Vaeakau-Taumako
Facts
- Language: Vaeakau-Taumako
- Alternate names: Pileni, Pilheni
- Language code: piv
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Pacific linkage, Tokelau-Fijian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian
- Number of speakers: 1660
- Vulnerability: Vulnerable [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Vaeakau-Taumako is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Duff and Reef islands, Matema, Taumako, Nupani, Nukapu, Pileni, and Nifiloli.
Dialects
Aua, Matema, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni, Taumako (Duff). Pileni and Taumako differ in significant ways.
The Vaeakau-Taumako Verb
Verblist
- ahangia, hukea -- to open, uncover
- anga -- to work
- atoato, tohia -- to sew
- au -- to come
- elea, motia -- to cut, hack
- emo, meu -- to fall
- esia, ngalia, usia -- to bite
- hana, hanaia -- to shoot
- hangaa, mahaa -- to split
- hehoaki, kau -- to walk
- hihia. -- to tie up, fasten
- hilihilia -- to choose
- hinga, mnatua -- to think
- ilo, iloa -- to know, be knowledgeable
- inu, inumia -- to drink
- ivalea, phuia -- to spit
- kai -- to eat
- kaia -- to steal
- kake -- to climb
- kali, kelia -- to dig
- kamu, maia -- to chew
- kata -- to laugh
- kau -- to swim
- khaa, ula -- to burn
- knghaa, tangi -- to cry
- kutea -- to see
- lele -- to fly
- longo -- to hear
- lua -- to vomit
- manava -- to breathe
- maŋeo -- to scratch
- mate -- to die, be dead
- mathaku -- to fear
- mauli -- to live, be alive
- mihi -- to dream
- mihikia -- to suck
- moe -- to sleep
- muni -- to hide
- namu -- to sniff, smell
- noho -- to sit
- phaua -- to count
- pikia -- to hold
- puku -- to swell
- sili -- to throw
- tahuli -- to turn
- taia -- to hit
- taia, tamatea -- to kill
- takoto -- to lie down
- tauia -- to buy
- tauia, vakaia -- to squeeze
- thahe -- to flow
- thoo, tokia -- to plant
- thunu, tunaa -- to cook
- thupu -- to grow
- thuu -- to stand
- tukua -- to say
- ukia -- to stab, pierce
- vengia -- to blow