Tukang Besi South

Introduction

Tukang Besi South is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in South East Sulawesi Province. Tukang Besi archipelago, south islands; northern Binongko and Tomea islands; South Sulawesi Province, Selayar regency, Madu, Kalaotoa, Bonerate, and Karompa islands. Maluku, Taliabu, Mongole, Sulabesi, Buru, Seram, Ambon, and Alor islands. Settlements throughout western Papua Province.

Dialects

Binongko, Bonerate, Tomea (Tomia). Lexical similarity: 70%–75% with Tukang Besi North (See: Tukang Besi North?), 48% with Cia-Cia (See: Cia-Cia?), 49% with Lasalimu (See: Lasalimu?), average of 35% with other nearby languages. Lexical similarity 85% with Binongko and Tomea, 81% with Bonerate, 79% with Tomea and Bonerate.

The Tukang Besi South Verb

Verblist

• amo -- to plant
• ɓalu -- to buy
• baŋka -- to swell
• ɓoke -- to tie up, fasten
• ɓutti -- to fall
• ɗahaniʔe -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ɗoíto -- to cry
• ɛka -- to climb
• hɔ|ŋali -- to dig
• hɛleɓo -- to flow
• hɛŋɔʔo -- to sniff, smell
• hɛpaluʔki -- to spit
• hikeɗoŋo -- to hear
• hokomate -- to kill
• homonaka -- to steal
• homonihi -- to dream
• hoppu -- to blow
• kabɛ́bɛ -- to hit
• kaha -- to bite
• kaho -- to scratch
• karja -- to work
• kɔntaʔ -- to hold
• kɛaβa, naŋu naŋu -- to swim
• kɛɗe -- to sit
• kita -- to walk
• ko kumbali -- to turn
• koni -- to laugh
• lɛka -- to open, uncover
• lola -- to fly
• mai -- to come
• maŋa -- to eat
• mate -- to die, be dead
• maturu -- to sleep
• maʔaka -- to fear
• mɔroʔu -- to drink
• mɔtaʔa -- to cook
• mɛnsoro -- to grow
• momaʔa -- to yawn
• munta -- to chew
• n͡dɔro -- to lie down
• okko -- to hide
• ɸa -- to say
• pana -- to shoot
• pɔke -- to throw
• pɔnno -- to suck
• ɸikiri -- to think
• pili -- to choose
• ɸola -- to split
• rɛke -- to count
• rɛpe -- to squeeze
• saŋki -- to sew
• sɛnde -- to breathe
• simbi -- to cut, hack
• siʔi -- to see
• taɗe -- to stand
• toɓo -- to stab, pierce
• tokumbo -- to vomit
• tumbu -- to live, be alive
• tumbuʔe -- to pound, beat
• tunu -- to burn
• usere -- to hunt