Wedau

Introduction

Wedau is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Milne Bay Province, Rabaraba district, Weraura local government area, mainland from Kuvira Bay to Dogura along north coast.

Dialects

Kwamana, Lavora, Topura, Yapoa.

The Wedau Verb

Verblist

• auou tuanim -- to bite
• eamam -- to eat
• eamamapu, evivitava -- to cook
• eamampopo -- to sew
• eamvunua -- to hit
• eapuapui, eararata -- to burn
• earoaro -- to hunt
• ebababani -- to say
• ebababara, enenai -- to walk
• ebulobuloi -- to squeeze
• edanedanene -- to steal
• egogogo -- to grow
• eǥuǥuǥuǥu -- to suck
• eiveivei -- to blow
• ekakaka -- to laugh
• ekiakiala -- to sit
• elavelave -- to fly
• elavulavutu -- to breathe
• emaimairi -- to stand
• emainaitavirei -- to turn
• emedameda -- to vomit
• eneinana -- to see
• enenei -- to come
• enolanola -- to work
• enononori -- to hear
• epaepaewa -- to plant
• eraǥinaǥim -- to tie up, fasten
• erauraumova -- to yawn
• erovorovoi -- to fear
• etawatawanėi, gaima -- to throw
• etoatoa -- to swim
• etoutou -- to cry
• eumauma -- to drink
• evairahi -- to die, be dead
• evipidu -- to shoot
• evovojijini -- to hold
• eyeyava -- to count
• i matave -- to sleep
• iaramani -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ibori -- to cut, hack
• idodo -- to swell
• iǥarai -- to dig
• ikakaroi -- to scratch
• ilahoni -- to sniff, smell
• irauboni -- to dream
• itonai -- to stab, pierce
• iwamai -- to split
• ovana -- to spit
• pora iviraheni -- to kill
• poro lawalawaina -- to live, be alive