Bobot

Introduction

Bobot is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province. Southeast Seram, Werinama district, southeast from Atiahu village to Kota Baru; also Tunsai village in Liana area.

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 44% with Sepa (See: Sepa?) and Teluti (See: Teluti?), 42% with Yalahatan (See: Yalahatan?).

The Bobot Verb

Verblist

• a|kat, kasat -- to bite
• a|ninṿ, nimin -- to drink
• ab|loka -- to hear
• abakasoma, tula -- to sew
• abakatau, toiʔ -- to plant
• abeba, batof -- to spit
• ablá, ita -- to see
• abufmauk, mulit -- to sniff, smell
• abunṿ, huin -- to kill
• adoman, sit -- to hold
• aduɬa, lian -- to say
• afikir, ita -- to think
• ahás, inakṿ -- to swim
• aken, kan -- to eat
• ak̚mada, ukikia -- to hunt
• akolan -- to stand
• aɬua, luaʔ -- to vomit
• amamawa, mu|máh -- to yawn
• amesa, manowa -- to breathe
• amɬi, balíʔ -- to laugh
• amoit, komoan, sosa -- to suck
• anu, hosúf -- to blow
• areking, reʔin -- to count
• badali, pili -- to choose
• baitṿ, roiʔ -- to flow
• balak, siaʔ -- to open, uncover
• balat, has -- to buy
• bamasa, hakatuin -- to cook
• bana, hana -- to shoot
• basavunin, taihunin -- to hide
• bi|vawa, boka -- to swell
• bola haʔas, ibat -- to split
• boti, islot -- to come
• dei -- to work
• dutṿ, tuti -- to pound, beat
• hutan, ibutar -- to turn
• i|da, tasa -- to cut, hack
• i|dun, tuin -- to burn
• iaveneta, kalelan -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ibiatṿ, lait -- to hit
• iburburiŋ, nima kanowa -- to lie down
• idevat, toiʔ -- to stab, pierce
• idivṿ, rihi -- to fly
• idutṿ, toiʔ -- to throw
• iduʷat, tuat -- to sit
• ihidup, lihilihan -- to live, be alive
• ikaɬṿ, kais -- to dig
• iko, lea, uha -- to walk
• ikwas, kasa -- to scratch
• imata -- to die, be dead
• imnavṿ, reiʔ -- to fall
• imtait, katoit -- to fear
• imtoɬṿ, nima -- to sleep
• inafit, tes -- to tie up, fasten
• kahléit, mana: -- to steal
• lefa -- to squeeze
• mama, muma -- to chew
• mánih, mnif -- to dream
• me -- to grow
• rakit, takit -- to cry
• sa: -- to climb