Hano
Facts
- Language: Hano
- Alternate names: Bwatvenua, Lamalanga, North Raga, Qatvenua, Raga, Vunmarama
- Language code: lml
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northern Vanuatu
- Number of speakers: 6500
- Script:
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Introduction
Hano is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in North Pentecost (Raga), Whitsuntide, and south Maewo islands.
Dialects
Nggasai (Kasai). Slight dialect differences; the last Nggasai dialect speaker died 1999.
The Hano Verb
Verblist
- bala -- to hit
- ban burigai -- to turn
- bana, vana -- to shoot
- beve, veve -- to say
- binihi, vinihi -- to think
- boha, voha -- to throw
- boli, voli -- to buy
- buge, vuge -- to open, uncover
- bului, bwiri, vului -- to count
- bwirihi, vwirihi -- to squeeze
- daḡari, taḡari -- to scratch
- dai, tai -- to cut, hack
- dai-bora, tai-bora -- to split
- dei -- to cry
- dogo, togo -- to sit
- du, tu -- to stand
- dunu, tunu -- to burn
- du-tunu, tu-tunu -- to cook
- eno -- to lie down
- ḡaga, gaga -- to fly
- ḡagaru -- to swim
- ḡani, gani -- to eat
- ḡasi, gasi -- to bite
- ḡeli, geli -- to dig
- ḡita maturu-bore, gita maturu-bore -- to dream
- ḡita, gita -- to see
- hae -- to climb
- haḡo -- to hold
- here, uvwi -- to blow
- hili -- to hide
- hovi -- to fall
- huhu -- to suck
- ilo -- to know, be knowledgeable
- lago -- to walk
- ligo -- to sew
- lodo -- to spit
- lol rovoga -- to work
- lua -- to vomit
- mabu -- to breathe
- mai -- to come
- mamaovi -- to yawn
- mana -- to laugh
- matagu -- to fear
- mate -- to die, be dead
- maturu -- to sleep
- mauri -- to grow
- mwinu -- to drink
- rahu -- to live, be alive
- rivu -- to plant
- ron̄ boni- -- to sniff, smell
- ron̄o -- to hear
- rovo, wai-rovo -- to flow
- sama -- to chew
- sari -- to stab, pierce
- sisi -- to tie up, fasten
- sisibo -- to swell
- sura -- to steal
- vaho -- to pound, beat
- vanvana -- to hunt
- wehi -- to kill