Wolio

Introduction

Wolio is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Southeast Sulawesi Province. Buton island, southwest coast towards Buntung strait; Baubau city, adjacent areas northeast and east. Also in Malaysia.

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 61% with Cia-Cia (See: Cia-Cia?); 60% with Masiri dialect of Cia-Cia and Lantoi dialect of Kaimbulawa (See: Kaimbulawa?).

The Wolio Verb

Verblist

• boke
• doku
• emani
• kande
• karajaa
• kole
• lingka
• peelo
• rango
• sumpu
• tange
• tangi
• tole'e
• tuwu
• uncura

• [kalau gatal] kau, karusi, kaŋkaru -- to scratch
• [kayu] ndamu, laelae -- to cut, hack
• ali -- to buy
• banaka, tuda -- to throw
• bebe, rambi -- to hit
• bembaru, papaki, tompa -- to bite
• beŋku, gili, lari -- to turn
• boke -- to tie up, fasten
• bou -- to sniff, smell
• buniaka, opo -- to hide
• buŋkale -- to open, uncover
• dadi -- to live, be alive
• dole -- to lie down
• fikiri -- to think
• gende, kamba, tente -- to swell
• gomi -- to suck
• kabalebale -- to stand
• kamata -- to see
• kande -- to eat
• karajaa -- to work
• kawa, mai, umba -- to come
• keni -- to hold
• kole -- to sleep
• kooni, pogau -- to say
• kutibu, manduli, ndawu -- to fall
• lentu -- to count
• liŋka -- to walk
• maeka -- to fear
• mama, naŋku, paŋa -- to chew
• manako -- to steal
• maŋau -- to burn
• matau -- to know, be knowledgeable
• mate -- to die, be dead
• nasu -- to cook
• pasaki, purokoti -- to pound, beat
• pekamate, poŋko -- to kill
• pene -- to climb
• pewilu -- to spit
• pili -- to choose
• pisi, pisiki -- to squeeze
• poinuñca -- to breathe
• polaka -- to fly
• pombula -- to plant
• pomea -- to yawn
• poŋano -- to swim
• poŋipi -- to dream
• posorumba -- to sew
• potawa -- to laugh
• raŋo -- to hear
• seli -- to dig
• siwulu -- to flow
• sula, toboki -- to stab, pierce
• sumpu -- to drink
• taŋi -- to cry
• temba -- to shoot
• tolua -- to vomit
• tootooro, uncura -- to sit
• towii -- to blow
• tuwu -- to grow
• weta -- to split