Mambae

Introduction

Mambae is a language of Timor-Leste. It is spoken in Central Timor mountains, Ermera, Aileu, and Ainaro areas.

Dialects

Damata, Lolei, Mambae, Manua. North Mambae and South Mambae show significant differences.

The Mambae Verb

Verblist

• alu -- to buy
• blai/mo -- to fall
• bob -- to hit
• boiei -- to lie down
• boiei -- to sleep
• crui -- to scratch
• dinir, notar -- to think
• do -- to cut, hack
• eiot -- to see
• eon -- to drink
• era lol -- to flow
• fail, kau -- to hold
• flik -- to hear
• fre/sur -- to count
• fu -- to blow
• hut -- to tie up, fasten
• hwi -- to bite
• kase, tou -- to say
• kdei -- to sit
• ke, tar -- to dig
• knin -- to laugh
• kum -- to squeeze
• lae -- to open, uncover
• liu -- to hunt
• lolai -- to walk
• ma -- to come
• maiet -- to die, be dead
• mri -- to stand
• mu -- to eat
• muta -- to vomit
• mwir -- to live, be alive
• nain -- to swim
• penaʔo -- to steal
• sa -- to kill
• salolu -- to stab, pierce
• seru -- to cry
• servius -- to work
• snukan -- to breathe
• su -- to sew
• sus -- to suck
• ta:n -- to plant
• tad -- to know, be knowledgeable
• takali -- to turn
• te -- to throw
• tiur -- to shoot
• tlei -- to cook
• tmau -- to fear
• tulaba -- to spit
• tun -- to burn