Ma’anyan

Introduction

Ma’anyan is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Central Kalimantan Province, Barito Selatan regency, Dusun Hilir, Karau Kuala, Dusun Selatan, Dusun Utara, Gunung Bintang Awai, Dusun Tengah, Awang, and Patangkep Tutui subdistricts. South Tamianglayang town area, Patai river watershed.

Dialects

Dusun Balangan, Samihim (Buluh Kuning), Sihong (Siong). Related to Malagasy languages in Madagascar. Lexical similarity: 77% with Paku (See: Paku?), 75% with Dusun Witu (See: Duvle?).

The Ma’anyan Verb

Verblist

• aŋheʔey -- to fear
• bafikir -- to think
• bagawi -- to work
• bakah -- to swell
• belum -- to live, be alive
• hahayam -- to yawn
• hawiʔ -- to come
• i|rura -- to spit
• ikamit -- to sew
• ikukut -- to scratch
• kakihiʔ -- to laugh
• karasa -- to know, be knowledgeable
• katamah -- to swim
• kuman -- to eat
• lawuʔ -- to fall
• maharuŋ -- to sit
• mamai -- to climb
• mankadiŋ -- to lie down
• manreʔ -- to sleep
• manuʔ, munuʔ -- to kill
• mareh -- to flow
• matey -- to die, be dead
• mèât, nyejè -- to squeeze
• me'empa, mempa -- to chew
• melok -- to turn
• meweh -- to pound, beat
• midi -- to buy
• mi-hewuk -- to breathe
• minri -- to stand
• mukaʔ -- to hunt
• nampar -- to hit
• ñandriŋey -- to hear
• nandruk -- to cook
• nan-reken -- to count
• nawut -- to throw
• negey -- to hold
• netik -- to cut, hack
• ngalat -- to steal
• nganupi -- to dream
• nguka -- to open, uncover
• nimak -- to shoot
• ñiuk -- to sniff, smell
• ñiwut -- to blow
• nuaʔ -- to vomit
• ñuduk -- to stab, pierce
• nuhiʔ -- to split
• nuŋkaw -- to cry
• nuruk -- to tie up, fasten
• nutuŋ -- to burn
• ŋadi -- to dig
• ŋamule -- to plant
• ŋeaw -- to say
• ŋikit -- to bite
• ŋiniʔ -- to see
• ŋoʔot -- to drink
• pidi -- to choose
• sadinaʔ -- to hide
• s-um-idiŋ -- to fly
• takia -- to walk
• tumuʔ -- to grow
• umuʔ -- to suck