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Owa

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Language: Owa
Alternate names:: Anganiwai, Anganiwei, Narihua, Santa Anna, Wanoni
SIL-code: Ethnologue:stn
Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, San Cristobal
Number of speakers: 8,410
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Owa is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in South Makira, San Cristobal; Santa Anna and Santa Catalina islands. .

Santa Anna (Owa Raha), Santa Catalina (Owa Riki), Tawarafa (Star Harbour). Part of dialect chain that includes Kahua (See: Kahua).

to bite	ɣara
to blow	ufi
to breathe	manawa
to burn	rata
to climb	akau
to come	rao mai
to count	toma
to cry	aŋi
to cut, hack	fara, retea, tapi, tapia
to die, be dead	mae
to dig	tapa
to dream	mauru tai
to drink	tono
to eat	ŋau
to fall	apur..., apuri, wota
to fear	maɣufa
to flow	eafe, mʷaɣanu
to fly	ɣafa, ɣāfa, raŋo
to hear	roŋo
to hit	aofi, ramwosi
to hold	fere..., feresia
to hunt	faɣawasi
to kill	nafu
to know, be knowledgeable	ɣirara
to laugh	mamana
to lie down	ta..., tao
to live, be alive	etafitafi, tafiŋa
to say	woi
to scratch	ɣaɣaro
to see	reɣia
to sew	taia, tei
to sit	oɣa
to sleep	mauru
to sniff, smell	siɣini, siɣinia
to spit	misu
to split	afasita
to squeeze	rosi, rosi...
to stab, pierce	rupu, rupuɣia
to stand	ura
to steal	fanaɣo
to suck	nuɣu
to swell	fu..., pwopwori
to swim	arasi, manū
to think	tako
to tie up, fasten	pʷaroa, raku
to turn	riri
to walk	akau, tawa\|raɣo\|fa, taworaofa, wato
to vomit	momoa
to work	taɣara, to..
to yawn