Bonerate

Introduction

Bonerate is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in South Sulawesi Province. Selayer island group; Bonerate, Madu, Kalaotoa, and Karompa islands.

Dialects

Bonerate, Karompa. Lexical similarity: 79%–81% with Tukang Besi South (See: Tukang Besi South), 31% with Kalao (See: Kalao?), 25% with Laiyolo (See: Laiyolo?).

The Bonerate Verb

Verblist

• amo -- to plant
• anti -- to sniff, smell
• ɓalu -- to buy
• bisara -- to say
• ɓoke -- to tie up, fasten
• ɓuti -- to fall
• ɔkɔ -- to hide
• ɗahani -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ɗoʔito -- to cry
• ɛ:lu -- to spit
• ɛka -- to climb
• hiki|ɗoŋo -- to hear
• hɸokomateʔe -- to kill
• hɸomo|nako -- to steal
• hɸomo|nihi -- to dream
• iri -- to blow
• ita -- to see
• jama -- to work
• kaha -- to bite
• kaho -- to scratch
• kɔnta -- to hold
• keaβa, naŋu -- to swim
• kɛɗɛ -- to sit
• kɛkɛ -- to dig
• koni -- to laugh
• koti -- to turn
• leka -- to open, uncover
• lola -- to fly
• maŋa -- to eat
• mate -- to die, be dead
• maʔeka -- to fear
• m͡bale -- to lie down
• mɔbela -- to swell
• mɔhaki -- to sew
• mɔtaʔa -- to cook
• momaʔa -- to yawn
• monaʔa -- to breathe
• moroʔu -- to drink
• moturu -- to sleep
• munta -- to chew
• pajere -- to hunt
• palɛ -- to cut, hack
• paluʔe -- to hit
• pɔnɔ -- to suck
• pɛnsɛ -- to squeeze
• pili -- to choose
• po:ke -- to throw
• rɛkɛ -- to count
• taɗɛ -- to stand
• tɔkumbɔ -- to vomit
• temba -- to shoot
• toɓu -- to stab, pierce
• tumbu -- to grow
• tumbu -- to live, be alive
• tumbuʔe -- to pound, beat
• tunu -- to burn
• βaliako -- to come
• βikiri -- to think
• βila -- to walk
• βola -- to split
• βulu -- to flow