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Sa’a

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Language: Sa’a
Alternate names:: Apae’aa, Saa, South Malaita
SIL-code: Ethnologue:apb
Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Southern
Number of speakers: 11,500
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Introduction
- Dialects
The Sa’a Verb
- Sample Verbs

Introduction

Sa’a is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Three Sisters Islands, south Malaita island, Ulawa island. .

Dialects

Uki Ni Masi (Ugi), Ulawa.

The Sa’a Verb

Sample Verbs

to bite	ala, ʔala, ʔalaiæ, ʔalaie
to blow	ɔru, iru, ooru, uhi, uhia, ūhi
to breathe	mano, maŋɔ, maŋo
to burn	ehu, mamuʔu, nene, sunia, unu, unue, uunu, waru
to buy	holi
to chew	ngasi-ie, ŋäsi
to choose	hili, so'ohilisi
to climb	hane
to come	lae, lae mai
to cook	ha'ale, kooŋi
to count	etamia, idu, itu, iču
to cry	awara, nara, ŋara
to cut, hack	ʔai tepi, ɔʔɔa, ɔlo, etapi, hile, ihu, kiria, lisi, papa, rofo, sɔʔɔ, tɔhu, tohua
to die, be dead	mae
to dig	ʔɛli, ʔeli, ʔeliæ
to dream	ma'ahu pole, maʔahu pole
to drink	ino, inu, tɔnɔ, tono
to eat	nau, ŋäu, ŋaa, ŋau
to fall	teke, toli, tomu, usu, čɔmu
to fear	mäʔu, maʔu, maʔuniæ, meʔu, māʔu, mārara
to flow	ahe, kɔne, kone, ūču
to fly	laŋɔ, laŋo, lɔho, loho, noke
to grow	pwito
to hear	kawai, rɔŋɔ, rɔŋoa, ronoa, roŋo
to hide	mumuni
to hit	rapu, rapuse, rapusia, roho, uʔi, čarɔ
to hold	hɛlɛ, hele, helese, toʔia
to hunt	haʔawasi, nia, sili
to kill	haʔamaesi, hɔrɔ, hɔrɔʔē, horo, horona
to know, be knowledgeable	atomaʔinia, manatai, saai, saea, saie
to laugh	mwäsi, mwasi
to lie down	enɔ ianɔ, eno
to live, be alive	mäuri, mauri, maurihæ
to open, uncover	ihesi, tahane
to plant	häsi, hasi
to pound, beat	säu, saune
to say	unu, unua, unue
to scratch	ʔarume, käru, karu, karumia, karusia
to see	kerehi, leesi, lese, liɔ, lio, liosiæ
to sew	susu, täuri, tauri
to shoot	hana, uu'i
to sit	iɔi ano, iʔo, neku
to sleep	maʔahu, mauru
to sniff, smell	maŋɔlia, nɔnowasune, nono wäsu, nonowasu
to spit	nisu, ŋisa, ŋisu
to split	hita, hitele, kakahita, papa, tarihitɛliæ, waʔa
to squeeze	lɔsia, loosi, losi, momo, nilɔsi, puʔosia
to stab, pierce	ɔtɔ, ɔtɔme, hita, otomæ, tɔrɔ, toromi
to stand	taʔe, ura, ure
to steal	pɛli, peli, pelie
to suck	ɔme, ɔnome, oko, omea, susu
to swell	mwapua, pɔʔo, suu, tɔla, upu
to swim	ɔlo, ʔolɔʔolɔ, lɔtɔ, lɔto, loto, olo, pwarea, pwareo
to think	atomai, ačɔmai, lɔʔoŋaʔine, neʔisae
to throw	aase, ato
to tie up, fasten	hɔʔɔ, hɔʔɔse, hoʔo, pwäsu, takia
to turn	äliiu, aliʔu, hirɔse, hoʔiteʔi, tatapulɔputɔ, tatapulo
to walk	awe, hane tā, lae, lae hao, lae ianɔ, lae iano, lae ileŋi, lae leŋi, lae taʔau, laelae, laepahe, pwapwahe, sihɔ tɔli
to vomit	aʔana, mɔa, moa
to work	äsu, asu, hele, toʔi, čaumwa
to yawn	ähi\|mawa, ahimawa

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