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
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Introduction
- Dialects
The Bwaidoka Verb
- Sample Verbs

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

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