Amba
Facts
- Language: Amba
- Alternate names: Aba, Nembao, Utupua
- Language code: utp
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Utupua-Vanikoro, Utupua
- Number of speakers: 590
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Amba is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Temotu Province, Utupua island, Aveta, Matembo, and Nembao villages.
The Amba Verb
Verblist
- ae -- to eat
- bi -- to kill
- buti -- to hit
- čela -- to laugh
- əxo, luanu -- to fly
- hianai -- to stab, pierce
- i -- to hold
- ika -- to fear
- imate, munna -- to live, be alive
- kalo -- to scratch
- kele -- to sew
- ku -- to fall
- kwani, ruo -- to stand
- lɔ, ōɣa -- to swim
- liɔ -- to vomit
- mbe, mbena, mbero, wula -- to walk
- mbeņo -- to steal
- miako -- to die, be dead
- miaŋgo -- to lie down
- miaŋgo -- to sleep
- mu -- to drink
- muni -- to breathe
- muni -- to suck
- mwaxe -- to see
- ņa -- to think
- ņe -- to burn
- nmi -- to sniff, smell
- ŋgoma -- to come
- œ -- to squeeze
- pe -- to tie up, fasten
- puiœ -- to spit
- pwani -- to turn
- rane -- to cry
- rave -- to dig
- ruani -- to know, be knowledgeable
- ta, taorœ, veve -- to cut, hack
- takile -- to split
- tami -- to say
- tate -- to bite
- telani -- to hunt
- to, vwe -- to blow
- vaĵo -- to sit
- vano -- to hear
- vaœlœ -- to work
- ve -- to flow
- wuru -- to swell
- i -- to count