Lovono
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- Language: Lovono
- Alternate names:: Alavana, Alavano, Vanikolo, Vanikoro, Vano
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:vnk
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Utupua-Vanikoro
- Number of speakers: 5
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Lovono is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Temotu Province, Vanikolo island, Lale and Lavaka villages. .
The Lovono Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | ke |
to blow | aka |
to breathe | re mefia |
to burn | tupule |
to come | ma |
to count | wo |
to cry | teŋi |
to cut, hack | fere, tale |
to die, be dead | me |
to dig | fi |
to drink | nu |
to eat | faŋa |
to fall | moipo |
to fear | mwatau |
to flow | pu |
to fly | afa, mukanandele |
to hear | leŋi |
to hit | ambu |
to hold | lo |
to hunt | lawoi kuli |
to kill | ambu |
to know, be knowledgeable | ilonei |
to laugh | memelu |
to lie down | eno |
to live, be alive | milipie |
to say | pu |
to scratch | akale |
to see | eti |
to sew | asai |
to sit | lu |
to sleep | eno |
to sniff, smell | leŋi mie |
to spit | kani, ra |
to split | tune |
to squeeze | fili |
to stab, pierce | woi |
to stand | pia, tu |
to steal | apenoa |
to suck | kolei |
to swell | tefaka pua |
to swim | wowo, ŋoru |
to think | fondo |
to tie up, fasten | taule |
to turn | rembi |
to walk | fene, lafau, le, pwo |
to vomit | laroa |
to work | la fesemel |
to yawn |
Categories: Austronesian | Malayo-Polynesian | Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian? | Category | Language