Misima-Panaeati
Facts
- Language: Misima-Panaeati
- Alternate names: Misiman, Misima-Paneati, Panaeati, Panaieti, Panayeti, Paneate, Paneyate
- Language code: mpx
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Papuan Tip linkage, Peripheral Papuan Tip linkage, Kilivila-Misima
- Number of speakers: 18000
- Script:
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Introduction
Misima-Panaeati is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Milne Bay Province, Misima district, Misima island, Panaieti, and Calvados chain islands. 32 villages.
Dialects
Nasikwabw (Tokunu), Tewatewa. Lexical similarity: 33% with Nimowa (See: Nimoa) and Dobu (See: Dobu) (most similar).
The Misima-Panaeati Verb
Verblist
- i|aliga -- to die, be dead
- i|alihin -- to throw
- i|am -- to tie up, fasten
- i|ana -- to breathe
- i|anan -- to eat
- i|ate|na -- to know, be knowledgeable
- i|auka -- to hunt
- i|baba -- to say
- i|gagayawa -- to see
- i|gela -- to cut, hack
- i|gial -- to dig
- i|gove -- to stab, pierce
- i|ha -- to climb
- i|hago -- to hear
- i|hago -- to sniff, smell
- i|helhel -- to sew
- i|highig -- to swim
- i|hoa -- to shoot
- i|kahikahin -- to cry
- i|kaoma -- to steal
- i|kenonou -- to dream
- i|kenukenu -- to sleep
- i|kolkol -- to scratch
- i|liga -- to cook
- i|lol -- to hit
- i|lol -- to kill
- i|lolon -- to swell
- i|lovakun -- to fear
- i|luan -- to plant
- i|mamanovi -- to vomit
- i|mim -- to suck
- i|min -- to drink
- i|misio -- to sit
- i|molu -- to live, be alive
- i|mwau -- to yawn
- i|nawa -- to walk
- i|nenem -- to come
- i|nival -- to laugh
- i|ol -- to chew
- i|pi -- to squeeze
- i|pihikan -- to hold
- i|pwela -- to open, uncover
- i|siun -- to grow
- i|sogu -- to fall
- i|sume -- to hide
- i|taga|leli -- to split
- i|tal -- to bite
- i|talmil -- to stand
- i|tawa -- to blow
- i|ton -- to burn
- i|tualali -- to work
- i|vasili -- to count
- i|veva -- to fly
- kuluvi -- to spit