Tairaha

Introduction

Tairaha is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Makira (San Cristobal) island.

Dialects

Bauro, Haununu (Hauhunu), Rawo (Ravo). Deep linguistic division between Tairaha and Arosi (See: Arosi). The Mamaregho variety reportedly is the bush variety.

The Tairaha Verb

Verblist

• aɣore, mauru -- to sleep
• ahara, retea, tapia -- to cut, hack
• ahɔrɔ, ahoro -- to turn
• ahurā -- to stab, pierce
• akau, bwau wato, hahano, hano so, hanu, raɣɔ, raraɣo, sowau, taɣeraɣi, watoso -- to walk
• aŋi -- to cry
• arasi, māmānu -- to swim
• atoko, paɣe, wɔta, wota -- to fall
• bote, bwɔte, pwotepwote, suɣu, suŋisuŋi -- to swell
• ɔɣaɔɣa, oɣa, oɣasio -- to sit
• ewaɣa, sitaria -- to split
• ɣaeria, reɣia, siraia -- to see
• ɣaha, rano, raŋo -- to fly
• ɣara, hanua, nɔro, nonoro, suŋia -- to burn
• ɣaraia -- to bite
• ɣarosia, karusia -- to scratch
• ɣɔɣo, ɣoɣo, ɣoɣoɣo -- to flow
• ɣeriɣeri, ɣiria, oparia -- to dig
• ɣirara, ɣirarā -- to know, be knowledgeable
• haɣawasi -- to hunt
• hanaɣo, piria -- to steal
• hano mai, hanu mai, raɣɔ mai -- to come
• haori, raɣaɣinia, tamaei, tawaraɣi -- to say
• mae -- to die, be dead
• maɣu, mamaɣu, māɣu -- to fear
• mana -- to laugh
• manawa, manawasua, manawo -- to breathe
• mapu, siɣinia -- to sniff, smell
• mauri, tahitahi, tahiŋa, tahiŋa-na, tatahi -- to live, be alive
• mɔa, moa, momoa -- to vomit
• mosu, musu -- to spit
• nahuia -- to kill
• nuɣua, numia, totohia, umea -- to suck
• ŋau -- to eat
• pirɔa, rosia, rusia -- to squeeze
• rakua, rekua -- to tie up, fasten
• rɔŋɔa, roŋo, roŋoa -- to hear
• roɣasia, uhi, uhia -- to blow
• siviria, taia, turā -- to sew
• taɣara, tāɣara -- to work
• tahurua -- to hit
• takoha, takotako, tunua -- to think
• taotao, tatao -- to lie down
• taua -- to hold
• tɔmania, tomania -- to count
• tɔnɔ, tɔtɔnɔ, tono -- to drink
• ura -- to stand