Duke
Facts
- Language: Duke
- Alternate names: Kolombangara, Ndughore, Nduke
- Language code: nke
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Meso Melanesian linkage, New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic linkage, St George linkage, Northwest Solomonic, New Georgia, West New Georgia
- Number of speakers: 2310
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Duke is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Western Province, Kolombangara island.
Dialects
Similar to Lungga (See: Lungga) and Roviana (See: Roviana).
The Duke Verb
Verblist
- aka -- to fly
- ɔmea -- to see
- ɣɔso -- to spit
- ɣeɣele -- to laugh
- ɣeɣerua, viraka -- to scratch
- ghoto -- to shoot
- ɣiɣilea -- to know, be knowledgeable
- ɣore, laɣo, lamua, lelegho, nimbaka, saɣe -- to walk
- hɔperia, hɔva, hoele -- to stab, pierce
- hihiu, ruasa -- to swim
- hiko -- to steal
- humaŋa -- to sniff, smell
- huta, hutea -- to burn
- ilaŋa, kekere -- to turn
- ivoro, ivua -- to blow
- kɔle -- to lie down
- kɔpɔtia, kinɔ, taŋgea -- to cut, hack
- keasa -- to climb
- kipea -- to bite
- lemonia, lemono -- to hear
- lua -- to vomit
- mai -- to come
- malaŋgu -- to fear
- mamava -- to yawn
- mate -- to die, be dead
- mazea -- to hit
- mbɔua, pinduria -- to squeeze
- mbei -- to drink
- mɔŋgo -- to swell
- nako, raro -- to cook
- nɔnɔpo -- to suck
- ndukele -- to fall
- ngangau, teteku -- to chew
- ŋɔhi -- to breathe
- ŋɔvere -- to say
- ŋire -- to cry
- okini -- to throw
- ororu -- to think
- pipiti -- to sew
- puputa -- to dream
- puta -- to sleep
- rɔŋgɔhɔ -- to hunt
- riva -- to plant
- ruza -- to pound, beat
- sandɔa -- to tie up, fasten
- silanga -- to open, uncover
- sokia -- to dig
- taminia -- to hold
- tasea -- to count
- tatavete -- to work
- tɔa, tinɔa -- to live, be alive
- tɔtɔlɔ -- to flow
- tɔtu -- to sit
- teteku, ŋaŋau -- to eat
- tome -- to hide
- tonggo -- to grow
- turu -- to stand
- vaghi -- to buy
- vamatea -- to kill
- veŋgalia -- to split
- vile -- to choose