Kerinci

Introduction

Kerinci is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Sumatra, Jambi Province, western mountains, Sungaipenuh area, and north and west. Also in Bahrain.

Dialects

High dialect diversity in a small area, shading into Jambi Malay (See: Malay) east and Minangkabau (See: Minangkabau) north. Distinct from Kerinci-Minangkabau dialect of Minangkabau.

The Kerinci Verb

Verblist

• taaw
• taow

• ba-gawoə -- to work
• baguhew, baguhu -- to hunt
• bagulon -- to lie down
• ba-jalon, ba-jaluə -- to walk
• ba-kicaəʔ -- to say
• bakuə, maka, makan -- to eat
• ba-mimpoy -- to dream
• ba-ŋeəʔ, ba-ŋoʔ -- to breathe
• ba-pikaə, pikey -- to think
• ba-rəmbewh -- to blow
• ba-rənon, ba-rənuə -- to swim
• basowʔ, masaʔ, masoʔ -- to cook
• bəluəh, mlah, mloh -- to split
• binen, minan, minun -- to drink
• bloy, mlay, mley -- to buy
• bukuəʔ, mukaʔ -- to open, uncover
• buneəh, munaoh, munoh -- to kill
• datə, daton -- to come
• dŋuə, nŋa, nŋo -- to hear
• dudewʔ -- to sit
• gaewʔ, ŋaew, ŋaowt -- to scratch
• galoy, ŋalay, ŋaley -- to dig
• gigoyʔ, ŋigit, ŋigoyʔ -- to bite
• gluəʔ, ta-gluəʔ -- to laugh
• idewʔ, idut -- to live, be alive
• imbaəh, nimbaəh, ŋimbeh -- to throw
• isaʔ, ŋigit, ŋisaʔ -- to suck
• itao, ŋitao, ŋitown -- to count
• jatewh -- to fall
• joayʔ, naeyt, njaoyʔ -- to sew
• katakowt -- to fear
• kbuəʔ, ŋbot, ŋbuəʔ -- to tie up, fasten
• kilaoʔ, kilow -- to turn
• kimoʔ, ŋimaʔ, ŋimoʔ -- to see
• kuñah, ŋuñah, ŋuñoh -- to chew
• ludowh, maludowh, maluduəh -- to spit
• maŋga, maŋgan, paŋga -- to burn
• matay, matey -- to die, be dead
• mənkuəʔ -- to swell
• mgon, mguə, pguə -- to hold
• milaəh, mileyh, pileyh -- to choose
• mraəh, mreh, praəh -- to squeeze
• mutah, mutoh -- to vomit
• mutao, muton, putao -- to cut, hack
• naaəʔ -- to climb
• nana, nanan, tana -- to plant
• naŋayh, naŋeyh, taŋeyh -- to cry
• ñiawn, ñiown, ciawn -- to sniff, smell
• nika, nikan, tika -- to stab, pierce
• ñilaoʔ, ñiloʔ, ciloʔ -- to steal
• nimba -- to hide
• nimbaʔ, nimboʔ, timbaʔ -- to shoot
• nukao, nukown, tukao -- to hit
• numbaoʔ, numbowʔ, tumbaoʔ -- to pound, beat
• ŋalaə -- to flow
• taaw, taow -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tarbuə -- to fly
• təkuaʔ -- to yawn
• tguəʔ -- to stand
• tidew -- to sleep
• tumbaoh -- to grow