Nauna
Facts
- Language: Nauna
- Alternate names: Naune
- Language code: ncn
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern Admiralty Islands, South-East Admiralty
- Number of speakers: 100
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Nauna is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Manus Province, Nauna island. 1 village.
The Nauna Verb
Verblist
- aŋilut -- to turn
- apɨ -- to throw
- caŋ -- to cut, hack
- caŋin -- to sniff, smell
- ce -- to hit
- ce -- to kill
- ce -- to say
- cim -- to buy
- coŋcoŋ -- to hunt
- elih -- to blow
- en -- to lie down
- hal|mem -- to chew
- halalaɪn -- to count
- haŋal -- to think
- helsɨ -- to laugh
- hil -- to squeeze
- in -- to drink
- in -- to suck
- ir -- to dig
- ɨt -- to bite
- kakapʷi, tiŋɨn -- to cry
- kohu kuñah -- to breathe
- kokaw -- to swim
- loŋ -- to hear
- malahan -- to know, be knowledgeable
- mamaw -- to yawn
- maŋas -- to work
- mat pʷen -- to live, be alive
- mat -- to die, be dead
- meh -- to come
- mehimeh -- to dream
- metil -- to sleep
- mumut -- to vomit
- mun -- to fall
- mʷac -- to see
- mʷatɨl -- to stand
- ñemul -- to spit
- ñɨmñɨm, ɨn -- to eat
- ñoñohan -- to swell
- oh -- to fly
- pahana -- to steal
- pʷaʔpʷat -- to fear
- rakis -- to scratch
- ruaw -- to walk
- sintiw -- to hold
- so -- to shoot
- sohar -- to stab, pierce
- sulu -- to burn
- sulu, th -- to cook
- sus -- to sew
- tete|hun -- to hide
- tik -- to climb
- tirel -- to split
- tiw -- to plant
- totol -- to sit
- tutuhu -- to grow
- ur -- to tie up, fasten