Lavukaleve

Introduction

Lavukaleve is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Solomons, Russell Islands northwest of Guadalcanal.

The Lavukaleve Verb

Verblist

• ae
• ao
• hoi

• ahoma -- to bite
• aiva, fɔava, keleai, velama -- to walk
• aki, ɔhɔe, uia -- to stab, pierce
• akuru -- to kill
• akuru, kurun -- to hit
• alea, alem -- to see
• erou -- to fall
• eu, eui -- to drink
• eu, eui, oune -- to eat
• fale -- to stand
• fifi -- to sit
• fofoira -- to work
• fofor, sɔu -- to fly
• fufu -- to lie down
• fufuari -- to blow
• hatari, kinɔ, okoroi -- to cut, hack
• hiva -- to say
• hoe, kelaɣo -- to burn
• honiam -- to know, be knowledgeable
• iŋi -- to scratch
• irui -- to sleep
• kiu -- to die, be dead
• lae -- to cry
• laketei -- to live, be alive
• lalu -- to steal
• mumut -- to vomit
• naɣeam -- to fear
• ofi, vɔfimɛm -- to hear
• ofoi -- to hold
• ohoa -- to sew
• okini -- to sniff, smell
• oluɣu -- to think
• orui -- to suck
• osu -- to tie up, fasten
• otori -- to split
• ovaori -- to squeeze
• ovu -- to dig
• sē -- to swell
• seuekʔ -- to hunt
• soŋi, sū -- to swim
• sosokoe -- to laugh
• suɣaev -- to spit
• tuturu -- to flow
• valiriai -- to turn
• vomiari -- to count
• vuivofoi -- to breathe
• vulama -- to come