Loniu
Fact corner
- Language: Loniu
- Alternate names:: Lonio, Ndroku
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:los
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern, Manus, Mokoreng-Loniu
- Number of speakers: 460
- Script: Category
On this page... (hide)
Introduction
Loniu is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Manus Province, Los Negros island south coast, Lolak and Loniu villages. .
Dialects
The Loniu Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | yati |
to blow | ŋoh |
to breathe | hoti ŋesuha-n |
to burn | culumʷi |
to buy | cimani |
to chew | yati |
to choose | hilitei |
to climb | e ñak |
to come | me |
to cook | tuɪ |
to count | oŋehi |
to cry | taŋ |
to cut, hack | ceʔiti |
to die, be dead | mat |
to dig | taku|eli |
to dream | nihineh |
to drink | ɪn |
to eat | ñani |
to fall | ilos |
to fear | nohono |
to fly | tahawowoh |
to grow | ek, mata |
to hear | aŋey |
to hide | yakaʔani |
to hit | teʔiy |
to hold | potoey |
to hunt | coŋ |
to kill | teʔiy |
to know, be knowledgeable | pasani |
to laugh | han, helisai |
to lie down | ahe |
to live, be alive | mahuyan |
to open, uncover | tapaʔani |
to plant | e lomʷi |
to pound, beat | te-tehei |
to say | pʷay |
to scratch | asi |
to see | eleʔey |
to sew | coeti |
to shoot | soʔiy |
to sit | e mitan |
to sleep | metɪ |
to sniff, smell | hoŋey |
to spit | ñuʔoh |
to split | tesalay |
to squeeze | tapicey |
to stab, pierce | sopoʔoti |
to stand | celu |
to steal | pahena |
to suck | coco mʷi |
to swell | cama |
to swim | ñuhay, yaŋaŋay |
to think | oŋoŋehe |
to throw | tekeni |
to tie up, fasten | hosi |
to turn | telpelewani |
to walk | la |
to vomit | amut |
to work | puret |
to yawn | yelimaw |
Categories: Austronesian | Malayo-Polynesian | Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian? | Category | Language