Touo

Introduction

Touo is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Western Province, south Rendova island.

The Touo Verb

Verblist

• ā -- to stand
• aŋīa, āŋia -- to scratch
• arafa -- to bite
• area, nondoa -- to see
• azafe, ūā, āzafa -- to eat
• ea, ŋɔ erɔ -- to hold
• eia, musi eia, ērota -- to sniff, smell
• enda, esa, suma -- to stab, pierce
• ɛ̄mbia, embia, īzufa -- to squeeze
• fetea, leua, ndoria, nɔŋgoanufe, nɔŋgofete, oze, reua, rovo, ānufa, ātia -- to walk
• fioua, fioūa -- to drink
• fofu, fofua -- to sit
• ɣeria -- to dig
• hana, hāua, zoteohaū -- to say
• hēra -- to laugh
• hofa, nahōfe, susua -- to suck
• hofea, naŋgo, oze -- to come
• iaiā, īaīa -- to cry
• isa, zo inde -- to hit
• isambaera, vahara -- to split
• isia, īnsia, īsia -- to sleep
• ithofa, itofa, nɔitɔe -- to burn
• maho, mahoa, tiŋge, uria -- to cut, hack
• maniuze, variuza -- to kill
• mavaha -- to yawn
• mbaofa, mbāofa -- to vomit
• mbuouza -- to fear
• nɔamboe, āmboa -- to count
• ndēfe, rofea, viria -- to turn
• nduoa -- to fall
• nembia -- to tie up, fasten
• ngangoza -- to chew
• ŋgana -- to think
• oa, rehea, ōa -- to lie down
• ōrōna, āmaŋga -- to hear
• ovea, ōvea -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ozoso -- to work
• ria, riaia, vazoa -- to swim
• sioa -- to steal
• sofa, sora, sōra -- to spit
• sūa -- to hunt
• tɔvea, tɔvena, tovea, tōvena -- to live, be alive
• totoro, vehia, veiha -- to flow
• urusu, ūrusu, ārova -- to fly
• utɔza, utōza -- to swell
• uza -- to die, be dead
• vavɔra, vavora -- to sew
• vūa -- to blow
• zonua, zōnua -- to breathe