Bwaidoka
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- Language: Bwaidoka
- Alternate names:: Bwaidoga
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:bwd
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Bwaidoga
- Number of speakers: 6,500
- Script:
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Introduction
Bwaidoka is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Milne Bay Province, south tip of Goodenough island; Bolubolu district, west Fergusson island. .
Dialects
Bebebele Ii, Belebele I, Bwaidoga, Faiyava, Kalauna, Kilia, Kiliva, Lauwela, Mataitai, Wagifa. Lexical similarity: 72% with Iduna (See: Iduna?) (most similar).
The Bwaidoka Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | yovana |
to blow | yuve |
to breathe | yawa(i) |
to burn | tuina |
to chew | kava, kuda |
to choose | nuadadana, venuvenuana |
to climb | tafikwaioia |
to come | elai |
to cook | vetagova |
to cry | tagia |
to cut, hack | tala|na |
to die, be dead | alika |
to dig | bwalu |
to dream | avaita |
to drink | yuga |
to eat | kani |
to fall | mavuna, taulina |
to fear | matauta |
to fly | yavega |
to hear | nogalina |
to hide | velusowavuyena |
to hit | tafina |
to hold | abina |
to kill | munu|na |
to know, be knowledgeable | alamanena |
to laugh | vele |
to lie down | eno-bala |
to open, uncover | yavuna |
to plant | fa |
to say | vona |
to scratch | koi, kwoina |
to see | ita |
to sit | (ve)toga |
to sleep | daudau |
to sniff, smell | auna |
to spit | giwala |
to split | talakekei |
to squeeze | voilina |
to stab, pierce | esabakalina, etofolena |
to stand | mididi |
to steal | ki- |
to suck | tauma |
to swell | fugana |
to swim | kaio |
to throw | atu, bwaiabwaiana, nata |
to tie up, fasten | utagona |
to turn | vila |
to walk | naudadana, tauya |
to vomit | yovala |
to work | bakula |
to yawn |