Hitu

Introduction

Hitu is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province, Wakal, Hitu, Mamala, Morela, and Hila villages. Northeast Ambon island, Piru Sea coast, Hitu peninsula.

Dialects

Hila, Hitu, Mamala, Morela, Wakal. Lexical similarity: 67%–82% with Seit-Kaitetu (See: Seit-Kaitetu?), 74%–82% with Tulehu (See: Tulehu).

The Hitu Verb

Verblist

• a -- to eat
• aʔi -- to scratch
• baŋka -- to swell
• ele -- to stand
• haʔe -- to split
• haʔi -- to dig
• heta -- to cut, hack
• heʔe -- to tie up, fasten
• hia -- to hit
• horoʔe -- to grow
• huseʔ -- to blow
• ikeʔ -- to turn
• inu -- to drink
• kala -- to flow
• kele- -- to fear
• lai -- to come
• lati -- to squeeze
• leʔe -- to hunt
• lihi napas -- to breathe
• loli -- to lie down
• mahai -- to live, be alive
• mahawa -- to yawn
• malaʔa -- to laugh
• mama -- to chew
• mamuta -- to vomit
• manahu -- to fall
• mani -- to dream
• mata -- to die, be dead
• momo -- to suck
• nanu -- to swim
• oi -- to walk
• oro -- to bite
• pahanene -- to hear
• pahanisu -- to sniff, smell
• pahuni -- to hide
• palahe -- to see
• palole -- to steal
• pamate -- to kill
• pasanai -- to sew
• patahia -- to say
• pikir -- to think
• pili -- to choose
• punau -- to cook
• rekeŋ -- to count
• sahi -- to buy
• saʔa -- to climb
• siha -- to open, uncover
• sipa -- to stab, pierce
• tahula -- to spit
• tani -- to plant
• tatani -- to cry
• taʔi -- to hold
• taʔi -- to work
• tele -- to sleep
• teri -- to throw
• tewa -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tihu -- to fly
• tolo -- to sit
• tunu -- to burn
• tunu -- to shoot
• tutu -- to pound, beat