Lovono
Facts
- Language: Lovono
- Alternate names: Alavana, Alavano, Vanikolo, Vanikoro, Vano
- Language code: vnk
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Utupua-Vanikoro
- Number of speakers: 5
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Lovono is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Temotu Province, Vanikolo island, Lale and Lavaka villages.
The Lovono Verb
Verblist
- afa, mukanandele -- to fly
- aka -- to blow
- akale -- to scratch
- ambu -- to hit
- ambu -- to kill
- apenoa -- to steal
- asai -- to sew
- eno -- to lie down
- eno -- to sleep
- eti -- to see
- faŋa -- to eat
- fene, lafau, le, pwo -- to walk
- fere, tale -- to cut, hack
- fi -- to dig
- fili -- to squeeze
- fondo -- to think
- ilonei -- to know, be knowledgeable
- kani, ra -- to spit
- ke -- to bite
- kolei -- to suck
- la fesemel -- to work
- laroa -- to vomit
- lawoi kuli -- to hunt
- leŋi mie -- to sniff, smell
- leŋi -- to hear
- lo -- to hold
- lu -- to sit
- ma -- to come
- me -- to die, be dead
- memelu -- to laugh
- milipie -- to live, be alive
- moipo -- to fall
- mwatau -- to fear
- nu -- to drink
- pia, tu -- to stand
- pu -- to flow
- pu -- to say
- re mefia -- to breathe
- rembi -- to turn
- taule -- to tie up, fasten
- tefaka pua -- to swell
- teŋi -- to cry
- tune -- to split
- tupule -- to burn
- wo -- to count
- woi -- to stab, pierce
- wowo, ŋoru -- to swim