Kusaghe
Facts
- Language: Kusaghe
- Alternate names: Kusage, Kushage
- Language code: ksg
- 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, East New Georgia, Rovianic, Hoava-Kusaghe
- Number of speakers: 2400
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Kusaghe is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Western Province, north New Georgia island.
Dialects
Similar to Roviana (See: Roviana).
The Kusaghe Verb
Verblist
- aso, ɣore, saɣele, taloa -- to walk
- eko -- to lie down
- ɣilalia -- to know, be knowledgeable
- ɣusi -- to bite
- hele, tunuru -- to swim
- hiko -- to steal
- homana -- to sniff, smell
- hova -- to stab, pierce
- hukuaɣi -- to hunt
- imimusu, tapuru -- to fly
- isara -- to laugh
- ivu, vua -- to blow
- kambo -- to cry
- kekere -- to turn
- keru -- to dig
- kina -- to burn
- kinu, malivi, takokoto -- to cut, hack
- loro -- to spit
- lua -- to vomit
- mae -- to come
- mate -- to die, be dead
- mate -- to kill
- mbalambaia -- to think
- moŋgo -- to swell
- nake -- to say
- napo -- to drink
- nonopo -- to suck
- ŋaniŋani -- to eat
- omea -- to see
- pitipiti -- to sew
- pota -- to hit
- puku -- to tie up, fasten
- puta -- to sleep
- siŋo -- to breathe
- tahiko -- to fear
- taŋgavala -- to split
- taŋinia -- to hold
- tase -- to count
- tavetavete -- to work
- tiva -- to stand
- to -- to live, be alive
- totolo -- to flow
- tuŋu -- to sit
- uke -- to fall
- umania -- to hear
- viloro -- to squeeze
- viraka -- to scratch