Ririo
Facts
- Language: Ririo
- Alternate names:
- Language code: rri
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Meso Melanesian linkage, New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic linkage, St George linkage, Northwest Solomonic, Choiseul, East Choiseul
- Number of speakers: 18
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Ririo is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Choiseul island, north third of northeast coast.
Dialects
Similar to Babatana (See: Babatana).
The Ririo Verb
Verblist
- bór -- to swim
- buil -- to swell
- bur -- to fly
- cin, nonod -- to say
- cuŋun -- to sit
- der -- to stand
- diol -- to open, uncover
- dur -- to see
- gato -- to hear
- gek -- to eat
- jój -- to work
- jua -- to fall
- juk, püq -- to stab, pierce
- ka'avaraŋ -- to yawn
- kabal -- to bite
- kaʔmisa -- to sleep
- kaʔrukuc -- to hold
- kekel -- to lie down
- kér -- to laugh
- kikirak -- to scratch
- kis, nopol -- to chew
- kuvic -- to cut, hack
- li -- to die, be dead
- liab -- to plant
- lioq -- to turn
- lipit zisik -- to split
- liqis, puris -- to squeeze
- lolor -- to flow
- lua -- to vomit
- mab tu -- to live, be alive
- me -- to come
- nipik -- to sniff, smell
- non -- to think
- ŋua -- to buy
- ŋurip -- to breathe
- paparüka -- to dream
- par -- to dig
- pod -- to grow
- puaʔ -- to climb
- puka -- to hide
- puqo, vusil -- to blow
- qan -- to count
- qial -- to cry
- qol -- to tie up, fasten
- qur -- to pound, beat
- ra-muaj, sirik -- to cook
- siko -- to steal
- sira -- to sew
- suib -- to burn
- surap -- to hunt
- susui -- to spit
- van -- to shoot
- van, va-nin -- to throw
- ve, vi -- to hit
- vesen -- to know, be knowledgeable
- vi vél -- to kill
- zes -- to fear
- zik -- to drink
- zik -- to suck
- zine -- to choose
- zo -- to walk