Kemak

Introduction

Kemak is a language of Timor-Leste. It is spoken in North central Timor island border between East Timor and West Timor, mostly east. Also in Indonesia.

Dialects

Kemak, Nogo (Nogo-Nogo). Most closely related to Mambae (See: Mambae) and Tukudede (See: Tukudede?).

The Kemak Verb

Verblist

• a -- to eat
• a:ra -- to stand
• api na -- to burn
• at -- to bite
• bɔɛ -- to sleep
• bubu -- to swell
• bwɛ:kaka -- to lie down
• dɔ:dɔ -- to flow
• du:i -- to dig
• ede sanu -- to cook
• ɛtɔ -- to see
• gai, su:ra -- to count
• gi:nala -- to laugh
• ha:bu -- to say
• hanɔi -- to think
• hu:tu: -- to tie up, fasten
• huiri -- to blow
• inu -- to drink
• kurui -- to scratch
• lɔtaʔabara -- to spit
• mai -- to come
• manahu -- to fall
• matɛ -- to die, be dead
• mɔla rae -- to hunt
• measa -- to squeeze
• mɛrɛs hɔpar -- to breathe
• mɛʔu -- to sniff, smell
• mudu -- to sit
• muluhu -- to fly
• mus -- to suck
• muta -- to vomit
• mwasa -- to live, be alive
• nagi -- to swim
• pɔʔa -- to split
• posi -- to shoot
• rɛ:ga -- to hear
• sa:li -- to hold
• sɔ:ra -- to sew
• sɔlɛʔ-rae -- to walk
• si:pɛ -- to turn
• sirbian -- to work
• ta -- to cut, hack
• ta:da -- to know, be knowledgeable
• taupɛ:pa -- to kill
• təmaʔut -- to fear
• ti:di -- to hit
• tia:ra -- to throw
• u:nu -- to stab, pierce