Talise

Introduction

Talise is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Guadalcanal, southeast to southwest coast.

Dialects

Koo (Inakona), Malagheti, Moli, Poleo, Talise, Tolo.

The Talise Verb

Verblist

• ago, aŋgɔ, aŋgo -- to work
• ari, ɣeɣeli, ɣelia, heli, helia -- to dig
• asease, asembɔna, asembona, maɣɔmaɣɔ -- to breathe
• beli, kɔmi, mbeli, mbelia -- to steal
• bolebole -- to dream
• čɔmɔ, čoko, čombɔ, čomo -- to swell
• ɔlɔ, lesɔ, leso, salɔ, salo -- to swim
• ɔŋa, ruɣu, ruhu -- to hunt
• colo, maŋisa, čɔlɔ -- to laugh
• cuka, vasi -- to plant
• cuki pɔlɔ, tula, tulatula, tulā, tutula -- to sew
• cuve, čuve -- to spit
• dona, hilaɣila, ndɔna, ndɔndɔna, ndɔnā -- to know, be knowledgeable
• emauri, mamauri, maumauri, maurʔ -- to live, be alive
• enɔ, eno, mɔnɔ, mɔnɔ sivɔ, čao sivo, čarɔ -- to lie down
• ɣalaɣa, ɣalaɣa mba, halaɣa, mbā, sivɔ, sivɔ mba, sivo, vanovano, vavanɔ, vavano -- to walk
• ɣaniɣani, hani, hania, kuta, vaŋa -- to eat
• ɣaʔatʔa, ɣala, ɣalatʔa, ɣalatia, halati, halatia -- to bite
• ɣɔrɔ, hɔrɔ, horo, tɔtu -- to sit
• ɣuɣuri, harahara, loɣa, uvi, uvia, uviuvi -- to blow
• ɣuma, hani, kerea, salaɣa, vuru -- to burn
• hado, kakala, kalanɔ, puria, taɣia, tapiču, tɔɣia, telā ɣai, vaia, vala, vāla -- to cut, hack
• halaha -- to climb
• inu -- to drink
• kalā, tɔua, tuluŋga, tutukua -- to stab, pierce
• kɔea, kɔrivaya, kɔvaɣa, koe -- to say
• koku -- to hide
• kuki -- to cook
• kuru, kurua, sɔria -- to tie up, fasten
• labu, lalambu, lambua -- to hit
• labu-mate, lambua, lambumatea, lambusia -- to kill
• laŋɔ, laŋo, lɔvɔ, lɔvo, lovo -- to fly
• lɔsia, losi, mbirua, mbitɔa, vaikapiči -- to squeeze
• mai -- to come
• makuru, maturu -- to sleep
• maomao -- to yawn
• mataɣu, matahuni, matavu -- to fear
• mate -- to die, be dead
• maurisi -- to grow
• mbereŋia, mɔrɔsia, resi -- to see
• mucu, mučua -- to suck
• mumuta, mutamuta -- to vomit
• nere, tɔtɔtɔ, tɔtɔto, čɔɣačɔɣa, čɔčɔ -- to flow
• ŋata -- to chew
• ovaova -- to open, uncover
• pada, panda, papanda, čačača -- to think
• pilɔ, pilo, tavalili -- to turn
• puka, ruču -- to fall
• rɔrɔŋɔ, rɔŋɔnia, roŋoni -- to hear
• siɣini, siɣinia, sihini, sihinia -- to sniff, smell
• sui -- to throw
• taŋitaŋi, ŋara -- to cry
• tavota, tea, teanɔ, tela, čaria -- to split
• tiɣɔtɔ, tui -- to stand
• tutuku -- to pound, beat
• vanasi -- to shoot
• vele, velesia -- to hold
• vili -- to choose
• voli -- to buy
• vora, ŋgarusia, ŋgaruŋgaru, ŋgaručia -- to scratch
• ʔčumia, icu, iču, ičumia, čɔkɔa -- to count