Zazao
Facts
- Language: Zazao
- Alternate names: Jajao, Kilokaka
- Language code: jaj
- 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, Santa Isabel, Central Santa Isabel, Zazao-Blanga
- Number of speakers: 10
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Zazao is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Isabel island, Hograno coast, Kilokaka village.
The Zazao Verb
Verblist
- ahla, pipike -- to split
- akhi -- to kill
- aʔahe -- to count
- bihrɔ kʰave -- to lie down
- bihrɔ -- to sleep
- blau -- to steal
- ɔʔɔe -- to say
- dɔli -- to live, be alive
- fahaɣe nafa -- to breathe
- faka -- to see
- fānɔhmɔ -- to hear
- fike, tɔka -- to cut, hack
- fikʰa -- to turn
- flalɔ -- to fly
- frɔʔɔ -- to squeeze
- frihŋe -- to work
- ɣaɣaro -- to scratch
- ɣaɣatʰo -- to think
- haɣa -- to climb
- hili -- to hunt
- hmaɣu -- to fear
- hrue -- to cry
- imahai, ŋau -- to eat
- kakʰaʔtu -- to bite
- kɔblɔ -- to laugh
- kʰumaʔi -- to drink
- kikʰina -- to hold
- lāsei -- to know, be knowledgeable
- lehe -- to die, be dead
- luʔa -- to vomit
- mai -- to come
- nahŋɔ -- to sniff, smell
- nanahrɔ -- to tie up, fasten
- nɔhe -- to sit
- nuhnute -- to blow
- nunubra -- to burn
- pɔphɔma -- to hit
- pliʔsu -- to spit
- pnelɔ -- to flow
- sɔphɔ -- to suck
- susuki -- to sew
- taɔ -- to swim
- tetu -- to stand
- uka -- to fall
- zazahɔ -- to walk
- zɔhɔ -- to dig
- zɔraʔi -- to stab, pierce