Madura

Introduction

Madura is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Java Province, Madura island, Sapudi islands; coastal area of Java island, south and west of Surabaja city, southwest of Madura island. Also in Singapore.

Dialects

Bangkalan (Bangkalon), Bawean (Babean, Bhebien, Boyanese), Pamekesan (Pamekasan), Sampang, Sapudi, Sumenep. Dialect continuum. Reports differ about inherent intelligibility among dialects: some Sumenep and Sampang report they cannot understand Pamekasan or Sumenep. Difficult intelligibility with Kangean (See: Kangean?). Bawean may be a separate language. Lexical similarity: 75% with Kangean (See: Kangean?).

The Madura Verb

Verblist

• badha
• gabey
• lebbu
• ngabber
• tono
• ꦔꦕꦂ
• ꦲꦫ

• a-buru -- to hunt
• a-copa -- to spit
• a-garu -- to scratch
• a-gellaʔ -- to laugh
• a-gili -- to flow
• a-jaiʔ -- to sew
• a-jalan -- to walk
• a-kael -- to chew
• a-lako -- to work
• a-laŋŋoy -- to swim
• a-mempe -- to dream
• a-ñaba -- to breathe
• a-uway -- to yawn
• bara -- to swell
• belli -- to buy
• bukkaʔ -- to open, uncover
• dhateŋ -- to come
• dhuŋ tedhuyan -- to lie down
• gaggar -- to fall
• kekkeʔ -- to bite
• ma-maleŋ -- to steal
• man|jeŋ -- to stand
• mana -- to shoot
• mate -- to die, be dead
• mateʔe -- to kill
• mekker -- to think
• mele -- to choose
• metoŋ -- to count
• moter -- to turn
• naeʔ -- to climb
• naleʔe -- to tie up, fasten
• namen -- to plant
• naŋes -- to cry
• ñarepo -- to blow
• ñebaʔ -- to split
• neŋgu, ŋanela -- to see
• ñeyom -- to sniff, smell
• ñoca -- to stab, pierce
• ñolet -- to burn
• noto -- to pound, beat
• ŋabber -- to fly
• ŋakan -- to eat
• ŋali -- to dig
• ŋ-edhiŋ -- to hear
• ŋemon -- to drink
• ŋeññot -- to suck
• ŋepeʔ -- to squeeze
• ŋerraʔ -- to cut, hack
• ŋerrem -- to hide
• ŋocaʔ -- to say
• ŋ-ola -- to cook
• ŋota -- to vomit
• ŋoteppagi -- to throw
• odhiʔ -- to live, be alive
• pokol -- to hit
• tajuʔ -- to sit
• takoʔ -- to fear
• tao -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tedhuŋ -- to sleep
• tek|kem -- to hold
• tombu -- to grow