Alune
Facts
- Language: Alune
- Alternate names: Patasiwa Alfoeren, Sapalewa
- Language code: alp
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East Central Maluku, Nunusaku, Three Rivers, Amalumute, Northwest Seram, Ulat Inai
- Number of speakers: 17200
- Vulnerability: Vulnerable [Read more...]
- Script:
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Introduction
Alune is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province. West Seram island, Seram Barat district, Kairatu, Taniwel districts, 27 villages.
Dialects
Central East Alune (Buriah-Weth-Laturake), Central West Alune (Niniari-Piru-Riring-Lumoli), Kairatu, North Coastal Alune (Nikulkan-Murnaten-Wakolo), South Alune (Rambatu-Manussa-Rumberu). Rambatu dialect reportedly prestigious. Kawe (See: Kawe?) may be a dialect. Related to Naka’ela (See: Naka’ela?) and Lisabata-Nuniali (See: Lisabata-Nuniali?). Lexical similarity: 77%–91% among dialects, 64% with Lisabata-Nuniali (See: Lisabata-Nuniali?), 63% with Hulung (See: Hulung?) and Naka’ela (See: Naka’ela?).
The Alune Verb
Verblist
- a'lali, usere -- to hunt
- 'alie, kali -- to dig
- ana, runu -- to shoot
- 'ane, kane -- to eat
- ata, unu'e -- to sniff, smell
- ata'obue, atele, hata'amae -- to lie down
- atnane, stnane -- to plant
- bai'e, siβa -- to open, uncover
- barie, bidi'e, tetae -- to split
- barie, raβa -- to throw
- bele, darue, rala -- to flow
- bete'e, beteke, hombe -- to say
- bita, teta, tutu -- to pound, beat
- blutu, toe -- to spit
- boli, sipa -- to sew
- 'buni -- to hide
- bunu -- to kill
- daba, sipa, susu'e -- to stab, pierce
- dani, rani -- to cry
- deru, loso, teta -- to hit
- dibu, ribu -- to fly
- dila, rila- -- to fear
- dube, repa -- to cut, hack
- due, rue -- to sit
- 'ele, kele -- to stand
- 'eri'e, kerike -- to work
- eta, lele'e, loe, loho'e, suli -- to tie up, fasten
- 'ete, loto -- to bite
- 'eu, solo -- to walk
- hali, βalie -- to turn
- hbue, βue -- to blow
- hmoso, soso -- to suck
- ili, lilake, tilu'e -- to choose
- 'inu, kinu -- to drink
- kerike, lala'e -- to hold
- 'lasi, klasi -- to scratch
- le'a, ple'ae, tetu -- to fall
- lea, sa, sa: -- to climb
- lehe'e, nehe'e, nenəte, noa -- to think
- lene -- to hear
- lihi nakwa, nasi -- to breathe
- loa -- to vomit
- losa -- to chew
- lua'e, luake -- to come
- mali -- to laugh
- 'mani -- to dream
- mata -- to die, be dead
- ma'wa, malewa -- to yawn
- melea, mlea -- to steal
- mese, selu -- to see
- moa -- to cook
- 'mose'e, busie, lotae -- to squeeze
- nasa -- to swim
- nehe'e, nuake -- to count
- ntulu -- to sleep
- 'otue, busa -- to burn
- pakai, tu'une, tu'wase -- to swell
- rekwa, te'wa -- to know, be knowledgeable
- sabe, saβe -- to buy
- 'usu, kusu -- to grow
- 'wana, mahai -- to live, be alive