Gane
Facts
- Language: Gane
- Alternate names: Gani, Giman
- Language code: gzn
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Greater SHWNG, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, Raja Ampat-South Halmahera, South Halmahera, East Makian-Gane
- Number of speakers: 2900
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Gane is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Maluku Province. Halmahera island, southernmost peninsula.
Dialects
Similar to East Makian (See: Makian, East), Kayoa, a dialect of East Makian (See: Makian, East).
The Gane Verb
Verblist
- abilat -- to throw
- agág -- to scratch
- am -- to see
- awá -- to vomit
- ayolu -- to open, uncover
- badidíf -- to spit
- badidíng -- to sew
- bafikir -- to think
- bakapók -- to hide
- bi, bing -- to say
- bibúf -- to dream
- bol -- to sit
- bolam -- to hit
- cakum, hamóm -- to chew
- fifia -- to live, be alive
- fon -- to eat
- fotan -- to sniff, smell
- gasi -- to flow
- go, hagó, soang -- to cook
- gotal -- to hold
- hamanitap -- to work
- han -- to walk
- hangkik yo -- to hunt
- hayofan -- to count
- imin -- to drink
- kiak, kiwak -- to fear
- koai -- to swim
- longa -- to hear
- manou -- to breathe
- masulak -- to steal
- melas -- to sleep
- mlif -- to laugh
- mot -- to die, be dead
- mtat -- to fall
- mtuli -- to lie down
- nganga -- to yawn
- ofal -- to squeeze
- ólai -- to dig
- opa -- to fly
- pakat -- to bite
- pis -- to suck
- poán, pungas -- to swell
- pun -- to kill
- sagal -- to split
- sapák -- to climb
- slai -- to burn
- soat -- to tie up, fasten
- tablu -- to shoot
- tangis -- to cry
- tapa -- to stab, pierce
- tipal -- to cut, hack
- tonam -- to plant
- tua -- to buy
- tub -- to grow
- tut -- to pound, beat
- ufu -- to blow
- unak -- to know, be knowledgeable
- waik -- to turn
- wom -- to come
- wosal -- to stand