Zabana
Facts
- Language: Zabana
- Alternate names: Kia
- Language code: kji
- 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, West Santa Isabel
- Number of speakers: 3360
- Script:
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Introduction
Zabana is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Santa Isabel island, Samasodu southwest to Kia village, northeast to Baolo village.
Dialects
Borrowings from Roviana (See: Roviana). Most similar to Cheke Holo (See: Cheke Holo).
The Zabana Verb
Verblist
- alava -- to fly
- avɔhi -- to know, be knowledgeable
- bɔku, pɔte -- to swell
- bɔtai, ruzai -- to hit
- ɔrɔ, kɔtɔrɔ -- to flow
- dɔli -- to live, be alive
- epu hinae -- to lie down
- epu -- to sleep
- fifini -- to see
- fihiki -- to turn
- ɣaɣahe -- to walk
- ɣanini -- to bite
- hara, tɔha, zɔe -- to dig
- hihiŋɔ -- to breathe
- huraŋi -- to sniff, smell
- kahei -- to say
- kakamisu -- to spit
- kanɔ̄ -- to scratch
- ketuhu -- to drink
- leme -- to die, be dead
- mahai -- to eat
- mamaɣu -- to fear
- meha -- to come
- mumuti -- to vomit
- nakele -- to cry
- nɔhe -- to sit
- nɔnɔmɔhɔ -- to hear
- ŋaŋana -- to think
- paɣɔ̄ -- to laugh
- paisini -- to split
- pɔpɔsi, pɔsini -- to hold
- piligai -- to tie up, fasten
- pirikini -- to squeeze
- pitipitini, tena -- to sew
- puti -- to suck
- riufu, zɔɣu -- to fall
- riva -- to work
- saliga -- to burn
- sisikɔ -- to steal
- tahɔ -- to count
- taraha -- to cut, hack
- tetu -- to stand
- ufu -- to blow
- valemei -- to kill
- vona -- to climb
- zaha -- to swim
- zɔe -- to stab, pierce
- zɔrapa -- to hunt