Cheke Holo
Facts
- Language: Cheke Holo
- Alternate names: A’ara, Holo, Kubonitu
- Language code: mrn
- 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, East Santa Isabel
- Number of speakers: 10800
- Script:
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Introduction
Cheke Holo is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Santa Isabel island, on Maringe side, Gnulahaghe village southeast to Kuma’ihaui; Kia district, Hograno coast villages; Gao-Bughotu region, scattered villages.
Dialects
Hograno (Hogirano), Maringe (Maringhe).
The Cheke Holo Verb
Verblist
- frane
- [ghao]ghato, ɣaɔɣathɔ, hiɔhirɔ -- to think
- [lou]loku, kikina, lɔhlɔku, lɔlɔku, lohlɔku -- to hold
- [mae]ma'e, maʔe -- to laugh
- [pi]pigla, haru, pipigia, pipigla -- to tie up, fasten
- a'aknu, aʔaknu, pɔphɔma -- to hit
- ae'ahe, kaha, kakaha -- to count
- aflo, apu, sisiu, taɔ, tao -- to swim
- aʔahla -- to split
- blau -- to steal
- britha, elɔ, guɣuɣu -- to flow
- cheke, čeke -- to say
- chubo, čubɔ -- to suck
- churu, ĵaʔini -- to stab, pierce
- dɔkha, dokha -- to dig
- ehu -- to chew
- fada -- to shoot
- fada, koko -- to throw
- fahi -- to choose
- faklɔhlɔ, lughu, thuru -- to lie down
- fala, kukusu, rave, tɔkha, toka -- to cut, hack
- falehe, falehei, falelehe -- to kill
- fanɔhmɔ, nɔhmi, nohmi -- to hear
- fehra, tora -- to open, uncover
- fifigri, fikhei, kale -- to turn
- fifilɔ, filɔi, filo -- to see
- flalɔ, flalo, khare, sisimi -- to fly
- foli -- to buy
- gagahafa, ifu, nuinuri -- to blow
- gahu -- to cook
- ɣamu, ghamu -- to eat
- ɣarɔ, gharo -- to scratch
- gnahngi, gnahngo, siri, sisiri -- to sniff, smell
- grafa, haghe -- to climb
- haɣe kliña, jaoja'o, sɔru, sukha, sukha pari, tei, tei pari, teitei, ĵaĵalɔ -- to walk
- hili -- to hunt
- hmaɣu, hmaghu -- to fear
- hñɔkrɔ, hgnokro -- to sit
- hohoa -- to yawn
- huge, pupuku -- to swell
- ja'i, jo'u -- to plant
- kahra, kāhra -- to live, be alive
- kakathu, kakhatu -- to bite
- kɔʔu, ko'u -- to drink
- kegra, khegra -- to stand
- khɔkɔ, uka -- to fall
- khotu -- to grow
- kmisu -- to spit
- lalase, lasei, lāsei -- to know, be knowledgeable
- lɔku, loku -- to work
- lehe -- to die, be dead
- lu'a, luʔa -- to vomit
- mei -- to come
- mifi -- to dream
- ñubra, hmɔbɔ, tunu -- to burn
- pɔphɔĵi, pɔĵi, poji, pophoĵi -- to squeeze
- phanga, phaphaŋa -- to breathe
- phoru -- to hide
- susuki -- to sew
- tahni -- to cry
- thuru -- to sleep
- tuge -- to pound, beat