Dori’o
Facts
- Language: Dori’o
- Alternate names: Kwarekwareo
- Language code: dor
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Longgu-Malaita-Makira, Malaita-Makira, Malaita, Southern Malaita
- Number of speakers: 2410
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Dori’o is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in West central Malaita island.
Dialects
Lexical similarity: 71% with ’Are’are.
The Dori’o Verb
Verblist
- afe -- to flow
- aŋi -- to cry
- baraʔau, siu -- to swim
- beria -- to steal
- buɔtaʔi -- to turn
- esia -- to fall
- ɛnɔfua -- to lie down
- fala, msia, tɔfua -- to cut, hack
- faŋa -- to eat
- faʔakwasi -- to hunt
- gamɔsia -- to scratch
- gāŋaʔinia -- to stab, pierce
- gaua, tɔgia -- to tie up, fasten
- gɔʔufia -- to drink
- geme -- to hold
- īfi -- to blow
- iria -- to say
- keʔe -- to bite
- kWaʔia -- to hit
- kwaʔia -- to kill
- laea -- to know, be knowledgeable
- lāmai -- to come
- laŋɔ, lɔfɔ -- to fly
- laʔefia, lā, lāŋa, sifɔ -- to walk
- lɔsia -- to squeeze
- lēsia -- to see
- mae -- to die, be dead
- maŋɔ fūfū -- to breathe
- mauli, mauri -- to live, be alive
- maʔu -- to fear
- mɔa -- to vomit
- mɔʔɔsu -- to sleep
- naʔani -- to burn
- niʔirae -- to think
- ŋisu -- to spit
- rɔŋɔ -- to hear
- siʔini -- to sniff, smell
- taia -- to sew
- tɔtɔfia -- to suck
- tɔtɔkaria -- to split
- tɔʔɔʔu -- to sit
- tɔʔi -- to work
- ūbu -- to swell
- udumia -- to count
- ūla -- to stand
- wāsi -- to laugh
- ʔelia -- to dig