Luang

Introduction

Luang is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province. East of Timor island; entire Wetan island, across Wetan strait to northwest Babar island.

Dialects

Lakor, Luang, Moa, Wetan (Wetang). Low comprehension of Leti (See: Leti). Lexical similarity: 89% with Leti (See: Leti).

The Luang Verb

Verblist

• (mak)mati, ṇ'mati -- to die, be dead
• (mak)wenna, ṇ'wɛnnə, wuni -- to kill
• (maka)kota, iwra -- to say
• (maka)mnaa -- to steal
• (maka)riai, nai -- to cook
• aata -- to climb
• ana, na'ʔanə -- to eat
• anāra, awti, nairi -- to chew
• apa, kala, tetwerni, wai, weta -- to stab, pierce
• ari(e), weera -- to open, uncover
• arna -- to breathe
• aua, jera, porka, teni -- to blow
• awa -- to count
• dūma, kaala, liwra, tai, wewla -- to hit
• ə ṇ'nani, knani -- to swim
• iwra, orta -- to think
• japi, kar(d)i(a) -- to work
• kai -- to dig
• katatna, mtatna, nam'tatnə, tati -- to sit
• kei, wnuti, wuti -- to tie up, fasten
• kiuti -- to hold
• koa, krui, na'krui -- to spit
• kowa -- to lie down
• kpiei, nam'kekə -- to see
• laa-mai, na'laʔə -- to walk
• liira, waa, watwa -- to split
• 'matlə, kera, kira -- to scratch
• mori -- to grow
• mori, oli -- to live, be alive
• mota, na'motə -- to vomit
• nam'mali -- to laugh
• na'ninə, nina -- to sleep
• na'priri -- to stand
• na'tlinə, tlina -- to hear
• 'natu, (maka)tiari -- to know, be knowledgeable
• 'nɛmnu, emni -- to drink
• nīma -- to suck
• ṇ'kakəru, koa -- to cry
• ṇ'mai, mā -- to come
• ṇ'miʔə, mia, wanni -- to dream
• ṇ'nemə, meela, nema -- to fly
• ṇ'nihiə, kia, weta -- to bite
• ṇ'tujni -- to fall
• ṇ'tunu, ola, tuni, tutna -- to burn
• oora -- to plant
• ora -- to hunt
• ōra -- to sew
• rāma -- to squeeze
• rāpa, weta -- to shoot
• ruri -- to fear
• tajola -- to hide
• tuuta, wai -- to pound, beat
• umi -- to sniff, smell
• wai -- to flow
• wali -- to turn
• weli -- to buy