Hawu

Introduction

Hawu is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. Sawu and Raijua islands; 3 enclaves, 2 on Sumba island, Waingapu and Melolo areas; south central Flores island, Ende area. Others in Kupang city, Timor island.

Dialects

Liae, Mesara (Mehara), Raijua (Raidjua), Seba (Heba), Timu (Dimu).

The Hawu Verb

Verblist

• [me]nawu, buni, ta-bui, ttooe -- to fall
• [me]naʔo -- to steal
• ané, li, ta-pedai -- to say
• ɓeka -- to split
• béla, ta-kako, teaco, trai -- to walk
• ɓeli, ta-pote -- to turn
• ɓili, pili -- to choose
• boke -- to open, uncover
• ɓoro, eki, ta-uje -- to tie up, fasten
• buru, kìssoo, tbunge, teɗé -- to sniff, smell
• daba -- to pound, beat
• deka, mai -- to come
• ɗole, ta-mari -- to laugh
• emi -- to hold
• eta, tte -- to cut, hack
• gnaä, ta-ŋaʔa -- to eat
• hae -- to climb
• hela, kuĵa -- to plant
• héléo, sillaèo -- to see
• heŋa -- to breathe
• hepa, ta-muhi -- to suck
• hiɓi -- to bite
• hogo, méréa, toonoo -- to cook
• hora, ta-daba, ta-nabe -- to throw
• hue, ta-teɓo -- to stab, pierce
• huni, tsoonne, wuni -- to hide
• ia, tohi -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ĵaʔu -- to sew
• kaʔi -- to dig
• keɗi, tidi -- to stand
• keruka, taŋi, ttanjee -- to cry
• lila -- to fly
• maate, made -- to die, be dead
• medaʔu, tseeo -- to fear
• medu -- to vomit
• megau -- to yawn
• mejeɗi, midyadee -- to sit
• mili, ri -- to flow
• muri -- to live, be alive
• muri, ramé -- to grow
• ñami, mama -- to chew
• neenawei, neeno-darao, ta-ŋinu -- to drink
• ni -- to dream
• owé, peŋé -- to think
• pahoro eni -- to lie down
• painyee roo elloo, pe-ilu, pupu -- to spit
• reŋé, reŋi, roädeèloo -- to hear
• ta-beji, tabudge, tbudje -- to sleep
• ta-gai, ta-kao -- to scratch
• ta-jega, tao -- to work
• ta-menjela -- to swell
• ta-naŋi -- to swim
• tape hudi -- to hunt
• tape made -- to kill
• ta-pue -- to squeeze
• ta-reke -- to count
• ta-tiu -- to blow
• ta-tunu, varitai -- to burn
• ta-wobe -- to shoot
• weli -- to buy
• woba -- to hit