Tuamotuan
Facts
- Language: Tuamotuan
- Alternate names: Pa’umotu
- Language code: pmt
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Pacific linkage, Tokelau-Fijian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Solomons Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Central Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, East Polynesian, Central Eastern Polynesian
- Number of speakers: 4000
- Vulnerability: Vulnerable [Read more...]
- Script:
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Introduction
Tuamotuan is a language of French Polynesia. It is spoken in Tuamotu, Tahiti.
Dialects
Fangatau (Tupitimoake), Marangai, Napuka, Parata (Putahi), Reao, Tapuhoe, Vahitu. Lexical similarity: 83% with Rarotongan (See: Rarotongan), 77% with Hawaiian (See: Hawaiian).
The Tuamotuan Verb
Verblist
- hana
- kau
- mahana
- mātau
- turaki
- (haere) mai -- to come
- akuaku -- to hunt
- anu, tufa, tuha -- to spit
- aŋi, farara, harara, paa, puhi -- to blow
- fana, hana -- to shoot
- fau, hau, hiitiki, rii -- to tie up, fasten
- haa, haa/haa, manava, ŋaa -- to breathe
- haamama -- to yawn
- haere -- to walk
- haŋa -- to work
- heheu -- to open, uncover
- hiŋa, makiri, marere, topa -- to fall
- hoka, huki -- to stab, pierce
- hoko -- to buy
- hoŋi -- to sniff, smell
- huri -- to turn
- ihi, kokoti -- to cut, hack
- inu -- to drink
- kai -- to eat
- kake -- to climb
- kata -- to laugh
- kati -- to bite
- kau -- to swim
- keiaa -- to steal
- keri -- to dig
- kite -- to see
- kite, maatau -- to know, be knowledgeable
- koikoi -- to choose
- koropuupuu -- to swell
- maataataa, tapahi, ŋa/faa -- to split
- mahara -- to think
- maka, tiri, toro -- to throw
- mataku -- to fear
- mate, pohe -- to die, be dead
- miti, momi, omo, ŋoŋo -- to suck
- moe -- to sleep
- moemoeaa -- to dream
- noho -- to sit
- ŋau -- to chew
- ŋiŋiti -- to squeeze
- ora -- to live, be alive
- paki, papaki, patu, taa, tuki -- to hit
- parau -- to say
- patu, taparahi -- to kill
- ra/raku/, raku -- to scratch
- rere -- to fly
- roŋo -- to hear
- ruua/ki -- to vomit
- taahuna -- to hide
- tahe -- to flow
- tahu, tuŋi -- to burn
- takoto -- to lie down
- tanu -- to plant
- taŋi -- to cry
- taŋo -- to hold
- tao -- to cook
- tui -- to sew
- tuki -- to pound, beat
- tupu -- to grow
- tuu -- to stand