Neve’ei
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- Language: Neve’ei
- Alternate names:: Banggor, Lambumbu, Nefe’ei, Telag, Vinmavis
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:vnm
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Malekula Interior, Malekula Central
- Number of speakers: 500
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Neve’ei is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Central west Malekula. .
Dialects
Winiv.
The Neve’ei Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | xas |
to blow | sesar, sesev, vuv |
to breathe | ŋusŋus |
to burn | suli, tuŋuh |
to buy | vul |
to chew | nsimwi, rer |
to climb | sesa'awi |
to come | vwelem |
to cook | tntn |
to count | doŋon |
to cry | taŋ |
to cut, hack | tetar |
to die, be dead | mah |
to dig | xal |
to dream | matmatur-bari |
to drink | min |
to eat | 'a'an |
to fall | suren, wam |
to fear | meta' |
to flow | ror |
to fly | mera' |
to grow | mour |
to hear | roŋ |
to hide | bwa' |
to hit | bibis, xus |
to hold | seber, wu |
to hunt | gagah, lulu |
to kill | xus bin |
to know, be knowledgeable | ro|gulel |
to laugh | ŋaŋ |
to lie down | matur |
to live, be alive | mour |
to open, uncover | nsevuŋ, tebwar, wel |
to plant | luv |
to pound, beat | tuɣ |
to say | vweri |
to scratch | tegerev |
to see | leh |
to sew | lelaɣ |
to shoot | lu |
to sit | mwa'am |
to sleep | matur |
to sniff, smell | nsuŋ, ŋusuv |
to spit | viviri |
to split | teva', wanswans, ŋar |
to squeeze | sisi, vus |
to stab, pierce | dur |
to stand | tur |
to steal | vevena' |
to suck | mumum |
to swell | lelem |
to swim | gar |
to think | nsi|vwer, sisien |
to throw | videnen lowi |
to tie up, fasten | gu, vitalaɣ, vivisen |
to turn | vilih |
to walk | vavu |
to vomit | yoxyoɣ |
to work | ra' |
to yawn | maŋalal |
Categories: Austronesian | Malayo-Polynesian | Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian? | Category | Language