Engdewu
Facts
- Language: Engdewu
- Alternate names: Nagu, Nanggu, Nangu
- Language code: ngr
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Reefs-Santa Cruz
- Number of speakers: 210
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script:
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Introduction
Engdewu is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Santa Cruz island, 3 villages.
The Engdewu Verb
Verblist
- alaœ -- to turn
- awœ -- to think
- ikola[u] -- to fear
- ikyɒu -- to know, be knowledgeable
- ilvœ -- to fly
- imbu -- to swell
- iopʷai -- to laugh
- itaŋalei -- to split
- ivœlæ, wolepe -- to burn
- lapʷœki -- to cut, hack
- lavi, lue -- to tie up, fasten
- lewi -- to flow
- male -- to hold
- mbɔ -- to stab, pierce
- mbʷə -- to die, be dead
- mɔla, mœ -- to see
- mu, tumu -- to sleep
- mʷæ, ŋa -- to eat
- mʷakæ -- to bite
- nɒ -- to lie down
- nakiu -- to count
- nelia -- to live, be alive
- niau -- to breathe
- nimbi -- to kill
- nœkʷœ -- to dig
- nœvio -- to squeeze
- noŋumbao -- to vomit
- noukou -- to scratch
- ŋgə -- to drink
- ŋuma -- to hunt
- œmbila -- to spit
- pi -- to say
- tə -- to hit
- təmʷou, utʰa -- to fall
- tu -- to stand
- tuena, wæplɒ -- to sit
- vam -- to come
- vio, yuki -- to blow
- wəlɛ -- to hear
- wœ -- to walk
- wœ -- to work
- wœtü -- to sniff, smell
- yalu -- to sew
- yo -- to swim
- yœni -- to cry
- yombu -- to suck