Banggai

Introduction

Banggai is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Central Sulawesi Province, at least 157 villages. Off eastern peninsula, Banggai Islands.

Dialects

East Banggai, West Banggai.

The Banggai Verb

Verblist

• pikir

• ampakon -- to walk
• aŋat, buka -- to open, uncover
• asaaŋ -- to breathe
• balimaŋ -- to work
• bantil -- to say
• baŋkak -- to swell
• bata -- to split
• boboi -- to tie up, fasten
• bonikuk -- to steal
• duduk -- to sit
• gali, kali -- to dig
• goloŋ -- to lie down
• ilei -- to choose
• inum -- to drink
• kaan -- to eat
• kakat -- to bite
• kaŋgi -- to hold
• kaut -- to sew
• kayok -- to swim
• kita -- to see
• kokiil -- to cry
• kokondoŋ -- to stand
• kumbit -- to laugh
• kupul -- to burn
• leal -- to fly
• liba -- to climb
• loŋol -- to hear
• lubat -- to come
• mam-panapi -- to shoot
• man-sasak-on -- to plant
• maŋ-asu -- to hunt
• maŋkolot, tembel -- to kill
• ma-takut -- to fear
• mate -- to die, be dead
• moŋ-oli -- to buy
• moolo -- to sleep
• onoki, oŋoki -- to sniff, smell
• piis -- to squeeze
• pikir -- to think
• puul -- to blow
• saaŋ -- to cook
• sapit -- to hide
• sosop -- to suck
• suduk, tobok -- to stab, pierce
• suuŋ -- to throw
• suuŋ, toi -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tabas -- to cut, hack
• tolue -- to vomit
• tubo -- to live, be alive
• tuboy -- to grow
• tuda -- to pound, beat
• tuoŋ -- to fall
• tuul -- to flow
• ulumon -- to dream
• umbas -- to hit