Uruava

Introduction

Uruava is a language of Papua New Guinea. It was spoken in Bougainville Province, southeast coast.

The Uruava Verb

Verblist

• (mare) kokora, kuira -- to fear
• agos-i -- to hold
• ani, ari u noko, nokoi -- to drink
• aria ko tuai, kumas-i, kumata -- to sew
• aria matauni anogo, aro matauni anogo, mataú-i -- to know, be knowledgeable
• aria u barori, baror-i, baroro -- to hear
• aria u sie, sie-i -- to sniff, smell
• aria u toru, doi -- to see
• atun-i, atunu, e βaora, erua buri soni wariatunu -- to hit
• atunu, va-mate-i -- to kill
• boretarava, ebetenobu -- to lie down
• buri, karukarusi, toki -- to cut, hack
• e kurumu, totoi, wakurumi -- to burn
• e wanayau -- to stab, pierce
• e βurau -- to fly
• ebete, ruka -- to sleep
• kabe -- to climb
• kakirigana, karas-i -- to bite
• karo-i -- to dig
• kiuβu, piubi -- to blow
• ko βego -- to turn
• koke-i -- to count
• kom nanoi, mane-mane -- to hunt
• kori, korikori aigu -- to scratch
• luga-luga -- to plant
• mama -- to chew
• matauni anogo, onóui -- to think
• mate -- to die, be dead
• mavoa -- to yawn
• moi, ra-mai -- to come
• nabe, sirupi -- to swim
• napu -- to breathe
• pa, pai, papaina -- to laugh
• pira-di -- to shoot
• piri, wagasa -- to tie up, fasten
• pisuini, pitu-i -- to squeeze
• piutu, piutu nogu -- to sit
• podo -- to live, be alive
• pogoini, pogoiniamai -- to throw
• rara -- to walk
• raro-i -- to cook
• rio -- to dream
• romo-i -- to buy
• rovi -- to spit
• rua-rua -- to vomit
• sevu-sevuri -- to pound, beat
• sikodo -- to work
• susu nokonokoaina -- to suck
• tamu -- to eat
• tani -- to cry
• tolunomu, toru -- to stand
• tubu -- to swell
• uka -- to fall
• vainao, vainao-i -- to steal