Savosavo
Fact corner
- Language: Savosavo
- Alternate names:: Savo, Savo Island
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:svs
- Language family: Central Solomons
- Number of speakers: 2,420
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Savosavo is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Solomons, north of Guadalcanal, Savo island. .
The Savosavo Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | l-ova-li |
to blow | vui-li |
to breathe | azeaze |
to burn | l-evo, ora |
to buy | voli-li |
to chew | ŋaziŋazi |
to choose | vili-li |
to climb | pia |
to come | ba |
to cook | kuro |
to count | pada |
to cry | ŋei |
to cut, hack | duku-li, kake-li, kota-li, papari-li, sapi-li, sodu-li, toɰi-li, tozo-li, zuvi-li |
to die, be dead | ave |
to dig | gore-li |
to dream | vaɰunala |
to drink | pizo |
to eat | l-ou, samu |
to fall | tau |
to fear | tamalu-li |
to flow | sali |
to fly | pevu |
to grow | pabu |
to hear | ene-li |
to hide | ravi |
to hit | l-ali |
to hold | l-ate |
to hunt | agoza |
to kill | l-ave-li |
to know, be knowledgeable | l-olomi, madoke-li |
to laugh | leka |
to lie down | pau |
to live, be alive | toɰo |
to open, uncover | bilo-li, gagela-li, l-au aka, voravora-li |
to plant | suba-li |
to pound, beat | pori-li |
to say | tei |
to scratch | karikari |
to see | l-eɰe |
to sew | suki-li |
to shoot | bola, rami-li |
to sit | epi |
to sleep | izi |
to sniff, smell | vunu-li |
to spit | suasua |
to split | vovo-li |
to squeeze | buroŋo-li, lusi-li |
to stab, pierce | kaba-li, touɰa-li |
to stand | alu |
to steal | vanaɰo-li |
to suck | uzi-li |
to swell | unu |
to swim | olo |
to think | ɰanaɰana |
to throw | solo |
to tie up, fasten | piti-li, tagi-li, tari-li |
to turn | kokobilo-li, liliɰo-li, pili-li |
to walk | vanovano |
to vomit | mumuta |
to work | agutu |
to yawn | mava |