Amahai

Introduction

Amahai is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province, 4 villages. Southwest Seram island, near Masohi town.

Dialects

Makariki, Rutah, Soahuku. Language subgroup with Iha (See: Iha?) and Kaibobo (See: Kaibobo?). Also related to Nusa Laut (See: Nusa Laut?). Lexical similarity: 87% with Makariki and Rutah dialects, probably 2 languages; 59%–69% with Saparua (See: Saparua?), 59% with Kamarian (See: Kamarian?), 58% with Kaibobo, 52% with Luhu (See: Luhu?) and Hulung (See: Hulung?), 50% with Alune (See: Alune), 49% with Naka’ela (See: Naka’ela?), 47% with Lisabata-Nuniali (See: Lisabata-Nuniali?), 45% with Wemale (See: Wemale?) and Nuaulu, 44% with Boano (See: Boano?) and Saleman (See: Saleman?).

The Amahai Verb

Verblist

• napas
• pikir

• akayeri -- to choose
• amamoa -- to yawn
• annanu -- to swim
• ari -- to dig
• ele -- to cry
• ha'a -- to split
• heka -- to open, uncover
• hi'a -- to hit
• hoka -- to come
• ho'olo -- to tie up, fasten
• hoono -- to flow
• huɲelo -- to hide
• huro -- to blow
• huruhuru'e -- to lie down
• ka'a -- to climb
• kahe -- to buy
• kahu'e -- to plant
• kai -- to sew
• kaka'e -- to hold
• kasare -- to hunt
• keru -- to see
• kikia -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ko'o -- to cut, hack
• lape'e -- to throw
• ma'a -- to die, be dead
• mahai -- to live, be alive
• mama -- to chew
• m'au -- to fear
• mnahu -- to fall
• mola'e -- to squeeze
• momo'a -- to vomit
• mono'e -- to suck
• moo -- to laugh
• munie -- to dream
• m'uru -- to sleep
• nanawa -- to steal
• napas -- to breathe
• nehe'e -- to count
• oi -- to walk
• olo -- to stand
• pama'a -- to kill
• pamaka -- to cook
• pana -- to shoot
• para -- to turn
• pikir -- to think
• poko tanei -- to work
• poono -- to hear
• poporu -- to swell
• repa'e -- to say
• siha -- to stab, pierce
• sihu -- to fly
• suhu -- to grow
• suma -- to sniff, smell
• sunuro -- to burn
• su'uro -- to pound, beat
• suwo -- to sit
• tuhura -- to spit
• yala -- to scratch
• yane -- to eat
• yoko -- to bite
• yunu -- to drink