Sowa

Introduction

Sowa is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in Central Raga island.

The Sowa Verb

Verblist

• bês, vês -- to live, be alive
• -bli, bwili -- to count
• daêng -- to cry
• dal, dalê -- to cut, hack
• dep -- to shoot
• dôdmê -- to think
• dok -- to sit
• du saraêk -- to hide
• du -- to stand
• dungenê -- to choose
• kak -- to fly
• kalnê -- to climb
• kalok -- to swell
• kan, -kngê -- to eat
• kasuu -- to spit
• kat, kazê, -kzê -- to bite
• kele, -kle -- to buy
• kil, kili, -kli -- to dig
• kinsêk -- to turn
• -kla -- to know, be knowledgeable
• -kro -- to hunt
• las, lasnê -- to steal
• le pabwêk -- to dream
• les, lesê, -lsê -- to see
• lô -- to vomit
• los -- to swim
• maê -- to come
• man -- to laugh
• mat -- to die, be dead
• min, mini, -mni -- to drink
• môô -- to grow
• -mzaêk -- to fear
• -mzôô -- to sleep
• ngongos -- to breathe
• ôm -- to work
• oo -- to lie down
• ôs -- to fall
• -psu -- to hold
• pwerê -- to split
• rangnê -- to cook
• ree, riv, wu -- to blow
• -rngo bwo- -- to sniff, smell
• -rngo, rong -- to hear
• row, sal -- to flow
• -rsu -- to suck
• ruwu, -rwu -- to plant
• sangvê -- to open, uncover
• -sê -- to hit
• -sê -- to kill
• -sko -- to stab, pierce
• -slo, solsol -- to sew
• takrê -- to scratch
• -ve -- to say
• wasnê -- to throw
• wewe -- to squeeze
• weze -- to tie up, fasten
• wurut -- to walk