To’abaita

Introduction

To’abaita is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in North Malaita island.

Dialects

Baelelea (See: Baelelea) and Baeggu (See: Baeggu) about equally intelligible of To’abaita and Lau (See: Lau).

The To’abaita Verb

Verblist

• aambula -- to turn
• aaŋgwa -- to hide
• aaŋi -- to cry
• araŋa, siisiu, sisiu -- to swim
• asia, ʔasia -- to fall
• asimaŋɔ, ʔasimaŋo -- to breathe
• basi -- to shoot
• biiŋa, mbīŋa -- to sleep
• bili, mbilia -- to steal
• ɔnɔ, ʔono -- to sit
• ɔtɔa, labua, lambua -- to stab, pierce
• damu -- to chew
• fali, lae, sifɔ, taʔe -- to walk
• faŋa -- to eat
• fasia -- to plant
• fɔŋgea, kwaʔea -- to split
• filia -- to choose
• igwa, iiŋgwa -- to flow
• kamea -- to scratch
• kania -- to tie up, fasten
• kasia, kenu, sigilia -- to cut, hack
• kɔϑɔ, laetakui, toʔi -- to hunt
• kumua, kwaea -- to hit
• kuʔu -- to drink
• lae mai -- to come
• laŋɔ, lɔfɔ, lofo -- to fly
• mae -- to die, be dead
• makwa, makwatɔʔɔna, toʔana -- to sniff, smell
• mamukwee -- to yawn
• manata -- to think
• maruki, marukia -- to live, be alive
• mɔmɔa, moa -- to vomit
• moʔosu bole -- to dream
• mwaela -- to laugh
• naʔare -- to cook
• naʔare, naʔarea -- to burn
• nɔtɔfia, notofia -- to suck
• nisu, ŋisu -- to spit
• ŋilɔa, ŋiloa -- to squeeze
• ɵaitaʔomana, ϑaitɔʔɔmana -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ɵauŋia -- to pound, beat
• ɵauŋia, ϑauŋia -- to kill
• raa, raɔa -- to work
• raʔa -- to climb
• raʔoa, taia -- to sew
• raʔu, raʔua -- to hold
• rɔŋɔ, roŋo -- to hear
• rikia -- to see
• sɔrea, soreʔa -- to say
• takwe -- to stand
• taʔe -- to grow
• teɔ, teo -- to lie down
• teʔemaʔi, teʔemania -- to count
• uumbu, ūmbu -- to swell
• ʔala -- to bite
• ʔaʔanu, maʔu -- to fear
• ʔifinia -- to open, uncover
• ʔili, ʔilia -- to dig
• ʔufu -- to blow
• ʔuu -- to throw
• ʔuusia -- to buy