Xârâcùù
Facts
- Language: Xârâcùù
- Alternate names: Anesu, Canala, Haraneu, Kanala, Naa Xârâcùù, Xaracii
- Language code: ane
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southern Melanesian, New Caledonian, Mainland New Caledonian, Southern New Caledonian, Mid-Southern New Caledonian
- Number of speakers: 5730
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Xârâcùù is a language of New Caledonia. It is spoken in East coast, Canala and Thio; west coast, La Foa and Boulouparis.
The Xârâcùù Verb
Verblist
- kica
- bata -- to fear
- bo -- to hit
- boɛmɛ, šaamɛ -- to kill
- bu -- to sniff, smell
- ça -- to cut, hack
- caa -- to hunt
- çɔ̃ -- to fall
- çɔtia -- to split
- cee -- to swell
- çɛdɛ̃ɛ̃, xʷata -- to hear
- çɛŋu -- to work
- cĩ, šuɛ -- to blow
- cĩĩ -- to fly
- çɨɨ -- to grow
- çikɛ, pɔkɛ -- to stab, pierce
- cuɛ -- to sit
- cũũ, mĩã, pʷii -- to open, uncover
- da -- to eat
- fãrã -- to count
- fʌdʌ -- to walk
- fʌpɨtɨ -- to tie up, fasten
- gɔɔ -- to vomit
- ja, kĩĩ -- to dig
- jɔ -- to flow
- jii -- to suck
- jiipʷee -- to squeeze
- juxʷãrĩ -- to spit
- kɔɔ -- to hide
- kɔmãã -- to yawn
- kɔu -- to scratch
- kɛ̃ -- to burn
- kɛkɛ -- to bite
- kʌnɛ̃ɛ̃ -- to choose
- mãã, maada -- to chew
- mɛ̃ -- to come
- mɛ -- to die, be dead
- mɛtɨ -- to lie down
- mɛtɨçɛ -- to sleep
- mɛtɨkii -- to dream
- muru -- to live, be alive
- mʌʌbʷi -- to breathe
- mʷãrã -- to laugh
- nãrã[cɛ] -- to think
- nawi, tãã -- to stand
- nexʌ̃ -- to know, be knowledgeable
- paba -- to plant
- petoa -- to climb
- pɛdɛ -- to steal
- pʷɛrɛ -- to shoot
- šɛ -- to say
- šɛpʷĩrĩ -- to turn
- šii -- to sew
- šuu -- to pound, beat
- tagɛ -- to throw
- tee -- to see
- tɛ̃ĩ -- to cry
- wijɔ -- to drink
- xabibiri -- to hold
- xadɨɨ -- to buy
- xañida, šuta -- to cook
- xɛ̃ -- to swim