Merei
Facts
- Language: Merei
- Alternate names: Lametin
- Language code: lmb
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northern Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo, West Santo, Central Santo
- Number of speakers: 400
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Merei is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Central Santo, north of Morouas, between Lape and Ora rivers.
Dialects
Winiv.
The Merei Verb
Verblist
- abot -- to hit
- aliali, ruruwai -- to walk
- anian -- to eat
- at -- to bite
- blei -- to throw
- bonai, ŋuru -- to sniff, smell
- borsin -- to turn
- bure -- to swell
- domdom -- to think
- el -- to dig
- ep -- to count
- gar -- to swim
- garum -- to scratch
- gau -- to hold
- gogo -- to drink
- jop -- to fall
- jurpes -- to hunt
- loto -- to spit
- lua -- to vomit
- malabo -- to sleep
- maŋamaŋa -- to breathe
- matau -- to fear
- mate -- to die, be dead
- ŋara -- to cry
- oti, tui -- to stab, pierce
- pes -- to tie up, fasten
- poso -- to split
- pti, raswum -- to kill
- roŋoin -- to hear
- sa|ma, sio|ma -- to come
- sale -- to fly
- sis -- to blow
- sului -- to burn
- tabei -- to live, be alive
- tada -- to sit
- taim -- to suck
- taron -- to see
- tau|vin -- to know, be knowledgeable
- tevei -- to cut, hack
- tulatula, tulu -- to sew
- turu -- to stand
- uru -- to laugh
- varavara -- to say
- vauma -- to work
- viris -- to squeeze
- vravra -- to flow