Nahavaq
Facts
- Language: Nahavaq
- Alternate names: Labo, Lamangkau, Na’ahai, Nahapa, Seniang, Sinesip
- Language code: sns
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Central Vanuatu, Malakula, Western Malakula linkage, Peripheral Western Malakula, Southwestern Malakula, Southwest Coastal Malekula
- Number of speakers: 600
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
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Introduction
Nahavaq is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Southwest Malekula.
The Nahavaq Verb
Verblist
- haʔ -- to climb
- hup -- to blow
- les -- to see
- liŋndew -- to lie down
- loŋ -- to walk
- lu -- to vomit
- luʔ -- to hide
- mataʔ -- to fear
- mbuluŋ(g) -- to count
- mbwerej -- to dream
- mbwil -- to hit
- mes -- to die, be dead
- metur -- to sleep
- mewur -- to live, be alive
- min -- to drink
- mowlej -- to yawn
- mwas -- to laugh
- ndimndim -- to think
- ndurndur -- to stab, pierce
- ŋaraŋar -- to breathe
- ŋarnombwon -- to sniff, smell
- ŋgar -- to swim
- ŋgarum -- to scratch
- rar -- to cook
- raʔ -- to work
- roŋ -- to hear
- roŋhur -- to know, be knowledgeable
- sal -- to hunt
- sep -- to fall
- seßen -- to open, uncover
- ßißem -- to fly
- ßurej -- to spit
- ßwaraßwar -- to flow
- ßweleŋ -- to come
- ßwer -- to say
- sum(pw) -- to sit
- taris -- to stand
- tarpor -- to split
- teŋ -- to cry
- terej -- to cut, hack
- tim(b) -- to swell
- tip -- to grow
- tiʔtiʔ -- to tie up, fasten
- tur -- to sew
- tuʔtuʔ -- to pound, beat
- vanaʔ -- to steal
- vini -- to shoot
- vul -- to buy
- vur -- to hold
- vusvus -- to squeeze
- ʔambwiʔ -- to plant
- ʔan -- to eat
- ʔas -- to bite
- ʔasʔas -- to chew
- ʔil -- to dig
- ʔom -- to throw