Sa’a

Introduction

Sa’a is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Three Sisters Islands, south Malaita island, Ulawa island.

Dialects

Uki Ni Masi (Ugi), Ulawa.

The Sa’a Verb

Verblist

• aase, ato -- to throw
• ahe, kɔne, kone, ūču -- to flow
• ala, ʔala, ʔalaiæ, ʔalaie -- to bite
• atomai, ačɔmai, lɔʔoŋaʔine, neʔisae -- to think
• atomaʔinia, manatai, saai, saea, saie -- to know, be knowledgeable
• awara, nara, ŋara -- to cry
• awe, hane tā, lae, lae hao, lae ianɔ, lae iano, lae ileŋi, lae leŋi, lae taʔau, laelae, laepahe, pwapwahe, sihɔ tɔli -- to walk
• aʔana, mɔa, moa -- to vomit
• ɔlo, ʔolɔʔolɔ, lɔtɔ, lɔto, loto, olo, pwarea, pwareo -- to swim
• ɔme, ɔnome, oko, omea, susu -- to suck
• ɔru, iru, ooru, uhi, uhia, ūhi -- to blow
• ɔtɔ, ɔtɔme, hita, otomæ, tɔrɔ, toromi -- to stab, pierce
• ehu, mamuʔu, nene, sunia, unu, unue, uunu, waru -- to burn
• enɔ ianɔ, eno -- to lie down
• etamia, idu, itu, iču -- to count
• ha'ale, kooŋi -- to cook
• hana, uu'i -- to shoot
• hane -- to climb
• haʔamaesi, hɔrɔ, hɔrɔʔē, horo, horona -- to kill
• haʔawasi, nia, sili -- to hunt
• hɔʔɔ, hɔʔɔse, hoʔo, pwäsu, takia -- to tie up, fasten
• hɛlɛ, hele, helese, toʔia -- to hold
• hili, so'ohilisi -- to choose
• hita, hitele, kakahita, papa, tarihitɛliæ, waʔa -- to split
• holi -- to buy
• häsi, hasi -- to plant
• iɔi ano, iʔo, neku -- to sit
• ihesi, tahane -- to open, uncover
• ino, inu, tɔnɔ, tono -- to drink
• kawai, rɔŋɔ, rɔŋoa, ronoa, roŋo -- to hear
• kerehi, leesi, lese, liɔ, lio, liosiæ -- to see
• lae, lae mai -- to come
• laŋɔ, laŋo, lɔho, loho, noke -- to fly
• lɔsia, loosi, losi, momo, nilɔsi, puʔosia -- to squeeze
• ma'ahu pole, maʔahu pole -- to dream
• mae -- to die, be dead
• mano, maŋɔ, maŋo -- to breathe
• maŋɔlia, nɔnowasune, nono wäsu, nonowasu -- to sniff, smell
• maʔahu, mauru -- to sleep
• mumuni -- to hide
• mwapua, pɔʔo, suu, tɔla, upu -- to swell
• mwäsi, mwasi -- to laugh
• mäuri, mauri, maurihæ -- to live, be alive
• mäʔu, maʔu, maʔuniæ, meʔu, māʔu, mārara -- to fear
• nau, ŋäu, ŋaa, ŋau -- to eat
• ngasi-ie, ŋäsi -- to chew
• nisu, ŋisa, ŋisu -- to spit
• pɛli, peli, pelie -- to steal
• pwito -- to grow
• rapu, rapuse, rapusia, roho, uʔi, čarɔ -- to hit
• susu, täuri, tauri -- to sew
• säu, saune -- to pound, beat
• taʔe, ura, ure -- to stand
• teke, toli, tomu, usu, čɔmu -- to fall
• unu, unua, unue -- to say
• ähi|mawa, ahimawa -- to yawn
• äliiu, aliʔu, hirɔse, hoʔiteʔi, tatapulɔputɔ, tatapulo -- to turn
• äsu, asu, hele, toʔi, čaumwa -- to work
• ʔai tepi, ɔʔɔa, ɔlo, etapi, hile, ihu, kiria, lisi, papa, rofo, sɔʔɔ, tɔhu, tohua -- to cut, hack
• ʔarume, käru, karu, karumia, karusia -- to scratch
• ʔɛli, ʔeli, ʔeliæ -- to dig