’Are’are

Introduction

’Are’are is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in South Malaita island.

Dialects

’Are’are, Marau (Marau Sound).

The ’Are’are Verb

Verblist

'ate'a, 'ate'ate, 'e'ewa, 'eno, 'eri, 'ewa, 'iki'ikira, 'isu, 'oto, aahe, aahura, aakiu, aara'a, aaroka, ate'ate, ewa, haata'ania, haiara, haitatapa, hana, haoru, haraa, hatara'i, hauhau'a, hi'a, ho'o, honu, iisu, iki'ikira, kae, kasu, ke'e, ko'u, koko, koko'osu, ma'a, ma'ahini, ma'asu, ma'u, mae, manuhuto, mara, marimari, masi, mata, mauri, moa, morimori'a, musu, nara, ni'irae, nomi, nuu, ooho, ooto, ootooto, paina, para, para'au, peri, pipiri'a, piripiri, pisu'a, po'e, po'ota'i, pooruru, pote, ra'au, raa, raa mai, rahu'a, rakaraka, reesia, rete, riikoo, rio, roho, roto, ru'u, si'ini, siri, sisiu'a, suunia, ta'aa, tahi, tai, tapa, tarai kui, tau, teke, to'a, to'o, to'oru, toma, topi, topo, toʻi, uuhi, uununu'a, uupu, warita, weo.

• ahe -- to flow
• ehu, sunia, surā -- to burn
• emauri, mauriha -- to live, be alive
• eno -- to lie down
• etamia, isumia -- to count
• hana, hanaha, nau -- to eat
• haʔawasi, haʔawasiha, ruʔu -- to hunt
• hitaria, hora hitaria, tarikaka -- to split
• hitaria, kumu, rapusia -- to hit
• horoʔia, waʔiha -- to kill
• hoʔitaʔi, poʔotaʔi, potaʔi -- to turn
• ino, koʔuha, koʔukoʔu -- to drink
• iria, reho, unua -- to say
• iru, uhia, uht, ūhina -- to blow
• iʔo, naku, toʔoru -- to sit
• karumia, moia -- to scratch
• kita, otomia -- to stab, pierce
• mae, maeha -- to die, be dead
• mano, manoasa, manohuto -- to breathe
• mantaʔinia, niʔirae, niʔisae -- to think
• masʔ, masi, masiha -- to laugh
• maʔahu, maʔasu, mauru -- to sleep
• maʔu -- to fear
• moa -- to vomit
• nara, naraha -- to cry
• nisu, nusu -- to spit
• nonoke, roho, rohoha, sime, simi -- to fly
• nonowasu, stiʔnaia -- to sniff, smell
• noroa, panoroha, rono -- to hear
• ororo, paraʔau, roto, rotoha, ōroha -- to swim
• pasua, takia, takiha -- to tie up, fasten
• pɛri, peria, piriha -- to steal
• ra, rae, rae hao, rae taʔau, raeha, rai huru, rai mato, rā, rā hiru, rā tori, rāha -- to walk
• raea, saea -- to know, be knowledgeable
• rãmai, raemai, ramai -- to come
• resia, riosia -- to see
• rosia, rosiha, rōsia -- to squeeze
• susuhia, totohia -- to suck
• taiha, tauria -- to sew
• teke, tekeha -- to fall
• toʔi, toʔiha -- to work
• toʔia, toʔiai -- to hold
• ūpu -- to swell
• ura, ūra -- to stand
• ʔai tapi, hara, hunua, kiria, nari, oroia, tohua -- to cut, hack
• ʔaraia, keʔea, keʔeha -- to bite
• ʔeri, ʔiria, eria -- to dig