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
- Script:
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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 |