Owa
Facts
- Language: Owa
- Alternate names: Anganiwai, Anganiwei, Narihua, Santa Anna, Wanoni
- Language code: stn
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Longgu-Malaita-Makira, Malaita-Makira, Makira
- Number of speakers: 8410
- Script:
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Introduction
Owa is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in South Makira, San Cristobal; Santa Anna and Santa Catalina islands.
Dialects
Santa Anna (Owa Raha), Santa Catalina (Owa Riki), Tawarafa (Star Harbour). Part of dialect chain that includes Kahua (See: Kahua).
The Owa Verb
Verblist
- tewo
- afasita -- to split
- akau -- to climb
- akau, tawa|raɣo|fa, taworaofa, wato -- to walk
- aŋi -- to cry
- aofi, ramwosi -- to hit
- apur..., apuri, wota -- to fall
- arasi, manū -- to swim
- eafe, mʷaɣanu -- to flow
- etafitafi, tafiŋa -- to live, be alive
- faɣawasi -- to hunt
- fanaɣo -- to steal
- fara, retea, tapi, tapia -- to cut, hack
- fere..., feresia -- to hold
- fu..., pwopwori -- to swell
- ɣafa, ɣāfa, raŋo -- to fly
- ɣaɣaro -- to scratch
- ɣara -- to bite
- ɣirara -- to know, be knowledgeable
- mae -- to die, be dead
- maɣufa -- to fear
- mamana -- to laugh
- manawa -- to breathe
- mauru tai -- to dream
- mauru -- to sleep
- misu -- to spit
- momoa -- to vomit
- nafu -- to kill
- nuɣu -- to suck
- ŋau -- to eat
- oɣa -- to sit
- pʷaroa, raku -- to tie up, fasten
- rao mai -- to come
- rata -- to burn
- reɣia -- to see
- riri -- to turn
- roŋo -- to hear
- rosi, rosi... -- to squeeze
- rupu, rupuɣia -- to stab, pierce
- siɣini, siɣinia -- to sniff, smell
- ta..., tao -- to lie down
- taɣara, to.. -- to work
- taia, tei -- to sew
- tako -- to think
- tapa -- to dig
- toma -- to count
- tono -- to drink
- ufi -- to blow
- ura -- to stand
- woi -- to say