Gebe

Introduction

Gebe is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Maluku Province, 4 villages. Papua Province, Halmahera island; Gebe, Yoi’umiyal, and Gag islands between Halmahera’s southeastern peninsula and Waigeo island.

Dialects

Umera. Lexical similarity: 44% with Patani (See: Patani?).

The Gebe Verb

Verblist

• -agag -- to scratch
• -alai -- to dig
• -anan -- to eat
• -aspei -- to cut, hack
• -aswa -- to hit
• -ausa -- to open, uncover
• -ɔgɔl -- to vomit
• -dom -- to drink
• -em -- to see
• -eo pelima -- to come
• -eo -- to walk
• -fa|ñawaya -- to breathe
• fa|tanam -- to plant
• -fafɔn -- to cook
• fakariŋ -- to sew
• -fan -- to shoot
• fiatan -- to sniff, smell
• fikir -- to think
• fisa -- to choose
• -itif -- to spit
• ka|tut -- to pound, beat
• kafɔrɔl -- to squeeze
• kapau -- to split
• kapitan -- to tie up, fasten
• karajan -- to work
• -kawai- -- to turn
• -kɔŋɔt -- to bite
• lɔŋɔ -- to hear
• -lous -- to steal
• masŋel -- to dream
• -mat -- to die, be dead
• -mnif -- to laugh
• -mtait -- to fear
• nderer -- to flow
• nuf -- to blow
• -of -- to say
• -opo -- to fly
• papɔtɔn -- to swell
• -pun -- to kill
• -sa -- to climb
• -sɔrɔf -- to suck
• -sobi -- to fall
• -sub -- to hunt
• tɔlɔn -- to sit
• -tɔŋɔ -- to count
• -tenis -- to cry
• -tɛ -- to stab, pierce
• -tɛ -- to throw
• tipa -- to stand
• -tub -- to live, be alive
• -tukal -- to buy
• -una -- to know, be knowledgeable
• -uta -- to hold
• -yas -- to swim
• yenɛf -- to lie down
• yenɛf -- to sleep