Yakan

Introduction

Yakan is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Sulu Archipelago, Basilan, and small surrounding islands; Sakol island; west Mindanao, Zamboanga east coast. Concentrated away from the coast. Also in Malaysia.

The Yakan Verb

Verblist

• belli
• duse
• harap
• kenna
• kilaw
• kinam
• kirik
• kisas
• kissa
• koles
• lengngan
• posas
• sakey
• salam
• sapew
• sulat
• sulig
• sumba
• tabas
• tuli
• ubas
• uma
• untuk
• urut

• bahaʔ -- to swell
• bayu -- to pound, beat
• bella, usik -- to cook
• belli -- to buy
• binonoʔ -- to stab, pierce
• bira -- to turn
• bonoʔ -- to kill
• eddek, tanem -- to plant
• eggas -- to burn
• ellum -- to live, be alive
• hamut -- to sniff, smell
• hinaŋ -- to work
• inum -- to drink
• iŋket -- to tie up, fasten
• ituŋ -- to count
• kakan, maŋan -- to eat
• kalih -- to dig
• kekkeb -- to bite
• kepak -- to split
• kimmat, pikil -- to think
• kinaputan -- to hold
• kite -- to see
• kukut -- to scratch
• laboʔ -- to fall
• laŋi -- to swim
• layaŋ -- to fly
• laʔit -- to sew
• leŋŋan -- to walk
• luka -- to open, uncover
• luraʔ -- to spit
• mag-napas -- to breathe
• mag-poloŋ -- to cut, hack
• -matey -- to die, be dead
• pabak -- to lie down
• panaʔik -- to climb
• panhut -- to hunt
• papaʔ -- to chew
• paʔin -- to say
• peneʔ -- to choose
• pitu -- to come
• pogpog, teuaʔ -- to hit
• saye -- to laugh
• selluy -- to flow
• sessep -- to suck
• sulig, tumbuʔ -- to grow
• tabid -- to squeeze
• -takale -- to hear
• tangkew -- to steal
• taŋis -- to cry
• tapuk -- to hide
• taʔo -- to know, be knowledgeable
• teginep -- to dream
• teŋge -- to stand
• tibag -- to throw
• tihup -- to blow
• timbak -- to shoot
• tinalew -- to fear
• tiŋkoʔ -- to sit
• tuli -- to sleep
• utaʔ -- to vomit