Puluwatese

Introduction

Puluwatese is a language of Micronesia. It is spoken in Polowat, Pollap, Houk (Pulusuk), and Tamtam islands, Carolines.

Dialects

Pulapese, Pulusukese, Puluwatese. 64% intelligibility of Satawalese (See: Satawalese), 40% of Woleaian (See: Woleaian), 21% of Ulithian (See: Ulithian?). Lexical similarity: 88% with Satawalese (See: Satawalese) and Carolinian (See: Carolinian), 83% with Mortlockese (See: Mortlockese), 82% with Woleaian (See: Woleaian), 81% with Chuukese (See: Chuukese), 72% with Ulithian (See: Ulithian?).

The Puluwatese Verb

Verblist

• haŕam
• ŋahaŋah

• (ya)-kékkay, fah -- to laugh
• (ya)-ma-nawa, má-naw -- to live, be alive
• (ya)-mʷaʀ, (ya)-mʷaʀú-(ya-) -- to hold
• (ya)-mʷoot, (yó)-mʷoot, (yó)-mʷota-, pʷuka -- to cook
• fééfé, féé-ti-(y) -- to tie up, fasten
• -fetál -- to walk
• fili-(i-y) -- to choose
• fiye-(y) -- to squeeze
• fóóle-(y), fóóle-ni, fóóle-yá-(y), ffól -- to grow
• fót, fóto-ki-(y) -- to plant
• háŋ -- to cry
• kéét, keri-(y), keriker, yáriker -- to scratch
• kel, keli-ŋi-(y), tow -- to dig
• kkú-ú -- to bite
• kú -- to burn
• kúle-e-(y) -- to know, be knowledgeable
• kúll -- to turn
• lúú, lúúlú, ŋú-ti-(y) -- to chew
• má -- to die, be dead
• máŋimáŋ, yákiyák, yekiyek, yekiyeki-(y) -- to think
• mawúr -- to sleep
• me-hak -- to fear
• mém-méwóó-(n-atél) -- to yawn
• móót, mó-tiw -- to sit
• mor -- to fall
• mʷéŋé, mʷéŋéé-(n), yaŋi-(y) -- to eat
• mʷmʷuh -- to vomit
• mʷóʀow -- to steal
• ni, nii-ni -- to kill
• ŋahaŋah -- to breathe
• óttúfe, yóttúf -- to spit
• páápá, páá-ŋ, páá-ŋi, páá-ŋi-(y), paapa, yálle-(ya), yálle-(ya-ni) -- to count
• pʷak -- to open, uncover
• pʷo, pʷoopʷo -- to swell
• pʷo, wúkúúk, wuk -- to pound, beat
• pʷu, pʷuupʷu -- to flow
• roŋ, roŋoroŋ -- to hear
• téé-(tá), téé-ki-y -- to climb
• teete, tee-y, ti (faaʀ), ti-k, ti-ki-i-(y) -- to sew
• téŋú-ú-(w) -- to sniff, smell
• tile-ŋi-(y) -- to split
• ttan, ttana-a -- to dream
• tto, ttow, ttow-(púŋ) -- to stab, pierce
• tuku-u-(w) -- to hit
• weri-(y), weriwer -- to see
• wiiki-(y) -- to blow
• woon -- to lie down
• wún, wúnú-mi-(y), wúnu-ma-(n) -- to drink
• wúú-(tá) -- to stand
• yáál -- to fly
• yáfe-, yaf -- to swim
• yáʀe-(y) -- to throw
• yopo-(ló) -- to hide