Birao
Facts
- Language: Birao
- Alternate names: Mbirao
- Language code: brr
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Guadalcanal-Nggelic, Southeast Guadalcanal
- Number of speakers: 5900
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Birao is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in East Guadalcanal island.
The Birao Verb
Verblist
- asembɔna -- to breathe
- čokɔ, čomo -- to swell
- čuvečuve -- to spit
- enɔ -- to lie down
- halaha, lela, mba, sisi, sivɔ -- to walk
- halatia -- to bite
- hania -- to eat
- harahara, uvia -- to blow
- hɔrɔ -- to sit
- heliheli -- to dig
- hilahila -- to know, be knowledgeable
- inĵumia -- to count
- inu -- to drink
- kalanɔ, meŋga, tɔɣia -- to cut, hack
- kɔea -- to say
- kerea -- to burn
- kurua -- to tie up, fasten
- lambumatea -- to kill
- lambusia -- to hit
- laŋɔ, lɔvo -- to fly
- lɔčia, mbirua -- to squeeze
- lelembɔ, tɔtɔtɔ -- to flow
- lɛsɔ, luku, salɔ -- to swim
- makuru -- to sleep
- matahu -- to fear
- mate -- to die, be dead
- mauri -- to live, be alive
- maʔ -- to come
- mbelia -- to steal
- mučua -- to suck
- mutamuta -- to vomit
- ŋara -- to cry
- ŋgaručia -- to scratch
- ŋgɔleŋgɔle -- to laugh
- pandanɔ -- to think
- pilɔ -- to turn
- puka -- to fall
- rɔŋɔnia -- to hear
- resia -- to see
- ruɣu -- to hunt
- sairɔa -- to work
- sihinia -- to sniff, smell
- taria, velesia -- to hold
- teanɔ -- to split
- tui -- to stand
- tulanɔ, ŋgarua -- to sew
- tutukua, čukia -- to stab, pierce