Solos

Introduction

Solos is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Bougainville Province, central and southwest Buka island.

Dialects

Coastal Solos (Hetal, Kahule, Pokai Tung), Mainland Solos, Nora Solos, Peit Solos.

The Solos Verb

Verblist

• (napean) suson -- to suck
• (tong) ngoton -- to burn
• (tua) makananon, e makana non -- to scratch
• (tua) potekon -- to swell
• biriton -- to turn
• bopo nei (gu) -- to cut, hack
• e kit nuh in pusi, kit noni pusi -- to tie up, fasten
• e koranon -- to chew
• e nunuanon -- to vomit
• e panat nei bebene -- to open, uncover
• e sino sohon -- to dream
• gagason -- to laugh
• gungon -- to sit
• hagonono, hahuona -- to cook
• hahara mune non -- to hunt
• haneinon neireh -- to shoot
• hekoton -- to bite
• henatungon -- to hit
• henon -- to eat
• hesakon -- to stab, pierce
• kanaton -- to lie down
• kason -- to count
• kaunon -- to drink
• ketanon -- to say
• kuinon -- to work
• maton -- to die, be dead
• mit nei dako -- to throw
• mo reret tuh -- to spit
• namoton -- to hold
• nanahon -- to swim
• nanon, tatan non -- to walk
• naomeh -- to come
• napean e ratout non nakatua -- to fear
• natenon -- to know, be knowledgeable
• natungor -- to kill
• ngahon -- to dig
• nganon -- to cry
• noh -- to fly
• nongon non -- to hear
• nuason -- to breathe
• pot non i wen -- to squeeze
• puinon -- to sniff, smell
• pukuo -- to fall
• robakat nuh o roi -- to split
• samapon -- to sew
• seoung saku non -- to blow
• sohon -- to sleep
• taranon -- to see
• toe non -- to live, be alive
• tonon -- to stand