Ontong Java
Facts
- Language: Ontong Java
- Alternate names: Leuangiua, Lord Howe, Luangiua, Luaniua
- Language code: ojv
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Pacific linkage, Tokelau-Fijian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Solomons Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Central Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Central Northern Outlier Polynesian
- Number of speakers: 2370
- Script:
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Introduction
Ontong Java is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Luangiua atoll, Lord Howe island, 210 km from Santa Isabel island.
Dialects
Luangiua, Pelau. Similar to Sikaiana (See: Sikaiana), Takuu (See: Takuu), and Nukumanu (See: Nukumanu?) in Papua New Guinea.
The Ontong Java Verb
Verblist
- à'e -- to climb
- ài -- to eat
- ailaiao -- to steal
- ailoa -- to know, be knowledgeable
- àka -- to laugh
- àu(àu) -- to swim
- ehula -- to swell
- eki, haa/àki/, uu -- to bite
- 'eli -- to dig
- gii, hau, ŋoa -- to tie up, fasten
- hā mai -- to come
- haele, hale -- to walk
- hakaoko -- to think
- hakiʔe, huli -- to turn
- heheaʔu -- to work
- hili -- to choose
- 'ike -- to see
- kaa -- to kill
- kaa, kuì, paa, paku -- to hit
- kahe -- to flow
- kakala, meaʔe -- to say
- kakaloko -- to hunt
- kalo, koʔi -- to stab, pierce
- kaŋi -- to cry
- kao -- to cook
- kaohi -- to hold
- ka'oko -- to lie down
- kipu, somo -- to grow
- kuì -- to pound, beat
- kui -- to sew
- kuŋi -- to burn
- la'u -- to scratch
- lele -- to fly
- lomi -- to squeeze
- loŋo -- to hear
- lua -- to vomit
- maanava -- to breathe
- maili -- to blow
- maka'u -- to fear
- make -- to die, be dead
- miki -- to dream
- miki -- to suck
- moe -- to sleep
- muŋi -- to hide
- ŋamuŋamu -- to chew
- ŋoho -- to sit
- 'oki, sele, vahi -- to cut, hack
- ola -- to live, be alive
- pau/pau -- to count
- pesi -- to throw
- pihi -- to shoot
- saavale -- to spit
- siŋa -- to fall
- sui -- to buy
- uŋu -- to drink
- uu -- to stand
- vahi -- to split
- vei/soŋi -- to sniff, smell