Simbo
Facts
- Language: Simbo
- Alternate names: Madeggusu, Mandeghughusu, Sibo
- Language code: sbb
- 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, New Georgia, West New Georgia, Simboic
- Number of speakers: 2700
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Simbo is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Western Province, Simbo island.
Dialects
Distinct from Lungga (See: Lungga) and Ghanongga (See: Ghanongga).
The Simbo Verb
Verblist
- añi -- to count
- avu -- to laugh
- bata, bati-, doma, doma- -- to see
- boŋo -- to cook
- buku -- to drink
- gabala -- to turn
- gani, teteku -- to eat
- garata -- to bite
- garo, mimo -- to scratch
- geli -- to dig
- golomo -- to hide
- gona -- to throw
- gona, poqa -- to shoot
- iko -- to steal
- ivu -- to blow
- kesa -- to climb
- kija -- to pound, beat
- kiu -- to cry
- lame, mai -- to come
- lete -- to plant
- levana, levani- -- to open, uncover
- lua -- to vomit
- mamavua -- to yawn
- mate -- to die, be dead
- matutu -- to fear
- moño -- to squeeze
- napulu -- to chew
- nonoga -- to know, be knowledgeable
- ñoñopo -- to suck
- noŋoro -- to hear
- ñoro -- to flow
- ŋodo -- to cut, hack
- odolo -- to spit
- paleka -- to stab, pierce
- paqala -- to split
- pepu, pepu enga, pepu opo -- to lie down
- pipiti, uki -- to sew
- pito -- to say
- piu, piui- -- to tie up, fasten
- ponu -- to swim
- puta -- to sleep
- puta-qita -- to dream
- roroqu -- to think
- siŋo -- to breathe
- soana -- to walk
- sulu -- to burn
- tatava -- to fly
- taveti -- to work
- toa -- to live, be alive
- toqo -- to sit
- tubu -- to swell
- tuqe -- to hold
- turu -- to stand
- uka -- to fall
- uku-ai -- to hunt
- uma -- to hit
- umaŋa -- to sniff, smell
- va toa, vasage -- to grow
- vagi -- to buy
- va-mate- -- to kill
- vile -- to choose