Bantik

Introduction

Bantik is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Sulawesi Province, 11 villages. Northern peninsula, northeast section, area around Manado city.

The Bantik Verb

Verblist

• [ma]takuʔ, mataku -- to fear
• abiʔ, saka -- to climb
• anuʔ -- to hunt
• babaha, mapa'babaha -- to swell
• baká -- to split
• baw -- to sniff, smell
• beleŋ -- to hold
• bika -- to open, uncover
• buni -- to hide
• buno -- to kill
• dahuŋ -- to sew
• díŋihiʔ -- to hear
• hekeŋ, tiaʔ -- to count
• hiŋaʔ -- to cook
• hompoŋ -- to sit
• ikiʔ -- to tie up, fasten
• inuŋ -- to drink
• kaháʔ -- to cry
• kali -- to dig
• kaŋ -- to eat
• kiki -- to bite
• kótabaʔ -- to yawn
• kotohoʔ -- to cut, hack
• kukuduʔ -- to scratch
• labáʔ, manutu, sosohoʔ -- to pound, beat
• lampáŋ, Lrumampang -- to walk
• legéy -- to laugh
• Lrumoka -- to lie down
• luaŋ -- to buy
• lutaŋ -- to shoot
• mahi, si'nai -- to come
• Mahumpaga or Manginsulu -- to hit
• mama, sapá -- to chew
• mamikihi -- to think
• ma'nulrai, tulaw -- to live, be alive
• mapahosou -- to grow
• míhihiʔ -- to flow
• moyou -- to swim
• nabo -- to fall
• natey -- to die, be dead
• onow -- to dream
• pahá -- to squeeze
• páhadaʔ -- to throw
• pambele -- to work
• pile -- to choose
• saŋó -- to blow
• sea -- to turn
• seley -- to see
• sendoʔ -- to suck
• sindaʔ -- to breathe
• sódokoʔ -- to stab, pierce
• suaŋ -- to plant
• suka -- to vomit
• taláʔ -- to fly
• tékosoʔ -- to steal
• teŋedeʔ -- to stand
• tiho -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tiki -- to sleep
• tutuŋ -- to burn
• udú -- to spit
• uli -- to say