Wuvulu-Aua
Facts
- Language: Wuvulu-Aua
- Alternate names: Aua-Viwulu, Viwulu-Aua
- Language code: wuv
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Western Admiralty Islands
- Number of speakers: 1000
- Script:
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Introduction
Wuvulu-Aua is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Western Manus Province, Aua, Durour, Maty, and Wuvulu islands.
Dialects
Aua, Wuvulu (Wuu). Dialects nearly identical.
The Wuvulu-Aua Verb
Verblist
- [onolao] -- to open, uncover
- afuk-ia -- to hit
- ai -- to cry
- aki -- to dig
- alu-ia -- to burn
- amapu -- to grow
- anana -- to eat
- apaʔ-ia -- to know, be knowledgeable
- apiʔ-ia -- to squeeze
- ato -- to sniff, smell
- biki -- to work
- falak-ia -- to split
- fali -- to laugh
- fane -- to climb
- fanunu, maʔa-ia -- to see
- fanunumai -- to turn
- faxo-ia -- to plant
- filau -- to fly
- foʔa-ia -- to kill
- inu -- to drink
- kokoʔin-ia -- to tie up, fasten
- kuai -- to hear
- kuta -- to sit
- mai -- to come
- mamawa -- to yawn
- mamaʔa -- to live, be alive
- maʔau -- to fear
- maʔe -- to die, be dead
- maʔi -- to choose
- maʔiku -- to sleep
- mefi -- to dream
- mumuʔa -- to vomit
- nafaʔ-ia -- to shoot
- nakanaka-ia -- to think
- nefi-a -- to scratch
- ofalakai, ufalakai -- to stand
- ona fawenau -- to breathe
- opaʔai -- to hide
- otome-ia -- to stab, pierce
- oʔali, oʔatatalai -- to walk
- paloko -- to hold
- pati -- to fall
- ponoʔ-ia -- to buy
- popola -- to swell
- talu -- to bite
- tiki -- to swim
- topaʔai -- to steal
- tumin-ia -- to throw
- ui -- to spit
- ukuf-ia -- to blow
- unu -- to cook
- wakei -- to count
- wake-ia -- to say
- waʔa-ia -- to cut, hack
- xaweʔ-ia -- to chew