Lengo
Facts
- Language: Lengo
- Alternate names: Doku, Ruavatu, Tadhimboko
- Language code: lgr
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Guadalcanal-Nggelic, Nuclear Guadalcanal-Nggelic, North and West Guadalcanal
- Number of speakers: 13800
- Script: Category
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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