Dawera-Daweloor
Facts
- Language: Dawera-Daweloor
- Alternate names: Davelor
- Language code: ddw
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Babar, North Babaric
- Number of speakers: 1270
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Dawera-Daweloor is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Southern Maluku Province. Twin coral islands northeast of Babar island. Daweloor island, to south, Wiratan, Watuwei, and Nurnyaman villages. Dawera island, to north, Welora, Letmasa, and Ilmarang villages.
Dialects
Minor dialect differences.
The Dawera-Daweloor Verb
Verblist
- ɛ'likiv -- to cry
- 'kʰita -- to see
- 'lal -- to laugh
- 'lapər -- to spit
- 'ləkikʰ -- to bite
- 'ləma -- to come
- 'ləʋant -- to walk
- 'ləweʋ -- to eat
- 'lɛd -- to fall
- lɛ'milla -- to sleep
- lɛmutʰ -- to vomit
- 'lɛpri -- to stand
- 'mat -- to die, be dead
- 'matkʰ -- to know, be knowledgeable
- 'məlim -- to fly
- 'mimil -- to drink
- 'moliɛl -- to dream
- ṃ'puliei -- to kill
- 'tut -- to burn
- 'wakrei -- to sit
- 'weiru -- to scratch
- 'wellai -- to swim
- 'wɛkli -- to hear