Makian, West

Introduction

Makian, West is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Maluku Province. South Halmahera island, southwest coast near Gita town; west Makian island, some Kayoa islands. There are seven West Makian speaking villages on Makian Island. Judging by the existing wordlists each village speaks its own variant of the language, characterised by minor lexical differences with other variants. It is not known whether separate dialects of West Makian are spoken in West Makianese settlements outside the island.

West Makian language speaking area

Dialects

Language isolate within north Halmahera. Formerly classified as Austronesian.

The Makian, West Verb

Verblist

a, abo, adu, ae, ai, am, amot, au, au fi, awo, awuo, baabaa, bafikir, bafo, balas, bali, barenti, baso, bebe, bebei, bebewi, bele, belebele, belu, berarti, berebere, bicara, birahi, biti, boba, bodo bosi, bodok, bokoboko, bolabola, bori, bosi, buba, bule, bulo, burei, cahaya, capati, cio, co, coo, dadi, dare, dee, degou, dijahiri, do, dogo, dudu, dupe, e, efi, efii, efiwi, ekor, faabo, faae, facarita, fadadi, fae, fafu, fagaleng, fagei, faiyese, fajou, fakaeri, fakou, fakuba, falaaki, falaparing, falarari, falasao, falatafi, falei, fapasi, faruju, fasa, fatala, fatawani, fatola, fatum, fatung, fayang, fayangi, febe, fegini, felei, felejela, femege, femilinga, fi, fiam, fico, fidi, fidupe, fikini, filimumu, filkeker, filou, filtibuk, filyaose, fimege, fimou, fiogo, fita, fiteng, fitoga, fofoi, fofu, fogogoto, fokou, folobori, folobule, folokuda, folosoma, folouju, folowudu, folowuju, fono, fopotipoti, for, foruju, fosol, fotola, fou, foutu, fu, fuae, fubusbesi, fuluukir, gaago, gagararo, gagi, gagu, gai, galeng, galof, gamati, garo, gawi, gegele, gei, gele, getes, gilit loto, gisi, gode, golo, gopo, guma, guta, i, io, isa, isa do sou, isi, ja, jahil, jajou, japejape, jawap, joube, kaban, kadu, kaelo, kaeri, kafiti, kailome, kakai, kakawi, kaku, kalah, kalawoling, kalili, kalu, karanga, karja, katoba, kaulo, kauwa, kawe, kekei, keketo, kerekiri, kiki, ko, kohi, komudu, kou, kuat, kuba, kurang, kurus, ladu, lalou, lalus, lamo, liala, likokawi, lolupa, loto, lukaman, lupa, maa, magei, magol, maki, malawan, mamae, mame, mangot, masi, mato, maulu, mawiji, maya, mefeisi, mefekerekiri, mete, mia, milinga, minya, mo, moci, mofumete, moki, momoa, momua, mou, mu, mumu, musti, ngursa, nyani, odo, ofat, ofo, ogo, ogo so, oi, oso, osu, oto, pa, paa, pai, painge, pait, palat, pana, pande, pasi, pato, pi, pikir, podo, polase, poli, polu, pongi, pongol, posa, pula, rafot, rata, rebot, rekeng, rerre, reu, ruju, sa, safo, sagal, sagal gou, sango, sao, sarake, sarangati, sarke, sasafo, sasafu, seba, sedor, sefo, serero, sesifil, setan, sibato, sii, sinanga, sinao, sinaot, sirero, sisifil, sitao, so de tebe, soa, sobol, sodulo, subal, sufala, suka, supepi, susu, tagar, taji, tala, tapoke, tebel, tedi, tege, telida, telo, teng, terang, tiahi, tifi, timi, tobo, toga, togi, too, tope, topo, toro, toro so, tougu, tuka, tulis, tupe, uas, uba, uba no, udu, ufi, ujuf, utu, wa, wado, wakis, wako, wao, wawau, wiji, wofat, wudu, wujuf, yakor, yekor, yofoyofo, yufi.

• a -- to cook
• ae -- to laugh
• am, fajow, fiam -- to eat
• aw -- to climb
• ay, fi, fia, fo, mo, no, podo -- to come
• bafikir, milinga, pikir -- to think
• bafo -- to grow
• bali -- to tie up, fasten
• baso -- to hear
• bebe, jowbe -- to drink
• bolabola, kailome, karanga -- to lie down
• cako taratip, toroso -- to sit
• co -- to see
• dadi -- to live, be alive
• dupe, wako -- to throw
• fagéy -- to kill
• fakaeri -- to scratch
• falaaki -- to sew
• fatum -- to sniff, smell
• for, paa, wakis -- to hit
• galof -- to swim
• ja -- to cry
• jajow, maa -- to hold
• kadu, tifi -- to sleep
• kawe -- to vomit
• kida -- to split
• kiki -- to bite
• kuba, tala -- to cut, hack
• liala, tawado -- to know, be knowledgeable
• magey -- to die, be dead
• maki -- to plant
• painge -- to count
• pay -- to dig
• poli -- to buy
• sagal -- to walk
• saw -- to burn
• siesu -- to stand
• sodulo -- to hide
• tagar -- to fly
• taji -- to stab, pierce
• tebel -- to shoot
• tedi -- to steal
• teng -- to say
• tupe -- to open, uncover
• udu -- to blow
• ujuf -- to spit