Gedaged
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- Language: Gedaged
- Alternate names:: Bel, Graged, Mitebog, Ragetta, Rio, Sek, Siar, Siar-Ragetta, Szeak-Bagili, Tiara
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:gdd
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Bel, Nuclear Bel, Northern
- Number of speakers: 6,950
- Script:
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Introduction
Gedaged is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Madang Province; Sek, Yabob, Karkar, and Bagabag islands, Astrolabe bay, Madang coastal villages area. .
The Gedaged Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | yaz|é, zutí |
to blow | fazé, fu, pu, wi |
to breathe | uz, yaeŋ |
to burn | memazí, nani, tun|i |
to buy | poalí |
to chew | mam, ziŋiní |
to choose | pilianí |
to climb | dusá |
to come | so |
to cook | nai, nani |
to count | sutí |
to cry | ta, tiŋia |
to cut, hack | guguzí, lutí, pilití, talé, tiziŋiní, tuzu |
to die, be dead | mat |
to dig | saze |
to drink | milí |
to eat | [y]aní |
to fall | bal, du |
to fear | fúfu, zez, zut |
to flow | palú, yau |
to fly | zou |
to grow | tub |
to hear | loŋ |
to hide | kukúm, meyaním mumún |
to hit | funí, tebalí |
to hold | butuní |
to hunt | bezaní |
to kill | [su]fun|í, tezepasí |
to know, be knowledgeable | loŋ |
to laugh | di |
to lie down | [y]en |
to live, be alive | bas |
to open, uncover | fué |
to plant | pae |
to pound, beat | funí, tití, tut|é |
to say | bol, pai |
to scratch | kekaz|é |
to see | nasí |
to sew | wae, zikí |
to shoot | pan|é |
to sit | matál |
to sleep | doz |
to spit | yasú, yusuní |
to split | falé, tezepalé |
to squeeze | bule, pipí |
to stab, pierce | belái, sae, tizái |
to stand | tiúz |
to suck | musí |
to swell | didí |
to swim | log |
to think | kánkan |
to tie up, fasten | pau, puzí, sasé |
to turn | bozozoaní |
to walk | la, toz |
to vomit | lu |
to work | uzát |
to yawn |