Titan

Introduction

Titan is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Manus Province, islands: Manus (southeast coast), Tawi, Wal, M’buke, Johnson, Baluan, Tilianu, Bundro, and Rambutyo.

Dialects

2 dialects, r speakers on southeast Manus Island, l speakers on outlying islands. Intelligibility between, r and l, dialects 100%.

The Titan Verb

Verblist

• abur -- to cook
• akure -- to hide
• ala, ate -- to bite
• alisai -- to laugh
• alul -- to lie down
• an -- to sit
• ani -- to eat
• asi, pakute -- to tie up, fasten
• atiŋ -- to kill
• caburui -- to steal
• can -- to cut, hack
• cani, rameyani -- to count
• caŋaŋ, tapari -- to open, uncover
• cime -- to buy
• duluani, puriŋi, tamete -- to squeeze
• ilou -- to blow
• ilou -- to fly
• iri -- to dig
• kakawi -- to hold
• kau, nyu -- to swim
• lele, lis -- to see
• los, suar -- to fall
• mari -- to spit
• mat -- to die, be dead
• matir -- to sleep
• me -- to come
• mulie -- to turn
• no -- to fear
• nyak -- to climb
• nyak -- to hunt
• pas -- to know, be knowledgeable
• po -- to work
• romot -- to vomit
• se, tadul -- to stand
• sel -- to split
• su -- to flow
• ta -- to hit
• taŋ -- to cry
• tawi, tayani -- to plant
• ti -- to live, be alive
• titile -- to think
• tua, usi -- to chew
• tulumui -- to burn
• ulumui, un -- to drink
• uŋe -- to sniff, smell
• uroŋ -- to hear
• uti -- to throw
• va -- to say
• wai -- to grow