Waropen

Introduction

Waropen is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Papua Province, south coast of Serui island, east Cenderawasih bay.

Dialects

Mo’or, Napan, Waropen Kai.

The Waropen Verb

Verblist

• [k]aniko, anisa -- to cry
• afa, ofa -- to say
• afano -- to bite
• agha, eata, gai, taka, usa, uta -- to split
• akako, niwira -- to fear
• ambora, anima, sira -- to see
• ame -- to hide
• ana -- to shoot
• ana|ko -- to plant
• aneka, aneno -- to laugh
• anina -- to dream
• ano -- to eat
• aro, oama, oba -- to cut, hack
• asasa -- to sniff, smell
• baro, seka -- to cook
• ede, ra -- to walk
• ei, wara -- to dig
• embua, odiaka -- to swim
• enako -- to sleep
• esi -- to climb
• fama, muna, we -- to hit
• feka -- to hold
• fero -- to die, be dead
• koraru -- to vomit
• maitotoa -- to yawn
• mama -- to chew
• maŋgura -- to choose
• mo, ru -- to flow
• mo[ko] -- to fall
• muna -- to kill
• nagha -- to scratch
• namo -- to squeeze
• -nasa, nata -- to hear
• oaino, oaro -- to sit
• odiwara -- to spit
• orana -- to tie up, fasten
• osaro, otaro -- to stand
• owuko, owusa -- to buy
• pino -- to swell
• raisara -- to turn
• rama -- to come
• rapari, sano -- to burn
• roko, rorako -- to fly
• rua -- to work
• sako -- to open, uncover
• sako -- to stab, pierce
• sama -- to hunt
• sasi -- to breathe
• sira -- to know, be knowledgeable
• so, ufa -- to blow
• soko -- to pound, beat
• soko -- to throw
• sua -- to sew
• suma, tutuma -- to suck
• uko -- to grow
• uko -- to live, be alive
• una -- to drink
• wu|mana -- to steal