Laghu
Facts
- Language: Laghu
- Alternate names: Katova, Lagu
- Language code: lgb
- 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, West Santa Isabel
- Number of speakers: 3
- Vulnerability: Dormant [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Laghu is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Santa Isabel, Kia district, Baolo and Samasodu villages.
The Laghu Verb
Verblist
- aha, ɔpuɔpu, taɔ -- to swim
- avɔhi, tasei -- to know, be knowledgeable
- bɔma -- to hit
- bikna, petu -- to swell
- blau -- to steal
- dɔɣi -- to tie up, fasten
- deɣere -- to stand
- evɔ, lehe -- to die, be dead
- fɔrɔi, piriki -- to squeeze
- flalɔ, simi -- to fly
- ɣaɣadɔ -- to think
- gārɔmi -- to hold
- gɔgɔsa -- to vomit
- hɔre -- to cry
- hedɔlɔ -- to hear
- hinae, seha, zahɔ, zazahɔ, zazahɔfɔna -- to walk
- hiraŋa -- to fear
- huraŋi, tagafa -- to sniff, smell
- kaini -- to see
- kanɔ -- to scratch
- kɔdaka -- to flow
- kɔtɔpi, pɔtai, taraha, tɔka -- to cut, hack
- keruhu -- to drink
- kevui, nunute -- to blow
- kikina -- to eat
- kiknisu -- to spit
- kīnai -- to bite
- mae, paɣɔ -- to laugh
- meha -- to come
- nakra -- to sit
- nanafa -- to breathe
- nekeririta, pɔtɔ -- to live, be alive
- neleke, tɔhai -- to stab, pierce
- nesui -- to suck
- nunubra -- to burn
- paglini -- to split
- pamai -- to sew
- pipli -- to fall
- putai hinae -- to lie down
- putai -- to sleep
- sāsuku -- to work
- tahɔ -- to count
- tahei -- to say
- tavihi -- to hunt
- tifa -- to dig
- varɔɣɔhi -- to kill
- viduru -- to turn