Tanna, Southwest
Facts
- Language: Tanna, Southwest
- Alternate names: Nafe, Naha, Nvhal, Yahurmene
- Language code: nwi
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southern Melanesian, Southern Vanuatu, Tanna, Southern Tanna
- Number of speakers: 4500
- Script:
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Introduction
Tanna, Southwest is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Southwest Tanna island.
Dialects
Narpaimene, Nowai, Siporo, Vaha. Complex dialect chain (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
The Tanna, Southwest Verb
Verblist
- aalh -- to laugh
- aam -- to see
- aan -- to eat
- aiu -- to flow
- aki -- to scratch
- aklhakən -- to steal
- akwəta -- to sit
- al -- to swim
- alel -- to stand
- aləplaai -- to split
- alukən -- to throw
- amwha -- to suck
- apəl -- to sleep
- as -- to bite
- as, vaan -- to burn
- asək -- to shoot
- asəktaa -- to open, uncover
- asim -- to work
- avhekən -- to count
- ea|pən -- to hunt
- eau -- to cry
- ehlaŋ -- to breathe
- əlai -- to cut, hack
- ələŋ -- to hear
- ələŋ -- to sniff, smell
- eliuok -- to walk
- əlkəs -- to tie up, fasten
- elkwaiŋ -- to hide
- elŋaavh -- to spit
- əməl -- to lie down
- əmələlha -- to dream
- əsianəsian -- to pound, beat
- esiis -- to swell
- əvtete lakən -- to squeeze
- hai -- to stab, pierce
- hakta -- to climb
- hel, kəlkəl -- to blow
- huopnii -- to kill
- iva -- to fly
- kəl -- to dig
- ləki-n l-uh -- to think
- ləkwun -- to know, be knowledgeable
- lhi -- to sew
- lua -- to vomit
- məl -- to fall
- mha -- to die, be dead
- mlaŋh -- to live, be alive
- ni -- to say
- num -- to drink
- ŋən -- to fear
- oklhekən -- to turn
- omwhen -- to choose
- pnaal -- to grow
- su -- to plant
- ua -- to come
- uh -- to hit
- vah nəml-n -- to buy
- vah -- to hold
- vikən -- to cook