Savosavo
Facts
- Language: Savosavo
- Alternate names: Savo, Savo Island
- Language code: svs
- Language family: Central Solomons (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: 2420
- Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Savosavo is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Solomons, north of Guadalcanal, Savo island.
The Savosavo Verb
Verblist
- agoza -- to hunt
- agutu -- to work
- alu -- to stand
- ave -- to die, be dead
- azeaze -- to breathe
- ba -- to come
- bilo-li, gagela-li, l-au aka, voravora-li -- to open, uncover
- bola, rami-li -- to shoot
- buroŋo-li, lusi-li -- to squeeze
- duku-li, kake-li, kota-li, papari-li, sapi-li, sodu-li, toɰi-li, tozo-li, zuvi-li -- to cut, hack
- ene-li -- to hear
- epi -- to sit
- gore-li -- to dig
- izi -- to sleep
- kaba-li, touɰa-li -- to stab, pierce
- karikari -- to scratch
- kokobilo-li, liliɰo-li, pili-li -- to turn
- kuro -- to cook
- l-ali -- to hit
- l-ate -- to hold
- l-ave-li -- to kill
- leka -- to laugh
- l-eɰe -- to see
- l-evo, ora -- to burn
- l-olomi, madoke-li -- to know, be knowledgeable
- l-ou, samu -- to eat
- l-ova-li -- to bite
- ɰanaɰana -- to think
- mava -- to yawn
- mumuta -- to vomit
- ŋaziŋazi -- to chew
- ŋei -- to cry
- olo -- to swim
- pabu -- to grow
- pada -- to count
- pau -- to lie down
- pevu -- to fly
- pia -- to climb
- piti-li, tagi-li, tari-li -- to tie up, fasten
- pizo -- to drink
- pori-li -- to pound, beat
- ravi -- to hide
- sali -- to flow
- solo -- to throw
- suasua -- to spit
- suba-li -- to plant
- suki-li -- to sew
- tamalu-li -- to fear
- tau -- to fall
- tei -- to say
- toɰo -- to live, be alive
- unu -- to swell
- uzi-li -- to suck
- vaɰunala -- to dream
- vanaɰo-li -- to steal
- vanovano -- to walk
- vili-li -- to choose
- voli-li -- to buy
- vovo-li -- to split
- vui-li -- to blow
- vunu-li -- to sniff, smell