Teop

Introduction

Teop is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Bougainville Province, Tinputz district, northeast.

Dialects

Coastal Teop, Kosina Mohina, Manava, Rausara (Rausiara), Taunita. Coastal Teop speakers understand other dialects, and vice versa. Coastal Teop is 84% cognate with Rausara, 73% with Taunita dialects.

The Teop Verb

Verblist

• dee
• hivi
• kae
• kaku
• kiu
• rake

• ahe -- to count
• ani -- to eat
• asi -- to burn
• asun -- to kill
• ato -- to hold
• avuhu, hirupa -- to sniff, smell
• baitono -- to hear
• bura, buraa -- to vomit
• busu, tasu -- to throw
• butoto -- to lie down
• dovi -- to spit
• gaga -- to drink
• goroho -- to sleep
• haesi -- to laugh
• hata, hatanata, kona, konakona -- to know, be knowledgeable
• hiipi, va hipi -- to hunt
• hio -- to sit
• hirupaʔ -- to suck
• ja taviri -- to turn
• kapa -- to open, uncover
• kare -- to scratch
• kasi -- to dig
• kaveru -- to steal
• kiu -- to work
• koto -- to bite
• ku, kuu -- to fall
• kunakuna -- to sew
• kuu, naovo, piuvu -- to blow
• mate -- to die, be dead
• momoava -- to yawn
• mosi -- to cut, hack
• naabu, nabu -- to fear
• naha, tam -- to chew
• nahu, taba ani, wa gonono -- to cook
• naovo -- to fly
• navuhu -- to hit
• neba -- to grow
• neba -- to plant
• noma -- to come
• oga -- to cry
• opehe -- to think
• oro -- to flow
• peha, peha hiava -- to climb
• pita -- to walk
• posi -- to squeeze
• ruvu -- to swim
• siri -- to split
• subu -- to swell
• sue -- to say
• sun -- to stand
• tahi -- to stab, pierce
• tara -- to see
• tasu -- to pound, beat
• tatariopo -- to dream
• tootoo, toto -- to live, be alive
• va vanavana -- to shoot
• va vuriha -- to breathe
• vakisi -- to tie up, fasten
• varavihi -- to hide
• viana -- to choose
• voni -- to buy