Kulisusu

Introduction

Kulisusu is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Southeast Sulawesi Province, North Buton regency, Kulisusu Utara, Kulisusu Induk, Kulisusu Barat, and Bonegunu subdistricts. Northernost Buton island.

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 81% between dialects, 77% with Tolaki (See: Tolaki), 75% with Koroni (See: Koroni), 66% with Wawonii (See: Wawonii) and Bungku (See: Bungku) group, 65% with Moronene (See: Moronene), 54% with the Mori languages.

The Kulisusu Verb

Verblist

• bumulili -- to turn
• čumumbu -- to grow
• čuuna -- to fall
• humeera -- to laugh
• kamba -- to swell
• koŋalu, mompuupuu -- to blow
• kumaraja -- to work
• kumolelo -- to lie down
• lumeu -- to come
• lumiŋka -- to walk
• lumola -- to fly
• mate -- to die, be dead
• mekaua -- to scratch
• membeu -- to pound, beat
• memee -- to fear
• memelu -- to vomit
• menaa -- to breathe
• meʔili -- to spit
• meβuni -- to hide
• močuri -- to sleep
• moɗahu, molaha -- to hunt
• moɗoa -- to count
• mogau -- to say
• momaa -- to yawn
• mombula -- to plant
• mompepate, mompopate -- to kill
• mompepe -- to hit
• mompeβoo -- to sniff, smell
• mompiɗi -- to shoot
• mompileʔi -- to choose
• mompio -- to squeeze
• momunta -- to chew
• monahu -- to cook
• mončuɗa -- to throw
• mončunu -- to burn
• mondoʔu -- to drink
• monseeβi -- to steal
• monseu -- to sew
• monsoso -- to suck
• montaɓasi, montoto -- to cut, hack
• montoʔori -- to know, be knowledgeable
• moŋkaa -- to eat
• moŋkeke -- to dig
• moŋkeni -- to hold
• moŋkikii -- to bite
• moŋkoo -- to tie up, fasten
• moone -- to climb
• moriga -- to split
• moroŋe -- to hear
• moʔipi -- to dream
• moʔoli -- to buy
• moʔonto -- to see
• moʔuhu, montoɓo -- to stab, pierce
• moβuŋkahi -- to open, uncover
• numaŋi -- to swim
• pumaŋka -- to cry
• tumaɗe -- to stand
• tumora -- to live, be alive
• tumotoro -- to sit
• βaa -- to flow