Wampar
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- Language: Wampar
- Alternate names:: Laewamba, Laewomba, Laiwomba
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:lbq
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Markham, Lower, Wampar
- Number of speakers: 5,150
- Script:
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Introduction
Wampar is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Morobe Province, lower Markham and Wamped rivers. .
Dialects
Lexical similarity: 50% with Adzera (See: Adzera?).
The Wampar Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | gair, geaŋ, ār |
to blow | fuŋ, tsifi |
to breathe | [n]taf en, mamar |
to burn | doŋ, naŋ |
to buy | paem, rab |
to chew | ŋasaŋas, ār |
to choose | [m]pin |
to climb | meap |
to come | yʌmaʔ |
to cook | ru, tsetseaŋ |
to count | fariŋ, siŋis |
to cry | [m]paŋampaŋ, riŋ |
to cut, hack | ra, tae |
to die, be dead | mar |
to dig | raf, sef, so |
to dream | poafo |
to drink | nom, num |
to eat | wantaŋ, ān |
to fall | moatsro, tum |
to fear | gafagef |
to flow | fiririŋ, rid |
to fly | dzif |
to grow | [n] tsoŋ en, [n]tab, pof |
to hear | rero |
to hide | fompob, īp |
to hit | denteŋ, its, joto |
to hold | gofom |
to hunt | daro, tsetso |
to kill | its |
to know, be knowledgeable | jatin |
to laugh | fane |
to lie down | [n]ta, i |
to live, be alive | parats |
to open, uncover | foaŋ, tsaŋap |
to plant | dzofon |
to pound, beat | ramub |
to say | dzin, rere |
to scratch | gafar |
to see | tao |
to shoot | fani |
to sit | buri |
to sleep | i |
to sniff, smell | toŋes |
to spit | fid |
to split | boaŋar, poropoa |
to squeeze | bini, fug |
to stab, pierce | [n]tan, jare, pu, sarot |
to stand | fāŋ |
to steal | gru, wap |
to suck | sos, tsitsuf |
to swell | [m]pum, fir, fo, kiŋ, ū |
to swim | gamu, moab |
to think | rots, sem |
to throw | tum |
to tie up, fasten | [n]tsi, faro, fentso |
to turn | dzig en, rapun |
to walk | [m]pom |
to vomit | no, tsup |
to work | gom |
to yawn |