Rawo

Introduction

Rawo is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Sandaun Province coast, Rawo and Leitre area.

Dialects

Related to Isaka (See: Isaka?), Puare (See: Puare?), and Warapu (See: Warapu?).

The Rawo Verb

Verblist

• ā -- to say
• ahoro -- to turn
• akau, hanu, hauhanu, so -- to walk
• aŋi -- to cry
• arasi, māmānu -- to swim
• ɣaha, raŋo -- to fly
• ɣara, suŋia -- to burn
• ɣaraia -- to bite
• ɣarasia -- to scratch
• ɣirarā -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ɣiria -- to dig
• ɣoɣoɣo -- to flow
• haɣawasi -- to hunt
• hanu mai -- to come
• hara, oɣia, tapia -- to cut, hack
• mae -- to die, be dead
• maɣu -- to fear
• mana -- to laugh
• manawa -- to breathe
• mauru -- to sleep
• moa -- to vomit
• musu -- to spit
• nahuia -- to kill
• ŋaua -- to eat
• oɣa -- to sit
• piria -- to steal
• pusā -- to stab, pierce
• rakua -- to tie up, fasten
• roɣasia -- to blow
• roŋoa -- to hear
• rosia -- to squeeze
• siɣini -- to swell
• siɣinia -- to sniff, smell
• sirā -- to see
• taɣara -- to work
• tahitahi, tahiŋa -- to live, be alive
• tahurua -- to hit
• taia -- to sew
• tako -- to think
• tao -- to lie down
• taua -- to hold
• toma -- to count
• tono -- to drink
• totohia -- to suck
• ura -- to stand
• waɣaria -- to split
• wota -- to fall