Roviana
Facts
- Language: Roviana
- Alternate names: Robiana, Rubiana, Ruviana
- Language code: rug
- 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
- Number of speakers: 9870
- Script:
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Introduction
Roviana is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Western Province, north central New Georgia, Roviana and Vonavona lagoons.
The Roviana Verb
Verblist
- avos-ia -- to hear
- balabala-ia -- to think
- dogor-ia -- to see
- eko -- to lie down
- ene -- to walk
- gani-a, hena -- to eat
- garat-ia -- to bite
- geli-a -- to dig
- gila, tuma -- to know, be knowledgeable
- gona-ia -- to shoot
- habotu -- to sit
- haele, sage -- to climb
- hamu-a -- to chew
- hegere -- to laugh
- hiko-a -- to steal
- holu-a -- to buy
- hoqa -- to fall
- hukue -- to hunt
- huma-nia -- to stab, pierce
- humaŋa -- to sniff, smell
- isuru -- to suck
- ivu-a -- to blow
- kabo -- to cry
- kikia -- to pound, beat
- kina-ia, laro-a -- to cook
- koa-na, toa-na -- to live, be alive
- lete-a -- to plant
- loro-a -- to spit
- lovuru, toa, toqolo -- to grow
- lua -- to vomit
- mae -- to come
- magu-a -- to cut, hack
- matagutu -- to fear
- mate -- to die, be dead
- mava -- to yawn
- mono-a -- to squeeze
- moqo -- to swell
- nae -- to count
- napo-a -- to drink
- ŋaloso -- to scratch
- piti-a -- to sew
- pusi-a -- to tie up, fasten
- puta -- to sleep
- putagita -- to dream
- qiri -- to throw
- seke-a -- to hit
- siŋo -- to breathe
- sulu-a -- to burn
- taliri -- to turn
- taŋini-a -- to hold
- tapuru -- to fly
- tavet-ia -- to work
- tome-a -- to hide
- totolo -- to flow
- tukele -- to open, uncover
- tunuru -- to swim
- turu -- to stand
- vamate -- to kill
- vilas-ia, vizat-ia -- to choose
- viqal-ia -- to split
- zama -- to say