Dai
Facts
- Language: Dai
- Alternate names:
- Language code: dij
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Babar, North Babaric
- Number of speakers: 820
- Script: Category
More information:
Introduction
Dai is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province, Sinairusi, 3 other villages. Babar island group, Dai island; north of Babar.
Dialects
No dialect variation. Lexical similarity: 72% with Dawera-Daweloor (most similar) (See: Dawera-Daweloor), 71% with Nakarahamto, 49% with Masela-South Babar, 48% with Tepa (Luang).
The Dai Verb
Verblist
- ap'ron -- to spit
- ɛn'at -- to know, be knowledgeable
- nai'tuʔ -- to sit
- nɛn'aʔat -- to walk
- nɛ'pri -- to stand
- nɛt'tioʔ -- to fall
- ṇ'han -- to laugh
- ṇ'havə -- to cry
- 'nit -- to see
- ṇ'mai -- to come
- ṇ'mat -- to die, be dead
- ṇ'mon -- to dream
- ṇ'mut -- to vomit
- ṇ'nim -- to fly
- ṇve'dat -- to bite
- ṇvɛn'aʔis -- to swim
- ṇviʔ'ivra -- to scratch
- ṇ'vun -- to kill
- 'teni -- to hear
- tɛm'atṇ -- to eat
- 'tɛm'in -- to sleep
- 'tiṃn -- to drink
- tu'nɛn -- to burn