Mussau-Emira

Introduction

Mussau-Emira is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in New Ireland Province, Saint Matthias Islands, Mussau and Emira northwest of Kavieng; Port Moresby, Lae, Goroka, and Madang.

Dialects

Eastern Mussau, Emira, Southern Mussau, Western Mussau.

The Mussau-Emira Verb

Verblist

• agi akaŋkaya -- to laugh
• agi aŋaŋŋala -- to cry
• ainao -- to steal
• alomasaaŋa -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ameti-ela -- to hunt
• anamanama -- to eat
• asaasa -- to swim
• asekanue -- to sleep
• aso sio -- to lie down
• auli-a, poa -- to say
• belu-e -- to throw
• e asoasopoi -- to dream
• e looloo -- to fly
• e mumumu -- to suck
• inoa-na -- to breathe
• ioi, ira -- to count
• iri-la, nagi-ela -- to tie up, fasten
• isoi-ela, toai-e -- to cut, hack
• kaikai -- to dig
• kalokalo-a -- to scratch
• kanusu -- to spit
• kasu mai -- to come
• kasukasu -- to walk
• katuu -- to fall
• kiriola -- to turn
• kuukuu -- to blow
• lueki -- to vomit
• ma|maul|ue -- to live, be alive
• mamma -- to yawn
• matautu -- to fear
• mate -- to die, be dead
• ninanna -- to think
• noŋonoŋo -- to hear
• ŋusu -- to sniff, smell
• pasapasa -- to plant
• piipinosa -- to grow
• poposoa -- to squeeze
• posoposo -- to hold
• rame -- to chew
• roŋo -- to swell
• ropi -- to drink
• sae -- to climb
• sairi-el -- to split
• samusamu-a -- to bite
• soai-ela -- to stab, pierce
• soai-ela, soasoa-la -- to shoot
• suli-ela -- to sew
• sulu-ia -- to burn
• tara -- to see
• tiŋina -- to stand
• toka -- to sit
• tumari-ela -- to hit
• tuutuu -- to cook
• ubi e mate ala -- to kill
• uuŋu -- to work