Kioko

Introduction

Kioko is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Southeast Sulawesi Province, North Buton regency, Bonegunu and Kambowa subdistricts. Buton island.

Dialects

Kambowa, Kioko. Possibly dialect of the Pancana (See: Pancana?) language. Lexical similarity: 82% with Kambowa dialect, 81% with Laompo dialect of Muna (See: Muna), 74% with Muna, 75% with Liabuku (See: Liabuku?) and Busoa (See: Busoa?).

The Kioko Verb

Verblist

• mekapera, nekapexa -- to spit
• menahu, nenaʔu -- to cook
• neɓeɓe, nelolei -- to hit
• neɓoɓo, noɓoɓoe, nofeβono -- to sniff, smell
• neɓoka, neɓoŋka, noɓokae -- to open, uncover
• neɓoke, noɓokee -- to tie up, fasten
• nečunu, notonue -- to burn
• nefekamate, nepomate -- to kill
• nefeo, nopiohe -- to squeeze
• negomi, nogomie -- to suck
• nekeni, nokenie -- to hold
• nekukuči, nokutie -- to bite
• nekumpai -- to scratch
• nenaŋku, nonaŋkue -- to chew
• neŋkora, neŋkoxa -- to sit
• nepembili, nepili -- to choose
• nepiɗi -- to shoot
• neponihi, nofoni -- to climb
• neseli -- to dig
• nesorumba, nesoxumba -- to sew
• netaɗu -- to plant
• netiri, nomoʔodo -- to sleep
• netoɓo, netoɓoki -- to stab, pierce
• netombuki -- to pound, beat
• netuɗa, nečumbe -- to throw
• netumpo, nečumpo -- to cut, hack
• neʔise, neise -- to count
• neʔoli, neholi -- to buy
• neʔuču, nohutue -- to blow
• neβeta -- to split
• noɓali, nopali -- to turn
• nobisara, nopogau, nopulu -- to say
• nobundo, noɓundo -- to come
• nofeinei, nopeinei -- to breathe
• nofondole, nopondole -- to lie down
• nofotaa, nopotaa -- to laugh
• nofoxoʔu, noporohu -- to drink
• nokaraǰaa, nokaradaa -- to work
• nokopohondo, nomenifi -- to dream
• noleni, noleŋi -- to swim
• nomaa, nopomaa -- to eat
• nomate -- to die, be dead
• nombolaku -- to steal
• nomondaβu, nomundaβu -- to fall
• nomo'oxi, nomohuri -- to live, be alive
• nomoteʔi, nomotehi -- to fear
• nondala -- to walk
• nopandeane, nopandeʔane -- to know, be knowledgeable
• nopekixi, nopikiri -- to think
• nopoasu -- to hunt
• noreɗene, noxɛɗene -- to hear
• nosuɗu -- to swell
• notaɗe -- to stand
• notolua -- to vomit
• notumbu, nočumbu -- to grow
• noʔiko, nohoko -- to hide
• noʔondo, nohondoe -- to see
• noʔoxo, nohoro -- to fly
• noʔoʔae, nogora -- to cry
• noβaa, nosii -- to flow
• noβaβa, noβambai -- to yawn