Bintulu
Facts
- Language: Bintulu
- Alternate names:
- Language code: bny
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo Malayo-Polynesian, North Sarawakan
- Number of speakers: 4200
- Vulnerability: Vulnerable [Read more...]
- Script:
More information:
Introduction
Bintulu is a language of Malaysia. It is spoken in Sarawak, northeast coast, Sibuti area, west of Niah; Bintulu area, and 2 enclaves west.
Dialects
Could also be classified as a Baram-Tinjar subgroup or as an isolate within the Rejang-Baram Group.
The Bintulu Verb
Verblist
- babay, pebaʔ -- to climb
- bejulaʔ -- to spit
- bekeleŋ, bepusiŋ -- to turn
- bepikér -- to think
- besidek -- to breathe
- betaba -- to laugh
- gatuʔ -- to fall
- kambaŋ -- to swell
- kerja -- to work
- kuɗuʔ -- to sit
- kukut -- to dig
- kuñeh -- to chew
- lakaw -- to walk
- luɓiʔ -- to lie down
- mapun, tieʔ -- to come
- maw -- to fear
- megazaw -- to scratch
- megen -- to sleep
- mejaʔit -- to sew
- mejaʔuŋ -- to plant
- meley -- to buy
- memaneh -- to shoot
- memasak -- to cook
- memaw -- to sniff, smell
- memen -- to hold
- memes -- to squeeze
- meñekaw -- to steal
- meñiri -- to fly
- menutew -- to hit
- meŋit -- to cry
- meŋituŋ -- to count
- merew -- to hunt
- meriey -- to stand
- mesuʔ -- to die, be dead
- mevus -- to blow
- miket -- to tie up, fasten
- muɓa -- to split
- muka, ukab -- to open, uncover
- murip -- to live, be alive
- nupey -- to dream
- pegew, tinew -- to burn
- peluluk -- to flow
- peñaʔ -- to eat
- penaʔ -- to throw
- periŋuy -- to swim
- pesi -- to say
- pesuʔ -- to kill
- pilaw -- to see
- putaʔ -- to vomit
- sebandiŋ -- to hear
- suɓaʔ -- to drink
- suɓut -- to bite
- susip -- to suck
- taʔuʔ -- to know, be knowledgeable
- teñebab -- to yawn
- tumbek, turuk -- to stab, pierce
- tupa, tutuk -- to pound, beat
- tutek -- to cut, hack