Mai Brat

Introduction

Mai Brat is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in West Papua Province, about 40 villages. Central Bird’s Head, area around Ayamaru lakes.

Dialects

Maimaka, Maisawiet, Maisefa, Maite, Maiyah. Lexical similarity: 10% with Tehit (See: Tehit?), Mpur (See: Mpur?), Abun (See: Abun?), and its most similar neighbors.

The Mai Brat Verb

Verblist

• -afit -- to bite
• -ai -- to hit
• -ai, -ase, -aso, -ati, wuom -- to plant
• -aim, -amos -- to live, be alive
• -aim, saruk -- to cook
• -ait -- to eat
• -akah -- to dig
• -ake, -fon, -i -- to tie up, fasten
• -ama -- to come
• -amu, -ia -- to suck
• -amuoh, spis -- to sew
• -aot, -atuah, -ehah -- to cut, hack
• -apum -- to lie down
• -ari -- to hear
• -asah -- to laugh
• -ata -- to drink
• atu, -aut -- to climb
• -awe -- to say
• -awe, ptek, ptu -- to fall
• -awia -- to cry
• -esen, haper -- to split
• -fi -- to blow
• fnak -- to shoot
• fnak -- to stab, pierce
• fru -- to flow
• -fuf, ptak, tpe -- to open, uncover
• -hai -- to die, be dead
• -har -- to know, be knowledgeable
• -he -- to see
• hren -- to sit
• hwoh -- to scratch
• -irum -- to buy
• -kah -- to burn
• -muk -- to pound, beat
• -muot, skuot -- to hide
• -nin -- to sniff, smell
• -not -- to think
• -o -- to grow
• -piet -- to throw
• -po -- to hold
• po-smi -- to dream
• -ros -- to stand
• -sam -- to fear
• sfakot -- to yawn
• snuk -- to count
• -suof -- to steal
• -tien -- to sleep
• tom -- to vomit
• -usiah -- to hunt
• weya -- to turn