
- dari -- to cook
- dogoi -- to throw
- dori, vaida -- to stand
- eama, vuvuri -- to blow
- evivara -- to open, uncover
- gabu -- to burn
- gaema -- to cry
- gagaro -- to scratch
- giriva -- to laugh
- gobi -- to vomit
- gori -- to stab, pierce
- kinoni -- to sniff, smell
- maru -- to squeeze
- mauri -- to live, be alive
- moti -- to suck
- nena -- to breathe
- nivi -- to dream
- oita -- to split
- onoi -- to see
- paisoa -- to work
- ravi -- to dig
- reia -- to cut, hack
- revo -- to fly
- roro -- to swim
- tagigi -- to hunt
- tanuyau|o -- to sit
- teia -- to say
- toboi -- to chew
- togoi -- to hear
- togoi -- to know, be knowledgeable
- tuna tuna -- to think
- turi -- to sew
- ukua -- to spit
- unu -- to drink
- vavo -- to count
- voi -- to buy
- yame -- to come