Banda

Introduction

Banda is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in South Maluku, Kei islands, west and northeast side of Kei Besar island, Banda-Eli and Banda-Elat villages, possibly another village.

Dialects

Elat, Eli. Different from other south Maluku languages.

The Banda Verb

Verblist

• akraut, ndaut -- to cry
• -iki -- to bite
• -ilik muwa- -- to breathe
• -ito -- to see
• lakot -- to tie up, fasten
• lia -- to say
• luako -- to vomit
• mamo -- to chew
• mamo, mbo lo lu -- to swim
• mata- -- to die, be dead
• mbaero -- to dig
• mban -- to eat
• mbano -- to shoot
• mbaso -- to buy
• mbende -- to open, uncover
• mbifriru -- to spit
• mbili -- to choose
• mbo kaiko -- to know, be knowledgeable
• mbo -- to walk
• mbo|malik -- to laugh
• mbofkila -- to split
• mbokfau -- to sniff, smell
• mbokota -- to kill
• mbomaka -- to steal
• mbomoroko -- to hide
• mborait -- to sew
• mboskakir -- to scratch
• mbotaku -- to fear
• mbotuk -- to grow
• mbufruko -- to blow
• mbuno -- to work
• mbutor -- to turn
• mbutu -- to cut, hack
• meliru -- to stand
• metet -- to sit
• mfikir -- to think
• monafu -- to fall
• mondon -- to flow
• motan -- to hear
• mtol, ndusu, nusbuk -- to suck
• munuli -- to live, be alive
• ndakan -- to hold
• ndano -- to plant
• ndatu -- to cook
• ndembet -- to squeeze
• ndifu -- to fly
• ndo|faro -- to swell
• ndososu -- to dream
• ndukul -- to hit
• ndurin -- to burn
• ndusuk -- to stab, pierce
• ndususuo -- to yawn
• ndutu -- to pound, beat
• ndutu -- to throw
• neke -- to count
• ŋimu -- to drink
• oma -- to come
• raste -- to hunt
• saka -- to climb
• -turu mbolon -- to lie down
• -turu -- to sleep