To’abaita
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- Language: To’abaita
- Alternate names:: Malu, Malu’u, To’ambaita, Toqabaqita
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:mlu
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Northern
- Number of speakers: 12,600
- Script:
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Introduction
To’abaita is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in North Malaita island. .
Dialects
Baelelea (See: Baelelea) and Baeggu (See: Baeggu) about equally intelligible of To’abaita and Lau (See: Lau).
The To’abaita Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | ʔala |
to blow | ʔufu |
to breathe | asimaŋɔ, ʔasimaŋo |
to burn | naʔare, naʔarea |
to buy | ʔuusia |
to chew | damu |
to choose | filia |
to climb | raʔa |
to come | lae mai |
to cook | naʔare |
to count | teʔemaʔi, teʔemania |
to cry | aaŋi |
to cut, hack | kasia, kenu, sigilia |
to die, be dead | mae |
to dig | ʔili, ʔilia |
to dream | moʔosu bole |
to drink | kuʔu |
to eat | faŋa |
to fall | asia, ʔasia |
to fear | ʔaʔanu, maʔu |
to flow | igwa, iiŋgwa |
to fly | laŋɔ, lɔfɔ, lofo |
to grow | taʔe |
to hear | rɔŋɔ, roŋo |
to hide | aaŋgwa |
to hit | kumua, kwaea |
to hold | raʔu, raʔua |
to hunt | kɔϑɔ, laetakui, toʔi |
to kill | ɵauŋia, ϑauŋia |
to know, be knowledgeable | ɵaitaʔomana, ϑaitɔʔɔmana |
to laugh | mwaela |
to lie down | teɔ, teo |
to live, be alive | maruki, marukia |
to open, uncover | ʔifinia |
to plant | fasia |
to pound, beat | ɵauŋia |
to say | sɔrea, soreʔa |
to scratch | kamea |
to see | rikia |
to sew | raʔoa, taia |
to shoot | basi |
to sit | ɔnɔ, ʔono |
to sleep | biiŋa, mbīŋa |
to sniff, smell | makwa, makwatɔʔɔna, toʔana |
to spit | nisu, ŋisu |
to split | fɔŋgea, kwaʔea |
to squeeze | ŋilɔa, ŋiloa |
to stab, pierce | ɔtɔa, labua, lambua |
to stand | takwe |
to steal | bili, mbilia |
to suck | nɔtɔfia, notofia |
to swell | uumbu, ūmbu |
to swim | araŋa, siisiu, sisiu |
to think | manata |
to throw | ʔuu |
to tie up, fasten | kania |
to turn | aambula |
to walk | fali, lae, sifɔ, taʔe |
to vomit | mɔmɔa, moa |
to work | raa, raɔa |
to yawn | mamukwee |