Gao
Facts
- Language: Gao
- Alternate names: Nggao
- Language code: gga
- 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: 1220
- Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
- Script:
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Introduction
Gao is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Isabel island, Tausese southeast to Floakora point, primarily in Poro.
The Gao Verb
Verblist
- aŋusu -- to spit
- aʔahe -- to count
- aʔahla -- to split
- aʔanu -- to hit
- ɔha, uthu -- to fall
- čikɔ -- to steal
- dɔkha -- to dig
- fala, fike, kukusu, rave, tɔtɔka -- to cut, hack
- faleleme -- to kill
- flalo, glaŋɔ -- to fly
- frɔʔi, pɔpɔĵi -- to squeeze
- ɣaɔɣathɔ -- to think
- ɣae, haɣe, sɔru, tei, zazaʔɔ -- to walk
- gagaru -- to scratch
- ɣisɔza -- to stab, pierce
- hiɣinia, sibiŋia -- to sniff, smell
- hili -- to hunt
- hmaɣu -- to fear
- huŋu -- to swell
- ifu, niʔifu -- to blow
- ĵuru -- to burn
- kahra -- to live, be alive
- kakatu -- to bite
- kɔkɔfu -- to see
- kɔʔu -- to drink
- lalase -- to know, be knowledgeable
- lɔku -- to work
- lɔulɔku -- to hold
- leme -- to die, be dead
- lepɔza -- to say
- maʔe -- to laugh
- mei -- to come
- ñugru, glɔlɔrɔ -- to flow
- ŋamu -- to eat
- phapaŋa -- to breathe
- rɔrɔgɔ -- to hear
- sɔsɔlo -- to tie up, fasten
- sisiu, taɔ -- to swim
- susuki -- to sew
- tahni -- to cry
- tali figri -- to turn
- thuru -- to lie down