Babatana

Introduction

Babatana is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in East Choiseul island.

Dialects

Avasö, Babatana, Katazi, Kuboro (Kumboro), Lömaumbi, Sengan (Senga, Sengga, Sisingga). Related to Ririo (See: Ririo).

The Babatana Verb

Verblist

• [ki] kia, kikia, nea, ŋea, ŋia, ŋœe -- to count
• aki, ɣaki, ɣœki -- to eat
• akimbi, ɨke, ɣakimbi, ɣœkimbi, əkembi, œkembi -- to drink
• araŋa, síqe, sɛŋge, seŋge, ŋgavelo -- to swim
• ase, ate, ɣate, vanata -- to hear
• bére, mbɛre, mbere -- to laugh
• bokolo, kele, kolle, mbəkolo, mbikɔlo, mbikolo, mbœkkolo -- to lie down
• deike -- to open, uncover
• dire, ndɛre, ndere -- to stand
• elo, njarara, nĵarara, nĵunĵolu, nĵunĵulu, vuka, zarara, zazara, zozo, zuzulu -- to flow
• ese, isi, isini, zisi -- to fear
• ɣara, pára, para, rapa, sola -- to dig
• gögöpasa -- to yawn
• iseke, leva, lipeke, lipiki, tazisaka, taŋga, viliki, zisiki -- to split
• kakiti, lɔmbe, lombe, lube, lumbe -- to bite
• katu, kœmo, seibe, sembi, səmbe, sumbi, vakiti -- to burn
• kikiraka, taⁿdʒáluku, ŋgiro -- to scratch
• kiri, rɛri, reri, rərri, riki, riri, sɨre, serre, sərre, sire -- to fly
• kokosu, kukusu -- to spit
• le, li, lē -- to die, be dead
• leile, neigoto, sireke -- to cook
• lemboro, ləŋa, lœŋgoso, mbitiŋim liŋgisi, talemboro, taliŋgoso, viuru -- to turn
• lia, paletərə, paletœro, paletœrœ -- to hold
• mbuɣusu, mbuili, pɔtere, tumbu -- to swell
• mɔnjo, munĵo, pʌŋgo, pəŋgɔ, pongo, poqo, purisi, puŋgo, ŋguru -- to squeeze
• me, me[i], məe, zo me, zome -- to come
• mia, mimí, ndɔndoro, ri -- to see
• næmbœ, nanambu, nəmbo, nœmbo, nœmbœ -- to sniff, smell
• nanana, nənana, nənə, nœni -- to think
• nasapuae, ŋasapua, ŋasapuka -- to breathe
• ndɔla, ndola, ndula -- to vomit
• ⁿdɨle, iseke, kundiki, ngito, pɒtte, puti, putte, tɔma, toma, vɨle, vele, ŋgeto, ŋgito -- to cut, hack
• ⁿdɨle, pəŋgo, pœŋgo, pœŋgœ, tuzo -- to stab, pierce
• nekese, nukese, nukisi, pəkka, pərre, pose, pukiti -- to tie up, fasten
• ⁿjaⁿju, njanju, nĵanĵu, zazu -- to work
• nurepe, nuripi -- to suck
• pamu, pawi, tutuda -- to sleep
• papavika -- to dream
• pɔrosəkko, sʌkko, siko, soko -- to steal
• peka -- to hide
• pinjɔ, pinĵo, sasei, səna, sənna, tənne, ŋióro -- to say
• pɨqo -- to shoot
• posala -- to chew
• pouto -- to grow
• qaqa roroko, saraka, tavi -- to hunt
• qila, ŋgela, ŋgila -- to cry
• rɔmba, rəmbɔ, səmma, sima, sœma, vəi sɨma, vui, vœe -- to hit
• sɔsola, sə́ra, səra, sərra, sira -- to sew
• suki, tonunu, toŋunu, tuŋunu -- to sit
• suru -- to fall
• tati, zó, zɔzɔ, zo, zo nĵolo, zo poka, zo puka, zo zolo, zozó, zozo -- to walk
• tɔ, to, tu -- to live, be alive
• teba -- to plant
• útini, utini, vutini -- to know, be knowledgeable
• væevale, vöévále, vəe, vue, vui, vuivale, vœevaie -- to kill
• vavana -- to throw
• vesɛle, vəsele, vəssele, vusili -- to blow
• zɔ puka -- to climb