Sonsorol

Introduction

Sonsorol is a language of Palau. It is spoken in Sonsorol, Pulo Anna, and Merir islands.

Dialects

Merir, Pulo Anna, Sonsorolese. Significant linguistic differences between Tobian (See: Tobian?) and Sonsorolese; similar to or greater than differences between, e.g., Puluwatese (See: Puluwatese) and Namonuito (See: Namonuito?). 50% intelligibility of Woleaian (See: Woleaian), less with the remainder of the Trukic continuum. The Merir dialect has been reported to be extinct. Lexical similarity: 69% with Ulithian (See: Ulithian?).

The Sonsorol Verb

Verblist

• (ka)-masú, ka-mwasú -- to hold
• (ka)-mété, mééta, métté, meté, pʷuka -- to cook
• datane, nako -- to walk
• dato, datoki, dato-ki, dato-ko -- to plant
• daúdaú, faúfaú, ka-mmwasʊ́ -- to tie up, fasten
• diŋiti, fiya-fiya, fiŋiti -- to squeeze
• do-dolo, tútú -- to suck
• dolú, dolʊ́, kaʊ́ -- to say
• dúú, dúú- -- to stand
• dúú-dúʊ́, ppao -- to pound, beat
• duuki -- to open, uncover
• fitekɪ -- to work
• itakʊ́, tangʊ́, taŋú -- to sniff, smell
• ka-memee, ŋúú-tú, ŋúúŋú -- to chew
• kangia, kaŋi, mʷaŋaú, mwangaʊ́ -- to eat
• kase-di, kase-fi, ka-tingi -- to throw
• kelikelɪ, kelikeli, kkatú -- to scratch
• keni-ŋi, k-kenɪ -- to dig
• kilidɪ -- to flow
• kokoti, tumuna -- to grow
• kú-dú, kúdú-, kúkú, kútúkútú -- to bite
• kúna-a -- to know, be knowledgeable
• kutudɛ -- to spit
• kúú -- to burn
• longo-longo, loŋoloŋo -- to hear
• maao -- to yawn
• maato, mato -- to sit
• made, madɛ -- to die, be dead
• madúlú, madúlʊ́ -- to sleep
• ma-takú, matakʊ -- to fear
• maúlú, maúlʊ́ -- to live, be alive
• mengi-a, meŋi, meŋimeŋi -- to think
• mmanɪ -- to laugh
• mʷano, mwano -- to hide
• mwasoko, pila, piladú, piladʊ́, pilafa -- to steal
• mʷmʷuta, mwmwuta -- to vomit
• ngada, ŋada -- to breathe
• nii, nii- -- to kill
• pako, wetewet, wete-wetɛ -- to count
• parú-yerʊ́ -- to buy
• púngʊ́ -- to fall
• pweedɪ -- to shoot
• pwi- -- to come
• pʷoo, pwoo -- to swell
• tada, tapa-tapa -- to cut, hack
• tangɪ, taŋi, taŋitaŋi -- to cry
• táu-, taú-(take), taútaú -- to climb
• tei-di, tei-teɪ, teitei -- to sew
• tina-ngi, tina-ŋi -- to split
• tiwerɛ -- to choose
• tou, tou-toʊ, toutou -- to stab, pierce
• ttana -- to dream
• uku, wuugu -- to blow
• únú, únú-mi, únúmi- -- to drink
• wan-tú -- to hit
• wekɪ -- to turn
• weli, weli- -- to see
• wono-, wono-(tio), woro- -- to lie down
• yada -- to swim
• yanɪ, yani -- to fly