Takia

Introduction

Takia is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Madang Province, Madang district, Karkar island south half, Bagabag island, Megiar and Serang coastal villages.

Dialects

Megiar, Serang.

The Takia Verb

Verblist

• a su hutani-, yaes -bal -- to breathe
• -abi -- to hold
• amiŋ, -en-amin -- to dream
• -ani, -g/ani -- to eat
• -arat-, -ratag, -rati -- to bite
• -au-, -par, -tor, -tor- -- to walk
• -aw -- to flow
• awa- -abi -- to yawn
• -bal -- to throw
• -bol -- to think
• -bol, -bol- -- to say
• buli, -ptlani -- to turn
• -dad -- to buy
• -dali, -ei, -gisi, -ney -- to cook
• ddi -- to swell
• -ded ininiwti, -mari -- to burn
• dile, -le, -te- -- to see
• direr, rre-k -- to fear
• -du -- to fall
• -en, -y/on- -- to sleep
• -en-si -- to lie down
• -fni -- to pound, beat
• -fni, -fun-, nuk duhum'- -- to hit
• -fni-mat, -funi, -pun- -mat- -- to kill
• fou-, -pirike, -sbani -- to tie up, fasten
• -gam -- to steal
• -g-fte, -gile -- to split
• -kdi -- to hunt
• lesu/n, -lusu -- to spit
• -log, -patu- -- to swim
• -lon-, -loŋ -- to hear
• -loŋ -- to know, be knowledgeable
• -lu, -lu- -- to vomit
• -luk, -lumi -- to drink
• -ma, -mado -- to live, be alive
• -madosi, -madsi, -ma-si, -medo -- to sit
• -mam -- to chew
• -mat -- to die, be dead
• -myani -- to hide
• -pae -- to plant
• -palu, -saidu -- to come
• -pane, -suwe -- to shoot
• -pasi -- to open, uncover
• -plani -- to choose
• -ppi -- to squeeze
• -rare -- to scratch
• -rassani, -wen -loŋ, -ŋalon- -- to sniff, smell
• -rou -- to fly
• -sa -- to climb
• -sare, -swe -- to dig
• -sel -- to laugh
• -sti -- to count
• -sti -- to sew
• -su-ppi -- to suck
• -suwe, -swe -- to stab, pierce
• -ta-, -tata -- to cry
• -tabulsi -- to grow
• -tare -- to cut, hack
• -tur, -tur- -- to stand
• urat -- to work
• -wi -- to blow