Yabem

Introduction

Yabem is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Morobe Province, Huon peninsula, near Finschhafen coast.

The Yabem Verb

Verblist

• -(m)be -- to think
• -baliŋ, -mbaliŋ -- to throw
• -be, -sôm -- to say
• -ềc, -nêc bêc -- to sleep
• -ềc, -nêc -- to lie down
• -ềŋ, -niŋ -- to eat
• -guŋ, -ŋfuŋ -- to stab, pierce
• -im, -kêkôc, -poac -- to swim
• -jà, -na -- to walk
• -jàc, -nac -- to hit
• -jàc, -nac -- to kill
• -jac/-nac -- to pound, beat
• -jam, -nam -- to work
• -jam/-nam pamêc -- to yawn
• -janda -- to hunt
• -kasôp -- to spit
• kauc -- to know, be knowledgeable
• -kic, -sồ -- to tie up, fasten
• -kô -- to stand
• koc -- to chew
• -kôc -- to hold
• -kwê -- to dig
• -laŋ, -tuŋ -- to burn
• lasê -- to open, uncover
• làu -- to breathe
• -lib, -nôm -- to suck
• -lic -- to see
• lôp, -lồb -- to fly
• -luc -- to vomit
• -mac ềndu -- to die, be dead
• mê -- to dream
• -mêŋ -- to come
• -nam geŋgeŋ -- to steal
• -no -- to cook
• -nôm -- to drink
• -ŋac -- to bite
• -ŋgôŋ -- to sit
• -ŋô -- to hear
• -ô -- to turn
• -ôc -- to sniff, smell
• ồli -- to buy
• -ômac -- to laugh
• -pa -- to cut, hack
• -pê -- to shoot
• -pi -- to climb
• -pip -- to squeeze
• -puŋ, -sê -- to plant
• -sam -- to count
• -sêlê -- to split
• -sèleŋ/-nseleŋ -- to flow
• -si -- to sew
• -su -- to fall
• -taŋ -- to cry
• -têc, -takê -- to fear
• -tôp -- to grow
• -uc -- to blow