Vitu

Introduction

Vitu is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in West New Britain Province, Talasea district, Vitu and Mudua islands off northwest coast.

Dialects

2 or 3 dialects. Mudua Island variety may be a separate language. Related to Uneapa (See: Uneapa?).

The Vitu Verb

Verblist

• bebe -- to fly
• bebeǥia -- to squeeze
• bubu, wata -- to swell
• ḏaǥaḏaǥa -- to work
• ḏaǥe -- to climb
• dopia -- to cut, hack
• dua, poke -- to fall
• ḏuḏu -- to suck
• ḏuŋia -- to sniff, smell
• ǥada -- to see
• ǥaḏenia -- to count
• ǥaloho -- to cry
• galuḏu -- to grow
• ǥani -- to eat
• ǥatewawani -- to fear
• ǥinu -- to drink
• ǥivu -- to breathe
• ǥovi -- to dig
• ǥubi -- to kill
• ǥuḏu -- to swim
• ǥulo', tunu -- to cook
• ǥutuwalagia -- to split
• hubi -- to pound, beat
• kade -- to buy
• kalakala -- to burn
• kavili -- to blow
• koria -- to scratch
• lala -- to know, be knowledgeable
• lama -- to lie down
• livoroka -- to spit
• lohoi -- to think
• loŋo -- to hear
• lua -- to vomit
• madi -- to stand
• maǥuri -- to live, be alive
• mai -- to come
• maki -- to choose
• maliki -- to flow
• mama -- to chew
• maŋi|nuvia -- to dream
• maraŋavi -- to yawn
• mate -- to die, be dead
• mia -- to sit
• noŋo -- to laugh
• ŋoro -- to sleep
• paǥoria -- to hold
• pandea -- to stab, pierce
• paŋo -- to hunt
• parizigi -- to hide
• rabebenia -- to shoot
• tania -- to say
• turia -- to sew
• tutuǥia, waritutu -- to hit
• vaḏaǥia -- to plant
• vana -- to walk
• voḏo -- to throw
• vutuǥia -- to tie up, fasten
• wanaǥo -- to steal
• warihara -- to bite