Lamaholot

Introduction

Lamaholot is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. East tip Flores, west Solor islands; in pockets on north Pantar coast, northwest Alor, surrounding islands.

Dialects

Lamaholot (Ile Mandiri, Larantuka, Lewolaga, Ritaebang, Taka, Tanjung Bunda), West Lamaholot (Muhang, Pukaunu), West Solor.

The Lamaholot Verb

Verblist

• bain -- to hear
• bajo -- to pound, beat
• baʔ -- to flow
• baʔa -- to swell
• beka -- to fly
• bélo -- to cut, hack
• berin -- to hit
• biho -- to cook
• buka -- to open, uncover
• buʔ -- to blow
• desaʔ -- to fall
• déʔi -- to stand
• gan -- to eat
• gasik -- to count
• ga'u -- to scratch
• gébaʔ -- to throw
• géka -- to laugh
• gelin -- to dig
• géré -- to climb
• giké -- to bite
• harin[nain] -- to breathe
• hawu -- to sew
• héwan -- to hunt
• hoan -- to yawn
• hopé -- to buy
• horon -- to hide
• isék -- to suck
• keriaŋ, kərĩã -- to work
• lédan -- to lie down
• mamaʔ -- to chew
• marin -- to say
• mata -- to die, be dead
• morit -- to live, be alive
• mula -- to plant
• mutaʔ -- to vomit
• naŋé -- to swim
• nénum -- to drink
• noi -- to know, be knowledgeable
• pana -- to walk
• pasak -- to shoot
• péhén -- to hold
• perino -- to spit
• pétén -- to think
• pilé -- to choose
• piʔuk -- to squeeze
• puin, pũĩ -- to tie up, fasten
• sebelé -- to kill
• sega -- to come
• sion -- to sniff, smell
• soʔot -- to fear
• tani -- to cry
• tawa -- to grow
• tedé -- to see
• temaka -- to steal
• tobo -- to sit
• tubak -- to stab, pierce
• tuno -- to burn
• turén -- to dream
• turu -- to sleep
• wélok -- to turn
• wikak -- to split