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
- Script:
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Introduction
Owa is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in South Makira, San Cristobal; Santa Anna and Santa Catalina islands. .
Dialects
Santa Anna (Owa Raha), Santa Catalina (Owa Riki), Tawarafa (Star Harbour). Part of dialect chain that includes Kahua (See: Kahua).
The Owa Verb
Sample Verbs
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 |