Gayo

Introduction

Gayo is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Sumatra, Aceh Province, Central Aceh, East Aceh, Gayo Lues, and Southeast Aceh regencies. North Sumatra highland region near Mount Sembuang.

Dialects

Deret, Lues, Lut, Serbejadi-Lukup. Not closely related to other languages. Some Gayo people consider Alas (See: Batak Alas-Kluet?) a distant Gayo dialect.

The Gayo Verb

Verblist

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• bəbuət -- to work
• bəcərak, muliŋ -- to say
• bəkəsah -- to breathe
• bəpikir -- to think
• bərəmus -- to blow
• bətih -- to know, be knowledgeable
• déh -- to come
• jənyɔŋ, səsuk -- to stand
• kədik -- to laugh
• kisər -- to turn
• kunul -- to sit
• malaŋ -- to lie down
• maŋan -- to eat
• maŋayo, mugarut -- to scratch
• map -- to yawn
• matɪ -- to die, be dead
• mɔŋɔt -- to cry
• minum -- to drink
• mubəlah -- to split
• mubəli -- to buy
• mubəŋkak -- to swell
• mudərə -- to hit
• mugəraluŋən -- to throw
• mujaril -- to flow
• mujəraŋ -- to cook
• mujit -- to sew
• muməŋé -- to hear
• mumərah -- to squeeze
• mumilih -- to choose
• munamat -- to hold
• munanɔm, munyuən -- to plant
• munawé -- to swim
• munənik -- to stab, pierce
• munérah, munéŋɔn -- to see
• munétɔŋ -- to count
• munikɔt -- to tie up, fasten
• munilih -- to spit
• munimak -- to shoot
• munipi -- to dream
• munukə -- to open, uncover
• mununuh -- to kill
• munusuh -- to steal
• munutu -- to pound, beat
• munyiluk -- to suck
• munyiut -- to burn
• munyum -- to sniff, smell
• muŋaro -- to hunt
• muŋənal -- to chew
• muŋərat -- to cut, hack
• muŋét -- to bite
• muŋuruk -- to dig
• muralan -- to walk
• murip -- to grow
• murip -- to live, be alive
• mutuh -- to fall
• nik -- to climb
• nomé -- to sleep
• pəlɔah -- to vomit
• tabur, terbaŋ -- to fly
• təmuni -- to hide
• tərih -- to fear