Arosi

Introduction

Arosi is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Northwest Makira island.

Dialects

Arosi, Wango. Many dialects.

The Arosi Verb

Verblist

• honu

• adomaʔi, udumaʔi -- to count
• aha, ahasi, ʔaitabi, etabi, mosu, ndaria, risi, risia, taba -- to cut, hack
• ahe, taretare -- to flow
• aŋi, aŋi-hi, aŋi-si -- to cry
• asihe, ŋisu -- to spit
• bɔi, boi -- to come
• beri, beria -- to steal
• ɔmia, omi, susu, tomia -- to suck
• ɔrɔ, mwaʔanu, mwāʔanu, oro -- to swim
• dadao, eno, ndadao -- to lie down
• dau, ndaua -- to hold
• dedehi, ndehi -- to dig
• dio, hahano, ndio, taʔeha, taheʔa -- to walk
• dodou, hainagu -- to sit
• gɔnɔ, gono -- to drink
• haʔamwasi, ndaʔa -- to laugh
• haʔawasi -- to hunt
• hitaria, kakahita -- to split
• hoda -- to fall
• iro, iro-hi, reʔia, rio, rio-si -- to see
• mae -- to die, be dead
• mamaʔu -- to fear
• manawa -- to breathe
• mauru, moe -- to sleep
• nɔrɔ, noro, suŋia -- to burn
• nono, raŋɔ, raŋo, rɔhɔ, roho, tatahura -- to fly
• ŋahu, ŋahuia -- to kill
• ŋau -- to eat
• oʔoa, rubuia, susu, susu-'i -- to stab, pierce
• popote, suʔu, ubu -- to swell
• rabusia, rubuʔia, wete, wete'i -- to hit
• rɔŋɔ, roŋo -- to hear
• rɔsia, rosia -- to squeeze
• rete -- to bite
• rihɔtaʔi, rihotaʔi -- to turn
• siʔinia -- to sniff, smell
• ta’i, tai, taia -- to sew
• tagora -- to work
• tahi, tahitahi -- to live, be alive
• tosia -- to tie up, fasten
• uhi, uhia, uhu, uhu-'i -- to blow
• u'i-[ŋa'i] -- to pound, beat
• unua -- to say
• ura -- to stand
• waga, waga-si -- to open, uncover
• ʔadoʔado, ʔadomaʔi -- to think
• ʔarɔhia, ʔarohia -- to scratch
• ʔaʔana, ʔāʔāna -- to vomit
• ʔirarā -- to know, be knowledgeable