Bima

Introduction

Bima is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in West Nusa Tenggara Province. Eastern third of Sumbawa island, east of the isthmus; northeast, Sangeang and Banta islands.

Dialects

Bima, Kolo, Mbojo, Sangar (Sanggar), Toloweri.

The Bima Verb

Verblist

• ḇade, loa -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ḇale, leo -- to throw
• bedi -- to shoot
• biʔa, tela -- to split
• ḇoe, nduku -- to hit
• cili, ncimi kolo -- to hide
• dahu -- to fear
• ḏama, nenti -- to hold
• ḏiki -- to tie up, fasten
• doho -- to sit
• dompo, fati -- to cut, hack
• ewu -- to blow
• fiki, kananu -- to think
• garo, kao -- to scratch
• hade -- to kill
• hari -- to laugh
• hengga, wika -- to open, uncover
• kaḏale -- to choose
• kadeʔe -- to hear
• kambonci, mori -- to grow
• kamuci -- to suck
• karawi -- to work
• katufe -- to spit
• kaʔa -- to burn
• kiḏi -- to stand
• lampa -- to walk
• liwa -- to swim
• lohi -- to vomit
• maḇu -- to fall
• made -- to die, be dead
• mai -- to come
• mama, panaʔa -- to chew
• maru -- to sleep
• mawa -- to yawn
• mbaju, tutu -- to pound, beat
• mbako -- to cook
• mori -- to live, be alive
• mpanga -- to steal
• nangi -- to cry
• ndaʔu -- to sew
• ndore -- to lie down
• neʔe, teka -- to climb
• ngaha -- to eat
• ngari -- to dig
• ngemo -- to fly
• ngenge -- to bite
• nggahi -- to say
• nggalo -- to hunt
• ngguḏa -- to plant
• ngilu -- to sniff, smell
• nifi -- to dream
• nono -- to drink
• ntande, tio -- to see
• peko -- to turn
• pici, pua -- to squeeze
• rai, tanggiru -- to flow
• reke -- to count
• sasi nawa -- to breathe
• tuḇa -- to stab, pierce
• weli -- to buy
• winte -- to swell