Varisi
Facts
- Language: Varisi
- Alternate names: Varese
- Language code: vrs
- 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: 5160
- Script:
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Introduction
Varisi is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Northeast Choiseul island.
Dialects
Ghone, Varisi. Similar to Vaghua (See: Vaghua).
The Varisi Verb
Verblist
- aŋgara, imbiri -- to swell
- aŋgavelo, mbaru, seŋge -- to swim
- ate, ɣata -- to hear
- ɔŋgɔpe, nĵɔrɔpo, zɔrɔpe -- to suck
- ɣae mbisi, ɣembesi -- to drink
- ɣae, iɣe, ŋaŋa -- to eat
- ɣɔeneɣɔene, kimba, popoka, sipɔrɔ, siporo, zazā, ŋgɔŋgɔrɔ -- to walk
- iɣɔ, sine -- to say
- kambala -- to bite
- kamuku -- to sleep
- kari -- to laugh
- kɔlɔku, kuluku -- to sit
- kɔmbɔrɔ, komboro, pota, puta, vele, ŋgetɔ, ŋgeto -- to cut, hack
- kekele -- to lie down
- kikiuru, kivuru -- to blow
- kiraka -- to scratch
- lakisi, lapete, vela -- to split
- lama -- to come
- le -- to die, be dead
- lua -- to vomit
- marapuɣo, ŋarapuɣa -- to breathe
- mbata, visuse -- to turn
- mbauku, mbavuku, sire -- to fly
- mɔsɔle, puŋgɔ, puŋgo -- to squeeze
- mia, miɣa, reŋane, riŋane -- to see
- nanau, nanavụ -- to think
- nɔnoli, nunulia -- to sniff, smell
- ndae -- to cry
- ndeɣere -- to stand
- nĵanĵara, tazazara -- to flow
- nĵanĵu, zazu -- to work
- nĵuɣu, paŋgɔ -- to stab, pierce
- ŋgana -- to count
- palataru, palatarua -- to hold
- popoka -- to climb
- punuke, ŋgɔlɔ, ŋgolo -- to tie up, fasten
- rɔve, rove -- to know, be knowledgeable
- sareki, sarikị -- to fear
- sɔla, sula -- to dig
- sikɔ -- to steal
- sɨma, vae -- to hit
- sɨra, sira -- to sew
- sue, suve -- to spit
- sumbi -- to burn
- surapa, sœrapa -- to hunt
- surụ, suru -- to fall
- tɔ, to -- to live, be alive
- vaevale, valvale -- to kill