Waima

Introduction

Waima is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Central Province, Bereina district, near Kairuku, Hall Sound shores, between Yule island and mainland, northwest of Port Moresby.

Dialects

Paitana, Roro, Waima. Roro and Paitana populations smaller and scattered. Lexical similarity: 45% with Kuni (See: Kuni) (most similar), 99% among all 3 dialects. All agree Waima is the main dialect.

The Waima Verb

Verblist

• -[a]ra -- to bite
• aba nemai, omai -- to come
• abi, emu-abi, mo-abi, ne-abi -- to say
• abu -- to blow
• aia-na, ao-na -- to hear
• aióra -- to vomit
• aka, uma aka -- to work
• ani -- to eat
• ao, hamákaʔao -- to walk
• ari -- to die, be dead
• atósi -- to spit
• bainau -- to steal
• bato -- to plant
• bua -- to swell
• enosi -- to lie down
• habi -- to dig
• hai -- to cry
• hara, kabe -- to cut, hack
• haʔu -- to hit
• heʔo -- to fall
• hua, momo -- to chew
• inu -- to drink
• iovi-na -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ita- -- to see
• ka|paʔi -- to scratch
• kaikau -- to open, uncover
• kapo -- to throw
• kawa, mo-kawa-na -- to buy
• kine -- to burn
• kuahu ari -- to kill
• mauri -- to live, be alive
• mawa -- to yawn
• mo|raunana -- to think
• móiriiri -- to laugh
• mo-kórosi -- to stand
• momiasi -- to sit
• motóbana, toba -- to tie up, fasten
• naʔu -- to swim
• neparua, párua -- to sleep
• nibi -- to dream
• obu -- to grow
• pisi -- to shoot
• robo -- to fly
• simi-, waiha simi-na -- to sniff, smell
• tai -- to sew
• taʔu -- to fear