Satawalese

Introduction

Satawalese is a language of Micronesia. It is spoken in Satawal island, Caroline Islands.

Dialects

60% intelligibility of Ulithian (See: Ulithian?) and Woleaian (See: Woleaian). Lexical similarity: 95% with Carolinian (See: Carolinian), 88% with Woleaian (See: Woleaian) and Puluwatese (See: Puluwatese), 82% with Mortlockese (See: Mortlockese), 79% with Chuukese (See: Chuukese), 77% with Ulithian (See: Ulithian?).

The Satawalese Verb

Verblist

• aentiw
• aetiweni
• faeraek
• ffeor
• nikiti

• (a)-mmoot -- to cook
• (kúla)-mʷmʷe, mawúr -- to sleep
• aŋi -- to eat
• fetál, fetán -- to walk
• fil, fili-(y) -- to choose
• fiye-e-(y) -- to squeeze
• fóót, fóto-ki, ffót -- to plant
• keriker -- to scratch
• kkay -- to laugh
• kkel -- to dig
• kúle-e-(y) -- to know, be knowledgeable
• kú-ú-(w), kúúkú -- to bite
• lii-(y), niini -- to kill
• má, máá- -- to die, be dead
• má-nawa-(n) -- to live, be alive
• máŋimáŋ -- to think
• me-sak -- to fear
• móót, móóto-(tiw) -- to sit
• mʷmʷus -- to vomit
• mʷóʀo, púraf, pirifa -- to steal
• paapa -- to count
• pʷoo -- to swell
• roŋ, roŋoroŋ -- to hear
• safasaf -- to cut, hack
• súkú, yúkú-(w) -- to pound, beat
• teete, tee-yi -- to sew
• téŋú, ttéŋ -- to sniff, smell
• towutow -- to stab, pierce
• weri -- to see
• wolo-(tiw) -- to lie down
• yaaf -- to swim
• yaniyan -- to fly
• yaʀe-(i) -- to throw