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Savosavo

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Savosavo is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Central Solomons, north of Guadalcanal, Savo island. .

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