Lengo

Introduction

Lengo is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in North and east central Guadalcanal.

Dialects

Aola, Ghaimuta (Ghua), Lengo, Paripao.

The Lengo Verb

Verblist

• aðeaðe, asembɔna -- to breathe
• ambu, ambua -- to hit
• ambumate, ambumatea -- to kill
• ɔra, taŋi -- to cry
• ɔvɔ, eŋɔ, ovo -- to fly
• ðairo, aŋgɔ -- to work
• ðaŋavi -- to open, uncover
• ðivo, iti, ndatɔ, ndea, raraɣe, sakutua, sivɔ -- to walk
• ðundu, čambɔla -- to sit
• enɔ, eno -- to lie down
• ɣaɣani, vaŋa -- to eat
• ɣaɣari, tave -- to flow
• ɣali vaŋa -- to cook
• ɣanaɣana, tutuŋgā -- to think
• ɣani -- to chew
• ɣania, ɣeɣe -- to bite
• ɣelia, kambi -- to dig
• ɣilaɣana, ɣilaɣanā -- to know, be knowledgeable
• inu -- to drink
• iti -- to climb
• kaɔa, mbɛre -- to see
• kalaɔ, kalao -- to laugh
• kalia, kuria, mɛŋga, meŋga, tɔɣia, tɔka -- to cut, hack
• kɔea, mbosa -- to say
• kɛkɛre, kerea -- to burn
• le, lɛ, pɔɣɔ, pɔpɔɣɔ -- to swim
• luðia, lusia -- to squeeze
• lulua -- to vomit
• lumba, tumu -- to fall
• luve, čuve -- to spit
• mai -- to come
• maovia -- to yawn
• mataɣu -- to fear
• mate -- to die, be dead
• maturu, mbiku -- to sleep
• mauri -- to live, be alive
• mbimbila -- to throw
• mbole -- to dream
• mbuni, mbunia -- to count
• mɛmɛle -- to choose
• mumusu, mučua -- to suck
• ndea na ɔŋa, oŋa -- to hunt
• ŋgarusia, ŋgeŋgeo -- to scratch
• ŋgata -- to pound, beat
• ŋgitɔ, ŋgito -- to steal
• oti, taria -- to hold
• pe -- to hide
• pelu -- to buy
• pililiu, ririu -- to turn
• pira -- to grow
• pira, voɣu -- to swell
• rɔŋɔsia, roŋo -- to hear
• sɔria, tɔtɔŋɔ -- to tie up, fasten
• siɣini, ururu, uruŋia -- to sniff, smell
• sisivo, uvia -- to blow
• subu -- to plant
• sukia, tua, tupia -- to stab, pierce
• tai, taia -- to sew
• tea -- to split
• tu, tū -- to stand
• vanathia -- to shoot