Wawonii

Introduction

Wawonii is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in South East Sulawesi Province. West coast, Wawonii and Menui islands near Kendari port.

Dialects

Menui (Manoei), Wawonii. Lexical similarity: 75% with Bungku (See: Bungku) and Tulambatu dialect of Bungku (See: Bungku), 66% with Taloki (See: Tolaki), Kulisusu (See: Kulisusu), and Koroni (See: Koroni), 65% with Moronene (See: Moronene).

The Wawonii Verb

Verblist

• bitara, kotaetae, motae, potaetae -- to say
• dumapa -- to fly
• gumara, umere -- to cry
• koledoledo, koleledo -- to lie down
• leu -- to come
• mate -- to die, be dead
• membeu, morodoki -- to pound, beat
• memelu -- to vomit
• mensede, mentade -- to stand
• meŋkiki, moŋkiki -- to bite
• meʔoniu -- to spit
• moliŋka -- to walk
• mompepate, mompepati, mompopate -- to kill
• mompodea -- to hear
• mondoʔu -- to drink
• montunu, mosoŋko -- to burn
• moŋkaa -- to eat
• mototaa -- to laugh
• moturi -- to sleep
• moʔipi -- to dream
• moʔonto -- to see
• numaŋi -- to swim
• totoro, tumotoro -- to sit
• toʔorio, tumoʔorio -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tuuna, tuuno -- to fall