Fagani

Introduction

Fagani is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Northwest Makira island.

Dialects

Agufi, Fagani, Rihu’a.

The Fagani Verb

Verblist

• ahara, fara, mwou, ouɣe, retea, tape, tapia -- to cut, hack
• ahe, fanotara -- to flow
• akau, akauaporo, fano, hahano, pwapwahe, raɣo, saoporo, sio -- to walk
• apairi, peria -- to turn
• apuri, atoko -- to fall
• arahia, ʔiri, ɣire, ɣiria -- to dig
• arasi, pwareo, roroto -- to swim
• awara, iawara, āŋi -- to cry
• faɣatou, mamaʔu, māɣu -- to fear
• faɣawasi, haʔawasi, haɣawasi -- to hunt
• fano mai, hano mai, raɣo mai -- to come
• ɣau, ŋau -- to eat
• ɣirara, ɣirarā -- to know, be knowledgeable
• hānua, nene, suŋia -- to burn
• hara, nanawoɣa -- to swell
• hataraɣi, tomane, tomania -- to count
• hioa, mɛnasia, piriŋia, rosia -- to squeeze
• hunasia, raku, rakua -- to tie up, fasten
• itahi, tafiŋa, tahitahi, tahiŋa-na, tatafi -- to live, be alive
• iufufi, roʔasia, roɣaroɣa, uhia -- to blow
• karukaru -- to scratch
• katokatomaɣi, totōnu, tutuno -- to think
• kone, reɣe, riʔia, riɣia -- to see
• kono -- to drink
• mae -- to die, be dead
• mana -- to laugh
• manawa -- to breathe
• mānia, tamasi, tomania -- to say
• mapu, mapū, siʔinia, waŋahia, waŋatai -- to sniff, smell
• mauru -- to sleep
• momoa, mwomwoa -- to vomit
• nafia, nahu, nahuia -- to kill
• ŋusu -- to spit
• paira, taɣara, tauha -- to work
• pire, piri, piria -- to steal
• pwapwau, pwopwoŋa -- to sit
• rofoa, rohoa, rupu -- to hit
• rofofantaɣi, rupuia -- to stab, pierce
• rono, roŋo, roŋoa -- to hear
• taea, taitai -- to sew
• tao -- to lie down
• taua, tua -- to hold
• ura -- to stand
• ʔāha, ɣafa, ɣaha, raŋo -- to fly
• ʔara, ɣaraia, ɣarea -- to bite
• ʔiawaʔa, iawaɣa, waɣaria -- to split
• ʔomi, totohia, ume -- to suck