Teanu

Introduction

Teanu is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Temotu Province, Vanikolo island, Puma, Lavaka, Emua, and Lale villages.

The Teanu Verb

Verblist

• -ae
• -ava
• -maluo
• -pwalau
• -vesu

• - la ŋatene -- to work
• -a|sai, asai -- to sew
• -abu, ambu -- to kill
• ae, -ae -- to dig
• aka, -aka, fi -- to blow
• akale, -akale -- to scratch
• ambu puɔ, le, -le, le iu2, vilu -- to walk
• anu, -anu -- to drink
• -apinu -- to cook
• ava, -ava, mutendele -- to fly
• -bu, mbu -- to die, be dead
• ɔsumbu, -osubu -- to swell
• ɔvei, -ovei -- to know, be knowledgeable
• -do -- to plant
• e, -e, voŋo, -voŋo -- to eat
• ekeke, -ekeke -- to laugh
• epele, -epele -- to squeeze
• eteŋi, -eteŋi -- to cry
• fesu, katei, -katei -- to suck
• imaluɔ, -maluo -- to live, be alive
• ka, -ka -- to come
• -kanu -- to chew
• -katei mevia, re mevia -- to breathe
• kɔ, -ko, vete -- to say
• ke, -ke -- to bite
• -ko -- to open, uncover
• -labu, lambu -- to hold
• -laioi -- to throw
• lɔrɔ, -loro -- to vomit
• lembie, wou, -wou, wowo -- to swim
• leŋi mie, -leŋi mie -- to sniff, smell
• leŋi, -leŋi -- to hear
• -lubi, lumbi -- to turn
• lui kuli, -vio -- to hunt
• -madau, mandau -- to fear
• mɔkɔiu, -mokoio -- to sleep
• -mo -- to yawn
• -nago, ŋaŋgɔ -- to tie up, fasten
• -panade, tevele, -tevele, vanande -- to split
• pu, -pu -- to flow
• punuɔ, -punuo -- to steal
• ravioe, -ravioe -- to spit
• rɔmɔ, -romo -- to see
• -sabu, sambu -- to fall
• -sava -- to buy
• tɔe, -toe, vembe -- to cut, hack
• te, -te -- to sit
• vɔndɔ, -vodo -- to think
• vɔŋɔ, -voŋo -- to burn
• -vene -- to climb
• viɔ, -vio -- to stand
• -vo -- to pound, beat
• wene, -wene -- to lie down
• wete, -wete -- to hit
• wete, woi, -woi -- to stab, pierce
• wo, -wo -- to count