Mai Brat
Facts
- Language: Mai Brat
- Alternate names: Ajamaru, Atinjo, Ayamaru, Brat, Maibrat, Maite, Majbrat, Maybrat, Mey Brat
- Language code: ayz
- Language family: Maybrat (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: 20000
- Script:
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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