Kahua

Introduction

Kahua is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in South Makira island.

The Kahua Verb

Verblist

• aforo, ahoro -- to turn
• ahura, rupu, rupuɣia -- to stab, pierce
• akerafa, bwote, mamanu -- to swell
• akœ, ara, hane, hatare, rɔ, rɔ̄, taɣere, taworaoha, vato, wato, watu -- to walk
• aŋi, eŋi -- to cry
• arasi, mamanu, tnāmānu -- to swim
• bɔsia, bosia, bwore, ono -- to see
• binoa, rosia, rumuɣia -- to squeeze
• easita, sitaria, waɣaria -- to split
• faɣawasi, haɣavasi, haɣawasi -- to hunt
• fanaɣo, hanaɣo -- to steal
• fara, hara, rete, tabia, tapi, woro -- to cut, hack
• feresia, roia, tœa -- to hold
• ɣafa, ɣaha, raŋɔ, raŋo -- to fly
• ɣara -- to bite
• ɣaro, ɣarosia -- to scratch
• ɣirara -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ɣoɣo, mwaɣanu -- to flow
• koa, oɣa -- to sit
• mae, me -- to die, be dead
• mæri, mœri, tafitafi, tahi, tahiŋa, tefiŋa-na -- to live, be alive
• maɣu -- to fear
• mamana, ru -- to laugh
• manawa, manavasɒ -- to breathe
• mauru, meru, mweru -- to sleep
• momoa -- to vomit
• musu -- to spit
• nafu, nahu -- to kill
• nafu, rupukia, tahuru -- to hit
• nuɣu, nuɣua -- to suck
• ŋœ -- to eat
• opa, taba, tapa -- to dig
• ra me, rœ me -- to come
• raku, rakua -- to tie up, fasten
• roɣa, uhia -- to blow
• roŋo -- to hear
• siɣini, siɣinia -- to sniff, smell
• su, suŋia, tete, teteɣi -- to burn
• tɒ, tɒtɒ, tœ -- to lie down
• taɣara -- to work
• tako, takosia -- to think
• te, tea -- to sew
• toma, totna -- to count
• tono -- to drink
• ura, œra -- to stand
• visia, wisia, wīsia -- to say
• wota -- to fall