Malango
Facts
- Language: Malango
- Alternate names: Teha
- Language code: mln
- 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: 4140
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Malango is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Guadalcanal Island.
The Malango Verb
Verblist
- aŋgɔ -- to work
- čare -- to swell
- chukaa -- to plant
- ɔlɔ, lesɔ -- to swim
- ɔŋa, ruhu -- to hunt
- ɔra -- to cry
- čuve -- to spit
- hanā -- to know, be knowledgeable
- hania -- to eat
- helia -- to dig
- huhuri, pusua -- to blow
- inĵu -- to count
- inu -- to drink
- kalia, vā -- to cut, hack
- kɔvahai -- to say
- kia -- to laugh
- lambua -- to hit
- lambua -- to kill
- laŋɔ, lɔlɔvɔ -- to fly
- leleɔ -- to turn
- lusia -- to squeeze
- maɔ, taria -- to hold
- mahɔmahɔ -- to breathe
- mai -- to come
- mama'o -- to yawn
- matahu -- to fear
- mate -- to die, be dead
- maturu, mbiku -- to sleep
- mauri -- to live, be alive
- mbeli -- to steal
- mbolebole -- to dream
- mbuča, nunua -- to stab, pierce
- mɔrɔsia -- to see
- mučua -- to suck
- mumuta -- to vomit
- ndatɔ, ndia, ndindia, sivɔ -- to walk
- ngataa -- to chew
- nĵarɔ -- to lie down
- ŋɔtia -- to bite
- ŋgarusia -- to scratch
- pandā -- to think
- rɔŋɔnia -- to hear
- ruču -- to fall
- sɔria -- to tie up, fasten
- sihini -- to sniff, smell
- tapala -- to split
- tatai, vavana -- to shoot
- tatave -- to flow
- tɔhɔtū -- to sit
- tū čau -- to stand
- vovosi -- to sew
- vurulake -- to burn