Bahonsuai
Facts
- Language: Bahonsuai
- Alternate names: Bahoe-soeaai, Bahonsoewaai
- Language code: bsu
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Eastern Celebic, Southeastern Celebic, Bungku-Tolaki, Eastern Bungku-Tolaki, East Coast Bungku-Tolaki
- Number of speakers: 200
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Bahonsuai is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Central Sulawesi Province, Bungku Tengah subdistrict, Bahonsuai village on the east coast.
Dialects
Lexical similarity: 71% with Tomadino (See: Tomadino), 68% with Mori Atas (See: Mori Atas), Mori Bawah (See: Mori Bawah), and Padoe (See: Padoe).
The Bahonsuai Verb
Verblist
- bitara -- to say
- leu -- to come
- lumaa -- to fly
- mate -- to die, be dead
- melempa -- to walk
- meŋesi -- to cry
- metade -- to stand
- meʔiliki -- to spit
- molendolendo -- to lie down
- mompepate -- to kill
- moŋkaa -- to eat
- moŋkiki -- to bite
- moŋkita -- to see
- moroŋe -- to hear
- mosoŋko -- to burn
- mototaha -- to laugh
- moturi -- to sleep
- moʔinu -- to drink
- moʔipi -- to dream
- moʔisa -- to pound, beat
- pelua -- to vomit
- sumoɸe -- to swim
- tedonta -- to fall
- totoro -- to sit
- toʔorio -- to know, be knowledgeable