Li’o
Facts
- Language: Li’o
- Alternate names: Aku, Lio, Lionese, Tanah Kunu
- Language code: ljl
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Bima-Lembata, Flores-Sumba-Hawu, Flores Barat, Central Flores-Paluqe, Central Flores, Eastern Central Flores, Ende-Lio
- Number of speakers: 105000
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Li’o is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. East central Flores island, bi-coastal, between Sika (See: Sika) and Ende (See: Ende) language areas.
Dialects
Dialect subgroup with Ende (See: Ende).
The Li’o Verb
Verblist
- bélo -- to turn
- bērē -- to flow
- bhənu -- to swell
- buka, kai -- to open, uncover
- dari -- to stand
- déo -- to hold
- éru -- to lie down
- galé -- to choose
- garé, nosi -- to say
- gəté -- to cut, hack
- ickol, nəké, sono -- to hide
- jəŋi -- to burn
- ka -- to eat
- ké -- to cry
- kəla -- to split
- kəma -- to work
- kilé, tolo -- to see
- koé -- to dig
- lēbo -- to throw
- léla -- to fly
- lēlē -- to hear
- m|usu -- to suck
- mai -- to come
- mata -- to die, be dead
- mbana -- to walk
- mbeʔo -- to know, be knowledgeable
- məra -- to sit
- məsu -- to fall
- minu -- to drink
- moa -- to yawn
- mula -- to plant
- muri -- to live, be alive
- muta -- to vomit
- nai -- to climb
- naju -- to chew
- naka -- to steal
- naŋu -- to swim
- nijo -- to spit
- nipi -- to dream
- ŋai -- to breathe
- ŋoŋo -- to sniff, smell
- pasa -- to shoot
- pédhé -- to cook
- piki -- to think
- posi -- to squeeze
- qəti -- to buy
- rēkē -- to count
- reʔi -- to sew
- riké -- to tie up, fasten
- roké -- to sleep
- roré -- to kill
- sasi -- to scratch
- səka -- to stab, pierce
- tawa -- to laugh
- taʔu -- to fear
- tébo -- to hit
- təmbu -- to grow
- toki -- to bite
- uri -- to hunt
- waju -- to pound, beat