Vaghua
Facts
- Language: Vaghua
- Alternate names: Tavola, Tavula, Vagua
- Language code: tva
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Meso Melanesian linkage, New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic linkage, St George linkage, Northwest Solomonic, Choiseul, West Choiseul
- Number of speakers: 1960
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Vaghua is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Choiseul island, Tavula.
Dialects
Similar to Varisi (See: Varisi).
The Vaghua Verb
Verblist
- [zu]la|ma, lama, zulama -- to come
- aŋgara -- to swell
- ev -- to blow
- ɣambana, iɣua -- to say
- ɣelə̥ -- to fear
- kambala -- to bite
- kamək -- to sleep
- kār -- to laugh
- kəkəraka -- to scratch
- kənǰkambe -- to climb
- kənĵkambe, zaɔ, ŋgaloŋgalo, ŋgɔpere -- to walk
- komboro, pota, save, vele -- to cut, hack
- lapete, vila -- to split
- lɔŋgo -- to lie down
- le -- to die, be dead
- lua -- to vomit
- marapəɣa -- to breathe
- mbar, seŋge -- to swim
- mbavk, səŋgala -- to fly
- mbets, ndaɔ -- to drink
- miŋa, riŋa -- to see
- mosolo, poro -- to squeeze
- nanau, nanavəzə -- to think
- ndeɣere -- to stand
- nǰanǰ, nĵanĵ -- to work
- nǰanǰarana, nĵanĵarana -- to flow
- nǰəɣs, nĵəɣs, paŋgɔ -- to stab, pierce
- nǰoropo, nĵoropo -- to suck
- ŋaŋa -- to eat
- ŋɔ̄ŋoro -- to hear
- ŋgana -- to count
- palatar -- to hold
- pənək, pəps -- to tie up, fasten
- psəɣa -- to sniff, smell
- rove -- to know, be knowledgeable
- sɔ̄r -- to fall
- səkɒ -- to steal
- səma, vae -- to hit
- səmpsẹ, səmpsə̥ -- to burn
- sərapa -- to hunt
- səsəra -- to sew
- səve -- to spit
- sula -- to dig
- tāvəvər -- to turn
- tɔŋgəts -- to sit
- to, tu -- to live, be alive
- vaekəndo -- to kill
- vɔre -- to cry