Bilua

Introduction

Bilua is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Western Province, Vella Lavella island.

The Bilua Verb

Verblist

• akazo, salosalo, sindiki -- to fly
• alea, kea, kelo -- to see
• ataito, atiato -- to count
• ɔkua, vuato -- to eat
• ɔla, ola, saŋgɔre, tali, talio, zakei -- to walk
• irurupoto, iruruputo -- to work
• kamaka, kamako -- to hold
• kaseka, kiŋɔla, pesio -- to say
• kɛrukɛruto, kerukeruto -- to think
• kirikirito, pirakasa -- to scratch
• kisiko, nureo -- to laugh
• kombue, kombuto, paŋgoe, paŋgoilo, rupe -- to cut, hack
• kozato -- to breathe
• kua -- to come
• kuilɔ, kuilo -- to steal
• kuzukuzuto, kuzutɔ -- to suck
• lilitɔ, ruazo, siusiutɔ, siusiuto -- to swim
• lilite, vipulɔ -- to turn
• lonĵo -- to stand
• lupika -- to tie up, fasten
• maroŋa, maroŋo -- to sleep
• nanae, nanaelɔu -- to bite
• ñaño -- to know, be knowledgeable
• nĵokuto, zatae -- to stab, pierce
• nozutɔ, nĵuvuatɔ, sapɔ -- to drink
• ŋalo -- to fear
• papi, papu -- to sit
• pazɔvɔ, pazoto, pazovo -- to hit
• pialo -- to fall
• pueka, ururu -- to blow
• reseilo, seseto -- to split
• rundundu -- to flow
• saevo, saivo -- to live, be alive
• sakoezo -- to vomit
• siŋgae, siŋgato -- to burn
• supato -- to spit
• teku -- to lie down
• telite, telito -- to dig
• tuiño, tuimikɔ, tuimiko -- to sniff, smell
• tumbu -- to swell
• turue, turuto -- to sew
• viŋgo -- to hear
• vou -- to die, be dead
• vouvaiva, vouvato -- to kill
• zaulao, zaulau -- to hunt
• ziaʔo, zialo -- to cry
• zuzuto, žužue -- to squeeze