Gao
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- Language: Gao
- Alternate names:: Nggao
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:gga
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Santa Isabel, East
- Number of speakers: 1,220
- Script:
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Introduction
Gao is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Isabel island, Tausese southeast to Floakora point, primarily in Poro. .
The Gao Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | kakatu |
to blow | ifu, niʔifu |
to breathe | phapaŋa |
to burn | ĵuru |
to come | mei |
to count | aʔahe |
to cry | tahni |
to cut, hack | fala, fike, kukusu, rave, tɔtɔka |
to die, be dead | leme |
to dig | dɔkha |
to drink | kɔʔu |
to eat | ŋamu |
to fall | ɔha, uthu |
to fear | hmaɣu |
to flow | ñugru, glɔlɔrɔ |
to fly | flalo, glaŋɔ |
to hear | rɔrɔgɔ |
to hit | aʔanu |
to hold | lɔulɔku |
to hunt | hili |
to kill | faleleme |
to know, be knowledgeable | lalase |
to laugh | maʔe |
to lie down | thuru |
to live, be alive | kahra |
to say | lepɔza |
to scratch | gagaru |
to see | kɔkɔfu |
to sew | susuki |
to sniff, smell | hiɣinia, sibiŋia |
to spit | aŋusu |
to split | aʔahla |
to squeeze | frɔʔi, pɔpɔĵi |
to stab, pierce | ɣisɔza |
to steal | čikɔ |
to swell | huŋu |
to swim | sisiu, taɔ |
to think | ɣaɔɣathɔ |
to tie up, fasten | sɔsɔlo |
to turn | tali figri |
to walk | ɣae, haɣe, sɔru, tei, zazaʔɔ |
to work | lɔku |
to yawn |