Tanibili
Facts
- Language: Tanibili
- Alternate names: Nyisunggu
- Language code: tbe
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Utupua-Vanikoro, Utupua
- Number of speakers: 15
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Tanibili is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Temotu Province, Utupua island, Tanibili village.
The Tanibili Verb
Verblist
- ai -- to sew
- ambembe -- to cry
- avo -- to laugh
- avo -- to spit
- aye -- to eat
- ɔ, pu -- to say
- imiᵑgipio -- to live, be alive
- kā, noloŋgo -- to fly
- kembi -- to tie up, fasten
- kwɔu -- to know, be knowledgeable
- lalo -- to work
- lɔlɔ, wɔwɔ -- to swim
- luɔ -- to squeeze
- mbono -- to come
- meme -- to die, be dead
- mondo -- to see
- mono -- to breathe
- muŋgu -- to lie down
- muŋgu -- to sleep
- navanañi -- to steal
- novolo, ondo, walo -- to cut, hack
- ñu -- to drink
- ŋgombio -- to split
- ŋgomu -- to hold
- ŋiŋi -- to sniff, smell
- olo -- to scratch
- oroi -- to stab, pierce
- poŋo -- to hear
- pu -- to flow
- pwɔmbu i-meme -- to kill
- pwɔmbu -- to hit
- pwove -- to fear
- re, rovono, rovonō, vovo -- to walk
- roŋgolu kuli -- to hunt
- rorombi -- to swell
- sū -- to stand
- sumbio -- to fall
- tɔŋgo -- to sit
- tou-ŋgu -- to turn
- u, voko -- to blow
- vɛrei -- to bite
- vondo -- to think
- voŋo -- to burn
- wɔ -- to count
- yū -- to dig
- yuɔ -- to vomit