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
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Introduction
The Gao Verb
- Sample Verbs

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

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