Geser-Gorom
Facts
- Language: Geser-Gorom
- Alternate names: Gesa, Geser, Goram, Goran, Gorom, Gorong, Seram, Seran, Seran Laut
- Language code: ges
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East Central Maluku, Banda-Geser, Seran Laut, Geser-Gorom-Bati
- Number of speakers: 36500
- Script:
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Introduction
Geser-Gorom is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province. Seram island, southeast tip, nearby Gorom islands.
Dialects
Goram Laut, Kelimuri, Mina Mina Gorong. Lexical similarity: 73%–93% among dialects, 51%–61% with Watubela (See: Watubela).
The Geser-Gorom Verb
Verblist
- bula-bula -- to lie down
- bulu -- to swell
- bus, sorat -- to suck
- dahan -- to hold
- fai ŋak -- to breathe
- fakaleus -- to steal
- fanak -- to shoot
- fas -- to buy
- fi|rait -- to sew
- fikori -- to scratch
- filik -- to choose
- fimusi -- to sniff, smell
- fola -- to throw
- futar -- to turn
- ginisuk -- to spit
- hiʔir -- to think
- inu -- to drink
- karat -- to bite
- kayk -- to dig
- kifit -- to sleep
- kuk -- to say
- lait -- to cut, hack
- leus, musir -- to hunt
- liu -- to live, be alive
- luak -- to vomit
- maflaba -- to yawn
- malif -- to laugh
- mama -- to chew
- manifi -- to dream
- mariri -- to stand
- masak -- to cook
- mata -- to die, be dead
- matakut -- to fear
- matoran -- to sit
- mekan -- to see
- naŋu -- to swim
- ŋga faŋa -- to eat
- ŋgek -- to fall
- ratan -- to come
- reʔen -- to count
- roŋan -- to hear
- ruk -- to know, be knowledgeable
- saka -- to climb
- sakur -- to hit
- salik -- to open, uncover
- siŋgatan -- to squeeze
- taŋgi -- to walk
- taŋis -- to cry
- tara -- to kill
- tauk -- to flow
- tauk -- to plant
- tewat -- to stab, pierce
- tiu -- to fly
- tola -- to split
- tumu -- to burn
- tutu -- to pound, beat
- utun -- to blow
- wokas -- to tie up, fasten
- wunin -- to hide